2018 Tennessee Code
Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades
Chapter 19 - Auctioneers
§ 62-19-102. License requirement.
(a) It is unlawful for any person to:
(1) Act as or advertise or represent to be an auctioneer, apprentice auctioneer or firm without holding a valid license issued by the commission under this chapter or prior state law;
(2) Conduct or offer to conduct an auction of real property unless the person is duly licensed as an auctioneer or apprentice autioneer and as a broker or affiliate broker under the provisions of the Tennessee Real Estate Broker License Act of 1973, compiled in chapter 13 of this title; provided, however, with respect to the authority of an apprentice auctioneer to conduct or offer to conduct an auction of real property, that the auctioneer for whom the apprentice auctioneer is employed for such purposes must be on the premises of the property during the auction. This subdivision (a)(2) shall not be construed to require ringpersons or other persons not vocally conducting an auction to be duly licensed as auctioneers, nor to be duly licensed under chapter 13 of this title, unless the ringpersons or other persons act as an affiliate broker or broker within the meaning of chapter 13 of this title; or
(3) Act as or advertise or represent to be a public automobile auctioneer unless the person is duly licensed as a public automobile auctioneer and as a motor vehicle dealer under title 55, chapter 17, part 1.
(b) All auctions arranged by or through a firm shall be conducted exclusively by individuals who are licensed as auctioneers under this chapter.
