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AR Code § 17-17-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 17 - Auctioneers|Subchapter 2 - Auctioneer's Licensing Board|§ 17-17-205. Finances — Educational programs

 The Auctioneer's Licensing Board shall be financially self-sustaining, and, if funds permit, it may underwrite, within its financial limitations, educational programs for the enlightenment and benefit of the public and all auctioneers licensed under this chapter.
AR Code § 17-17-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 17 - Auctioneers|Subchapter 2 - Auctioneer's Licensing Board|§ 17-17-206. List of licensees

 The Auctioneer's Licensing Board shall annually publish a list of the names and addresses of all auctioneers licensed by it pursuant to this chapter. This list shall contain the names of all persons whose licenses have been suspended or revoked within the preceding year as well as any other information relative to the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter that the board may deem of interest to the public.
AR Code § 17-17-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 17 - Auctioneers|Subchapter 2 - Auctioneer's Licensing Board|§ 17-17-207. Rules

 The Auctioneer's Licensing Board shall have the authority to promulgate such rules as may be necessary to implement this chapter and may establish by rule such forms as may be necessary to administer this chapter.
AR Code § 17-17-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 17 - Auctioneers|Subchapter 2 - Auctioneer's Licensing Board|§ 17-17-208. Proceedings

 The Auctioneer's Licensing Board shall be subject to the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.
AR Code § 17-17-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 17 - Auctioneers|Subchapter 2 - Auctioneer's Licensing Board|§ 17-17-209. Seal — Records

 (a) The Auctioneer's Licensing Board shall adopt a seal by which it shall authenticate its proceedings.  (b) Copies of all records and papers in the office of the board, duly certified and authenticated by the seal of the board, shall be received in evidence in all courts equally and with like effect as the original.  (c) All records kept in the office of the board under the authority of this chapter shall be open to public inspection under such rules as shall be prescribed by the board.
AR Code § 17-17-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 17 - Auctioneers|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-17-301. Qualifications — Examination

 (a) Auctioneer licenses shall be granted only to persons who are found to be of good reputation, trustworthy, and competent to transact the business of an auctioneer, in such a manner as to safeguard the interest of the public.  (b) The Auctioneer's Licensing Board is authorized to require information from every applicant to determine the applicant's honesty and truthfulness.  (c)  (1) In addition to proof of honesty, truthfulness, and good reputation, an examination conducted by the board or its authorized representatives shall be held four (4) times each year, and an examination fee of one hundred dollars ($100) shall be collected from each applicant to defray the expenses of the examination.  (2) The examination shall include questions on ethics, reading, writing, spelling, elementary arithmetic, and a general knowledge of the laws of Arkansas and the Arkansas Code, including, but not limited to, contracts of sale, agency, leases, auctions brokerage, and the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code, § 4-1-101 et seq.    (d) In addition to the other qualifications provided for by this chapter, every applicant for an auctioneer's license shall be at least eighteen (18) years of age. Every application for a license shall be submitted on forms prepared by the board.
AR Code § 17-17-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 17 - Auctioneers|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-17-302. Issuance and renewal — Change of location

 (a)  (1) An examination shall not be required for the renewal of any present or future license unless the license has been revoked. In this case, the applicant shall take and pass the written examination offered by the Auctioneer's Licensing Board before a new license may be issued.  (2) Licensed auctioneers have a one-hundred-twenty-day grace period beyond a renewal date to renew a license.  (3)  (A) Penalty for late renewals beyond the one-hundred-twenty-day grace period shall be two (2) times the sum of a normal license renewal fee.  (B)  (i) The board shall notify a licensee of the penalty in subdivision (a)(3)(A) of this section by first class mail.  (ii) If a licensee does not renew his or her license within thirty (30) days after the notice in subdivision (a)(3)(B)(i) of this section is mailed, the board shall send a second notice by certified mail.        (b)  (1)  (A) The issuance fee for each auctioneer's license shall be one hundred dollars ($100).  (B) The annual renewal fee for each license shall be one hundred dollars ($100).  (C) All licenses shall expire on June 30 of each year.    (2) In the absence of a reason or condition that might warrant the refusal of the renewing of the license and upon receipt of the written request of the applicant and the applicant's annual fee, the board shall issue a new license each ensuing year.    (c) The board shall prepare and deliver to each licensee a license certificate and pocket card.  (d)  (1) Notice in writing shall be given to the board by each licensee of any change of business location within thirty (30) days after any change in location, and at that time the board shall issue a new license for the unexpired period.  (2) A change of business location shall automatically cancel the license previously issued.  (3) Changing a business location and issuance of a new license shall entitle the board to collect five dollars ($5.00).
AR Code § 17-17-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 17 - Auctioneers|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-17-304. Nonresidents — Licensing generally

 (a) A nonresident of this state may become a licensed auctioneer in this state by registering with the Auctioneer's Licensing Board and confirming in writing that his or her actions will be regulated by this chapter and other applicable laws of this state as stated in this section and §§ 17-17-305 and 17-17-306.  (b)  (1) In every instance the nonresident must pay the issuance fee, the annual renewal fee, and the Auctioneer Education and Recovery Fund fee.  (2)  (A) No person who is not a resident of this state shall conduct any livestock auction in this state unless bonded for at least fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) by a surety licensed to do business in this state by the Insurance Commissioner.  (B) A violation of this section shall constitute a Class A misdemeanor.
AR Code § 17-17-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 17 - Auctioneers|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-17-305. Nonresidents — Reciprocity

 (a) A person holding a license to engage in auctions issued to him or her by a proper authority of a state, territory, or possession of the United States or the District of Columbia having licensing requirements comparable to Arkansas and who in the opinion of the Auctioneer's Licensing Board otherwise meets the requirements of this chapter may upon application be licensed without further examination.  (b)  (1) Nothing in this section and §§ 17-17-304 and 17-17-306 shall prevent the conducting of any auction in this state by any nonresident auctioneer if such an auctioneer is duly licensed by the state of his or her residence and that state, through reciprocity, permits a resident of this state who is an auctioneer duly licensed to conduct auctions in this state to conduct auctions in the other state without being required to obtain a license in the other state.  (2) The license fee applicable to a nonresident auctioneer from another state which does not permit an auctioneer who is a resident of this state and who is duly licensed in this state to conduct auctions in the other state without being required to obtain a license in the other state shall be of the same amount that the other state charges auctioneers who are residents of this state and who are duly licensed in this state to obtain a license to conduct an auction in the other state.    (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no person duly licensed as an auctioneer in any other state and temporarily present in this state shall conduct an auction in this state unless he or she acts in association with an auctioneer duly licensed in this state if the state in which the nonresident auctioneer is licensed requires such an association with an auctioneer licensed in that state before an auctioneer duly licensed in Arkansas may conduct an auction in that state.
AR Code § 17-17-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 17 - Auctioneers|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-17-306. Nonresidents — Actions against

 In addition, every nonresident applicant shall file an irrevocable consent that actions may be commenced against the applicant in any court of competent jurisdiction in the State of Arkansas, by the service of any summons, process, or pleading authorized by the law on the Secretary-treasurer of the Auctioneer's Licensing Board. The consent shall stipulate and agree that the service of the process, summons, or pleading on the secretary-treasurer shall be taken and held in all courts to be as valid and binding as if actual service had been made upon the applicant in Arkansas. In case any summons, process, or pleading is served upon the secretary-treasurer of the board, it shall be by duplicate copies, one (1) of which shall be retained in the office of the board, and the other immediately forwarded by registered mail to the last known business address of the applicant against whom the summons, process, or pleading may be directed.
AR Code § 17-17-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 17 - Auctioneers|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-17-307. Auction owners

 (a) If an auction owner is one other than the principal auctioneer, the auction owner shall apply for a license and meet all the provisions of this chapter.  (b) When the owner of an auction company or the designated person of a corporation and the auctioneer are one and the same, only one (1) license shall be required.
AR Code § 17-17-308 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 17 - Auctioneers|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-17-308. Suspension or revocation

 The Auctioneer's Licensing Board may impose a civil penalty or suspend or revoke the license of an auctioneer for any of the following causes:   (1) Obtaining a license through false or fraudulent representation;  (2) Pursuing a continued and flagrant course of misrepresentation or making false promises through agents or advertising or otherwise;  (3) Failing to account for or remit within a reasonable time any money belonging to others that comes into his or her possession;  (4) Commingling funds of others with his or her own or failing to keep the funds of others in an escrow or trustee account;  (5) Paying valuable consideration to any person for services performed in violation of this chapter;  (6) Being convicted of a criminal offense involving a felony listed under § 17-3-102 in a court of competent jurisdiction of this or any other jurisdiction;  (7) Willfully violating a rule promulgated by the board;  (8) Failing to enter into a written contract with the seller and to furnish voluntarily to the seller at the time of execution copies of all written instruments prepared by the auctioneer, including the contract;  (9) Any conduct of an auctioneer that demonstrates bad faith, dishonesty, incompetency, untruthfulness, or deceptive practices;  (10) Any other conduct that constitutes improper, fraudulent, or dishonest dealings, including falsely accusing any auctioneer or auction house;  (11) Failing to complete or submit the continuing education requirements as specified by this chapter and the rules adopted by the board; or  (12) Failing to disclose the buyer's premium in all advertising associated with an auction.
AR Code § 17-17-309 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 17 - Auctioneers|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-17-309. Investigation by board

 The Auctioneer's Licensing Board may, upon its own motion, and shall, upon the verified written complaint of any person, investigate the actions of any auctioneer or any person who assumes to act in that capacity, if the complaint, or complaint together with other evidence presented in connection with it if true, would be a violation of this chapter.
AR Code § 17-17-310 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 17 - Auctioneers|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-17-310. Advertisements

 Each and every advertisement by an auctioneer or consignment auction house shall include the number of the license issued to the auctioneer or auction company by the Auctioneer's Licensing Board.
AR Code § 17-17-311 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 17 - Auctioneers|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-17-311. Continuing education

 (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, every application to the Auctioneer's Licensing Board for annual renewal of the license of an auctioneer shall be accompanied by proof that the applicant has satisfactorily completed six (6) hours of continuing education in approved programs within the preceding twelve-month period. No auctioneer's license shall be renewed unless the application for renewal is accompanied by the proof required in this section.  (b) All programs of continuing education for licensed auctioneers shall be subject to approval of the board. The board is authorized to prescribe by rule the minimum standards and requirements for continuing education programs for auctioneers, the procedures and policies for administering such programs, and the manner and conditions under which credit will be granted for participation in such programs.  (c) The continuing education requirements of this section shall not be applicable to any person who has been licensed as an auctioneer or auction house owner or operator by the board for a period of ten (10) consecutive years or more and who is at least fifty-five (55) years of age.
AR Code § 17-17-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 17 - Auctioneers|Subchapter 4 - Auctioneer Education and Recovery Fund|§ 17-17-401. Auctioneer Education and Recovery Fund

 (a) The Auctioneer's Licensing Board shall establish a separate high interest bearing account in a bank located in this state. The account shall be referred to as the “Auctioneer Education and Recovery Fund” and shall only be used for education and recovery purposes as detailed in this chapter.  (b) The fees collected under § 17-17-404 shall be deposited into the fund.
AR Code § 17-17-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 17 - Auctioneers|Subchapter 4 - Auctioneer Education and Recovery Fund|§ 17-17-402. Applicability

 The provisions of this subchapter shall apply only to:   (1) Auctioneers who were licensed at the time of the occurrence of the acts or violations complained of; and  (2) Acts or violations which occur after December 31, 1999.
AR Code § 17-17-403 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 17 - Auctioneers|Subchapter 4 - Auctioneer Education and Recovery Fund|§ 17-17-403. Construction

 Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to limit or restrict in any manner other civil or criminal remedies which may be available to any person.
AR Code § 17-17-404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 17 - Auctioneers|Subchapter 4 - Auctioneer Education and Recovery Fund|§ 17-17-404. Additional fee

 (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, each auctioneer shall pay to the Auctioneer's Licensing Board at the time of initial licensure and at each annual renewal a fee as the board may require, not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100). This fee shall be in addition to the other fees provided for in this chapter.  (b) When the balance in the Auctioneer Education and Recovery Fund reaches one hundred eighty thousand dollars ($180,000), the fee shall be suspended until the fund balance falls to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) at which time the collection of the fee shall resume until the fund balance reaches one hundred eighty thousand dollars ($180,000).
AR Code § 17-17-405 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 17 - Auctioneers|Subchapter 4 - Auctioneer Education and Recovery Fund|§ 17-17-405. Disciplinary hearing — Recovery procedure

 (a)  (1) In any disciplinary hearing before the Auctioneer's Licensing Board that involves a licensee who has allegedly violated any provision of this chapter, the board shall first determine whether a violation has occurred.  (2) If so, the board shall then determine the amount of damages, if any, suffered by the aggrieved party or parties. However, damages shall be limited to actual damages in accordance with § 17-17-407.  (3) The board shall then direct the licensee to pay that amount to the aggrieved party or parties.  (4)  (A) If that amount has not been paid within thirty (30) calendar days following entry of the board's final order in the matter and the order has not been appealed to the circuit court, then upon request the board shall pay from the Auctioneer Education and Recovery Fund to the aggrieved party or parties the amount specified.  (B) However, the board shall not:  (i) Pay in excess of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for any one (1) violation or continuing series of violations regardless of the number of licensees who participated in the violation or continuing series of violations; or  (ii) Pay an amount in excess of the fund balance.        (b) The question of whether certain violations constitute a continuing series of violations shall be a matter solely within the discretion and judgment of the board.  (c) Nothing within this subchapter shall obligate the fund for any amount in excess of a total of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) with respect to:  (1) The acts of any one (1) licensee; or  (2) Any group of related claims.    (d) Whether a claim is one (1) of a group of related claims shall be a matter solely within the discretion and judgment of the board.  (e) When unsatisfied or pending claims exceed the limits payable under subsection (c) of this section, the board shall be the sole determinant of how the available funds shall be allocated among such claims.
AR Code § 17-17-406 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 17 - Auctioneers|Subchapter 4 - Auctioneer Education and Recovery Fund|§ 17-17-406. Education

 The Auctioneer's Licensing Board, in its discretion, may use any funds in the Auctioneer Education and Recovery Fund in excess of the one-hundred-eighty-thousand-dollar level, regardless of whether it is from the fund fees or accrued interest thereon for any or all of the following purposes:   (1) To carry out the advancement of education in the auction field for the benefit of those licensed under the provisions of this chapter;  (2) To assist in the improvement and efficiency of the auctioneering profession; and  (3) To underwrite educational seminars and other forms of educational projects for the use and benefit of auctioneer licensees.
AR Code § 17-17-407 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 17 - Auctioneers|Subchapter 4 - Auctioneer Education and Recovery Fund|§ 17-17-407. Jurisdiction

 (a) The Auctioneer's Licensing Board's jurisdiction and authority to award damages to an aggrieved party pursuant to § 17-17-405 is limited to actual compensatory damages. The board shall not award punitive or exemplary damages, nor shall it award interest on damages.  (b) The appellate jurisdiction of the circuit court is limited to the awarding of actual compensatory damages.  (c) The circuit court shall have no authority or jurisdiction to assess punitive or exemplary damages under this subchapter.  (d) The circuit court's jurisdiction over the Auctioneer Education and Recovery Fund shall be limited to appeals from the board's orders.  (e) The circuit court shall have no jurisdiction or authority to order payments from the fund in any amount in excess of either:  (1) The amount determined by the board; or  (2) The limits set forth in § 17-17-405.
AR Code § 17-17-408 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 17 - Auctioneers|Subchapter 4 - Auctioneer Education and Recovery Fund|§ 17-17-408. Appeal

 (a) An appeal may be taken to the circuit court from a final order of the Auctioneer's Licensing Board in accordance with the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.  (b) An appeal shall automatically stay that portion of the board's order which directs the payment of damages, and neither the licensee nor the board shall be obligated to pay the damages to the aggrieved party or parties until such time as the appeal is finally decided, whether in the circuit court or in the Supreme Court.
AR Code § 17-17-409 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 17 - Auctioneers|Subchapter 4 - Auctioneer Education and Recovery Fund|§ 17-17-409. Subrogation — Suspension of license

 Upon the payment by the Auctioneer's Licensing Board of any amount of money under § 17-17-405:   (1) The recipients of the payment, to the extent of the payment, shall assign to the board all rights and claims that they may have against the licensee involved;  (2) The board shall be subrogated to all of the rights of the recipients of the payment to the extent of the payment; and  (3) In addition to any other disciplinary action taken against the licensee on the merits of the hearing, his or her license shall be immediately suspended until he or she has completely reimbursed the board for the payment plus interest at a rate to be determined by the board.