Kansas Statutes 58-1018. Same; bond requirements; process; actions
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 58-1018
- Auctioneer: means a person who conducts a public auction as herein defined;
(b) "clerk" means: (a) the county clerk of the county wherein the public auction is to be held if the public auction is to be held outside the corporate limits of a city; (b) the city clerk, city license collector or other person or officer designated by a city to issue public auction licenses of the city wherein the public auction is to be held;
(c) "inventory" means a list of new goods, wares and merchandise offered at public auction, showing make and model; also their serial number, if any;
(d) "person" means and includes an individual, firm, association, corporation or any other legal entity;
(e) "public auction" means the offering for sale or selling of new goods, wares or merchandise to the highest bidder or offering for sale or selling of new goods, wares or merchandise at a high price and then offering the same at successive lower prices until a buyer is secured; and
(f) "new goods, wares and merchandise" means those not previously sold at retail. See Kansas Statutes 58-1015
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
At the time of filing the application required by this act, and as a part thereof, the applicant shall file and deposit with the said clerk a bond issued by a corporate surety authorized to do business in this state, in the penal sum of three (3) times the cost to the vendor of the merchandise proposed to be offered for sale at public auction, to the state of Kansas, and for the use and benefit of any purchaser of any such new goods, wares or merchandise at the said auction who might have a cause of action for damages sustained on account of dishonest or fraudulent conduct arising from or out of a sale or sales at such auction against the applicant or against the auctioneer, and which action is commenced within one (1) year from the date that such sale is made at any such auction; the said bond shall be further conditioned that the applicant will pay any fines that may be assessed by any court against the applicant or against the auctioneer for violation of the provisions of this act: Provided, however, The aggregate liability of the surety for all said taxes, fines, and causes of action shall in no event exceed the sum of such bond, but there shall be no limitation of liability against the owners of the new goods, wares and merchandise or the auctioneer or the applicant for the license.
In such bond the applicant and surety shall appoint the clerk of the county or city, as the case may be, in which said bond is filed the agent of the applicant and of the surety for the service of process, which appointment shall be irrevocable. At the time that said bond is filed and deposited with the clerk as herein provided the auctioneer shall appoint the said clerk the agent of the auctioneer for the service of process, which appointment shall be irrevocable. In the event of such service of process, the agent on whom such service is made shall, within five (5) days after the service, mail by registered mail a true copy of the process served upon the agent to each party for whom the agent has been served, addressed to the last known address of such party.
The state of Kansas or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any person having a cause of action arising out of any sale of such new goods, wares or merchandise may join the applicant and the surety on such bond and the auctioneer in the same action, or may in such action sue either such applicant or the surety or the auctioneer alone.