§3117. Reciprocity; licensure without examination

A. A person holding a license to engage in auctions issued to him by a proper authority of a state, territory, or possession of the United States of America or the District of Columbia having licensing requirements comparable to Louisiana and who in the opinion of the board otherwise meets the requirements of this Chapter may upon application be licensed without further examination.

B. Nothing in this Section shall prevent the conduct of an auction in this state by a nonresident auctioneer from another licensing jurisdiction if such auctioneer is duly licensed by such other jurisdiction and the other jurisdiction through reciprocity permits a resident of this state who is an auctioneer duly licensed to conduct auctions in this state to conduct auctions in such other jurisdiction without being required to obtain a license in such other jurisdiction.

C. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no person duly licensed as an auctioneer in any other jurisdiction and temporarily present in this state shall conduct an auction in this state unless he acts in association with an auctioneer duly licensed in this state if the jurisdiction in which the nonresident auctioneer is licensed requires such an association with an auctioneer licensed in that jurisdiction before an auctioneer duly licensed in Louisiana may conduct an auction in that jurisdiction.

D. Every nonresident applicant for a license under this Chapter shall file with the board as part of the application for a license a written irrevocable consent that any cause of action growing out of any transaction subject to this Section may be commenced against the licensee in the proper court of any parish of this state in which the cause of action may arise or in which the plaintiff may reside by a service of process upon the board as the licensee's agent and stipulating and agreeing that such service of process shall be taken and held in all courts to be as valid and binding as if due service has been made upon the person according to the laws of this or any other state. Such instrument shall be in such form and supported by such additional information as the board may by rule require.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 508, §5; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 126, §1.