- (1) Collusion between bidders or between a bidder and an employee or agent of the department to affect a public sale auction is prohibited. Anyone having reason to believe that a public sale auction conducted under this rule may have been affected by collusion between bidders or between one or more bidders and an employee or agent of the department must report that information to the attorney general as soon as reasonably possible.
- (2) Should an adjudicative body determine that collusion intended to affect a public sale auction conducted under this rule has occurred, the resulting sale will be voidable by the department.
KEY: surplus land, negotiated exchanges, public sales auctions, negotiated sales
Date of Last Change: April 9, 2025
Notice of Continuation: April 21, 2022
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 72-5-117; 72-5-111; 72-5-404