§ 12-29. License procedure.

(a)

Application form. A sworn application containing the following information shall be completed and filed with the county clerk by each applicant for a license as a peddler, transient vendor, solicitor, or street barker and by each applicant for a license as a solicitor for charitable or religious purposes or as a solicitor for subscriptions:

(1)

The complete name and permanent address of the business or organization the applicant represents.

(2)

A brief description of the type of business and the goods to be sold.

(3)

The dates for which the applicant intends to do business or make solicitations.

(4)

The name, permanent address, social security number and date of birth of the person who will make sales or solicitations within the county.

(5)

The make, model, complete description, and license tag number and state of issue, of each vehicle to be used to make sales or solicitations, whether or not such vehicle is owned individually by the person making sales or solicitations, by the business or organization itself, or rented or borrowed from another business or person.

(6)

Tennessee State sales tax number, if applicable.

(7)

The applicant shall sign a waiver permitting a check by the county sheriff's department for any outstanding criminal warrants which may be pending against the applicant, or any convictions for crimes of moral turpitude.

(b)

License fee. Each applicant for a license as a peddler, transient vendor, solicitor or street barker shall submit with his or her application a non-refundable fee of $50.00. There shall be no fee for an application for a license as a solicitor for charitable purposes.

Editor's note— See also the definition of "Solicitor" in section 12-26.

(c)

Submission of application form, including background check form, to sheriff of Knox County. Upon the completion of the application form, including the background check form, the applicant shall submit the forms to the sheriff of the county for the county sheriff's office to conduct a check for any outstanding criminal warrants which may be pending against the applicant and for any convictions for crimes of moral turpitude.

(d)

License issued. After the background check is completed by the county sheriff's office, the applicant shall return the application form and background check form to the county clerk. If the background check form shows that there are no outstanding warrants against the applicant and the applicant has not been convicted of a crime of moral turpitude within the past ten years, then upon the payment of the license fee by the applicant, when required, the county clerk shall issue a license and provide a copy of the same to the applicant and the sheriff of the county.

(Ord. No. O-97-5-101, § 104, 7-28-97; Ord. No. O-12-10-101, §§ 1, 2, 11-19-12; Ord. No. O-15-3-102 , §§ 1—3, 4-27-15)

Editor's note

Ord. No. O-12-10-101, § 1, adopted November 19, 2012, changed the title of section 12-29 from "Permit procedure" to "License procedure." The historical notation has been preserved for reference purposes.