2009 Rhode Island Code
Title 5 - Businesses and Professions
CHAPTER 5-15 - Itinerant Vendors
§ 5-15-5 - Local licenses – Recording and endorsement of state license.

SECTION 5-15-5

   § 5-15-5  Local licenses – Recording and endorsement of state license. – (a) At least fourteen (14) days prior to selling under a state license, every itinerant vendor shall exhibit the state license to the clerk of each town or city where the itinerant vendor proposes to make sales, and upon: (1) payment to the clerk of each town or city having a population of less than fifteen thousand (15,000), of a further local license fee of one hundred dollars ($100) and to the clerk of any city or town having more than fifteen thousand (15,000) inhabitants, a further license fee of three hundred fifty dollars ($350); (2) the proof of payment of all other license fees, if any, that are legally chargeable upon local sale; and (3) making an application, in writing, and under oath showing all the facts as to the sale which the itinerant vendor proposes to conduct and the place and manner of conducting the sale including an inventory of the goods, wares, and merchandise to be sold at the sale together with the established retail price of the goods, wares, and merchandise, and a statement, as far as possible, of the names of the persons from whom the goods, wares, and merchandise to be sold were obtained, the date of the delivery of the goods, wares, and merchandise to the person applying for the license and the place from which the goods, wares, and merchandise were last taken and all details to fully identify the goods, wares, and merchandise so to be sold, the clerk shall record the state license in full, endorse upon its words "Local License, Fees Paid", and affix his or her official signature, together with the date of the endorsement. The clerk shall then issue a local license authorizing sales within the limits of the town or city; provided, that no local license shall issue without proof that the itinerant vendor has been issued a permit to make sales at retail by the division of taxation. Any failure to obtain a local license and have proper endorsements made on the state license is subject to the same penalty as though no state license had been issued.

   (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, this chapter does not apply to those individuals involved in retail selling or the retail sale of farm produce; provided, that the Town of Bristol has the power to license and regulate itinerant vendors selling cut flowers, potted plants and nursery stock including Christmas trees in the Town of Bristol.