Texas Auctioneer license lookup — free

An Auctioneer license is held by the professional callers running livestock sales, estate liquidations, and real-property auctions across Texas — a job that blends salesmanship with a real legal responsibility to run the sale fairly. Buyers and sellers at an auction are trusting the caller not just to move the sale along, but to conduct it within the rules TDLR sets for the profession. Unlike most other TDLR license types on this page, auctioneers operate under their own dedicated rule chapter rather than the department's general licensing procedures, which shows up clearly in how their late-renewal rules work. That makes it worth understanding this license's specific rules rather than assuming they match everything else TDLR regulates.

TDLR's continuing-education requirement here is clear: 6 hours per renewal cycle, including at least 2 hours on Occupations Code Chapter 1802 laws and rules specific to the auction profession, completed either within the license term or within the year prior for a late renewal. Where auctioneers really diverge from most other TDLR licenses is the lapse rule — auctioneers run under their own Chapter 67 rule (§67.80) rather than the department's general late-renewal tiers, and TDLR states it directly: license holders get 365 days from the expiration date to apply for a late renewal. Search results widely describe a two-year renewal cycle for this license, but TDLR's own FAQ and program pages don't state the cycle length directly, and the exact late-fee dollar amounts for that 365-day window aren't published in an easily readable format online either — confirm both directly with TDLR before relying on a specific number.