Louisiana § 37:1903 Application; agent for service of process; bond; license fee; disposition of fees

Louisiana Statutes

§ 37:1903 — Application; agent for service of process; bond; license fee; disposition of fees

Louisiana·Title 37 Professions and Occupations

A person desiring to engage in business as a transient merchant shall make and file with the president of the governing authority of the parish in which he intends doing business a written application stating the applicant's name, residence, and place where he intends doing business and the kind of business. If the applicant is acting as agent for another person, he shall also cause to be filed a power of attorney appointing said president of the governing authority as the agent on whom service of process may be made in any suit commenced against him. The applicant shall, at the same time, deposit the sum of ten thousand dollars, or a surety company bond in a like amount and pay to him the further sum of seventy-five dollars, as a license fee. Whereupon the president of the governing autho

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A person desiring to engage in business as a transient merchant shall make and file with the president of the governing authority of the parish in which he intends doing business a written application stating the applicant's name, residence, and place where he intends doing business and the kind of business. If the applicant is acting as agent for another person, he shall also cause to be filed a power of attorney appointing said president of the governing authority as the agent on whom service of process may be made in any suit commenced against him. The applicant shall, at the same time, deposit the sum of ten thousand dollars, or a surety company bond in a like amount and pay to him the further sum of seventy-five dollars, as a license fee. Whereupon the president of the governing authority shall then issue to the applicant a license as herein provided, if satisfied that the business to be conducted by such merchant is not maintained to cheat or defraud the public. The license shall expire on December thirty-first following the date of issue. All license fees paid pursuant to this Part shall go into the general fund of the parish where paid, except where the business is located within an incorporated municipality, in which case the license fees shall go into the general fund of the municipality.

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