HB35 Alabama 2013 Session

Updated Jan 10, 2026

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Kurt Wallace
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2013
Title: Auctions, required to report certain transactions, Sec. 34-4-55 added
Description: Under existing law, the owner of an auction business or business of auctioneering is not required to maintain a record of all goods sold at auction for more than $100.
This bill would add Section 34-4-55 to Chapter 4 of Title 34 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to require the owner of an auction business or business of auctioneering to maintain a record of all goods sold at auction for more than $100, to make available to the appropriate law enforcement agency a record of the transactions, and would further provide that the records shall be a correct copy of the entries made of the goods sold at auction.
This bill would amend Section 34-11-7 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to exempt an owner who fails to maintain a record pursuant to Section 44-4-55 of the Code of Alabama 1975, from criminal penalties.
Subjects: Auctions and Auctioneers

Indefinitely Postponed

Commerce and Small Business first Amendment Offered

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Commerce and Small Business