330.01 AUCTIONEERS’ LICENSES, TO WHOM GRANTED. Subdivision 1. Generally. (a) The county auditor may license any person having the qualifications specified in paragraph (b) as an auctioneer. The license shall be issued by the auditor and shall authorize the licensee to conduct the business of an auctioneer in the state of Minnesota for the period […]
330.02 BOND. Every auctioneer, before making sales, shall give a corporate surety bond to the county in a penal sum of not less than $1,000 nor more than $3,000 to be fixed by the treasurer and with sureties approved by the treasurer, conditioned that the auctioneer will pay all sums required by law and in […]
330.025 CITY OR TOWN LICENSES. Notwithstanding sections 412.221, subdivision 19, and 368.01, subdivision 11, or other law or provision of home rule charter to the contrary, a statutory or home rule charter city or town may not require a person licensed as an auctioneer by a county and bonded under this chapter to obtain an […]
330.03 ACCOUNT OF SALES. Every auctioneer shall keep an accurate account of all property sold, the names of the persons from whom the same was received and of those to whom it was sold, and the price. History: (7324) RL s 2815; 1986 c 444
330.04 FORFEITURE FOR RECEIVING GOODS FROM MINORS OR SERVANTS. Any licensed auctioneer who shall receive property for sale from any minor or servant, knowing the person to be a minor or servant, shall forfeit to any person injured a sum not exceeding $200. History: (7325) RL s 2816; 1986 c 444
330.05 SALES IN UNAUTHORIZED PLACES; PENALTY. Any person occupying or having control of any building, who knowingly permits the sale of property at public auction in such building, or in any apartment or yard appertaining thereto, contrary to the provisions of this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. History: (7326) RL s 2817
330.06 UNLICENSED SALES. Any person who shall sell or attempt to sell, either directly or indirectly, or as the agent of a duly licensed auctioneer, any property at auction without being licensed as an auctioneer, as herein provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; but the provisions of this chapter shall not extend to sales […]
330.08 ADVERTISEMENTS. All advertisements of auction sales shall carry the name or names, address or addresses, and the license number or numbers of the auctioneer or auctioneers conducting said sales. History: 1965 c 874 s 3; 1969 c 737 s 2; 1986 c 444; 2004 c 251 s 15; 2005 c 32 s 2
330.09 NOTIFICATION OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS. Notice in writing shall be given to the auditor of the county where licensed by each licensee of any change of address, whereupon the auditor shall issue a duplicate license showing the licensee’s new address for which a fee of $3 shall be paid into the county treasury. A […]
330.10 WRITTEN CONTRACT WITH OWNER OR CONSIGNEE OF PROPERTY OR MERCHANDISE FROM TRANSIENT MERCHANTS. Subdivision 1. Written contract. Prior to sale at public auction every auctioneer shall enter into a written contract with the owner or consignee of any property to be sold, containing the terms and conditions upon which the sale will be conducted. […]
330.11 APPLICATION BY NONRESIDENT. Subdivision 1. Reciprocity. A resident of another state which issues auctioneers’ licenses to citizens of the state of Minnesota on the same or similar basis as to citizens of such state may be licensed as an auctioneer in the state of Minnesota upon compliance with the laws of the state of […]
330.12 PENALTIES. Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor. History: 1965 c 874 s 8
330.13 EXCEPTIONS. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to auction sales of registered or purebred livestock or auction sales conducted under the auspices of the Future Farmers of America, 4-H clubs, county agricultural societies, national, state or district shows and breed associations, except that the auctioneer conducting such auction shall be required to […]
