The examinations are designed to protect the public by ensuring a minimum level of competence for licensees. It is impossible for the examination to cover all possible types and kinds of auctions a licensee might encounter. Instead, the examination attempts to cover auction law, general auction practice, professional ethics, terminology, mathematics, sales tax, plus common areas and auction types most likely to be encountered by the majority of today's auctioneers and auction house operators.

The Board will begin offering monthly examinations in the Board office starting January 2012. There will be a morning and an afternoon exam one day per month in the following months, January, February, March, April, May, August, September and October. There will be space available for 20 applicants each day on a first come first serve basis. Applicants will be required to submit a completed application to the Board office at least two weeks prior to the desired test date. You will receive a confirmation notice thru the mail. The morning spaces will be filled first. The morning exam will be 9:00-12:00 the afternoon exam will be 1:00-4:00 eastern time.

The apprentice, principal and auction house applications and the study guide are available below. A study guide is included to assist the applicant with their study and preparations for examination by providing basic information and areas for study. The final responsibility for the complete study and proper preparation for the examination rests with the applicant and may require other sources.

Effective July 1, 2010, an applicant for an apprentice auctioneer license shall have successfully completed at least eighty (80) hours of approved classroom instruction from a board-approved auction education provider.(KRS 330.060 1 C)

The Kentucky Board of Auctioneers has approved the eighty (80) hour auction education curriculum from the following schools:


  1) Kentucky Auction Academy - Bowling Green, KY 270-780-9513
  2) World Wide College of Auctioneering, Mason City, IA 800-423-5242
  3) Ohio Auction School - Groveport, OH 800-947-9118
  4) The Indiana College of Auctioneers - Scipio, IN 812-392-2072
  5) Nashville Auction School - Tullahoma, TN 800-543-7061
  6) Florida Auction Academy - Orlando, FL 800-422-9155
  7) Missouri Auction School - Grandview, MO 800-835-1955
  8) Reppert School Of Auctioneering - Indianapolis, IN 317-300-1075
  9) A-Pass Weikel Institute - Louisville, KY 502-456-1920

The 2012 examination dates:
   January 24  January 2012 Exam Pass List
   February 21
   March 20
   April 17
   May 23
   August 21
   September 18
   October 23


The completed application, a passport size photo and fee must be submitted to our office at least 2 weeks before the examination date.

Exam Fees:
$100 for the Auctioneer Examination
$100 for the Auction House Operator Examination
$100 for the Livestock Auctioneer Examination

Exam Study Guide
Auctioneer Application
Auction House Operator Application
Call the Board office for the Limited Livestock auctioneer application.

The applications are in PDF, viewed with Adobe's freeware Acrobat Reader. See Resources link below for more information about PDF.
Applicant may type most information on the form. Then send to your printer; complete by pen as instructed, and mail with other application materials to the Kentucky Board of Auctioneers.