2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .190   Proof of license required to recover fees by court action -- No right of recovery by apprentice auctioneer, exception.

330.190 Proof of license required to recover fees by court action -- No right of recovery by apprentice auctioneer, exception. (1) No person, engaged in the business of or acting in the capacity of any licensee under this chapter shall bring or maintain any action in the courts of the Commonwealth for the collection of compensation for any services performed as such a licensee without first alleging and proving that he was duly licensed at the time the alleged cause of action arose. (2) No apprentice auctioneer shall have the right to institute a suit in his own name for the recovery of a commission, fee, or compensation for services as an apprentice auctioneer, but any such act shall be instituted and brought by the licensed auctioneer employing an apprentice auctioneer; provided, however, that this subsection shall not be construed so as to prevent a licensed apprentice auctioneer from suing his employing auctioneer for any compensation, fees, or commissions due him from an auctioneer. Effective: July 14, 1992 History: Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 344, sec. 14, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 170, sec. 14, effective July 13, 1990. -- Created 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 251, sec. 19.