2005 Nebraska State Statutes 


                             Auctions & Auctioneers

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                              Chapter 10.  Bonds.

           Political subdivision; Internet auction system; authorized.
                     10-145.      Any  political  subdivision  may,  at  the
           discretion of the governing body of the subdivision,  sell  bonds
           which  the political subdivision is authorized to issue under any
           provision of law using an Internet auction system.  The governing
           body shall comply with all other statutory requirements  for  the
           issuance of the bonds.

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                 Chapter 15.  Cities of the Primary Class.  (Lincoln)

          Auctions; licensing; regulation.
                     15-217.    A city of the primary class shall have power
           to regulate, license, or prohibit the sale of  domestic  animals,
           goods,  wares,  and merchandise at public auction in the streets,
           alleys, highways, or any public grounds within the city,  and  to
           regulate  or  license  the  auctioneering  of  goods,  wares, and
           merchandise.  If the applicant is an individual,  an  application
           for  a  license  shall  include  the  applicant's social security
           number.

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              Chapter 16.  Cities of the First Class.   (5,000-100,000 pop.)

           Property; sale at auction; regulation.
                     16-237.    A  city  of the first class by ordinance may
           regulate, license, or prohibit the sale of domestic animals or of
           goods, wares, and merchandise at public auction on  the  streets,
           alleys,  highways,  or  any  public  grounds within the city; and
           regulate or license the auctioneering of goods,  wares,  domestic
           animals,  and merchandise.  If the applicant is an individual, an
           application for a license shall include  the  applicant's  social
           security number.

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                           Chapter 36.  Fraud.

           Auctioneer's memorandum, how construed.
                     36-203.    Whenever  goods  shall  be  sold  at  public
           auction, and the auctioneer shall, at the time of the sale, enter
           in a sale book a memorandum specifying the nature  and  price  of
           the  property sold, the terms of sale, the name of the purchaser,
           and the name of the person on whose account  the  sale  is  made,
           such  memorandum  shall  be deemed a note of the contract of sale
           within the meaning of section 2-201, Uniform Commercial Code.

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                          Chapter 37.  Game and Parks.

          Captive wildlife auction permit; issuance; fee; prohibited acts.
                     37-478.    (1)  To  conduct an auction in this state of
           captive wild birds, captive wild mammals, or captive wildlife  as
           specified  in  subsection  (1)  of section 37-477, a person shall
           apply to the commission on a form prescribed  by  the  commission
           for a captive wildlife auction permit.  An applicant for a permit
           shall  specify  the  dates  of  the auction and shall apply for a
           permit for each auction to be held in the state.  The application
           for the permit shall  include  the  applicant's  social  security
           number.    The  fee  for such permit shall be not less than fifty
           dollars and not more than sixty-five dollars, as  established  by
           the  commission pursuant to section 37-327.  The commission shall
           adopt and promulgate rules and regulations specifying application
           requirements   and   procedures,   reporting    and    inspection
           requirements,   and   other   requirements   related  to  auction
           activities.
                     (2) A permitholder shall not (a) take wild birds,  wild
           mammals,  or  other  wildlife  from  the  wild in Nebraska or (b)
           purchase wild birds, wild mammals, or  other  wildlife  from  any
           person  other  than  the  commission  or  a  person authorized to
           propagate and dispose of  wild  birds,  wild  mammals,  or  other
           wildlife.    A  permit  under this section is not required for an
           auction of domesticated cervine animals  as  defined  in  section
           54-701.03.
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                            Chapter 54.  Livestock.

           Livestock Auction Market Board; creation; appointment of members;
           term; compensation; meetings; general powers.
                     54-1160.   There is hereby created in the Department of
           Agriculture a Livestock Auction Market Board consisting of  three
           members.  The board shall consist of the Director of Agriculture,
           the  State  Veterinarian, and a livestock auction market operator
           to be appointed by the Governor.   The  Director  of  Agriculture
           shall  be  chairperson  of the board.   The term of office of the
           appointed member shall be four years.  The appointed member shall
           receive as compensation for his or her services the sum of  fifty
           dollars  per  day  or twenty-five dollars per half day and actual
           expenses incurred while in the discharge of his  or  her  duties.
           The  board  shall  meet  for the ordinary transaction of official
           business and at the call of the director.  A majority affirmative
           vote of the board shall be necessary to  constitute  an  official
           act.
                     The board shall have power and duty to:
                     (1)  Administer  the  Livestock  Auction  Market Act in
           respect  to   recommending   the   issuance,   suspensions,   and
           revocations of market licenses;
                     (2)  Prescribe  and  adopt the forms of application for
           market licenses, the  forms  of  notice  of  hearings  on  market
           license  applications,  and  such  other  forms  as  necessary to
           perform and carry out its functions;
                     (3) Adopt and promulgate rules subject to the  approval
           of  the  director governing the conduct of hearings before it for
           applications for market  licenses,  transfers,  suspensions,  and
           revocations  consistent with the Livestock Auction Market Act and
           not contrary to the general laws of Nebraska  governing  hearings
           before administrative boards; and
                     (4) Administer section 54-1166 relating to terminations
           of market licenses and hearings regarding such terminations.


           Livestock  auction markets; license personal to holder; transfer;
           termination.
                     54-1166.  Except as otherwise provided in this section,
           each market license shall be  personal  to  the  holder  and  the
           facilities  covered  thereby  and transferable without a hearing.
           The market license covering any livestock  auction  market  which
           does  not  hold  a  sale for a period of one year shall terminate
           automatically one year from the date of the last  sale  conducted
           by  the  livestock  auction  market  and the license holder whose
           license is so terminated  may  request  a  hearing  by  filing  a
           written  request  for  such  hearing within twenty days after the
           termination of the license.


           Livestock  Auction  Market  Board;  complaint; notice of hearing;
           process; hearings; findings; suspension or revocation of license.
                     54-1169.  The board may, upon its own motion,  whenever
           it  has reason to believe the provisions of the Livestock Auction
           Market Act have been violated, or upon verified complaint of  any
           person  in writing, investigate the actions of any market license
           holder, and if it finds probable cause to do  so,  shall  file  a
           complaint  against  the  market license holder which shall be set
           down for hearing before  the  board  upon  fifteen  days'  notice
           served upon such market license holder either by personal service
           upon  him  or  her or by registered or certified mail or telegram
           prior to such hearing.
                     The director shall have the power to administer  oaths,
           certify  to  all official acts, and subpoena and bring before the
           board any person in this  state  as  a  witness,  to  compel  the
           producing  of  books and papers, and to take the testimony of any
           person on deposition in the same manner as is prescribed  by  law
           in  the procedure before the courts of this state in civil cases.
           Processes issued by the director shall extend to all parts of the
           state and may  be  served  by  any  person  authorized  to  serve
           processes.    Each  witness  who shall appear by the order of the
           director at any hearing before the board shall receive  for  such
           attendance  the  same  fees  allowed by law to witnesses in civil
           cases appearing in the district court and  mileage  at  the  same
           rate  provided  in section 81-1176, which amount shall be paid by
           the party at whose request such witness is subpoenaed.  When  any
           witness  has  not  been  required to attend at the request of any
           party, but has been subpoenaed by the director, his or  her  fees
           and  mileage  shall be paid by the director in the same manner as
           other expenses of the board are paid.
                     All powers of the director as provided in this  section
           shall likewise be applicable to hearings held on applications for
           the issuance of a market license.
                     Formal  finding by the board after due hearing that any
           market license holder: (1) Has  ceased  to  conduct  a  livestock
           auction  market  business;  (2)  has  been  guilty  of  fraud  or
           misrepresentation as to  the  titles,  charges,  number,  brands,
           weights,  proceeds  of  sale,  or ownership of livestock; (3) has
           violated any of the provisions of the  Livestock  Auction  Market
           Act;  or (4) has violated any of the rules or regulations adopted
           and published by the board, shall be  sufficient  cause  for  the
           suspension  or  revocation of the market license of the offending
           livestock auction market operator.


           Livestock Auction Market Fund; creation; use; investment.
                     54-1172.   Salaries and expenses of employees, costs of
           hearings, and all other costs of the board in the  administration
           of  the  Livestock  Auction  Market  Act  shall  be paid from the
           Livestock Auction Market Fund which is hereby created.  Any money
           in the Livestock Auction Market  Fund  available  for  investment
           shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the
           Nebraska  Capital  Expansion  Act  and  the  Nebraska State Funds
           Investment Act.


           Livestock   Auction   Market   Fund;  license  and  permit  fees;
           occupation tax; unexpended balance; disposition.
                     54-1173.   The license and  permit  fees  collected  as
           provided  by  the  Livestock Auction Market Act are an occupation
           tax and shall be remitted to the State Treasurer  for  credit  to
           the  Livestock Auction Market Fund.  All money so collected shall
           be appropriated to the uses of the Department of Agriculture  for
           the  purpose of administering such act and shall be paid out only
           on vouchers approved by the director  and  upon  the  warrant  or
           warrants  issued by the Director of Administrative Services.  Any
           unexpended balance in such fund at  the  close  of  any  biennium
           shall,  when  reappropriated,  be  available  for  the  uses  and
           purposes of the fund for the succeeding  biennium;  otherwise  it
           shall lapse into the General Fund.


           Livestock  auction  market  or  packing  plant; brand inspection;
           election to provide.
                     54-1183.   The  owner  or  operator  of  any  livestock
           auction market or packing plant located in any county outside the
           brand inspection area created in section 54-1,109 may voluntarily
           elect  to provide brand inspection for all cattle brought to such
           livestock auction market or packing plant from within  the  brand
           inspection area upon compliance with sections 54-1183 to 54-1185.


           Livestock auction market or packing plant; election; how made.
                     54-1184.   The election provided for by section 54-1183
           shall be made by (1) filing with the Secretary of State, in  form
           to  be  prescribed  by  the  secretary,  a written notice of such
           election and agreement to be bound by  section  54-1185  and  (2)
           posting  conspicuously  on the premises a notice of the fact that
           brand inspection is provided at such livestock auction market  or
           packing plant.


           Livestock  auction market or packing plant; brand inspection; how
           conducted; fees; guarantee.
                     54-1185.  Inspection provided for in  sections  54-1183
           to  54-1185  shall  be conducted in the manner established by the
           Livestock Brand Act.  The owner or operator making such  election
           may be required to guarantee to the Nebraska Brand Committee that
           inspection  fees  derived  from  such livestock auction market or
           packing plant will be sufficient, in each twelve-month period, to
           pay the per diem and mileage of the inspectors required and  that
           he  or  she will reimburse the committee for any deficit incurred
           in any such twelve-month period.  Such guarantee shall be secured
           by a corporate surety bond, to be approved by  the  Secretary  of
           State,  in  a  penal  sum to be established by the Nebraska Brand
           Committee.


           Sheep; auction markets; requirements.
                     54-1404.   All sheep released from auction markets must
           be accompanied by form P-10 Nebraska  permit  to  move  livestock
           provided  by  the  Department  of  Agriculture  on which shall be
           designated the number of animals, purpose and destination of  the
           shipment.    An original and one copy of this form must be mailed
           to the Bureau of Animal Industry.
                     Any auction market that handles sheep to  be  sold  for
           purposes  other  than  direct to slaughter must maintain approved
           dipping facilities.
                     If  yarding  facilities  are   maintained   which   are
           sufficient  to  prevent  commingling  with  other sheep and these
           facilities are  not  used  for  any  other  purpose,  sheep  from
           counties  within  an  area  designated  as  scabies  free  may be
           released without dipping.  Sheep dipped within ten days prior  to
           arrival at auction markets and where such dipping is supported by
           approved  certification, may be released without further dipping.
           Sheep not in the  above  two  categories  must  be  dipped  in  a
           permitted  dip  maintained  at  a  required  strength  under  the
           supervision of a state or federal inspector  in  accordance  with
           the directions issued by the Department of Agriculture, Bureau of
           Animal Industry within ten days of release.

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                Chapter 57.  Minerals, Oil, and Gas.

           Oil and gas leases; sale at public auction; notice.
                     57-220.    No such lease shall be sold except at public
           auction and after notice of the time and place of such  sale,  by
           publication  two consecutive weeks in a legal newspaper published
           in the county where the land to be leased is  situated  and  such
           other  notice, if any, as the governing board may require.  If no
           legal newspaper is published in the  county  where  the  land  is
           situated said notice shall be published in a newspaper of general
           circulation  therein.   The purchaser of any such lease shall pay
           the cost of publishing the notice required hereunder.

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                Chapter 60.  Motor Vehicles.

           Auction  dealer;  records;  requirements;  sale  on  consignment;
           title; exception.
                     60-1417.01.  (1)(a) Each auction dealer shall establish
           and retain at the primary place  of  business  a  record  of  the
           following  information  for  each motor vehicle or trailer coming
           into his or her possession as an auction dealer:  (i) The name of
           the most recent owner, other than the auction  dealer;  (ii)  the
           name  of the buyer; (iii) the vehicle identification number; (iv)
           the odometer reading on the date on which the auction dealer took
           possession of the motor vehicle or trailer; and  (v)  a  bill  of
           sale  or  other  transaction document signed by the seller or the
           seller's agent and the buyer or the buyer's agent.
                     (b) The dealer shall  maintain  the  information  in  a
           manner that permits systematic retrieval for five years following
           the date of sale of each vehicle or trailer.  The information may
           be  maintained in a tangible medium or stored in an electronic or
           other medium that is retrievable in perceivable form.
                     (c)  The  auction  dealer  shall  be  responsible   for
           insuring that the information required in subdivisions (1)(a)(i),
           (iii),  and  (iv) of this section is available to all prospective
           buyers at the time a vehicle or trailer is offered  for  sale  at
           auction  and  shall  give  the  bill of sale or other transaction
           document required in subdivision (1)(a)(v) of this section to the
           buyer purchasing the vehicle or trailer at auction.
                     (2) When any dealer, except an auction  dealer  selling
           at  auction,  sells any unit on consignment, he or she shall take
           title to such unit in his or her own name, except that any dealer
           or other person, other than the owner  of  a  used  mobile  home,
           selling  a  used  mobile home shall not be required to take title
           but shall complete a buyer's information  form  approved  by  the
           board.    The seller of the used mobile home shall be responsible
           for insuring that a copy of the form is delivered  to  the  buyer
           prior  to  closing  the  sale  of the used mobile home.  The form
           shall include the (a) name and address of the record owner of the
           mobile home, (b) model, (c) year, and (d) serial number.


           Auction; registration of seller.
                     60-1417.02.   (1) Any person who engages in or attempts
           to engage in the selling of motor  vehicles  or  trailers  at  an
           auction  licensed  pursuant  to  Chapter  60,  article  14, shall
           register to do so.  Registration shall be made on a form provided
           by the auction dealer and approved by the board.  A copy  of  the
           registration  shall  serve  as  proof  of  registration  for  the
           calendar year.    The  registration  information  shall  be  made
           available  and  accessible  to  the  board  by the auction dealer
           within  seventy-two  hours  after  the  registrant  has  met  the
           registration  requirements and such registration is issued.  Such
           registration information shall be maintained and made  accessible
           to  the  board  by the auction dealer for two years.  It shall be
           the  duty  of  the  auction  dealer  to  ensure  that  no  seller
           participates   in   any   sales   activities   until  and  unless
           registration has been received by the auction  dealer  or  unless
           such seller is otherwise licensed under Chapter 60, article 14.
                     (2)  The  information required on the registration form
           shall include, but not be limited to, the  following:    (a)  The
           legal  name  of  the  registrant;  (b)  the  registrant's current
           mailing address and telephone number; (c) the business  name  and
           address of the person with whom the registrant is associated; and
           (d) whether or not the registrant is bonded.
                     (3)  The  registration  form  shall  be  signed  by the
           registrant and an authorized representative of  the  auction  and
           shall be notarized by a notary public.
                     (4)  Any  person  who  is convicted of any violation of
           Chapter 60, article 14, pursuant to section  60-1411.02,  may  be
           denied  the  right  to  be registered at all licensed auctions of
           this state following a hearing before the board as prescribed  in
           section 60-1413.

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                  Chapter 69.  Personal Property.

           Security  interest;  personal  property;  sale  by auctioneer; no
           liability under conditions specified.
                     69-109.01.   The auctioneer,  who  in  good  faith  and
           without  notice  of  a  security interest therein, sells personal
           property at auction, which is  in  fact  subject  to  a  security
           interest,  for  a principal whose identity has been disclosed, in
           which property the auctioneer has no interest but acts only as an
           intermediary of the owner is not liable  to  the  holder  of  the
           security  interest  for  any damage sustained as a result of such
           sale.


           Sale at auction; containers; labels; statement required.
                     69-1002.    When commercial chicks are offered for sale
           or sold at public  auction,  each  box,  crate,  coop,  or  other
           container, shall be labeled with the sworn statement of the owner
           offering  such chicks for sale at public auction, designating the
           number of live chicks in  each  such  container,  the  breed  and
           variety, the date on which such chicks were hatched, and the name
           and  location  of  the commercial hatchery where hatched, whether
           such chicks were sexed, or unsexed,  and  if  sexed,  such  sworn
           statement shall designate whether contents are cockerel chicks or
           pullet  chicks,  and any other representation made at or prior to
           the time of the sale relative to the breed and variety, and  such
           tests  as  shall  have been made on the parent stock for pullorum
           disease.


           Sale at auction; false statements; liability.
                     69-1003.    The  owner of commercial chicks desiring to
           sell them at public auction  shall  furnish  to  the  person  who
           conducts  the sale a duplicate of the sworn statement required by
           section 69-1002, which shall be retained by the person conducting
           the sale.   When such  copy  of  the  sworn  statement  has  been
           furnished  to  him,  the  person  conducting  the  sale  shall be
           relieved  from  any  responsibility   or   liability   concerning
           incorrect  or  false statements made in regard to such commercial
           chicks.


           Sale at auction by carrier; when act inapplicable.
                     69-1004.  The provisions of sections 69-1001 to 69-1005
           shall not apply to baby chicks in the custody of a common carrier
           upon  which  the freight has been prepaid, and which must be sold
           at public auction because delivery  thereof  cannot  be  effected
           beyond the control of such common carrier.

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                Chapter 72.  Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds.

           School lands; sale; public auction required.
                     72-212.    No  lands now owned or hereafter acquired by
           the state for educational purposes shall be sold except at public
           auction.

 
           b   The Board of Educational Lands and Funds may
           sell timber on educational lands whenever the board deems it  for
           the  best interest of school funds.  Said timber shall be sold at
           public auction in accordance with rules and  regulations  adopted
           by the board.


           Lease;  sale; public auction required; notice; publication costs;
           payment.
                     72-907.   No lease  shall  be  sold  except  at  public
           auction,  to  be  held  at the office of the Board of Educational
           Lands and Funds, after notice of the time and place of such  sale
           by  publication  two  consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general
           circulation in the State of Nebraska, and such other  notice,  if
           any,  as  the board may require.  Proof of such publication shall
           be made by an affidavit of the publisher, manager, or foreman  of
           such  newspaper, to be filed in the office of the board.  Subject
           to the board's right to reject all bids, such lease shall be sold
           to the highest and best bidder.   The  purchaser  of  such  lease
           shall  pay the cost of publishing the notice herein provided for.
           Should the lease not be sold following  the  publishing  of  such
           notice,  the  one  who  filed application for lease shall pay the
           publication costs, and, to secure the payment thereof, the  board
           may  require  the  applicant  to  furnish  satisfactory  security
           therefor.

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                      Chapter 76.  Real Property.

           Sale  of  trust  property;  public auction; bids; postponement of
           sale.
                     76-1009.   On the  date  and  at  the  time  and  place
           designated  in  the  notice  of  sale, the trustee shall sell the
           property at public auction to the highest bidder.   The  attorney
           for  the trustee may conduct the sale.  Any person, including the
           beneficiary, may bid at the sale.  Every bid shall be  deemed  an
           irrevocable offer. If the purchaser refuses to pay the amount bid
           by  him  or  her for the property struck off to him or her at the
           sale, the trustee may again sell the property at any time to  the
           highest  bidder,  except  that  notice of the sale shall be given
           again in the same manner as  the  original  notice  of  sale  was
           required  to  be given. The party refusing to pay shall be liable
           for any loss occasioned thereby, and the trustee may also, in his
           or her discretion,  thereafter  reject  any  other  bid  of  such
           person.
                     The person conducting the sale may, for any cause he or
           she  deems  expedient, postpone the sale of all or any portion of
           the property from time to time until  it  is  completed  and,  in
           every  such case, notice of postponement shall be given by public
           declaration thereof by such person at the  time  and  place  last
           appointed  for  the sale.   No other notice of the postponed sale
           need be given unless  the  sale  is  postponed  for  longer  than
           forty-five  days  beyond the day designated in the notice of sale
           in which event notice thereof shall be given in the  same  manner
           as the original notice of sale is required to be given.

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               Chapter 81.  State Administrative Departments.

           Auctioneers; nonresident; reciprocity.
                     81-887.01.    Auctioneers  of  any  state, which admits
           auctioneers of this state to conduct public auction sales in such
           state without license or other regulation, shall be permitted  to
           conduct   public  sales  in  this  state  upon  the  same  terms.
           Auctioneers of any state,  which  requires  auctioneers  of  this
           state  to  secure  a  license  or  imposes  other regulations for
           authority to conduct public sales within  such  state,  shall  be
           subject  to the same requirements as apply to auctioneers of this
           state who seek to conduct public sales in such state.


           Auctioneers;  nonresident;  license;  application;  county clerk;
           fee; disposition.
                     81-887.02.  Auctioneers of such  foreign  state,  which
           requires  a  license  or  imposes regulations upon auctioneers of
           this state, who desire to conduct  public  sales  in  this  state
           shall, before conducting any such sale, apply to the county clerk
           of  any  county  in  this  state  for  a  license to do so.   The
           application shall include the applicant's social security number.
           Upon considering such application, the county clerk shall issue a
           license upon the payment of the same fee and compliance with  the
           other  requirements required of auctioneers of this state in such
           foreign state.   Such fee shall  be  deposited  with  the  county
           treasurer and credited to the general fund of the county.


           Auctioneers; nonresident; additional requirements.
                     81-887.03.   Nothing contained in sections 81-887.01 to
           81-887.03 shall be construed to permit any person  to  conduct  a
           sale of real estate without first complying with the requirements
           of sections 81-867 to 81-887.

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                             Uniform Commercial Code.

           Sale by auction.
                     U2-328.
                     (1)  In  a  sale by auction if goods are put up in lots
           each lot is the subject of a separate sale.
                     (2) A sale by auction is complete when  the  auctioneer
           so  announces  by  the  fall  of the hammer or in other customary
           manner.   Where a bid is made while  the  hammer  is  falling  in
           acceptance  of  a  prior bid the auctioneer may in his discretion
           reopen the bidding or declare the goods sold  under  the  bid  on
           which the hammer was falling.
                     (3) Such a sale is with reserve unless the goods are in
           explicit  terms  put  up  without  reserve.    In an auction with
           reserve the auctioneer may withdraw the goods at any  time  until
           he  announces  completion  of  the  sale.   In an auction without
           reserve, after the auctioneer calls for bids  on  an  article  or
           lot,  that  article  or  lot cannot be withdrawn unless no bid is
           made within a reasonable time.   In  either  case  a  bidder  may
           retract his bid until the auctioneer's announcement of completion
           of  the  sale,  but  a  bidder's  retraction  does not revive any
           previous bid.
                     (4) If the auctioneer knowingly receives a bid  on  the
           seller's  behalf  or the seller makes or procures such a bid, and
           notice has not been  given  that  liberty  for  such  bidding  is
           reserved,  the buyer may at his option avoid the sale or take the
           goods at the price of the  last  good  faith  bid  prior  to  the
           completion  of  the sale.  This subsection shall not apply to any
           bid at a forced sale.


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