2021 Georgia Code
Title 43 - Professions and Businesses
Chapter 6 - Auctioneers
- § 43-6-1. Definitions
- § 43-6-2. Creation of Commission; Composition; Terms of Office; Qualifications of Members
- § 43-6-3. Selection of Chairman; Rules and Regulations; Meetings
- § 43-6-4. Reimbursement of Commission Members
- § 43-6-5. Commission Reports to Governor and General Assembly
- § 43-6-6. Seal
- § 43-6-7. Adoption of Rules and Regulations
- § 43-6-8. Authority to Regulate Issuance of Licenses, to Revoke or Suspend Licenses, and to Censure Licensees
- § 43-6-9. License Requirement for Auctioneers; Registration for Companies Conducting Auctions; Restrictions as to Sales of Real Property
- § 43-6-10. Application by Person for License
- § 43-6-11. Qualifications of Applicants
- § 43-6-11.1. Application by Company for Registration; Exemptions; Trust Accounts
- § 43-6-11.2. Expiration of Licenses; Waiver of Continuing Education Requirement; Rules and Regulations
- § 43-6-12. Reciprocity; Nonresident License Requirement; Designation of Agents for Service of Process
- § 43-6-12.1. Proof of Residence
- § 43-6-13. License Fees; Effect of Nonpayment of Checks Submitted as Fee
- § 43-6-14. Affixing Seal to Licenses; Delivery of Licenses; Display of Licenses; Pocket Card; Branch Office Licenses
- § 43-6-14.1. Carrying License Identification Card Required
- § 43-6-15. Surety Bond
- § 43-6-16. Grounds for Refusal to Issue License
- § 43-6-17. Procedure Upon Nonacceptance of Applications
- § 43-6-18. Grounds for Revocation or Suspension of Licenses and Censure of Licensees
- § 43-6-18.1. Inspector
- § 43-6-18.2. Sanctions
- § 43-6-19. Hearings Regarding Revocation or Suspension of Licenses or Censure of Licensees; Appeals
- § 43-6-20. Effect of Revocation of Auctioneer's License on Licenses of Apprentice Auctioneers
- § 43-6-21. Notification of Change of Business Address
- § 43-6-22. Prerequisite for Bringing Action for Compensation; Power of Commission to Sue for Violation
- § 43-6-22.1. Auctioneers Education, Research, and Recovery Fund
- § 43-6-23. Injunctions
- § 43-6-24. Exceptions to Operation of Chapter
- § 43-6-24.1. Liabilities of Licensed Auctioneer Not Relieved
- § 43-6-25. Penalty
- § 43-6-25.1. Local Regulations and Licensing
- § 43-6-26. Termination
- Regulation of livestock auctions by Commissioner of Agriculture, § 4-6-42 et seq.
Judicial sales, § 9-13-140 et seq.
Auctions for sale of flue-cured leaf tobacco, § 10-4-100 et seq.
Administrative Rules and Regulations.- Organization, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Auctioneers Commission, Chapter 55-1.
Law reviews.- For annual survey on administrative law, see 66 Mercer L. Rev. 1 (2014).
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERALAuction sale by students of Georgia Tech, proceeds going to charity, is not forbidden by Georgia law. 1962 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 593 (decided prior to enactment of this chapter).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 2 Am. Jur. 2d, Administrative Law, § 21 et seq. 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Commerce, §§ 1 et seq., 90 et seq. 16A Am. Jur. 2d, Constitutional Law, §§ 266, 284 et seq., 332, 339 et seq. 51 Am. Jur. 2d, Licenses and Permits, § 1 et seq. 58 Am. Jur. 2d, Occupations, Trades and Professions, § 1 et seq. 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 14 et seq. 72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories and Dependencies, §§ 42, 64 et seq. 73 Am. Jur. 2d, Statutes, §§ 17 et seq., 58 et seq.
C.J.S.- 15 C.J.S., Commerce, §§ 9 et seq., 83 et seq., 111 et seq. 16 C.J.S., Constitutional Law, § 280 et seq. 16A C.J.S., Constitutional Law, § 580 et seq. 16B C.J.S., Constitutional Law, §§ 1055-1058, 1444-1448. 16D C.J.S., Constitutional Law, §§ 2085, 2086. 53 C.J.S., Licenses, § 6 et seq. 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 12 et seq. 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, § 50 et seq. 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, § 115 et seq. 81A C.J.S., States, § 120 et seq. 82 C.J.S., Statutes, §§ 203, 281.
ALR.
- Failure to procure occupational or business license or permit as affecting validity or enforceability of contract, 30 A.L.R. 834, 42 A.L.R. 1226, 118 A.L.R. 646.
Regulations affecting auctions or auctioneers, 31 A.L.R. 299; 39 A.L.R. 773; 111 A.L.R. 473.
Effect on auction sale of by-bidding or puffing, 46 A.L.R. 122.
Title to goods, as between purchaser from, and one who entrusted them to, auctioneer, 36 A.L.R.2d 1362.
Withdrawal of property from auction sale, 37 A.L.R.2d 1049.
Regulation and licensing of jewelry auctions, 53 A.L.R.2d 1433.
Auctioneer's action for commissions against seller, 38 A.L.R.4th 170.
Liability of auctioneer under doctrine of strict products liability, 83 A.L.R.4th 1188.
