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Ohio Rev Code § 4707.072 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4707 | Auctioneers|Section 4707.072 | Nonresident One-Auction License.

Effective: May 6, 2005|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 209 - 125th General Assembly|The department may grant one-auction licenses to any nonresident individual who is determined to be qualified by the department. Any individual who applies for a one-auction license shall attest, on forms provided by the department, and furnish to the department, satisfactory proof that the license applicant meets the following requirements: (A) Has a good reputation;(B) Is of trustworthy character;(C) Has attained the age of at least eighteen years;(D) Has a general knowledge of the requirements of the Revised Code relative to auctioneers, the auction profession, and the principles involved in conducting an auction;(E) Has two years of professional auctioneering experience immediately preceding the date of application that includes the personal conduct by the applicant of at least twelve auction sales in any state, or has met the requirements of section 4707.12 of the Revised Code;(F) Has paid a fee of five hundred dollars;(G) Has not applied for or previously obtained a license under this section;(H) Has provided proof of financial responsibility in the form of either an irrevocable letter of credit or a cash bond or a surety bond in the amount of fifty thousand dollars. If the applicant gives a surety bond, the bond shall be executed by a surety company authorized to do business in this state. A bond shall be made to the department and shall be conditioned that the applicant shall comply with this chapter and rules adopted under it, including refraining from conduct described in section 4707.15 of the Revised Code. All bonds shall be on a form approved by the director of agriculture.
Ohio Rev Code § 4707.091 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4707 | Auctioneers|Section 4707.091 | Placement of License on Deposit - Reacquisition - Proof of Financial Responsibility.

Effective: May 6, 2005|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 209 - 125th General Assembly|(A) Prior to the expiration of an auctioneer's or apprentice auctioneer's license, an auctioneer or apprentice auctioneer may submit an application to the department of agriculture, on forms provided by the department, to place the license on deposit with the department for a period not to exceed two years. Not later than fourteen days after receipt of an application under this section, the department shall accept or deny the application.(B) If the department accepts the application, an auctioneer or apprentice auctioneer who has a license on deposit with the department under this section shall not act as an auctioneer or apprentice auctioneer while the license is on deposit. In addition, such an auctioneer shall not be required to pay an assessment under section 4707.25 of the Revised Code.(C) An auctioneer or apprentice auctioneer may reacquire a license on deposit from the department if the auctioneer or apprentice auctioneer does all of the following prior to reacquisition:(1) Submits a written request to the department that contains the business address and telephone number of the auctioneer or apprentice auctioneer, as applicable;(2) Pays a reactivation fee for the license in the following amount, as applicable:(a) In the case of an apprentice auctioneer, one hundred dollars;(b) In the case of an auctioneer whose license is reacquired during the first half of the biennium according to the biennial schedule established in division (B) of section 4707.10 of the Revised Code, two hundred dollars;(c) In the case of an auctioneer whose license is reacquired during the second half of the biennium according to that biennial schedule, one hundred dollars.(3) Pays the assessment that is levied under section 4707.25 of the Revised Code for the current year, if applicable;(4) Provides proof of financial responsibility as required in section 4707.11 of the Revised Code, if applicable;(5) Complies with any other requirement established in rules adopted by the director under section 4707.19 of the Revised Code.(D) If an auctioneer or apprentice auctioneer, at the time of placing the auctioneer's or apprentice auctioneer's license on deposit, as applicable, has not maintained proof of financial responsibility for the entire period of time required under section 4707.11 of the Revised Code, the auctioneer or apprentice auctioneer, beginning at the time of reacquisition, shall maintain proof of financial responsibility for the remainder of the time required under that section.
Ohio Rev Code § 4707.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4707 | Auctioneers|Section 4707.11 | Proof of Financial Responsibility.

Effective: October 17, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 229 - 129th General Assembly|(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, each application for a license issued under this chapter shall be accompanied by proof of financial responsibility in the form of either an irrevocable letter of credit or a cash bond or a surety bond in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars. If the applicant gives a surety bond, the bond shall be executed by a surety company authorized to do business in this state. A bond shall be made payable to the department of agriculture and shall include a condition that requires the applicant to comply with this chapter and rules adopted under it, including a requirement that the person refrain from conduct described in section 4707.15 of the Revised Code. All bonds shall be on a form approved by the director of agriculture.A licensee shall maintain proof of financial responsibility for three years following the date of initial licensure. After the three-year period, a licensee who has not engaged in conduct described in section 4707.15 of the Revised Code and has not otherwise violated this chapter or rules adopted under it during that period shall no longer be required to maintain proof of financial responsibility except as otherwise provided in this section.A licensee whose license expires without being renewed under section 4707.10 of the Revised Code or is suspended under section 4707.15 or 4707.30 of the Revised Code shall give proof of financial responsibility in accordance with this section in order to obtain reinstatement or reactivation of the license.(B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to any of the following:(1) A licensee whose license was issued prior to July 1, 2003, provided that the license continues to be renewed under section 4707.10 of the Revised Code and is not suspended under section 4707.15 or 4707.30 of the Revised Code;(2) An apprentice auctioneer licensee whose license was issued under section 4707.09 of the Revised Code prior to July 1, 2003, and who applies for an auctioneer's license under section 4707.07 of the Revised Code on or after July 1, 2003, provided that the apprentice auctioneer's license is not suspended under section 4707.15 or 4707.30 of the Revised Code, and, if necessary, continues to be renewed under section 4707.10 of the Revised Code, prior to the issuance of the auctioneer's license to the applicant;(3) An auction firm license that is issued under section 4707.074 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4707.111 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4707 | Auctioneers|Section 4707.111 | State Is Sole Regulator of Auctions.

Effective: May 6, 2005|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 209 - 125th General Assembly|The state, through the department of agriculture and in accordance with this chapter, shall solely regulate auctioneers, auction firms, and the conduct of auction sales.By enactment of this chapter, it is the intent of the general assembly to preempt municipal corporations and other political subdivisions from the regulation and licensing of auctioneers, auction firms, and auction sales.At least twenty-four hours prior to an auction, the person licensed under this chapter to conduct the auction shall notify, via telephone, mail, or personal delivery, the chief of police of the municipal corporation in which the auction site is located or, if the site is in the unincorporated area of a county, the county sheriff as to the location and time of the auction and give to that officer a general description of the items offered for sale. A licensee who conducts regular auction sales on a fixed day at the same location is required to provide such notice to the chief of police or county sheriff only once. However, the licensee shall notify the chief of police or county sheriff if the auctions subsequently are discontinued or are conducted on a different day or at a different location.
Ohio Rev Code § 4707.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4707 | Auctioneers|Section 4707.12 | Reciprocity.

Effective: May 6, 2005|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 209 - 125th General Assembly|A nonresident may operate as an auctioneer, apprentice auctioneer, or special auctioneer within the state by conforming to this chapter.The department of agriculture may, within its discretion, waive the testing and schooling requirements for a nonresident, provided that the nonresident holds a valid auctioneer or apprentice auctioneer license issued by a state with which the department has entered into a reciprocal licensing agreement. Nonresidents wishing to so operate in this state shall make application in writing to the department and furnish the department with proof of their ability to conduct an auction, proof of license and financial responsibility, as well as other information that the department may request. If a state with which the department has entered into a reciprocal licensing agreement does not require an apprenticeship, the applicant shall provide proof of license for a period of at least one year prior to receipt of the application.This section does not apply to nonresident auctioneers who do not have a license from a state with which the department has entered into a reciprocal licensing agreement.
Ohio Rev Code § 4707.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4707 | Auctioneers|Section 4707.13 | Consent to Service by Nonresidents.

Effective: October 1, 2001|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 94 - 124th General Assembly|Any nonresident who applies for permission to operate as an auctioneer within this state shall file an irrevocable consent with the department of agriculture that suits and actions may be commenced against such applicant in any court of competent jurisdiction within this state by service of process upon the secretary of state. Said consent shall agree that the service of such process shall be held in all courts to be valid and binding as if service had been made upon the applicant within this state.
Ohio Rev Code § 4707.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4707 | Auctioneers|Section 4707.14 | Definite Place of Business.

Effective: May 6, 2005|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 209 - 125th General Assembly|(A) Each person licensed under this chapter shall have a definite place of business in this state.(B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, if the licensee is a nonresident, it is not necessary for the licensee to maintain an active place of business within this state if the licensee maintains such a place of business in the state where the licensee is a resident.(C) A nonresident who is licensed as a special auctioneer under section 4707.071 of the Revised Code shall have a definite place of business within the state and shall not conduct auctions anywhere else in the state other than the licensee's place of business.
Ohio Rev Code § 4707.151 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4707 | Auctioneers|Section 4707.151 | Bid Rigging Prohibition.

Effective: May 6, 2005|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 209 - 125th General Assembly|(A) No person shall engage in bid rigging.(B) As used in this section, "bid rigging" means a conspiracy between auctioneers, apprentice auctioneers, special auctioneers, any participants in an auction, or any other persons who agree not to bid against each other at an auction or who otherwise conspire to decrease or increase the number or amounts of bids offered at auction.
Ohio Rev Code § 4707.152 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4707 | Auctioneers|Section 4707.152 | Written Reprimand for Violations.

Effective: October 1, 2001|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 94 - 124th General Assembly|In lieu of suspending or revoking a license under section 4707.15 of the Revised Code, the department of agriculture may issue a written reprimand to any licensee who violates any provision of this chapter.
Ohio Rev Code § 4707.171 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4707 | Auctioneers|Section 4707.171 | Auction Education Fund.

Effective: May 6, 2005|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 209 - 125th General Assembly|There is hereby created in the state treasury the auction education fund. Seven dollars and fifty cents of each fee collected for an initial or renewed auction firm's or apprentice auctioneer's license shall be credited to the auction education fund. In addition, seven dollars and fifty cents out of each one hundred dollars that is collected as a fee for an initial or renewed auctioneer's license or for a renewed special auctioneer's license shall be credited to the fund. All interest earned on moneys deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the auction education fund shall be credited to the fund.The state auctioneers commission shall use any moneys from the auction education fund to advance and underwrite education and research in the auction field for the benefit of those licensed under this chapter and the auctioneering public and to cooperate with associations of auctioneers and other groups for the education of auctioneers and the advancement of the auction profession in this state.
Ohio Rev Code § 4707.18 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4707 | Auctioneers|Section 4707.18 | Actions for Compensation.

Effective: May 6, 2005|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 209 - 125th General Assembly|No person engaged in the business of, or acting in the capacity of, an auction firm, auctioneer, or special auctioneer shall bring or maintain any action in the courts of this state for the collection of compensation for any services performed as an auction firm or auctioneer without first alleging and proving that the person was a duly licensed auction firm, auctioneer, or special auctioneer at the time the alleged cause of action arose.
Ohio Rev Code § 4707.19 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4707 | Auctioneers|Section 4707.19 | Administrative Rules.

Effective: October 9, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 263 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) The director of agriculture may adopt reasonable rules necessary for the implementation of this chapter in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. In addition, the director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish the portion of license fees collected under this chapter that are to be deposited into the auction recovery fund under section 4707.25 of the Revised Code.  No person shall fail to comply with a rule adopted under this chapter. (B) The director shall adopt rules that establish a schedule of civil penalties for violations of this chapter, rules adopted under it, or orders issued under it. The rules shall provide that the civil penalty for the first violation of this chapter, rule, or order shall not exceed five thousand dollars and the civil penalty for each subsequent offense shall not exceed ten thousand dollars. In addition, the director, in establishing the schedule of civil penalties in the rules, shall consider past violations of this chapter and rules adopted under it, the severity of a violation, and the amount of actual or potential damage to the public or the auction profession. (C) The department of agriculture may hear testimony in matters relating to the duties imposed on it, and any person authorized by the director may administer oaths. The department may require other proof of the honesty and truthfulness of any person named in the application for an auction firm's, auctioneer's, apprentice auctioneer's, or special auctioneer's license before admitting the applicant to an examination or issuing a license. Last updated October 9, 2021 at 5:00 AM
Ohio Rev Code § 4707.21 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4707 | Auctioneers|Section 4707.21 | Records and Information.

Effective: September 12, 2008|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 48 - 127th General Assembly|No auction firm, auctioneer, apprentice auctioneer, or special auctioneer shall willfully neglect or refuse to furnish the department of agriculture statistics or other information in the auction firm's, auctioneer's, apprentice auctioneer's, or special auctioneer's possession or under the auction firm's, auctioneer's, apprentice auctioneer's, or special auctioneer's control that the auction firm, auctioneer, apprentice auctioneer, or special auctioneer is authorized to collect; nor shall the auction firm, auctioneer, apprentice auctioneer, or special auctioneer neglect or refuse, for more than thirty days, to answer questions submitted on circulars; nor shall the auction firm, auctioneer, apprentice auctioneer, or special auctioneer knowingly answer any such questions falsely; and nor shall the auction firm, auctioneer, apprentice auctioneer, or special auctioneer refuse to obey subpoenas and give testimony. Licensees, as well as charitable, religious, or civic organizations and schools that sponsor an auction under division (B)(5)(b) of section 4707.02 of the Revised Code, shall keep records relative to any auction for at least two years from its date. These records shall include settlement sheets, written contracts, and copies of any advertising that lists the items for auction, as applicable.
Ohio Rev Code § 4707.23 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4707 | Auctioneers|Section 4707.23 | Effect of Child Support Default on License.

Effective: October 1, 2001|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 94 - 124th General Assembly|On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the department of agriculture shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license issued pursuant to this chapter.
Ohio Rev Code § 4707.24 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4707 | Auctioneers|Section 4707.24 | Provisions Inapplicable to One-Time Residential Auction.

Effective: September 26, 2003|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly|Except for the purposes of divisions (A) and (B) of section 4707.25 of the Revised Code, sections 4707.25 to 4707.31 of the Revised Code do not apply with respect to a license issued under section 4707.072 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4707.261 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4707 | Auctioneers|Section 4707.261 | Verified Application for Order Directing Payment Form Fund.

Effective: July 1, 2003|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 262 - 124th General Assembly|A person who obtains a final judgment in a court of competent jurisdiction against a person licensed under this chapter, on the grounds of conduct by the licensee that is described in section 4707.15 of the Revised Code or that otherwise violates this chapter or rules adopted under it and that is associated with an act or transaction that only a licensee lawfully may perform, may file a verified application in a court of common pleas for an order directing payment from the auction recovery fund. The application shall be accompanied by the judgment entry and may seek payment in an amount that is equal to the portion of the judgment that remains unpaid.The application shall specify the nature of the act or transaction on which the underlying judgment was based, the activities of the applicant in pursuit of remedies available under the law for the collection of judgments, and the actual and direct losses sustained by the applicant. The applicant shall attach to the application a copy of each pleading and order in the underlying court action. In addition, the application shall include proof of the applicant's actual and direct loss.Whenever possible, the court shall require all applicants and prospective applicants whose claims to the fund arose from an underlying judgment against the same licensee to be joined in one action under this section so that the rights of all applicants may be equitably adjudicated and settled.
Ohio Rev Code § 4707.262 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4707 | Auctioneers|Section 4707.262 | Determining Whether Recovery Should Be From Real Estate or Auction Recovery Fund.

Effective: July 1, 2003|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 262 - 124th General Assembly|A person who has sustained actual and direct losses in the course of a real estate auction transaction and who believes that they may qualify to seek recovery for the losses from the real estate recovery fund in accordance with section 4735.12 of the Revised Code or from the auction recovery fund shall apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for a determination of the fund from which the person should seek recovery if either or both of the following apply:(A) The transaction involves both of the following:(1) A violation of Chapter 4735. of the Revised Code;(2) A violation of this chapter or rules adopted under it or conduct that is described in section 4707.15 of the Revised Code.(B) The person is unclear as to the fund from which recovery should be sought.Upon receipt of an application under this section, the court shall determine whether it appears that conduct or a violation described in division (A) of this section occurred and also shall determine, in its discretion, the appropriate fund from which the person should seek recovery and notify the person of the determination.In the event that the court determines the person is able to recover from both the real estate recovery fund and the auction recovery fund, the total aggregate amount that is paid to the person from both the funds shall not exceed the actual and direct losses sustained by the person. In addition, the total aggregate amount that is paid to the person from both the funds shall not exceed the dollar limitations established in section 4707.29 of the Revised Code, and the portion of that total aggregate amount that is paid from the real estate recovery fund shall not exceed the dollar limitations established in division (D) of section 4735.12 of the Revised Code.For purposes of division (B)(4)(d) of section 4735.12 of the Revised Code, with respect to recovery from the real estate recovery fund, a person shall not be required first to seek recovery from the auction recovery fund in order to be considered to have diligently pursued the person's remedies.