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Timestamp: 2018-06-19 04:31:47
Document Index: 146617681

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 135', '§ 135', '§ 135', '§ 135', '§ 135', '§ 135', '§ 440', '§ 440', '§ 135', '§ 135', '§ 68', '§ 423', '§ 423', '§ 135']

Village of Orfordville, WI Direct Sellers
§ 135-3 Exemptions.
§ 135-4 Registration procedure.
§ 135-5 Investigation.
§ 135-6 Appeals.
§ 135-7 Prohibited practices; disclosure.
§ 135-8 Revocation of registration.
Chapter 135: Direct Sellers
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Orfordville 3-31-1992 as Title 7, Ch. 4 of the 1992 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers — See Ch. 236.
Chapter 135 : Direct Sellers
It shall be unlawful for any direct seller to engage in direct sales within the Village of Orfordville without being registered for that purpose as provided herein.
Includes any benevolent, philanthropic, patriotic or eleemosynary person, partnership, association or corporation, or one purporting to be such, and religious organizations, including Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, 4-H Clubs and school organizations.
The Village of Orfordville Clerk-Treasurer.
Any individual who, for him/herself, or for a partnership, association or corporation, sells goods, or takes sales orders for the later delivery of goods, at any location other than the permanent business place or residence of said individual, partnership, association or corporation, and shall include but not be limited to peddlers, solicitors and transient merchants. The sale of goods includes donations required by the direct seller for the retention of goods by a donor or prospective customer.
Any person who has an established place of business within the school district where the goods being sold are offered for sale on a regular basis and in which the buyer has initiated contact with, and specifically requested a home visit by, said person.
Any employee, officer or agent of a charitable organization who engages in direct sales for or on behalf of said organization, provided that there is submitted to the Clerk-Treasurer proof that such charitable organization is registered under § 440.42, Wis. Stats. Any charitable organization not registered under § 440.42, Wis. Stats., or which is exempt from that statute's registration requirements, shall be required to register under this chapter;
Any person who claims to be a permanent merchant but against whom complaint has been made to the Clerk-Treasurer that such person is a transient merchant, provided that there is submitted to the Clerk-Treasurer proof that such person has leased for at least one year, or purchased, the premises from which he/she is conducting business, or proof that such person has conducted such business in this Village for at least one year prior to the date complaint was made.
Statement as to whether the applicant has been convicted of any crime or ordinance violation related to the applicant's transient merchant business within the last five years, the nature of the offence and the place of conviction.
Documentation. Applicants shall present to the Clerk-Treasurer for examination:
At the time the registration is returned, a fee shall be paid to the Clerk-Treasurer to cover the cost of processing and investigating said registration. Each and every member of a group must file a separate registration form. Each applicant shall pay a registration fee as set by the Village Board. Transient merchants/direct sellers may employ two assistants without payment of an additional license fee, but such persons must comply with the other provisions of this section.
The applicant shall sign a statement appointing the Clerk-Treasurer his agent to accept service of process in any civil action brought against the applicant arising out of any sale or service performed by the applicant in connection with the direct sales activities of the applicant in the event the applicant cannot, after reasonable effort, be served personally.
Upon payment of said fee and the signing of said statement, the Clerk-Treasurer shall register the applicant as a direct seller and date the entry. Said registration shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of entry, subject to subsequent refusal as provided in § 135-5B below.
Upon receipt of each application, the Clerk-Treasurer shall have the Chief of Police make and complete an investigation of the statements made in such registration.
The Chief of Police may refuse to register the applicant if it is determined, pursuant to the investigation above, that: the application contains any material omission or materially inaccurate statement; complaints of a material nature have been received against the applicant by authorities in the last cities, villages and towns, not exceeding three, in which the applicant conducted similar business; the applicant was convicted of a crime, statutory violation or ordinance violation within the last five years, the nature of which is directly related to the applicant's fitness to engage in direct selling; or the applicant failed to comply with any applicable provision of § 135-4B above.
Any person denied registration may appeal the denial through the appeal procedure provided by ordinance or resolution of the Village Board or, if none has been adopted, under the provisions of §§ 68.07 through 68.16, Wis. Stats.[1]
A direct seller shall be prohibited from calling at any dwelling or other place between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., except by appointment; calling at any dwelling or other place where a sign is displayed bearing the words "No Peddlers," "No Solicitors" or words of similar meaning; calling at the rear door of any dwelling place; or remaining on any premises after being asked to leave by the owner, occupant or other person having authority over such premises.
If any sale of goods is made by a direct seller or any sales order for the later delivery of goods is taken by the seller, the buyer shall have the right to cancel said transaction if it involves the extension of credit or is a cash transaction of more than $25, in accordance with the procedure as set forth in § 423.203, Wis. Stats. The seller shall give the buyer two copies of a typed or printed notice of that fact. Such notice shall conform to the requirements of § 423.203(1)(a), (b) and (c), (2) and (3), Wis. Stats.
Registration may be revoked by the Chief of Police or Clerk-Treasurer if the registrant made any material omission or materially inaccurate statement in the application for registration, made any fraudulent, false, deceptive or misleading statement or representation in the course of engaging in direct sales, violated any provision of this chapter or was convicted of any crime or ordinance or statutory violation which is directly related to the registrant's fitness to engage in direct selling. The registrant may appeal such revocation pursuant to § 135-6, Appeals.