Auction, advert
Service description
An auction must be notified at least 2 weeks before the planned auction date. In exceptional cases, particularly in the case of perishable auction goods, an application may be made to shorten the two-week notification period.
Which documents are required?
The display is labelled with
- Place and time of the auction and
- Type of goods to be auctioned
and to be made in writing.
If the auction involves goods that are
- belong to an estate or an insolvency estate or
- are sold due to business closure or
- are sold by public auction on the basis of statutory provisions (Section 383 (3) of the German Civil Code) and
- are offered in open sales outlets and which are unused or whose intended use consists in their consumption,
The written advertisement also contains
- the reason for the auction and
- the name and address of the clients
to be indicated.
What fees are incurred?
None for the notification.
If the deadline for notification is shortened in accordance with Section 3 (1) sentence 2 of the Auctioneers Ordinance, fees are charged according to the time spent by the authorities.
Legal basis
§§ Sections 3 and 6 of the Auctioneers Ordinance
What else should I know?
No notification is required for the auctioning of agricultural inventory, agricultural and forestry products or livestock (see Section 3 (1) sentence 2 of the Auctioneers Ordinance).
Subsequent notification of individual auctioned items is possible if the requirements of Section 3 (2a) of the Auctioneers Ordinance are met.
A new auction may only be started at the location of the previous auction if the previous auction ended at least 5 days ago. An auction may not exceed a duration of 6 days. In individual cases, the local authority may grant exceptions to the above time limits. (see § 3 Para. 3 of the Auctioneers Ordinance)
Typing
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