§ 6.88.090. Prohibited acts.

It is unlawful:

A.

For any auctioneer at such sale to fail to read the application and permit to those assembled, before commencing the sale of the property;

B.

For any auctioneer or others interested in the sale to offer for sale at the auction any property other than that described in the application;

C.

For any auctioneer to knowingly misrepresent the quality or value of any article offered for sale at such auction sale;

D.

For any auctioneer to make any false statement of misrepresentation as to the ownership of, or the character or circumstances of the owner or pretended owner of, such property, for the purpose of inducing the sale thereof, or to make any false statement or misrepresentation as to the purchase, history or character of such property;

E.

For any auctioneer or person conducting such auction sale to represent or sell as new or unused property any secondhand or used merchandise;

F.

For any person conducting an auction sale under this chapter to substitute any article in lieu of that described in the application for a permit and offered to and purchased by the bidder;

G.

For any person having a permit under this chapter to alter, transfer, lend, sell or rent out his permit, or to use any permit not his own;

H.

For any person to falsely represent himself to hold a permit under this chapter or to wrongfully use a permit issued hereunder;

I.

To conduct an auction sale covered by this chapter without a permit to do so, or after the expiration of the permit issued;

J.

For any auctioneer or person conducting an auction covered by this chapter to sell, or offer for sale, at such auction any article not specifically listed in the inventory of application for a permit.

(Prior code § 9-2-18)