New Jersey § 45:17-1

§ 45:17-1.

Every person engaged in the business of selling personal property at auction in cities

of the first, second, or third class, whether acting in his own behalf or as the officer,

agent or representative of another, shall, upon the receipt or acceptance by him of

any personal property for the purpose of sale at auction, and before offering the

same or any part thereof for sale at auction, write or cause to be written in a book

to be kept by him for that purpose, the name and address of the person who employed

him to so sell such property; the name and address of the person for whose benefit,

behalf or account the property is to be sold; the name and address of the person

from whom the auctioneer received or accepted the property; the name and address

of the owner of the property immediately prior to such receipt or acceptance; the

location, with street number, if any, of the property immediately prior to its receipt

or acceptance; the date of the receipt or acceptance; the place, with street number,

if any, in which the property is to be kept until sold or offered for sale at auction;

the place, with street and number, if any, in which the property is to be sold or

offered for sale at auction; a description of the property, the quantity thereof

and the distinctive marks thereon, if any, and the terms and conditions upon which

the auctioneer receives or accepts the property for sale at auction. As used herein the words “ personal property ” and “ property ” mean any goods, wares, works of art, commodity, compound or thing, chattels, merchandise

or personal property which may be lawfully kept or offered for sale. Nothing herein contained shall apply to the sale of real property at auction.