Any person or corporation acting as an auctioneer within the meaning of this chapter without a license and any person who violates this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $1,000.00, by imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days, or both.
(Code 1933, § 84-322A, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 53, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 43; Ga. L. 2014, p. 294, § 12/HB 1042.)
The 2014 amendment, effective July 1, 2014, deleted "or apprentice auctioneer" following "an auctioneer" near the beginning of this Code section.
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- Injunction as available remedy against prosecution or arrest for conducting business or practicing profession without a license, 167 A.L.R. 915.