Does adjournment motion need second?

[Jayadev]

I wonder do we need a second for an adjournment motion?

Thanks

Jay

[Weldon Merritt]

Yes; but you don't always need a motion. No motion is necessary if there is a pre-scheduled time for adjournment, or if the chair asks if there is any new business and no one rises to seek the floor. In those cases, the chair simply declares the meeting adjourned without waiting for a motion. A motion is necessary only if someone wants to adjourn before reaching the scheduled time, or before all business is concluded. See RONR pp. 233-242.

[Richard Brown]

Yes, the motion to adjourn technically requires a second, just as almost all motions do, but if the assembly votes to adjourn without the motion having been seconded or if the chair declares the meeting adjourned without objection after the motion without a second, the adjournment is still valid.  The lack of a second is waived, just as with other motions, if the chair and the assembly proceed without objection as if there had been a second.

 

A timely point of order must be raised as to the lack of a second.  The lack of a second must be objected to by a point of order immediately or it is waived. 

 

Edited to add: See pages 36-37 of RONR 11th ed. for more information about seconding a motion.