In order to be able, pursuant to Article L. 321-2, to manage voluntary sales of furniture by public auction, notaries must first have completed, at their own expense, a sixty-hour training course covering the regulations, practice and ethics of auction sales.
This training is organised by the Conseil des maisons de vente after receiving the opinion of the Conseil supérieur du notariat.
Assistant notaries are admitted to this training.
At the end of the training, the Conseil des maisons de vente issues participants with a training completion certificate.