(a) No auctioneer or person being present when any personal property is offered for sale shall knowingly, with the intent to induce any person to purchase the same or any part thereof, make any false representation or statement as to the ownership, character or quality of the property offered for sale, or as to the poverty or circumstances of the owner or pretended owner of such property. If such false representation is made by such auctioneer or by any other person with such auctioneer's knowledge and consent or connivance, the license of such auctioneer shall be revoked.
(b) No person shall sell or attempt to sell by auction, or advertise for sale, any goods, wares or merchandise falsely representing or pretending that such goods, wares or merchandise are in whole or in part a bankrupt or insolvent stock, damaged goods or goods saved from fire, or make any false statement as to the previous history or character of such goods, wares or merchandise. Any person who commits any such violation, in addition to the penalty provided in Section 202.99, shall be further liable in an action of contract to any person purchasing any such goods, wares or merchandise because of such representation or statement in an amount equal to three times the amount paid therefor. If such false representation is made by such auctioneer or by any person with such auctioneer's knowledge and consent or connivance, the license of such auctioneer shall be revoked.
(1979 Code Sec. 5.64.070)