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Section 320:1 – Definition.

    320:1 Definition. – The terms "hawker" and "peddler" shall mean and include any person, as defined by RSA 358-A:1, either principal or agent, who: I. Travels from town to town or from place to place in the same town selling or bartering, or carrying for sale or barter or exposing therefor, any goods, wares, […]

Section 320:10 – Record.

    320:10 Record. – The secretary of state shall keep records of all licenses issued by him with the number of each, the names and residences of the persons licensed and the sums received therefor, and all such records shall be open for public inspection. Source. 1931, 102:1. 1941, 210:1. RL 188:10. RSA 320:10. 1969, […]

Section 320:11 – Persons Exempt.

    320:11 Persons Exempt. – Any soldier or sailor disabled in any war in which the United States has been engaged or by sickness or disability contracted therein or since his discharge because of such service, and the widow of any such soldier or sailor so long as she remains unmarried, or any citizen of […]

Section 320:12 – Endorsing License; Exhibiting License.

    320:12 Endorsing License; Exhibiting License. – Every person licensed as a hawker or peddler shall endorse his usual signature upon his license. When this license is demanded of him by a mayor, selectmen, alderman, city or town clerk, sheriff or his deputy, any constable or police officer or the person to whom he sells […]

Section 320:13-a – Veterans’ Conventions.

    320:13-a Veterans’ Conventions. – Licenses granted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall entitle a peddler or hawker to operate at meetings or conventions of recognized veterans’ organizations, but only at such meetings or conventions with the specific approval of the organization concerned. Source. 1965, 166:1. 1969, 481:7, eff. Sept. 1, 1969.

Section 320:14 – Revocation of Licenses.

    320:14 Revocation of Licenses. – Any license granted by the secretary of state may be revoked by him after hearing (1) upon conviction of the licensee of any offense which in the judgment of the secretary of state warrants such revocation or (2) upon the submission to the secretary of state of evidence satisfactory […]

Section 320:14-a – Appeal.

    320:14-a Appeal. – Any person whose license is revoked under this chapter shall have the right of appeal provided by RSA 541. Source. 1955, 185:5, eff. June 9, 1955.

Section 320:15 – Counterfeiting Licenses, Etc.

    320:15 Counterfeiting Licenses, Etc. – Whoever counterfeits or forges a license, or has a counterfeited or forged license in his possession with the intent to utter or use the same as true, knowing it to be false or counterfeit, or attempts to sell under a license which has expired or has been revoked or […]

Section 320:16 – Assistance for Issuance.

    320:16 Assistance for Issuance. – The secretary of state is authorized to employ such assistance and to incur such expense for the issuance of state licenses hereunder as the governor and council may approve, and the governor is authorized to draw his warrant therefor. Source. 1931, 102:1. 1941, 210:1. RL 188:16.

Section 320:21-a – Certain Negotiable Instruments Prohibited.

    320:21-a Certain Negotiable Instruments Prohibited. – In a consumer credit sale or consumer lease by a hawker or peddler, other than a sale or lease primarily for an agricultural purpose, the hawker or peddler may not take a negotiable instrument other than a check as evidence of the obligation of the buyer or lessee. […]

Section 320:21-b – When Assignee Not Subject to Defenses.

    320:21-b When Assignee Not Subject to Defenses. – With respect to a consumer credit sale or consumer lease, by a hawker or peddler, other than a sale or lease primarily for an agricultural purpose, an assignee of the rights of the hawker or peddler is subject to all claims and defenses of the buyer […]

Section 320:22 – Penalty.

    320:22 Penalty. – Any person violating the provisions of this subdivision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Source. 1937, 87:3. RL 188:23. RSA 320:22. 1973, 528:207, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.

Section 320:3 – Exceptions.

    320:3 Exceptions. – The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the following: I. Itinerant vendors as defined in RSA 321:1. II. Any person selling the product of his own labor or the labor of his family or the product of his own farm or the one he tills. III. Any person conducting […]

Section 320:8 – State Licenses.

    320:8 State Licenses. – I. Upon compliance with this section and upon payment of $50 for a state license, the secretary of state may grant special state licenses. Applications for such licenses shall be made upon blanks prepared by the secretary of state requiring such information regarding the applicant’s character and qualifications as the […]