Sec. 8. (a) When any person files an application for an order directing payment from the auctioneer recovery fund, the commission shall promptly review and consider the application, and it may issue an order directing payment out of the auctioneer recovery fund, as provided in section 9 of this chapter, subject to the limitation of section 4 of this chapter, if the commission finds:

(1) that there is no collusion between the judgment creditor and the judgment debtor;

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 25-6.1-8-8

  • Auctioneer: means an individual who is engaged in, or who by advertising or otherwise holds the individual out as being available to engage in, the calling for, the recognition of, and the acceptance of offers for the purchase of goods or real estate at an auction. See Indiana Code 25-6.1-1-3
  • Commission: means the Indiana auctioneer commission. See Indiana Code 25-6.1-1-3
  • Judgment: means all final orders, decrees, and determinations in an action and all orders upon which executions may issue. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Licensee: means any person licensed under this article and, in the case of an auction company, includes the person required to obtain a license for such auction company. See Indiana Code 25-6.1-1-3
  • Person: means an organization or an individual. See Indiana Code 25-6.1-1-3
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(2) that the judgment creditor is making application not more than one (1) year after the termination of all proceedings in connection with the judgment, including appeals and proceedings supplemental to judgment for collection purposes;

(3) that the judgment creditor has diligently pursued all available creditor’s remedies, including proceedings supplemental, against the licensee who is the subject of the application filed under section 4 of this chapter, against all the judgment debtors, and against all other persons liable to the creditor in the transaction for which the creditor seeks recovery from the auctioneer recovery fund, but that the diligent pursuit did not result in satisfaction of the judgment;

(4) that the failure to meet the obligations of a licensee under this article and the rules adopted under this article arose directly out of a transaction that occurred when the judgment debtor was licensed and acted in a capacity for which a license is required under this article and that the transaction occurred after December 31, 1987; and

(5) that, in the event of a default judgment or a judgment entered upon stipulation of the parties, the judgment debtor’s acts constituted failure to meet the obligations of a licensee under this article and the rules adopted under this article.

     (b) A person who is dissatisfied by:

(1) an order issued under subsection (a) directing payment out of the auctioneer recovery fund; or

(2) a denial of an application filed under section 4 of this chapter;

may petition for review under IC 4-21.5-3-7.

As added by P.L.256-1987, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.134-2013, SEC.5.

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