Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 8-14-22 (2026)
By-Bidders, Cappers, and Boosters.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
It shall be unlawful for any person to act as by-bidder, or what is commonly known as capper or booster, at any public auction regulated by this article, or to place, offer, or make any false bid to buy, or pretend to buy, any article sold or offered for sale at any such auction sale.
(Acts 1923, No. 522, p. 691; Code 1923, §3321; Code 1940, T. 57, §86.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2008–2008 · leading case: La Trace v. Webster, 17 So. 3d 1210 (Ala. Civ. App. 2008).
La Trace v. Webster, 17 So. 3d 1210 (Ala. Civ. App. 2008). “The portions of the 1923 Act still in force prohibit, in addition to the activities prohibited by § 8-14-23, the use by auctioneers of false bidders, § 8-14-22, Ala.Code 1975, and provide criminal penalties for violations of the provisions of the Act, § 8-14-24, Ala.”
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