{"id":"882d2a50-da75-4920-8c83-af45ef88b783","task":"Determine California's auctioneer regulatory requirements (no general state license)","domain":"auction.licensing.california","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"],"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"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-13T22:29:41.683Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"verified","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/882d2a50-da75-4920-8c83-af45ef88b783"}