Unlawful Auctioneering is a Crime in California

Penal Code (Refs & Annos)
Part 1. Of Crimes and Punishments
Title 12. Of Crimes Against the Revenue and Property of This State (Refs & Annos)
West's Ann.Cal.Penal Code § 436
§ 436. Unlawfully acting as auctioneer
Every person who acts as an auctioneer in violation of the laws of this State relating to auctions and auctioneers, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Cite as Cal. Penal Code § 436