§ 33-20-203 — License; application; fee; record to be kept; exemption if licensed by city or town

(a) Any temporary or transient merchant desiring to engage
in, do or transact business in this state, shall file an
application for license for that purpose with the county clerk
of the county in which he desires to do business, which
application shall state his name, his proposed place of
business, the kind of business proposed to be conducted and the
length of time for which he desires to conduct business. Except
as provided by subsection (b) of this section, the temporary or
transient merchant shall pay to the treasurer of the county a
license fee of two hundred dollars ($200.00). The treasurer of
the county shall issue to the person duplicate receipts. The
temporary or transient merchant shall file the treasurer's
receipt for payment with the county clerk of the county, who
shall issue to the temporary or transient merchant a license to
do business at the place described in the application and the
kind of business to be done shall be described in the license.
No license shall be good for more than one (1) person, unless
the person shall be the member of a copartnership, nor for more
than one (1) place of business, and shall be good for a period
of one (1) year from the date of its issuance. The county clerk
shall keep a record of the licenses in a book which shall at all
times be open to public inspection.
(b) The license fee of two hundred dollars ($200.00) under
subsection (a) of this section may be modified by the county
commissioners for an event, a fair or a celebration. The
modification shall apply to all transient merchants conducting
business at the event, fair or celebration. The county
commissioners shall notify the county treasurer of the
modification. The county treasurer shall issue duplicate
receipts to the temporary or transient merchant for the modified
license fee. The temporary or transient merchant shall file the
treasurer's receipt with the county clerk of the county where
the application is made. The county clerk shall issue a license
that describes the event, fair or celebration and the kind of
business to be done. The license shall be good only for the
event, fair or celebration and only for the kind of business
identified. The county clerk shall keep a record of the modified
licenses for an event, fair or celebration in a book that is
open to public inspection at all times.
(c) If any city or town establishes by ordinance a
temporary or transient merchant license and license fee for the
conduct of business inside its corporate boundaries, subsections
(a) and (b) of this section shall not apply to any temporary or
transient merchant holding a valid license issued by the city or
town when conducting business inside the boundaries of the city
or town issuing the license. Any city or town issuing any
license to any temporary or transient merchant shall notify the
county clerk of the county in which the city or town is located
that a license has been issued.