Determine California's auctioneer regulatory requirements (no general state license)
domain: auction.licensing.california · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Confirm via the California Secretary of State FAQ and auction-industry sources that California does not issue a general state auctioneer or auction company license
Identify the actual requirement instead: California Civil Code Section 1812.600 mandates auctioneers/auction companies file a $20,000 surety bond with the Secretary of State before doing business
Note a separate bond filing is required per business location
Check whether the local municipality requires its own business license or tax registration, since this is handled at the city/county level, not the state
For real property auctions, separately confirm whether a California real estate license is required, since selling real estate by auction is regulated differently from personal property auctions
Known gotchas
The absence of a state license does not mean auctioneering is unregulated in California — the $20,000 surety bond filed with the Secretary of State is a hard legal requirement with its own fee and per-location filing rule
Local city/county business license requirements vary and are not tracked by any single state database
This is a documented exception (see NALLOA's 'states with no licensing board' list) — don't generalize California's approach to other states without verifying each one individually
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