§ 10-84. Same—Peddlers and itinerant vendors.

(a)

All peddlers, hawkers, itinerant vendors, and every person who displays samples, models, goods, wares, or merchandise on a temporary basis in any hotel, motel, store, storehouse, house, vehicle, or any other place, for the purpose of securing orders for the retail sale of such goods, wares, or the like kind or quality, either for immediate or future delivery shall obtain a license based on a fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00).

(b)

This section does not apply to the following classes:

(1)

Those persons making house-to-house or personal calls displaying samples and taking orders for shipment directly from the manufacturer;

(2)

Those persons making a business call or visit upon the verbal or written invitation of the inhabitant of the premises;

(3)

Those persons, or their representatives, engaged in the business of selling at wholesale, from a fixed place of business in this state, to licensed retail dealers; and

(4)

Vendors, or their agents or vendors, or their agents or representatives, in the sale or delivery of petroleum products when drawn, conveyed, and distributed from a stock maintained at a warehouse, distributing station, or established place of business.

(c)

Municipal officers shall require all peddlers to exhibit their occupational license. The license shall indicate thereon the motor vehicle license number. They shall seize the merchandise and any vehicle or other conveyance used by the peddler to peddle the same, if the peddler fails or refuses to exhibit his license. All property seized shall be turned over to a court of competent jurisdiction, to be sold according to law, to satisfy the license due and enforce the privilege therefor. The rights of the holder of a chattel mortgage note or any vehicle seized shall not be affected or prejudiced as a result of the seizure.

(d)

Whoever shall sell goods, wares, and merchandise as a peddler without first obtaining the license herein required shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or shall be imprisoned not more than sixty (60) days, or both.

(Ord. No. 1309, § 3, 3-24-87)

State law reference

Similar provisions, R.S. 47:359(C).