{"data":{"id":"us-il/225-ilcs-407-20-43","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"225 ILCS 407/20-43","heading":"Investigations; notice and hearing.","body":"(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030)\nThe Department may investigate the actions or qualifications of any person who is an applicant, unlicensed person, or person rendering or offering to render auction services, or holding or claiming to hold a license as a licensed auctioneer. At least 30 days before any disciplinary hearing under this Act, the Department shall: (i) notify the person charged in writing of the charges made and the time and place of the hearing; (ii) direct the person to file a written answer under oath to the charges within 20 days of receiving service of the notice; and (iii) inform the person that, if the person fails to file an answer to the charges within 20 days of receiving service of the notice, default may be entered and the license may be suspended, revoked, placed on probationary status, or have other disciplinary action taken with regard to the license as the Department may consider proper, including, but not limited to, limiting the scope, nature, or extent of the licensee's practice, or imposing a fine.\nAt the time and place of the hearing fixed in the notice, the Department shall proceed to hear the charges, and the person or person's counsel shall be accorded ample opportunity to present any pertinent statements, testimony, evidence, and arguments in the person's defense. The Department may continue the hearing when it deems it appropriate. If the person, after receiving the notice, fails to file an answer, the license may, in the discretion of the Department, be revoked, suspended, placed on probationary status, or the Department may take whatever disciplinary actions considered proper, including limiting the scope, nature, or extent of the person's practice or the imposition of a fine, without a hearing, if the act or acts charged constitute sufficient grounds for that action under the Act.\nNotice of the hearing may be served by certified mail, or, at the discretion of the Department, by an electronic means to the person's most recent address or email address of record provided to the Department or, if in the course of the administrative proceeding the party has previously designated a specific email address at which to accept electronic service for that specific proceeding, by sending a copy by email to the party's email address on record.","path":["CHAPTER 225 PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS, AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS","Auction License Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=1350\u0026ChapterID=24\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:31Z","sha256":"24dea74dd738c08292da47dea43d6f6d53c9063ddab1ecf010da93325abb3cb3","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/225-ilcs-407-20-40","next":"us-il/225-ilcs-407-20-45"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}