It shall be unlawful for any person, without first obtaining from the Sheriff of San Bernardino County, a license to be designated as a “Distress Sale License,” to advertise or conduct any sale of goods at retail, which sale is represented, by said person or any agent of his or her’s:
(a) As a sale of goods damaged by fire, water, or other casualty; or
(b) As a sale for liquidation or closing out of a business or moving of the place of business; or
(c) As a sale of assets of the estate of a bankrupt, insolvent, or deceased person, or, in the hands of an assignee, adjuster, trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, receiver, or other fiduciary, unless the person conducting such sale possesses a valid appointment by a court of competent jurisdiction appointing said person to a position entitling said person, either by its terms or by operation of law, to conduct such sale of the assets actually sold and offered for sale; or
(d) As a sale of jobbers, manufacturers, or wholesalers; or
(e) As a sale of salvaged goods; or
(f) As any other sale which is by representation or advertisement intended to lead, or does actually reasonably lead, or has a reasonable tendency to lead the public to believe that the person conducting such sale is selling out the goods for less than the current or going retail price thereof in the County of San Bernardino, by reason of damage, economic or legal distress, or similar temporary circumstances.
(Ord. 927, passed - -1960; Am. Ord. 1522, passed - -1969)