Source: https://www.ecode360.com/10115057
Timestamp: 2019-05-20 17:20:44
Document Index: 146040387

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 68', '§ 68', '§ 68', '§ 68', '§ 68', '§ 68', '§ 68', '§ 68', '§ 68', '§ 68', '§ 68', '§ 68', '§ 68', '§ 68', '§ 68', '§ 68', '§ 68', '§ 68', '§ 68', '§ 68', '§ 68', '§ 68', '§ 68', '§ 68', '§ 68', '§ 68', '§ 68']

Township of Manalapan, NJ Auctions and Auctioneering
§ 68-1 License and permit required.
§ 68-2 Issuance and expiration of licenses and permits.
§ 68-3 Application for auctioneer's license.
§ 68-4 Bond required for auctioneer's license.
§ 68-5 Auctioneer's license fee.
§ 68-6 Auction permit.
§ 68-7 Permit fee.
§ 68-8 Investigation of applicant.
§ 68-9 Denial or revocation of license or permit.
§ 68-10 Notice of hearing; conduct of hearing.
§ 68-11 Unlicensed auctioneering.
§ 68-12 Display of auctioneer's name and license number.
§ 68-13 Transfer of location.
§ 68-14 Licenses and permits not interchangeable.
§ 68-15 Nontransferability of auctioneer's license.
§ 68-16 Rules of sale.
§ 68-17 Misrepresentation of goods.
§ 68-18 Use of capper or shill prohibited.
§ 68-19 Blind packages.
§ 68-20 Retail sales.
§ 68-21 Means of attracting public attention.
§ 68-22 Hours of sale.
§ 68-23 Congestion and traffic hazards.
§ 68-24 Exemptions.
§ 68-25 Violations and penalties.
§ 68-26 Charitable or nonprofit organizations.
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Manalapan 10-27-1993 by Ord. No. 93-30 as Ch. 75 of the 1993 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Peddling, soliciting and canvassing — See Ch. 169.
Sale of precious metals and gems — See Ch. 173.
No personal property shall be sold at public or private auction in the Township of Manalapan, County of Monmouth, except in compliance with the provisions of this chapter. It shall be unlawful to sell or cause or permit to be sold at auction any personal property in said Township unless such sale is conducted by an individual who has applied for and obtained an auctioneer's license, and the sponsor of said sale has likewise applied for and obtained a permit to engage in the auction business.
All licenses and permits provided for in this chapter shall be authorized by the governing body of this Township, but may be issued after such authorization by the Township Clerk. All auctioneer's licenses granted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall expire one year from the date of their issuance. All permits to engage in the auction business shall expire on the date provided for expiration on the face of the auction permit.
A statement of whether or not the applicant holds or has held an auctioneer's license or a license for an auction business from any other municipality, governing body or licensing authority; a list of such licenses and a statement of whether any state, municipality, governing body or licensing authority has ever refused to issue or to renew an auctioneer's license or a license to conduct to the applicant, together with a full and accurate statement as to the reasons for any such refusal; a statement as to whether any state, municipality, governing body or issuing authority has ever revoked such a license held by the applicant, together with a full and accurate statement as to the reason for any such revocation.
A statement as to whether or not the applicant has ever been convicted of any crime, disorderly persons offense or violation of any municipal ordinance, and, if so, when, where, the nature of the offense and the punishment or penalty assessed thereof.
A photograph of the applicant taken within 60 days immediately prior to the date of the filing of the application, which picture shall be at least two inches by two inches, showing the head and shoulders of the applicant in a clear and distinct manner, except that the Township Clerk may waive this requirement on renewal application.
Every application for an auctioneer's license shall be accompanied by a bond letter stating that, if the license applied for is granted, the surety will furnish a suitable, acceptable and approved bond to said Township in the penal sum of $5,000, conditioned that the applicant, if granted an auctioneer's license, will comply with all the provisions of this chapter and any other legal ordinance or ordinances hereafter adopted by this municipality during the licensed period; render true and strict accounts of all his sales to any person or persons employing him to make the same; not practice any fraud or deceit upon bidders or purchasers of property from him at any auction sale or suffer or permit any person with his assistance to practice any fraud or deceit; and pay all damages which may be sustained by any person by reason of any fraud, deceit, negligence or other wrongful act on the part of the licensee, his agent or employees in the conduct of any auction. The surety company bond must be executed by the applicant or licensee as principal and the proper officials of the surety company as surety and must bear the corporate seal of the surety company and proof that the surety company is financially sound and licensed to do business in the State of New Jersey.
The annual fee for an auctioneer's license, initial or renewal, shall be $25. The initial fee shall be paid with the license application and is not refundable.
Type of activity in which applicant will be engaged, i.e., auction house, house sale or auction sale.
A statement of whether or not the applicant holds or has held a license or permit or been denied a license or permit from any other municipality, governing body or licensing authority, together with a full and accurate statement as to the reasons for any such refusal; and a statement as to whether any state, municipality, governing body or issuing authority has ever revoked such a license or permit held by the applicant, together with a full and accurate statement as to the reasons for any such revocation.
A statement as to whether or not the applicant has ever been convicted of any crime, disorderly persons offense or violation of any municipal ordinance, and, if so, when, where, the nature of the offense and the punishment or penalty assessed therefor.
The permit fee, to be paid to the Township before any permit to engage in the auction business shall be issued, is computed as follows: $10 for each day that the applicant wishes to engage in the auction business, except that the maximum annual fee to be paid by any one applicant for an auction business at any one location shall be $100 per annum. This fee shall be paid with the permit application and is not refundable.
Before issuing an auctioneer's license or a permit to engage in the auction business to any entity applying for same, the municipality shall refer the application to the Chief of Police, who shall cause to be made an investigation of the applicant's moral character and business responsibility as he deems necessary for the protection of the public good and shall report, in writing, the result of his investigation concerning each applicant to the Township Committee as expeditiously as possible, provided that the provisions of this section may be waived by the Township Committee upon application for renewal of a license or permit.
An auctioneer's license or a permit to engage in the auction business may be revoked by the Township Committee, or an application for issuance or renewal of such license may be denied by the Township Committee, as it determines, after notice and hearing, that:
The applicant, licensee or permit holder has violated or has failed to abide by any of the provisions of this chapter.
The applicant, licensee or permit holder is not an individual of good moral character and business responsibility.
The application of the applicant, licensee or permit holder contains any false, fraudulent or misleading material statement.
The applicant, licensee or permit holder has made any false, fraudulent or misleading material statement in the course of maintaining or operating an auction house, conducting a house sale or in offering for sale at auction any personal property in the Township.
The applicant, licensee or permit holder has perpetrated a fraud upon any person, whether or not such fraud was perpetrated in the conduct of an auction in the Township.
The applicant, licensee or permit holder has violated any of the statutes of the State of New Jersey relating to auctions or auctioneers.
The applicant, licensee or permit holder has been convicted of any crime or other offense involving moral turpitude.
The applicant, licensee or permit holder has maintained or operated an auction house, conducted a house sale or offered for sale at auction any personal property in the Township in an unscrupulous manner or in such a manner as to constitute a breach of the peace or a menace to the health, safety or general welfare of the public.
The applicant, licensee or permit holder has engaged in a practice of false advertising with respect to the quality, origin or age of items to be offered for sale at any auction house, house sale or auction sale.
Notice of the hearing hereinabove referred to shall be given, in writing, to the applicant, licensee or permit holder, as the case may be. Such notice shall be by certified mail to the applicant, licensee or permit holder, as the case may be, at his last known address at least five days prior to the date set for the hearing. The applicant, licensee or permit holder, as the case may be, shall have the right to be represented at such hearing by counsel. Such hearing shall be conducted by and in the presence of the Township Committee. At said hearing, any party in interest may present witnesses, but the strict rules of legal evidence need not be enforced in the conduct of said hearing.
No person except a licensed auctioneer duly licensed pursuant to this chapter shall sell, or offer for sale, any goods or merchandise or personal property in any manner similar to that of a public auction.
Each auctioneer shall, during the sale, cause his name and license or permit number to be conspicuously displayed on a sign at the place where he shall conduct an auction sale, and only the name of the licensed auctioneer actually selling at the sale shall be displayed on or about the premises.
No permit issued hereunder for the purpose of engaging in the auction business at a specific location shall be transferred to another location unless a transfer fee of $10 (when the permit sought to be transferred was issued for a house sale or auction sale) or $15 (when the permit sought to be transferred was issued for an auction house) is paid to the Township. Applications for transfer must be made in the same form and manner as in the case of an original permit, and such application for transfer may be denied by the Township Committee, subject to the provisions of §§ 68-9 and 68-10 hereof.
It shall be unlawful for any auctioneer to accept anything other than bona fide bids, and such auction sales are to be conducted so as to dispose of the property to the highest bidder, unless terms otherwise are publicly announced immediately before the sale.
No merchandise shall be sold at retail from a licensed auction premises.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, suffer a penalty of a fine not exceeding $200.
A charitable, governmental or nonprofit organization, such as a charitable lodge, post, church, association, hospital or society operated for a nonprofit purpose, shall not be required to obtain a permit to engage in the auction business in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and no individual shall be required to obtain any auctioneer's license if such auctioneering services are in conjunction with an auction sale conducted by a charitable or nonprofit organization.