2015 Tennessee Code
Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades
Chapter 19 - Auctioneers
§ 62-19-119 - Actions for the collection of compensation.
(a) No person engaged in the business of or acting in the capacity of an auctioneer or an apprentice auctioneer shall bring or maintain any action in the courts of this state for the collection of compensation for any services performed as an auctioneer or apprentice auctioneer without first alleging and proving that the person was a duly licensed auctioneer or apprentice auctioneer at the time the alleged cause of action arose.
(b) No apprentice auctioneer shall have the right to institute a suit in the apprentice auctioneer's own name for the recovery of a commission, fee or compensation for services as an apprentice auctioneer, but any such action shall be instituted and brought by the licensed auctioneer employing the apprentice auctioneer.
(c) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed so as to prevent a licensed apprentice auctioneer from suing the apprentice auctioneer's employing auctioneer for any compensation, fees or commissions due the apprentice auctioneer from the auctioneer.
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