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§19-2C-3. Procedure for license; department of agriculture as statutory agent for licensees; fee.

Any person who wishes to conduct an auction as an auctioneer may apply for a license on forms prescribed by the commissioner and containing such information as the commissioner may require by a legislative rule promulgated in accordance with article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code. A nonreturnable application fee of fifty dollars shall accompany each application as well as a license fee of fifty dollars. All fees collected under this article shall be paid into a special revenue fund in the state treasury to be used by the department of agriculture for the expressed purpose of administering and enforcing this article and for providing continuing education for auctioneers: Provided, That for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, fees collected under this article shall be paid into the state fund, general revenue.

In addition to the payment of fees, an applicant shall file with his or her application a bond as required in section four of this article.

The commissioner shall, within thirty days after the receipt of an application, notify the applicant of his or her eligibility to be examined at the next regularly scheduled examination, as well as the date of the examination.

In the event the license is denied, the commissioner shall refund the license fee submitted with the application to the applicant.

Licenses issued expire on the thirty-first day of December of each year but are renewable upon the payment of the annual license fee within sixty days of the expiration date. Renewals received more than sixty days after the expiration date are subject to a late renewal fee of twenty-five dollars in addition to the annual renewal fee. The commissioner shall not renew licenses which have been expired for more than two years and the auctioneer or apprentice auctioneer shall take the written and oral examination and pay the examination fee in order to renew his or her license. The commissioner shall not renew a license unless the applicant complies with the other requirements of this article.

Where an auctioneer or apprentice auctioneer requires a duplicate or replacement license or a license reflecting a change in information, the auctioneer or apprentice auctioneer shall submit a fee of five dollars with the request.

The state department of agriculture is the agent for the purpose of service of process on any licensed auctioneer for any action occasioned by the performance of the duties of the auctioneer. Every licensed auctioneer, by virtue of his or her application for a license, shall be considered to have consented tothe statutory agency.

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > West-virginia > 19 > 19-2c-3

§19-2C-3. Procedure for license; department of agriculture as statutory agent for licensees; fee.

Any person who wishes to conduct an auction as an auctioneer may apply for a license on forms prescribed by the commissioner and containing such information as the commissioner may require by a legislative rule promulgated in accordance with article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code. A nonreturnable application fee of fifty dollars shall accompany each application as well as a license fee of fifty dollars. All fees collected under this article shall be paid into a special revenue fund in the state treasury to be used by the department of agriculture for the expressed purpose of administering and enforcing this article and for providing continuing education for auctioneers: Provided, That for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, fees collected under this article shall be paid into the state fund, general revenue.

In addition to the payment of fees, an applicant shall file with his or her application a bond as required in section four of this article.

The commissioner shall, within thirty days after the receipt of an application, notify the applicant of his or her eligibility to be examined at the next regularly scheduled examination, as well as the date of the examination.

In the event the license is denied, the commissioner shall refund the license fee submitted with the application to the applicant.

Licenses issued expire on the thirty-first day of December of each year but are renewable upon the payment of the annual license fee within sixty days of the expiration date. Renewals received more than sixty days after the expiration date are subject to a late renewal fee of twenty-five dollars in addition to the annual renewal fee. The commissioner shall not renew licenses which have been expired for more than two years and the auctioneer or apprentice auctioneer shall take the written and oral examination and pay the examination fee in order to renew his or her license. The commissioner shall not renew a license unless the applicant complies with the other requirements of this article.

Where an auctioneer or apprentice auctioneer requires a duplicate or replacement license or a license reflecting a change in information, the auctioneer or apprentice auctioneer shall submit a fee of five dollars with the request.

The state department of agriculture is the agent for the purpose of service of process on any licensed auctioneer for any action occasioned by the performance of the duties of the auctioneer. Every licensed auctioneer, by virtue of his or her application for a license, shall be considered to have consented tothe statutory agency.


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > West-virginia > 19 > 19-2c-3

§19-2C-3. Procedure for license; department of agriculture as statutory agent for licensees; fee.

Any person who wishes to conduct an auction as an auctioneer may apply for a license on forms prescribed by the commissioner and containing such information as the commissioner may require by a legislative rule promulgated in accordance with article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code. A nonreturnable application fee of fifty dollars shall accompany each application as well as a license fee of fifty dollars. All fees collected under this article shall be paid into a special revenue fund in the state treasury to be used by the department of agriculture for the expressed purpose of administering and enforcing this article and for providing continuing education for auctioneers: Provided, That for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, fees collected under this article shall be paid into the state fund, general revenue.

In addition to the payment of fees, an applicant shall file with his or her application a bond as required in section four of this article.

The commissioner shall, within thirty days after the receipt of an application, notify the applicant of his or her eligibility to be examined at the next regularly scheduled examination, as well as the date of the examination.

In the event the license is denied, the commissioner shall refund the license fee submitted with the application to the applicant.

Licenses issued expire on the thirty-first day of December of each year but are renewable upon the payment of the annual license fee within sixty days of the expiration date. Renewals received more than sixty days after the expiration date are subject to a late renewal fee of twenty-five dollars in addition to the annual renewal fee. The commissioner shall not renew licenses which have been expired for more than two years and the auctioneer or apprentice auctioneer shall take the written and oral examination and pay the examination fee in order to renew his or her license. The commissioner shall not renew a license unless the applicant complies with the other requirements of this article.

Where an auctioneer or apprentice auctioneer requires a duplicate or replacement license or a license reflecting a change in information, the auctioneer or apprentice auctioneer shall submit a fee of five dollars with the request.

The state department of agriculture is the agent for the purpose of service of process on any licensed auctioneer for any action occasioned by the performance of the duties of the auctioneer. Every licensed auctioneer, by virtue of his or her application for a license, shall be considered to have consented tothe statutory agency.