Los Angeles County Municipal Code Part 2 Auctioneers

Every auctioneer shall pay an annual license fee in the amount set forth in Section 7.14.010 of this title, under the appropriate heading.

(Ord. 11209 § 1 (part), 1975: Ord. 8608 § 1 (part), 1964: Ord. 7159 § 10 (part), 1957: Ord. 5860 Ch. 7 Art. 2 § 1311, 1951.)

No auctioneer's license is required for the selling of any goods at public sale belonging to the United States, or to this state, or for the sale of property by virtue of any process issued by any state or federal court.

(Ord. 5860 Ch. 7 Art. 2 § 1312, 1951.)

No auctioneer's license is required from any person selling his own property at his own private residence.

(Ord. 5860 Ch. 7 Art. 2 § 1313, 1951.)

The tax collector shall not issue an auctioneer's license until the applicant files with the tax collector an auctioneer's bond complying with this Part 2.

(Ord. 5860 Ch. 7 Art. 2 § 1314, 1951.)

An auctioneer's bond shall be approved by the tax collector and be in substance in the following form:

"AUCTIONEER'S BOND

"KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

That we ______ as Principal, and _________ and ____________, as sureties, are held and firmly bound, both jointly and severally, in the sum of Five Thousand Dollars, lawful money of the United States, unto the County of Los Angeles, a political subdivision, and to every person, firm or corporation; insuring any of them against any loss or damage that may result to any person, firm or corporation who is aggrieved or damaged by any act of the principal as auctioneer or by any of his employees in violation of or contrary to any provision of Section 1317 of Ordinance No. 5860, entitled "An ordinance regulating and licensing businesses and other activities," adopted November 27, 1951, as amended, or by the fraud or other misleading of any kind by the principal or by any employee of the principal. This undertaking is not void upon the first recovery but may be sued upon and recovered upon from time to time by any person aggrieved until the whole penalty is exhausted in the full sum of $5,000 lawful money of the United States of America, for the payment of which well and truly to be made we hereby bind ourselves and our heirs, and each of our successors and assigns, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents."

(Ord. 7778 § 6 (part), 1960: Ord. 5860 Ch. 7 Art. 2 § 1315, 1951.)

An applicant for an auctioneer's license may present to the county counsel an auctioneer's bond worded differently than as quoted in Section 7.76.080. If the bond as presented has the same legal effect as a bond reading exactly as quoted in

Section 7.76.080, the county counsel may approve such bond and the tax collector may accept such bond in lieu of the bond worded exactly as quoted in said Section 7.74.080.

(Ord. 5860 Ch. 7 Art. 2 § 1316, 1951.)

In lieu of the undertaking required by this Part 2, the auctioneer may deposit with the tax collector and assign to the county savings and loan certificates or shares to the value of $5,000.00, subject to all of the provisions of Chapter 4.36 of this code.

(Ord. 9807 § 8 (part), 1969: Ord. 7848 § 2 (part), 1960: Ord. 5860 Ch. 7 Art. 2 § 1316.2, 1951.)

An auctioneer who deposits with the clerk of the board and assigns to the county savings and loan certificates or shares in lieu of filing the undertaking required by this Part 2 also, at the same time, shall file with the clerk of the board an agreement in writing in which he agrees that the county may, and the county may, satisfy, either in whole or in part, from such certificates or shares, any final judgment, the payment of which would have been guaranteed by the undertaking required by this Part 2.

(Ord. 7848 § 2 (part), 1960: Ord. 5860 Ch. 7 Art. 2 § 1316.4, 1951.)

A person shall not sell at public auction any goods, wares or merchandise from a private residence except goods, wares or merchandise belonging to the resident of such home and used as or as part of the furnishings of such residence.

(Ord. 5860 Ch. 7 Art. 2 § 1317, 1951.)

If either a public or private auction is advertised to be, or in any manner represented to be, sale of the property or stock of any particular person, a person shall not sell or offer for sale at such auction any goods, wares or merchandise other than the property or stock of such person.

(Ord. 5860 Ch. 7 Art. 2 § 1318, 1951.)

A.

Section 7.76.130 does not prohibit the sale at the same private or public auction of goods, wares or merchandise, other than the property or stock of such person, firm or corporation if:

All written advertisements, representations or other announcements state, in type not smaller than the largest type used in such advertisement, representation or other announcement: "Property other than, and in addition to the property (or stock or goods) of _____________________ (naming the person or business) will also be offered for sale.";

Every person who orally announces such sale, at the same time, in a voice not less audible, distinctly and clearly states that property other than and in addition to the property, stock or goods of such person or business will also be offered for sale.

B.

This section does not modify in any way the provisions of Section 7.76.120.

(Ord. 5860 Ch. 7 Art. 2 § 1319, 1951.)

In addition to the requirements of Part 7 of this chapter, every auctioneer shall include, in the records kept by him, the amount and date of all sales and names of the persons to whom sold.

(Ord. 5860 Ch. 7 Art. 2 § 1320, 1951.)