Civ. Code, § 2362 · Article 1. Auctioneers
Civ. Code, § 2362
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
An auctioneer, in the absence of special authorization or usage to the contrary, has authority from the seller, only as follows:
1. To sell by public auction to the highest bidder;
2. To sell for cash only, except such articles as are usually sold on credit at auction;
3. To warrant, in like manner with other agents to sell, according to Section 2323;
4. To prescribe reasonable rules and terms of sale;
5. To deliver the thing sold, upon payment of the price;
6. To collect the price; and,
7. To do whatever else is necessary, or proper and usual, in the ordinary course of business, for effecting these purposes.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Enacted 1872.
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