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AL Code § 34-4-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 4 - Auctioneers.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 34-4-7 - Penalties.

Section 34-4-7Penalties. (a) Any person violating this chapter, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, subject to a fine or imprisonment, or both. (b) Any person, having previously been convicted for violating this chapter, who subsequently violates this chapter, shall, upon conviction for the subsequent violation, be guilty of a Class C felony, subject to a fine or imprisonment, or both. (Acts 1973, No. 811, p. 1236, §22; Act 98-271, p. 440, §1.)
AL Code § 34-4-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 4 - Auctioneers.|Article 2 - Licenses.|Section 34-4-20 - Required.

Section 34-4-20Required. It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, association, or corporation in any county of this state to act as an auctioneer or apprentice auctioneer, or directly or indirectly to engage or assume to engage in the auction business and act as either without first obtaining a license issued by the State Board of Auctioneers, under the provisions of this chapter. It shall be unlawful for any person not licensed under the provisions of this chapter to advertise that he or she is in the auction business or to do anything to leave any impression upon the public that he or she is an auctioneer or is so engaged. (Acts 1973, No. 811, p. 1236, §§3, 19.)
AL Code § 34-4-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 4 - Auctioneers.|Article 2 - Licenses.|Section 34-4-22 - Register of Applicants.

Section 34-4-22Register of applicants. REPEALED IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2021-438 EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2021. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (Acts 1973, No. 811, p. 1236, §12.)
AL Code § 34-4-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 4 - Auctioneers.|Article 2 - Licenses.|Section 34-4-23 - License as Evidence of Rights and Privileges.

Section 34-4-23License as evidence of rights and privileges. The issuance of a license by the board shall be evidence that the person or business entity named therein is entitled to all the rights and privileges of an auctioneer or apprentice auctioneer while the license remains unrevoked or unexpired. (Acts 1973, No. 811, p. 1236, §16; Act 2021-438, §1.)
AL Code § 34-4-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 4 - Auctioneers.|Article 2 - Licenses.|Section 34-4-24 - Bond Required.

Section 34-4-24Bond required. Each application for an auctioneer's or apprentice auctioneer's license shall be accompanied by a bond in the amount of $10,000. The bond shall be a cash bond or a surety bond and, if the latter, shall be executed by a surety company authorized to do business in this state. The bond shall be made payable to the board and conditioned upon the applicant conducting his or her business in accordance with the provisions and intent of this chapter. The bond shall be in a form approved by the board. No license may be issued until such a bond has been filed with the board. (Acts 1973, No. 811, p. 1236, §17; Acts 1981, No. 81-378, p. 555, §4.)
AL Code § 34-4-25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 4 - Auctioneers.|Article 2 - Licenses.|Section 34-4-25 - Licensing Requirements; Irrevocable Consent.

Section 34-4-25Licensing requirements; irrevocable consent. (a) An individual may become an auctioneer or apprentice auctioneer in this state by conforming to this chapter. If an auctioneer or apprentice auctioneer has a lawsuit or other legal action filed and pending against him or her in this or any other state, the board may not issue a license to him or her until final disposition of the action, and then only at the discretion of the board. The terms "auctioneer" and "apprentice auctioneer" shall include any individual, firm, company, partnership, association, or corporation by whom the "auctioneer" or "apprentice auctioneer" is employed.  (b) Every applicant shall file an irrevocable consent that actions may be commenced against the applicant in the proper court in the county in this state in which a cause of action may arise, in which the plaintiff may reside, by service of any process or pleadings authorized by laws of this state on the board, or a deputy to be designated by the board, the consent stipulating and agreeing that service of process or pleading shall be begun and held in all courts to be as valid and binding as if due service had been made upon the applicant in this state. The consent shall be duly acknowledged and, if made by a corporation, shall be authenticated by the seal of the corporation. In case of any process or pleadings mentioned in this chapter being served upon the board or upon a deputy to be designated by the board, duplicated copies shall be made, one of which shall be filed in the office of the secretary of the board, and the other immediately forwarded by registered or certified mail to the main office of the applicant against which process or pleadings are directed. No default in the proceedings or action shall be taken unless it shall be made to appear by affidavit of a member of the board, or a deputy designated by the board, that a copy of the process or pleadings was mailed to the defendant as herein required. Judgment by default shall be taken in any action or proceedings within 20 days after the date of the mailing of process or pleadings to the defendant. (Acts 1973, No. 811, p. 1236, §18; Acts 1981, No. 81-378, p. 555, §4; Act 2004-74, p. 94, §3; Act 2014-329, p. 1216, §1; Act 2021-438, §1.)
AL Code § 34-4-26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 4 - Auctioneers.|Article 2 - Licenses.|Section 34-4-26 - Mailing Address.

Section 34-4-26Mailing address. Each licensee must have a definite mailing address such as street name and number or RFD number. A post office box only will not be sufficient. (Acts 1973, No. 811, p. 1236, §19.)
AL Code § 34-4-27 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 4 - Auctioneers.|Article 2 - Licenses.|Section 34-4-27 - Privilege Licenses.

Section 34-4-27Privilege licenses. Each auctioneer shall annually pay one state license in an amount not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250). Each auctioneer shall also annually pay a county license fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) in each county where he or she sells by auction. No privilege license shall be required for any apprentice auctioneer when he or she is listed as the principal auctioneer. No license shall be required for any auctioneer who conducts an auction, without compensation for himself or herself, where all proceeds from the auction go to the benefit of any charitable organization. The term "auctioneer" shall include any person selling real estate, goods, wares, merchandise, automobiles, livestock, or other things of value by or at public auction. Sales at public auction involving any of the following may be conducted for compensation without a license: (1) Sales at auction conducted by the owner of any part of the goods or real estate being offered, or an attorney representing the owner, unless the owner acquired the goods to resell. (2) Sales for the estate of a decedent by an administrator, executor, or any person acting under order of any court or the attorney of an administrator, executor, or any person acting under order of any court. (3) Sales of property conveyed by deed of trust, mortgage, judgment, or ordered to be sold according to the mortgage, judgment, order, or decree. (4) All sales under legal process. (Acts 1973, No. 811, p. 1236, §23; Act 98-271, p. 440, §1; Act 2021-438, §1.)
AL Code § 34-4-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 4 - Auctioneers.|Article 2 - Licenses.|Section 34-4-30 - Disciplinary Action - Procedure for Hearings; Immunity of Board.

Section 34-4-30Disciplinary action - Procedure for hearings; immunity of board. (a) The board may administer oaths and prescribe all necessary and reasonable rules for the conduct of a hearing. The board may take testimony of any person by deposition, with the same fees and mileage and in the same manner as prescribed by law in judicial procedure of courts of this state in civil cases. The fees and mileage shall be paid by the party at whose request the witness is subpoenaed. (b) The affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the board shall be required before any disciplinary action may be taken against a licensee in accordance with this chapter.  (c) The board is declared to be a quasi judicial body, and the members or the employees of the board are granted immunity from civil liability and shall not be liable for damages therefrom when acting in the performance of their duties as described in this chapter.  (Acts 1973, No. 811, p. 1236, §14; Acts 1981, No. 81-378, p. 555, §4; Act 98-271, p. 440, §1; Act 2021-438, §1.)
AL Code § 34-4-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 4 - Auctioneers.|Article 2 - Licenses.|Section 34-4-31 - Revocation or Suspension - Resulting From Judgment in Damage Action.

Section 34-4-31Revocation or suspension - Resulting from judgment in damage action. Whenever any person claiming to have been injured or damaged by the gross negligence, incompetency, fraud, dishonesty, or misconduct on the part of any licensee engaging in the auction business, as herein described, shall file an action upon the claim against the licensee in any court of record in this state and shall recover judgment thereon, the court may as part of its judgment in the case, revoke the defendant's license, which shall not be reissued to such licensee except upon unanimous vote of all members of the board in favor of the reissuance and only then after the lapse of a period of 90 days from the date of the revocation. (Acts 1973, No. 811, p. 1236, §15; Act 2021-438, §1.)
AL Code § 34-4-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 4 - Auctioneers.|Article 2 - Licenses.|Section 34-4-32 - Effect on License of Apprentice Auctioneer.

Section 34-4-32Effect on license of apprentice auctioneer. The revocation of an auctioneer's license shall automatically suspend every apprentice auctioneer's license granted to any person by virtue of his or her employment by the auctioneer whose license has been revoked. The apprentice auctioneer may retain his or her license by transferring to the employment of another licensed auctioneer within 21 days. (Acts 1973, No. 811, p. 1236, §21.)
AL Code § 34-4-33 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 4 - Auctioneers.|Article 2 - Licenses.|Section 34-4-33 - Appeals; Costs.

Section 34-4-33Appeals; costs. (a) Findings of the board with regard to the denial, suspension, or revocation of a license or the imposition of any penalty or administrative fine shall be final unless within 30 days after the date of the final order of the board, the applicant or licensee files a notice of appeal with the board to the Circuit Court of Montgomery County. The person appealing the decision shall post a two hundred dollar ($200) cost bond with the board to cover the reasonable costs of preparing the transcript of the proceeding under review, unless waived by the board or the court on a showing of substantial hardship. The appeal shall be conducted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, and with all the attendant rights and duties thereof.  (b) If the decision of the board is affirmed in whole or in part, the cost of the appeal shall be taxed against the party taking the appeal. If the decision of the board is not affirmed, the court shall tax the costs of appeal against the board. (Act 98-271, p. 440, §2; Act 2021-438, §1.)
AL Code § 34-4-51 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 4 - Auctioneers.|Article 3 - Board of Auctioneers.|Section 34-4-51 - Certificates of Appointment to Board; Legal Assistance; Prosecution of Complaints.

Section 34-4-51Certificates of appointment to board; legal assistance; prosecution of complaints. Each member of the board shall receive a certificate of appointment from the Governor before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his or her office. The board, or any committee thereof, shall be entitled to the services of the state Attorney General, in connection with the affairs of the board, or may, on approval of the Attorney General, employ an attorney to assist or represent it in the enforcement of this chapter before any court of competent jurisdiction, and it may take the necessary legal steps through the proper legal officers of the state to enforce the provisions of this chapter and collect the penalties provided herein. Complaints shall be prosecuted in the name of the State Board of Auctioneers. (Acts 1973, No. 811, p. 1236, §5.)
AL Code § 34-4-52 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 4 - Auctioneers.|Article 3 - Board of Auctioneers.|Section 34-4-52 - Meetings; Quorum.

Section 34-4-52Meetings; quorum. The board shall meet quarterly for the purpose of transacting business as may properly come before the board. Special meetings of the board shall be held at such times as the board may provide in the bylaws the board may adopt. A majority of the then appointed board members shall constitute a quorum at a board meeting. A majority vote of a quorum of the board eligible to vote on a matter shall be required for any action taken by the board. Due notice of each meeting and the time and place thereof shall be given each member in such manner as the bylaws and applicable law may provide. (Acts 1973, No. 811, p. 1236, §8; Act 2004-74, p. 94, §3; Act 2021-438, §1.)
AL Code § 34-4-53 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 4 - Auctioneers.|Article 3 - Board of Auctioneers.|Section 34-4-53 - Compensation of Members.

Section 34-4-53Compensation of members. Members of the board shall each receive compensation in an amount of three hundred dollars ($300) per day and travel allowance as is paid to state employees for each day spent on work made necessary by this chapter. (Acts 1973, No. 811, p. 1236, §9; Acts 1988, No. 88-138, p. 201, §3; Act 2004-74, p. 94, §3.)
AL Code § 34-4-54 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 4 - Auctioneers.|Article 3 - Board of Auctioneers.|Section 34-4-54 - Record of Proceedings; Funds; Audit.

Section 34-4-54Record of proceedings; funds; audit. The executive director of the board shall keep a record of the proceedings of the board. The board shall deposit all the funds received and credited by the board into the State Treasury into an account hereby established to be known as the "Alabama State Board of Auctioneers Fund." All money derived under this chapter shall be deposited into the fund and used only to carry out the requirements of this chapter. No money shall be paid out of the fund except by warrant of the Comptroller upon the State Treasury after approval of itemized vouchers by the executive director of the board or an authorized designee. (Acts 1973, No. 811, p. 1236, §10; Acts 1988, No. 88-138, p. 201, §3; Act 2014-329, p. 1215, §1.)
AL Code § 34-6-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 6 - Billiard Rooms.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 34-6-1 - Definitions.

Section 34-6-1Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) BILLIARDS. Any of the several games played on a table surrounded by an elastic ledge of cushions, with balls which are impelled by a cue, including all forms of the game known as carom billiards, pocket billiards, formerly known as pool, and English billiards. (2) BILLIARD ROOM. Any public place where the game of billiards is permitted to be played and for which a charge is made. (Acts 1923, No. 230, p. 224, §1; Code 1923, §4255; Code 1940, T. 14, §237.)
AL Code § 34-6-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 6 - Billiard Rooms.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 34-6-2 - Inspection of Billiard Rooms.

Section 34-6-2Inspection of billiard rooms. The chief law enforcement officer of the State of Alabama shall regularly inspect all public billiard rooms in the state for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the provisions of this chapter are being observed, and it is his or her duty to report all violations promptly to the district attorney for the county in which such rooms are located and to furnish him or her with such information and assistance as is necessary for the prosecution of violations of this chapter. (Acts 1923, No. 230, p. 224, §5; Code 1923, §4260; Code 1940, T. 14, §242.)
AL Code § 34-6-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 6 - Billiard Rooms.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 34-6-3 - Authority of Municipalities.

Section 34-6-3Authority of municipalities. The governing bodies of incorporated cities or towns where billiard rooms are operated may fix a license fee for the operation of such billiard rooms and may make such additional regulations governing the operation of such billiard rooms as they may deem proper, but no city or town shall have power to license or authorize the doing of any act or thing prohibited by this chapter. (Acts 1923, No. 230, p. 224, §6; Code 1923, §4261; Code 1940, T. 14, §243.)
AL Code § 34-6-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 6 - Billiard Rooms.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 34-6-4 - Hours When Billiard Room May Be Operated.

Section 34-6-4Hours when billiard room may be operated. Repealed by Act 2004-634, p. 1450, §1, effective August 1, 2004. (Acts 1923, No. 230, p. 224, §7; Code 1923, §4262; Code 1940, T. 14, §244.)
AL Code § 34-6-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 6 - Billiard Rooms.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 34-6-5 - Billiard Rooms to Be Kept Clean and Sanitary.

Section 34-6-5Billiard rooms to be kept clean and sanitary. All billiard rooms shall be kept at all times in a clean, healthful and sanitary condition and shall comply with all the ordinances now in force or which shall hereafter be enacted, regulating the same, and shall be subject to all sanitary rules and regulations of the health department. (Acts 1923, No. 230, p. 224, §10; Code 1923, §4265; Code 1940, T. 14, §247.)
AL Code § 34-6-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 6 - Billiard Rooms.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 34-6-6 - Screens, Blinds, Partitions, Etc.

Section 34-6-6Screens, blinds, partitions, etc. Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. (Acts 1923, No. 230, p. 224, §11; Code 1923, §4266; Code 1940, T. 14, §248.)
AL Code § 34-6-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 6 - Billiard Rooms.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 34-6-7 - Secret Doors, Connections, Etc.

Section 34-6-7Secret doors, connections, etc. It shall be unlawful for any billiard room to maintain, or permit to be maintained, any open or secret connections, through doors, windows or trapdoors, panels, stairways, or other devices within any place where gambling is conducted or where persons congregate for immoral purposes. (Acts 1923, No. 230, p. 224, §12; Code 1923, §4267; Code 1940, T. 14, §249.)
AL Code § 34-6-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 6 - Billiard Rooms.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 34-6-8 - Keeping or Operating Pool or Billiard Tables Outside Incorporated Cities or Towns.

Section 34-6-8Keeping or operating pool or billiard tables outside incorporated cities or towns. Any person who keeps, operates, or exhibits a pool or billiard table on which the public can play, whether for pay or not, outside of an incorporated city or town having a police force shall, on conviction, be fined not less than $50 nor more than $100 for each table and may also be sentenced to hard labor for the county for not less than 30 days nor more than 50 days. This section shall not apply to clubs conducted by companies which provide welfare work for their employees; nor shall it apply to pool or billiard tables kept or operated at any military camp of the United States or within one fourth of a mile of such military camp, nor to pool or billiard tables kept and operated at any nitrate plant or on any land acquired and held by the United States. (Acts 1919, No. 203, p. 196, §1; Code 1923, §4275; Code 1940, T. 14, §257.)
AL Code § 34-6-8.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 6 - Billiard Rooms.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 34-6-8.1 - Commercial Operation of Billiard Tables in Certain Areas Authorized; License Required.

Section 34-6-8.1Commercial operation of billiard tables in certain areas authorized; license required. All laws to the contrary notwithstanding, any business establishment, which is located outside of the corporate limits of any town or municipality even though it may be located within the police jurisdiction of a town or municipality, is hereby authorized to install and commercially operate billiard tables on its premises so long as the person, firm, or corporation operating such tables has secured a license for such operation from the judge of probate of the county wherein such establishment is located as provided for in Article 2, of this chapter. (Acts 1984, No. 84-255, p. 420, §1.)
AL Code § 34-6-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 6 - Billiard Rooms.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 34-6-9 - Minors Forbidden to Play Billiards; Certificate as to Age; Proviso as to Certain Counties.

Section 34-6-9Minors forbidden to play billiards; certificate as to age; proviso as to certain counties. Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. (Acts 1923, No. 230, p. 224, §8; Code 1923, §4263; Code 1940, T. 14, §245; Acts 1971, No. 53, p. 302, §1.)
AL Code § 34-6-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 6 - Billiard Rooms.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 34-6-10 - Permitting Minors to Play Billiards or Pool.

Section 34-6-10Permitting minors to play billiards or pool. Any person operating or managing a billiard or pool table on which the public can play, whether for pay or not, who knowingly permits any minor to play thereon or to loiter on the same premises, shall, on conviction, be fined not less than $50. (Code 1876, §4213; Code 1886, §4063; Code 1896, §4803; Code 1907, §6992; Code 1923, §4276; Code 1940, T. 14, §258.)
AL Code § 34-6-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 6 - Billiard Rooms.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 34-6-11 - Law as to Minors Kept Posted.

Section 34-6-11Law as to minors kept posted. Every licensed billiard room proprietor shall post in his or her room where the tables are operated a placard having Section 34-6-9 conspicuously written upon or printed thereon, in letters of not less than one fourth of an inch in height, for the information of his or her patrons. (Acts 1923, No. 230, p. 224, §14; Code 1923, §4269; Code 1940, T. 14, §251.)