Pennsylvania Auction and Auctioneer Laws

Pennsylvania Auction and Auctioneer Laws.
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Pennsylvania Auctioneer and Auction Licensing Act Allows Unlicensed Support Staff of an Auction Company to Set up and Conduct Auctions; provided a Licensed Individual Actually Conducts Auction And Is Responsible for Such Acts of the Support Staf

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania in Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Int'l v. E & A Contr., 706 A.2d 874 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1998) held that the Auctioneer and Auction Licensing Act (“Act”) does not require every auction company to be licensed to perform acts to facilitate an auction. The Act only requires a licensed individual to conduct the auction and be responsible for the unlicense...

An Auctioneer may not Retrieve or Reopen the Bid Once an Auction Sale is Final

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania in Stiles v. Auctioneers Examiners Bd.,  816 A.2d 1254, 1255 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2003) held that in an auction sale, the sale is complete by the fall of hammer.  An auctioneer may not retrieve or reopen the bid and resell an item once the hammer falls and the sale is final.   In Stiles, the Plaintiff auctioneer, Stiles (“Plaintiff”) announ...

Pennsylvania Second Class Cities May Regulate Auction Sales

Pennsylvania Statutes 53 P.S. MUNICIPAL AND QUASI-MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS Part III CITIES OF THE SECOND CLASS Chapter 54 MUNICIPAL POWERS IN GENERAL § 23135 To regulate auction sales Hereafter cities of the second class shall have power and authority to regulate, by ordinance, sales of merchandise at public auction, and to fix and enforce penalties for the violation of the provisions of s...

Pennsuylvania Law on Tax Liability in Bulk and Auction Sales

Pennsylvania Statutes 72 P.S. TAXATION AND FISCAL AFFAIRS Chapter 5 TAX REFORM CODE OF 1971 Article II TAX FOR EDUCATION Part VI Procedure and Administration Chapter IV Assessment and Collection of Tax § 7240 Bulk and auction sales Note: Amended Pennsylvania Statutes 72 P.S. TAXATION AND FISCAL AFFAIRS Chapter 5 TAX REFORM CODE OF 1971 Article III PERSONAL INCOME TAX Part VII With...

Penalty for Fraudulently and Deceptively Advertised Auction Sales – Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Statutes 69 P.S. SALES Chapter 1 THE SALES ACT § 162 Fraudulently and deceptively advertised auction sales; penalty It shall be unlawful, whenever a sale at public auction shall be advertised, represented, or held out to be an insurance, bankrupt, mortgage, insolvent, assignee's, executor's, administrator's, receiver's, trustee's, removal, or closing out o...

Electronic Auction to Sell Third Class City Personal Property – Pennsylvania Law

Pennsylvania Statutes 53 P.S. MUNICIPAL AND QUASI-MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS Part V CITIES OF THE THIRD CLASS Chapter 81 THIRD CLASS CITY CODE Article XIX CONTRACTS § 36917 Sales of personal property Note: Repealed  

When Sale of Auction Lot Final Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Statutes 13 Pa.C.S. COMMERCIAL CODE Division 2 SALES Chapter 23 GENERAL OBLIGATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF CONTRACT § 2328 Sale by auction (a)    Sale in lots.--In a sale by auction if goods are put up in lots each lot is the subject of a separate sale. (b)    When sale complete.--A sale by auction is complete when the auctioneer so announces by th...

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