CHAPTER 111: PEDDLERS, SOLICITORS AND VENDORS

Section

   111.01   Purpose

   111.02   License required

   111.03   Application for license; fee

   111.04   Issuance

   111.05   Term

   111.06   Transfer prohibited

   111.07   Exhibition upon request

   111.08   Hours of validity

   111.09   Exempted persons and sales

§ 111.01 PURPOSE.

   This chapter regulates hawkers, peddlers, solicitors and itinerant vendors in the county.

(‘82 Code, § 2-21-1) (Ord. - -, passed 4-5-76)

§ 111.02 LICENSE REQUIRED.

   It shall be unlawful for any hawker, peddler, solicitor, or itinerant vendor, by wholesale or retail, in goods, wares or merchandise to offer the same for sale in the county, in the State of Indiana, or to go from house to house, office to office or place to place in the county and offer for sale any such goods, wares of merchandise, or to solicit orders for any such merchandise to persons not dealers in such commodities, for either present or future delivery, without having first obtained a license so to do, except as herein provided.

(‘82 Code, § 2-21-2) (Ord. - -, passed 4-5-76) Penalty, see § 10.99

§ 111.03 APPLICATION FOR LICENSE; FEE.

   (A)   A written application for the license required by the preceding section shall be filed with the Sheriff not less than one day before such license is desired, which application shall state the name and the residence of the applicant, the kind of goods to be offered for sale, or the type of goods for which solicitation is being made, and the length of time during which such goods will be offered for sale, or such solicitations will be made. Such application shall be sworn to by the applicant.

(‘82 Code, § 2-21-3)

   (B)   The fees for the issuance of a license under the provisions of this chapter shall be $1. All such fees shall be paid in advance.

(‘82 Code, § 2-21-4) (Ord. - -, passed 4-5-76) Penalty, see § 10.99

§ 111.04 ISSUANCE.

   Upon the filing of an application under this chapter, and not less than one day after the date of such filing, a license shall be issued to the applicant upon the payment of the fees prescribed therefore.

(‘82 Code, § 2-21-5) (Ord. - -, passed 4-5-76) Penalty, see § 10.99

§ 111.05 TERM.

   No license shall be issued under this chapter for less than one day or for a longer period than one month. If any licensee desires to continue in business after the expiration of his license, he must secure a new license in the same manner and upon the same terms as the original.

(‘82 Code, § 2-21-6) (Ord. - -, passed 4-5-76)

§ 111.06 TRANSFER PROHIBITED.

   No license issued under this chapter shall be transferable, nor shall any person other than the licensee named in the license be permitted to use the same. No license shall protect any person other than the named licensee from incurring penalties for violating this chapter.

(‘82 Code, § 2-21-7) (Ord. - -, passed 4-5-76)