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Auctioneer commission updates rules: public automobile auctioneers can be 18; motor vehicle and auctioneer licenses required for car auctions
Summary
The Auctioneer Commission updated rules to reflect statute changes: the minimum age for public automobile auctioneers drops from 21 to 18, and automobile auctions require both a motor vehicle dealer license and an auctioneer license; the committee recommended approval.
Reed Witcher, assistant commissioner with the Division of Regulatory Boards, and Roxanna Gamuccio, executive director of the Tennessee Auctioneer Commission, told the committee they updated commission rules to reflect two recent statutory changes: lowering the age requirement for public automobile auctioneers from 21 to 18 and clarifying that public automobile auctions require both a motor vehicle commission license and an auctioneer commission license.
Witcher said the changes codify existing practice since the statutory changes took effect. Gamuccio explained that the principal auctioneer handles escrow and fund handling and that the clarified language lets a business that holds automobile auctions operate with the required motor vehicle license at the auction location. Committee members asked whether the rule limits the number of automobiles that may be sold at a single auction; the presenters said there is no limit in the rule, but in an estate sale an owner may sell up to six vehicles without that automobile‑auction licensing relationship.
The committee voted to recommend the rule; the clerk reported six ayes in the Senate and the House voice vote recorded as "the ayes have it."
