(A) Before any registration certificate is issued as provided for by this chapter shall be issued, a surety and/or cash bond shall be filed by the applicant with the Sheriff, payable to the Lake County Board of Commissioners in the sum of $500, ensuring that should the applicant and/or his or her agents and/or employees not comply with all the provisions of this code, other ordinances of the county, and the statutes of the State of Indiana regulating and concerning the sale of goods, wares, and merchandise and the business of a transient merchant, peddler, or solicitor, whichever shall be applicable and will pay all judgments rendered against the applicant and/or his or her agents and/or employees for any violation of the above ordinances, statutes, or regulations, together with any and all judgments, court costs and attorney fees that may be recovered by any person for damages growing out of any misrepresentations, deception, or violation of the aforementioned statutes, regulations or ordinances associated with the sale or the vendor's product, or through advertisement of any character whatsoever printed or circulated in reference to the goods, wares and merchandise sold or any part there or sendee to be rendered by said vendor.
(B) Separate bonds need not be executed by each employee or agent, but one bond may cover all the employees of one employer or all of the agents of one principal.
(C) The bond shall be executed by the applicant and/or his or her employer in addition to the principal of the issuing surety entity and all other required signature or two responsible freeholders residing within the county (or in lieu thereof a cash bond of equal amount) conditioned as referenced above. In the event the applicant elects to post a cash bond, it shall be retained by the County for 90 days after the expiration of all registration certificates issued in any calendar year.
(D) Action on the bond may be brought in the name of the County to the use or benefit of an aggrieved person. Any person aggrieved by the vendor's actions or inactions may petition the Lake County Council for recovery on the bond as appropriate.
(Ord. 1306A, passed 12-9-2008)