Ohio Law on Nonresident Auctioneers

Baldwin's Ohio Revised Code Annotated
Title XLVII. Occupations--Professions (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 4707. Auctioneers (Refs & Annos)
Administration and Procedure

4707.12 Reciprocity

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.

4707.13 Service of process against nonresident

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.

4707.14 Place of business

(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 Ann. § 4707.12-14