321:1 Defined. – For the purposes of this chapter, the words "itinerant vendors" mean all persons (as defined by RSA 358-A:1), both principals and agents, including those persons whose principal place of business is not in this state, who engage in a temporary or transient business in this state, either in one locality or […]
321:10 Order of Payment. – All claims upon the cash deposit or surety bond shall be satisfied after judgment in the order in which notice thereof was received by the secretary of state, until all claims are satisfied or the cash deposit or surety bond exhausted; but no notice filed after the expiration of […]
321:11 Procuring. – Every itinerant vendor intending to sell goods in any town shall file the vendor’s state license and an application for a local license with the local licensing official, or designee, for such municipality, before selling, offering for sale, or exposing for sale any goods, and shall pay such reasonable license fee […]
321:12 Application. – Every application for a local license shall be signed by the holder of the accompanying state license, and shall specify the kind and line of goods then in stock in such town, the name of the town from which said goods were last shipped, and the name of the town in […]
321:13 Repealed by 1995, 27:5, eff. June 23, 1995. –
321:14 Lien for. – Every town in which is kept, exposed or offered for sale an itinerant vendor’s stock of goods shall have a lien on such goods for the amount due such town for the local license fee, to be enforced by suit and judgment within 10 days from the time when such […]
321:15 Receipt; Filing State License. – A receipt for such local license fee, when paid, shall be endorsed by the local licensing official, or designee, on the back of such state license, and a copy shall remain on file with the local licensing official, or designee, so long as such sale shall continue, or […]
321:16 Conditions. – The payment of such local license fee shall authorize such applicant to sell, within the limits of said town, goods only of the kind or line specified in his application, and for that purpose to carry in stock such goods, not to exceed in amount at any one time the value […]
321:17 Neglect to Apply; Fraud; Penalty. – Whoever, as principal or agent, having in his care, custody or keeping any goods for the sale of which a local license is required, neglects or refuses to file the application for such license, or makes a false or fraudulent representation or statement in such application, shall […]
321:18 Increase of Stock. – Any itinerant vendor who, after applying or paying for a local license, shall increase his stock kept, offered or exposed for sale in the town for which such local license fee was paid, above the valuation upon which the license was computed, shall make application for a supplementary license […]
321:19 Advertisement. – No itinerant vendor shall advertise, represent or hold forth any sale as an insurance, bankrupt, insolvent, assignee’s, trustee’s, testator’s, executor’s, administrator’s, receiver’s, wholesale, manufacturer’s or closing-out sale, or as a sale of goods damaged by fire, smoke, water or otherwise, or in any similar form, unless such vendor shall, before so […]
321:2 Local Association. – No itinerant vendor shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter by reason of associating himself temporarily with any local dealer, trader or merchant, or by conducting such temporary or transient business in connection with, or as a part of the business of, or in the name of, any […]
321:20 No Advertisement Until Licensed. – No person, either as principal or agent, shall, by circulars, handbills, newspapers or in any other manner, advertise any sale by an itinerant vendor before state and local licenses for such sale have been procured. Source. 1897, 46:7. PL 158:19. RL 189:19.
321:21 Penalty. – Whoever violates any of the provisions of RSA 321 for which a penalty is not otherwise provided shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Source. 1893, 65:7. 1897, 46:9. PL 158:21. RL 189:21. RSA 321:21. 1973, 528:208, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.; 558:6, eff. Sept. 3, 1973.
321:22 Prosecutions. – The attorney general and his agents shall cause to be arrested and prosecuted, and within their respective towns constables and police officers shall arrest and prosecute, every itinerant vendor whom they may have reason to believe guilty of violating any provision of this chapter. Source. 1931, 50:3. RL 189:22. RSA 321:22. […]
321:23 Alternate Local Licensing. – In lieu of the licensing requirements of RSA 321:11, a city, town or village district may require licensure under RSA 31:102-a, provided that the licensure requirements of the ordinance or regulation adopted under that section shall not be less stringent than those of this chapter. Any itinerant vendor licensed […]
321:3 Exceptions. – The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the following: I. Sales made to dealers by commercial travelers or selling agents. II. Hawkers and peddlers, as defined in RSA 320:1. III. Any person selling the product of his own labor or the labor of his family, or the product of […]
321:4 Deposit; Fee; Issue. – I. Every itinerant vendor desiring to do business in this state shall make a special deposit of $5,000, in the form of cash or a surety bond, with the secretary of state, and, thereafter, upon application in proper form and the further payment of $250 as a state license […]
321:5 Effect; Limitations. – Such license shall not be transferable, nor give authority to more than one person to sell goods nor in any other way than in his own proper person; but any licensee may have the assistance of other persons in conducting his business, who shall have authority to aid the principal, […]
321:6 Applications; Record. – Applications for state licenses shall be made upon blanks prepared by the secretary of state requiring such information regarding the applicant’s character and qualifications as the secretary shall deem pertinent. All applications for state licenses shall be sworn to, shall state the name and residence of the owners or parties […]
