A. Filing Certificate Of Registration: Every operator shall file with the director a certificate of registration in a form prescribed by the director within ten (10) days after the effective date hereof, or in the case of operators commencing business or opening new hotels-motels after such effective date, within three (3) days after such commencement or opening.
B. Issuance Of Certificate Of Authority: The director shall, within five (5) days after such registration, issue, without charge, to each operator, a certificate of authority empowering such operator to collect the tax from the occupant and duplicates thereof for each additional hotel-motel. Each certificate or duplicate shall state the hotel-motel to which it is applicable.
C. Display Of Certificate Of Authority: Such certificate of authority shall be permanently displayed by the operator in such manner that it may be seen and come to the notice of all occupants and persons seeking occupancy.
D. Nontransferability Of Certificates: Such certificates shall be nonassignable and nontransferable and shall be surrendered immediately to the director upon the cessation of business at the hotel-motel named or upon its sale or transfer. (1992 Code § 7-818)