The Licensing Law: who needs a license, the board and the examination 31
A licensed auctioneer moves. LAC 46:III.1107 gives how long to send the board written word of the new address?LAC 46:III.1107(A)
An auction business outside Louisiana auctions movables that are physically located in Louisiana. Is a Louisiana license required under LAC 46:III.1101?LAC 46:III.1101(C)
An auction house conducts an auction through an internet-based platform. Who answers for the platform's actions in that auction?La. R.S. 37:3105(D)
An individual auctions his own furniture and includes a neighbor's table in the sale. What does LAC 46:III.1101 require?LAC 46:III.1101(D)(4)(b)
An individual fails two successive examinations. When is the individual next eligible to sit?LAC 46:III.1109(F)
An out-of-state auctioneer's application carries a written irrevocable consent to suit in Louisiana. Who receives service as the licensee's agent under it?La. R.S. 37:3117(D)
At least how old must a person appointed to the board be?La. R.S. 37:3111(B)
Besides a series of studies at an approved school of auctioneering, what else satisfies R.S. 37:3113(A)(4)?La. R.S. 37:3113(A)(4)
Bonds and licenses under the Auctioneers Licensing Law all run out on the same day of the year. Which day?La. R.S. 37:3115(A)(2)
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The Licensing Law: who needs a license, the board and the examination, continued
By what date each year must applications for renewal of auctioneers' licenses be submitted to the board?La. R.S. 37:3115(A)(2)
For granting licenses, rulemaking and adjudication alike, R.S. 37:3112(F) fixes a quorum of the board. At how many members?La. R.S. 37:3112(F)
For the charitable exclusion in LAC 46:III.1101, what must be true of the person conducting the auction as the auctioneer?LAC 46:III.1101(D)(3)
The governor appoints seven persons to the board. How many of them does R.S. 37:3111 require to be auctioneers?La. R.S. 37:3111(B)
How long after receiving notice does a failed applicant have to ask the board in writing to regrade and review the examination?LAC 46:III.1109(E)
How many auctions within any twelve-month period make an entity an "auction house" under R.S. 37:3103?La. R.S. 37:3103(A)(4)(a)
How many references must an applicant for an auctioneer license give?La. R.S. 37:3113(C)(3)
How often must the board administer the written examination for licensing under R.S. 37:3112?La. R.S. 37:3112(A)(2)
Is a person who sells another's property at auction, and takes no fee for it, an "auctioneer" under R.S. 37:3103?La. R.S. 37:3103(A)(5)
R.S. 37:3114 leaves the scope of the licensing examination to the board but names two subjects it shall include. Which?La. R.S. 37:3114(A)
Under LAC 46:III.1101, how often may a person sell his own property at auction before being considered in the business of auctioneering?LAC 46:III.1101(D)(4)(a)
What does "department" mean in the Auctioneers Licensing Law?La. R.S. 37:3103(A)(7)
What is the initial license fee for an auction business under R.S. 37:3116?La. R.S. 37:3116(A)(11)
What late penalty applies to a renewal application submitted after January first?La. R.S. 37:3115(A)(2)
What may the board do for an applicant who holds an auction license from a state with licensing requirements comparable to Louisiana?La. R.S. 37:3117(A)
What reexamination fee does R.S. 37:3116 allow the board to assess?La. R.S. 37:3116(A)(3)
What score passes the Louisiana auctioneer examination under LAC 46:III.1109?LAC 46:III.1109(B)
When does a silent auction fall outside the sealed-bid exclusion under LAC 46:III.1101?LAC 46:III.1101(D)(7)
Where is the Louisiana Auctioneers Licensing Board domiciled?La. R.S. 37:3111(C)
Which auction must employ a licensed auctioneer to call it under R.S. 37:3105?La. R.S. 37:3105(C)
Which sale is excluded from the Auctioneers Licensing Law by R.S. 37:3104?La. R.S. 37:3104(7)
Which three terms does R.S. 37:3103 call synonymous and interchangeable?La. R.S. 37:3103(A)(4)(a)
Bonds, auction businesses and apprentices 14
A licensee's bond is canceled, and no new bond is furnished before that date. What happens to the license?La. R.S. 37:3118(A)(2)
A resident Louisiana licensed auctioneer with a surety bond already posted wants to operate an auction business. What does LAC 46:III.1120 allow?LAC 46:III.1120(M)
An apprentice calls an auction outside the presence of the supervising auctioneer. What follows under LAC 46:III.1119?LAC 46:III.1119(G)
An auction business will open an additional location. How far ahead must it give the board written notice?LAC 46:III.1120(I)
During the 12-month apprenticeship, in at least how many hours of work must the apprentice be directly involved?LAC 46:III.1119(D)
For how many consecutive days must an employee have been in full-time employment to serve as an auction business's qualifying party?La. R.S. 37:3113(B)(3)(b)
For how many consecutive years must an auctioneer have been licensed by the board to qualify as a supervising auctioneer for an apprentice?LAC 46:III.1118(A)(2)
How many apprentices may a supervising auctioneer have working under his supervision at any time?LAC 46:III.1118(A)(3)
How must an auction business show its Louisiana license number on its website and in all advertising?LAC 46:III.1120(N)
The qualifying party terminates employment with the licensee. Within how long must another qualifying party qualify?La. R.S. 37:3113(B)(3)
The supervising auctioneer's license is revoked, and the apprentice does not transfer to another Louisiana licensed auctioneer within 21 days. What must the apprentice do?LAC 46:III.1119(A)
What deposit or surety bond does R.S. 37:3118 ask of an applicant for licensure as an auction business?La. R.S. 37:3118(A)(1)
What schooling must an applicant for an apprentice auctioneer license have under LAC 46:III.1117?LAC 46:III.1117(A)(1)
What sum, in cash or as a surety bond, does an applicant for licensure as an auctioneer or apprentice auctioneer deposit with the board?La. R.S. 37:3118(A)(1)
Conducting the auction 13
An auctioneer bids on behalf of an absentee bidder without giving the notice R.S. 37:3130 requires. What is the result?La. R.S. 37:3130
An auctioneer buys a lot, indirectly, at a sale he is conducting, outside the absentee-bid exception. What is the effect?La. R.S. 37:3129(A)
Before offering each article for sale, what must the auctioneer announce in a loud, clear voice?La. R.S. 37:3133
Besides notice before the auction, what does R.S. 37:3130 require during the auction when the auctioneer intends to bid?La. R.S. 37:3130
Does the ban on shills prohibit the taking of bids by telephone?La. R.S. 37:3129(C)
Immediately after an article is sold, what must the auctioneer state?La. R.S. 37:3133
In which sales is the certificate of mortgages not necessary under R.S. 37:3128?La. R.S. 37:3128
The owner of the property is the highest bidder at the auction. What follows under R.S. 37:3131?La. R.S. 37:3131
Upon opening an auction at which a buyer's fee is charged, what must the auctioneer do?La. R.S. 37:3124(C)(3)
What does R.S. 37:3132 forbid a licensee to place on items sold at auction?La. R.S. 37:3132
What must the auctioneer produce and read before immovable property is sold by public auction?La. R.S. 37:3128
Where must the amount of any buyer's fee be posted in writing?La. R.S. 37:3124(C)(2)
Which names does R.S. 37:3129 give the false bidder it forbids?La. R.S. 37:3129(B)
Funds, records and commissions 14
A check remitted to a consignor in settlement is returned for insufficient funds. After notice, how many calendar days does the licensee have to make it good before it is a cause for discipline?La. R.S. 37:3121(A)(12)
For how long after a sale must a licensee retain clerk sheets, consignor contracts and settlement sheets?LAC 46:III.1705(A)
How soon must an auctioneer pay the consignor under R.S. 37:3125(B)?La. R.S. 37:3125(B)
On a court-ordered sale of property belonging to minors, what is the commission cap on the first $10,000 of each adjudication?La. R.S. 37:3124(A)(2)
The person who employs the auctioneer disputes the auctioneer's right to part of the funds in the account. When may that portion be withdrawn?La. R.S. 37:3125(A)(2)
Selling goods at auction with no written contract with the owner or consignor is a cause for discipline when a minimum price has been set or requested above what value?La. R.S. 37:3121(A)(11)
What is the commission cap on sales made by the representative of a succession under R.S. 37:3124(B)?La. R.S. 37:3124(B)
What is the highest commission an auctioneer may receive on a judicial sale of immovable property made under order of court?La. R.S. 37:3124(A)(1)
What is the highest commission an auctioneer may receive on judicial sales of movables?La. R.S. 37:3124(A)(3)
What must the auctioneer issue to the sellers over his signature under LAC 46:III.1701?LAC 46:III.1701(A)
Where must funds derived from an auction sale and paid to the auctioneer be deposited under R.S. 37:3125?La. R.S. 37:3125(A)
Which of the auctioneer's own funds may be deposited in that account under R.S. 37:3125(A)(1)?La. R.S. 37:3125(A)(1)
Which of these is on the list of records LAC 46:III.1705 requires a licensee to retain?LAC 46:III.1705(A)
Who is liable in solido to the owner for money and property that is unaccounted for?La. R.S. 37:3125(B)
Advertising 5
A person authorized by law to sell at public auction fails to advertise as the law requires. What is the consequence under R.S. 37:3143?La. R.S. 37:3143
After a warning letter, what is the fine for a first offense of leaving the licensee's name and license number out of advertising?LAC 46:III.1503(A)
What must a licensed auctioneer's advertisement of an auction indicate under R.S. 37:3141?La. R.S. 37:3141
What must all advertisements, including newspaper, radio, television and brochures, say about a buyer's fee?La. R.S. 37:3124(C)(1)
Which items are exempt from displaying the license number under LAC 46:III.1503?LAC 46:III.1503(A)
Discipline and penalties 10
After service of a cease and desist order by certified mail, how many days must pass without compliance before the board may seek a writ of injunction?La. R.S. 37:3122(C)
Besides an auctioneer charged with a complaint, whom may the board require to pay all costs of its proceedings?La. R.S. 37:3121(B)
By what vote may the board reinstate a license it has suspended or revoked?La. R.S. 37:3121(D)
How does R.S. 37:3123 count offenses at an auction held in violation of the law?La. R.S. 37:3123(B)
How many concurring votes of the board are required for the revocation of a license?La. R.S. 37:3121(C)
How soon must a licensee notify the board of administrative action taken by another licensing authority, board or commission?LAC 46:III.1121(A)(12)
Must the board give bond to obtain a temporary restraining order under R.S. 37:3122?La. R.S. 37:3122(B)
R.S. 37:3121(A)(10) makes one kind of unpaid debt a cause to suspend or revoke. Which?La. R.S. 37:3121(A)(10)
R.S. 37:3123 sets a fine, imprisonment, or both for each violation of the chapter. What is the top of the fine?La. R.S. 37:3123(B)
When must the board investigate an alleged violation of the Auctioneers Licensing Law?La. R.S. 37:3107(A)
Commission math 6
A lot is struck off at $3,400, and the advertised buyer's fee is 15 percent. What does the buyer pay before any tax?Own arithmetic question; the answer is worked from the numbers in the question
A succession representative's sale brings $250,000. At the cap in R.S. 37:3124(B), what is the highest commission?Own arithmetic question; the answer is worked from the numbers in the question
The fee schedule gives $75 to apply, $75 for the examination and $150 for the initial auctioneer license. What do the three come to?Own arithmetic question; the answer is worked from the numbers in the question
Immovable property is adjudicated for $180,000 at a judicial sale under order of court. At the cap in R.S. 37:3124(A)(1), what is the most the auctioneer may receive?Own arithmetic question; the answer is worked from the numbers in the question
Movables bring $14,500 at a judicial sale. At the cap in R.S. 37:3124(A)(3), what is the most the auctioneer may receive?Own arithmetic question; the answer is worked from the numbers in the question
Property belonging wholly to minors is adjudicated for $36,000 at a sale made under a court order. At the cap in R.S. 37:3124(A)(2), what is the highest commission?Own arithmetic question; the answer is worked from the numbers in the question
How this list was compiled: Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3101 to 37:3143 (Auctioneers Licensing Law), read on October 14, 2026 one section at a time on the Louisiana Legislature's site (https://legis.la.gov/Legis/Law.aspx?d=93919 and the sections after it); and Louisiana Administrative Code Title 46, Part III (Auctioneers), in the Louisiana Auctioneers Licensing Board's copy dated January 1, 2026 (https://www.lalb.org/pdfs/46v03.pdf), read the same day. What the examination covers is from R.S. 37:3114, LAC 46:III.1109 and the board's Requirements for Louisiana Auctioneer Licensing sheet (https://www.lalb.org/pdfs/AuctioneerInfo.pdf). Each law question names its section and links to it; each math question is arithmetic on the numbers it gives. Licence: Own work. Every question, wrong choice and explanation was written for this site from the text of the law, and the math questions use made-up figures. Nothing comes from the state examination, a testing service, a prep course or an exam question pool.
How it works
This unofficial Louisiana auctioneer license practice test asks 93 of our own questions on the Auctioneers Licensing Law and the board's regulations: licensing, bonds, conducting the sale, funds, commissions and discipline. Not affiliated with the Louisiana Auctioneers Licensing Board.
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What the Louisiana auctioneer exam covers
R.S. 37:3114 says the written examination shall include questions on Louisiana auction law and sound business practices. The board's licensing sheet adds that the test covers auction school knowledge and the board's statutes and regulations.
What is left out
Auction school subjects, such as bid calling, are not asked.
Where the answers come from
R.S. 37:3101 to 37:3143, read on the Legislature's site, and Title 46, Part III of the Louisiana Administrative Code in the board's copy dated January 1, 2026, both read on October 14, 2026.
Pay the consignor within 30 days of receiving the funds or 60 days of the sale, whichever is less (R.S. 37:3125).
Announce each article's inventory number before offering it and again, with the price, after it sells (R.S. 37:3133).
Commissions on court-ordered sales are capped: 7 percent on immovables and 10 percent on movables (R.S. 37:3124).
Questions and answers
What score do you need to pass the Louisiana auctioneer exam?
70 percent, under LAC 46:III.1109. The board does not publish a question count or time limit, so the 40-question exam round here is our own length. After two successive failures an applicant waits one year.
How do you get an auctioneer license in Louisiana?
Be at least 18, of good moral character, and a United States citizen or legal resident of Louisiana. Finish an approved auction school or a one-year apprenticeship, post a $10,000 bond or cash deposit, and pass the board's written examination (R.S. 37:3113, 37:3118).
Do you need a license to hold an auction in Louisiana?
Yes, unless R.S. 37:3104 excludes the sale. Examples are a sale by sealed bid, a charitable organization's sale, and a person's sale of his own property when not in the business. Online auctions count as auctions.
When do Louisiana auctioneer licenses expire?
On December 31 of each year. Renewal applications are due by November 1, and one submitted after January 1 carries a $75 late penalty (R.S. 37:3115).