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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 297

  • Auction: means the offering of goods or real estate for sale by means of exchanges between an auctioneer and bidders. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 284
  • Auctioneer: means any person who conducts, advertises or offers that person's service to conduct auctions; contracts or offers to contract with consignors of real or personal property, with or without receiving or collecting a fee, commission or other valuable consideration; or sells or offers to sell property at auction. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 284
  • Real estate: includes lands and all tenements and hereditaments connected therewith, and all rights thereto and interests therein. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
If an auctioneer engages in real estate brokerage, the auctioneer must be licensed under chapter 114, except that a real estate license is not required if the auctioneer is hired to call bids on real estate being sold at an auction and the auctioneer does not prepare contracts or otherwise control the actual sale or take custody of any part of the purchase price. [PL 1999, c. 146, §5 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY

PL 1999, c. 146, §5 (NEW).