(A) Prior to the expiration of an auctioneer‘s license, an auctioneer may submit an application to the department of agriculture, on forms provided by the department, to place the license on deposit with the department for a period not to exceed two years. Not later than fourteen days after receipt of an application under this section, the department shall accept or deny the application.

Terms Used In Ohio Code 4707.091

  • agriculture: includes farming; ranching; aquaculture; algaculture meaning the farming of algae; apiculture and related apicultural activities, production of honey, beeswax, honeycomb, and other related products; horticulture; viticulture, winemaking, and related activities; animal husbandry, including, but not limited to, the care and raising of livestock, equine, and fur-bearing animals; poultry husbandry and the production of poultry and poultry products; dairy production; the production of field crops, tobacco, fruits, vegetables, nursery stock, ornamental shrubs, ornamental trees, flowers, sod, or mushrooms; timber; pasturage; any combination of the foregoing; the processing, drying, storage, and marketing of agricultural products when those activities are conducted in conjunction with, but are secondary to, such husbandry or production; and any additions or modifications to the foregoing made by the director of agriculture by rule adopted in accordance with Chapter 119 of the Revised Code. See Ohio Code 1.61
  • Auctioneer: means any person who engages, or who by advertising or otherwise holds the person out as being able to engage, in the calling for, recognition of, and the acceptance of, offers for the purchase of real or personal property, goods, or chattels at auction either directly or through the use of other licensed auctioneers. See Ohio Code 4707.01
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.

(B) If the department accepts the application, an auctioneer who has a license on deposit with the department under this section shall not act as an auctioneer while the license is on deposit. In addition, such an auctioneer shall not be required to pay an assessment under section 4707.25 of the Revised Code.

(C) An auctioneer may reacquire a license on deposit from the department if the auctioneer does all of the following prior to reacquisition:

(1) Submits a written request to the department that contains the business address and telephone number of the auctioneer;

(2) Pays a reactivation fee for the license in the following amount:

(a) In the case of an auctioneer whose license is reacquired during the first half of the biennium according to the biennial schedule established in division (A) of section 4707.10 of the Revised Code, two hundred dollars;

(b) In the case of an auctioneer whose license is reacquired during the second half of the biennium according to that biennial schedule, one hundred dollars.

(3) Pays the assessment that is levied under section 4707.25 of the Revised Code for the current year, if applicable;

(4) Provides proof of financial responsibility as required in section 4707.11 of the Revised Code, if applicable;

(5) Complies with any other requirement established in rules adopted by the director under section 4707.19 of the Revised Code.

(D) If an auctioneer, at the time of placing the auctioneer’s license on deposit, has not maintained proof of financial responsibility for the entire period of time required under section 4707.11 of the Revised Code, the auctioneer, beginning at the time of reacquisition, shall maintain proof of financial responsibility for the remainder of the time required under that section.

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