DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS 1427-3273›PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS 1738-3273.16›TITLE 9. AGENCY 2295-2400›CHAPTER 2. Particular Agencies 2362-2400›ARTICLE 1. Auctioneers 2362-2363
§ 2362
California Civil Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
An auctioneer, in the absence of special authorization or usage to the contrary, has authority from the seller, only as follows:
To sell by public auction to the highest bidder;
To sell for cash only, except such articles as are usually sold on credit at auction;
To warrant, in like manner with other agents to sell, according to Section 2323;
To prescribe reasonable rules and terms of sale;
To deliver the thing sold, upon payment of the price;
To collect the price; and,
To do whatever else is necessary, or proper and usual, in the ordinary course of business, for effecting these purposes.
(Enacted 1872.)
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