{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-330.190","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 330.190","heading":"Proof of license required to recover fees by court action -- No right of","body":"recovery by apprentice auctioneer, exception.\n(1) No person, engaged in the business of or acting in the capacity of any licensee under\nthis chapter shall bring or maintain any a ction in the courts of the Commonwealth\nfor the collection of compensation for any services performed as a licensee without\nfirst proving that he or she was duly licensed at the time the alleged cause of action\narose.\n(2) No apprentice auctioneer shall hav e the right to institute a suit in his or her own\nname for the recovery of a commission, fee, or compensation for services as an\napprentice auctioneer, but any such act shall be instituted and brought by the\nlicensed auctioneer employing an apprentice auct ioneer; provided, however, that\nthis subsection shall not be construed so as to prevent a licensed apprentice\nauctioneer from suing his or her employing auctioneer for any compensation, fees,\nor commissions due from the auctioneer.","path":["KRS Chapter 330"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=31798","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:58:22Z","sha256":"8532f660f8b850875ce5815cbbe8d15b1155773252a169a37971460358c02585","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-330.180","next":"us-ky/krs-330.192"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}