CHAPTER 113: PEDDLING AND SOLICITING

Section

   113.01   Definitions

   113.02   Registration

   113.03   Residential soliciting prohibited

Statutory reference:

   Regulation of solicitations and itinerant merchants authorized, see G.S. § 160A-178

§ 113.01 DEFINITIONS.

   For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

   PEDDLER. Any person who transports goods from place to place and sells or offers for sale the goods, or who, without traveling from place to place, sells or offers for sale any goods from any vehicle or device; provided that, any person who separates the acts of sale and delivery for the purpose of evading the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed a PEDDLER.

   SOLICITOR. Any person who travels from place to place taking or offering to take orders for the sale of goods for future delivery or for personal services to be performed in the future, whether or not samples are displayed or money is collected in advance, and any person who uses or occupies any building or premises for the sole purpose of taking or offering to take orders for the sale of goods for future delivery or for personal services to be performed in the future, whether or not samples are displayed or money is collected in advance.

   TRANSIENT VENDOR. Any person who engages in a temporary business of selling and delivering goods and who, for this purpose, uses or occupies any building or premises; provided that, no person shall be relieved from complying with the provision of this chapter merely by conducting a transient business in association with any permanently established merchant.

(1987 Code, § 6-1-20)

§ 113.02 REGISTRATION.

   Each and every person doing business in the town as a peddler, solicitor or transient vendor shall file with the Town Clerk, on a form to be provided for that purpose, a statement setting forth the following information:

   (A)   Name and address of individual filing statement;

   (B)   Name and address of principal or employer if individual is an agent or employee;

   (C)   Credentials showing relationship of agent or employee;

   (D)   Description of individual filing statement including height, weight, sex, age, color and distinguishing characteristics, if any;

   (E)   The goods to be sold or offered for sale, or the type of services to be rendered;

   (F)   The period of time during which the business will be carried on in the town; and

   (G)   Description of automobile or other vehicle to be used in the business, including the make, model, body style, color and license number.

(1987 Code, § 6-1-21)