(1) A licensed auctioneer shall not sell real estate at auction without a real estate broker’s license.
(2) A licensed real estate broker shall not sell real estate at auction without an auctioneer’s license.

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 330.032

  • Auction: means any method of sale, lease, or exchange of real property, personal property, or any combination thereof, by means of competitively increasing or decreasing bids. See Kentucky Statutes 330.020
  • real estate: includes lands, tenements, and hereditaments and all rights thereto and interest therein, other than a chattel interest. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions set forth in KRS § 426.522, an auctioneer and real estate broker may collaborate in conducting the sale of real estate at auction. When an auctioneer and real estate broker collaborate in the conduct of a sale of real estate at auction, a real estate broker shall be paid for services rendered as a broker, and an auctioneer shall be paid for services rendered as an auctioneer.
Effective: June 24, 2015
History: Created 2015 Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 1, effective June 24, 2015.