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MA Gen L ch 101 § 10 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 101 - Transient Vendors, Hawkers and Pedlers|Section 10 - Action for Recovery of Local License Fee

Section 10. If a person liable for the license fee required by section five refuses or neglects to pay the same after demand by the clerk of the town in which he intends to sell goods, wares and merchandise, the clerk may maintain an action of contract therefor in his own name for the benefit of such town.
MA Gen L ch 101 § 11 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 101 - Transient Vendors, Hawkers and Pedlers|Section 11 - Return or Surrender of State License; Cancellation; Affidavit of Loss; Notice

Section 11. Upon the expiration and return, or surrender before expiration, of each state license, the deputy director shall cancel the same, endorse the date of return or surrender thereon, and place the same on file. If a license is lost he may accept in lieu of the return or surrender thereof an affidavit to that effect, which shall be so endorsed and filed. He shall hold the special deposit of the licensee for sixty days after the return or surrender of the license or the filing of such affidavit and, after satisfying or making provision in accordance with the following section for all claims made upon the same under said section, shall return the surplus, if any, to said licensee; or, if said licensee has given a bond in lieu of said deposit, the deputy director shall, after said sixty days and after all claims made under the following section have been satisfied or settled, cancel said bond and notify said licensee and the surety on said bond.
MA Gen L ch 101 § 12 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 101 - Transient Vendors, Hawkers and Pedlers|Section 12 - Attachment of Special Deposit; Execution; Notice of Claim; Payment of Fines and Penalties

Section 12. Each deposit made with the deputy director shall, during the term of the licensee's license and for sixty days after the return or surrender thereof or the filing of an affidavit of its loss, be subject to attachment and execution in behalf of any creditor of the licensee whose claim arises in connection with the business done under his state license and who gives notice of such claim to the deputy director during such period, and the deputy director may be held to answer as trustee, under the trustee process, in any civil action in contract or tort brought against said licensee for such claim and shall pay over upon execution such amount of money as he may be chargeable with upon his answer. Said deposit shall also be subject to the payment of any fine or penalty imposed on the licensee for violation of any provision of the eleven preceding sections; provided, that written notice of the name of said licensee and of the amount of such fine or penalty is given during such period to the deputy director by the clerk of the court in which, or the trial justice by whom, such fine or penalty was imposed. No payment of any part of said deposit shall be made to the licensee unless so much thereof is retained as is required to discharge all claims, fines and penalties of which notices have been given to the deputy director as herein provided and which remain undecided or unpaid. Upon the giving of notice as herein provided, a bond given in lieu of such deposit may be put in suit by any such creditor to recover the amount of such claim or by any such clerk of court or trial justice to recover the amount of such fine or penalty. If the licensee has made a deposit, the deputy director shall, until said deposit is exhausted, pay or make provision for the payment of all such claims, fines and penalties in the order in which notices thereof were received by him. If the licensee has given a bond, the order in which persons entitled to all such claims, fines and penalties shall recover on the bond shall, until the penal sum of the bond is exhausted, be determined by the order in which notices thereof were received by the deputy director.
MA Gen L ch 101 § 12a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 101 - Transient Vendors, Hawkers and Pedlers|Section 12a - Special Licenses Relating to Transient Sales for Charitable Purposes

Section 12A. The selectmen in a town or in a city such board or officer as may be designated by ordinance, may, under such conditions as they may deem proper, grant to any organization engaged in charitable work or to a post of any incorporated organization of veterans who served in the military or naval service of the United States in time of war or insurrection a special license authorizing it, for a particular time period not to exceed a total of four days to be stated in such license, and for a charitable purpose stated in such license, to conduct under their control a temporary or transient business in which transient vendors participating in such sales shall not be subject to the provisions of sections three to twelve, inclusive. Cities and towns may regulate such sales by ordinance, by-law or by local rules and regulations as may be made in a city by the mayor and city council and in a town by the selectmen. The exercise of the licenses hereby provided for shall be subject to the provisions of all statutes, ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations not inconsistent herewith.
MA Gen L ch 101 § 13 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 101 - Transient Vendors, Hawkers and Pedlers|Section 13 - Hawker and Pedler Defined

Section 13. Except as hereinafter expressly provided, the terms ''hawker'' and ''pedler'' as used in this chapter shall mean and include any person, either principal or agent, who goes from town to town or from place to place in the same town selling or bartering, or carrying for sale or barter or exposing therefor, any goods, wares or merchandise, either on foot, on or from any animal or vehicle.
MA Gen L ch 101 § 14 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 101 - Transient Vendors, Hawkers and Pedlers|Section 14 - Unauthorized Selling or Bartering by Hawker or Pedler

Section 14. A hawker or pedler who sells or barters or carries for sale or barter or exposes therefor any goods, wares or merchandise, except as permitted by this chapter, shall forfeit not more than two hundred dollars, to be equally divided between the commonwealth and the town in which the offence was committed.
MA Gen L ch 101 § 15 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 101 - Transient Vendors, Hawkers and Pedlers|Section 15 - Application of Provisions of Chapter Relating to Hawkers and Peddlers

Section 15. The provisions of this chapter relating to hawkers and peddlers shall not apply to wholesalers or jobbers selling to dealers only, nor to commercial agents or other persons selling by sample, lists, catalogues or otherwise for future delivery, nor to any dealer regularly engaged in supplying customers with fuel oil for heating or cooking purposes from a fixed place of business within the commonwealth and who does not customarily solicit direct sales from house to house or by means of outcry, sign or signal, nor to any person who peddles only fish obtained by his own labor or that of his family, fruits, vegetables or other farm products raised or produced by himself or his family, nor to persons selling articles for charitable purposes under section thirty-three, nor to persons licensed under section forty of chapter ninety-four with respect to the sale by them of eggs, or milk, skimmed milk, cream, butter, cheese or other milk products, except frozen desserts as defined in section sixty-five G of said chapter ninety-four.
MA Gen L ch 101 § 16 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 101 - Transient Vendors, Hawkers and Pedlers|Section 16 - Sale by Hawkers or Pedlers of Certain Articles; Temporary Licenses

Section 16. The sale by hawkers or pedlers of jewelry, furs, wines or spirituous liquors, small artificial flowers or miniature flags is prohibited. This prohibition shall not apply to costume jewelry, so called, with a dollar value of not more than ten dollars per piece made by a nonprofit or charitable organization. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the granting of temporary licenses under section thirty-three for the sale of small artificial flowers or miniature flags. For the purposes of this section, a ''small artificial flower'' shall mean any artificial flower the blossom or body of which does not exceed two and one quarter inches in any dimension.
MA Gen L ch 101 § 16a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 101 - Transient Vendors, Hawkers and Pedlers|Section 16a - Sale by Hawkers or Peddlers of Frozen Desserts on or From Motor Vehicle; Flashing Lights Required

Section 16A. Any hawker or peddler who sells frozen desserts, as defined in section sixty-five G of chapter ninety-four, on or from a motor vehicle, shall equip such vehicle with a flashing amber dome light and front and rear warning lights which shall flash alternately and which shall be kept flashing when such vehicle is stopped for the purpose of selling frozen desserts.
MA Gen L ch 101 § 17 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 101 - Transient Vendors, Hawkers and Pedlers|Section 17 - Sale by Hawkers or Peddlers of Certain Articles Without License

Section 17. Hawkers and peddlers may sell without a license newspapers, religious publications, ice, flowering plants and such flowers, fruits, nuts and berries as may be wild or uncultivated. The aldermen or selectmen, may by regulations not inconsistent with this chapter, regulate the sale or barter and the carrying for sale or barter or exposing therefor by hawkers and peddlers of such articles without the payment of a fee may, in like manner require hawkers and peddlers, whether adults or minors, to be licensed except as otherwise provided and may promulgate regulations governing the same provided, however, that the license fee shall not exceed that prescribed by section 22. Such regulations may, in like manner, affix penalties for violations of such regulations not to exceed the sum of $20 for each such violation. A hawker and peddler licensed under this section shall not be required to be licensed under said section 22.
MA Gen L ch 101 § 18 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 101 - Transient Vendors, Hawkers and Pedlers|Section 18 - Sale by Hawkers or Pedlers Without License

Section 18. Articles other than those the sale of which is licensed, or permitted without a license, under the preceding section, and not prohibited by section sixteen, shall not be sold by hawkers or pedlers unless duly licensed as hereinafter provided.
MA Gen L ch 101 § 18a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 101 - Transient Vendors, Hawkers and Pedlers|Section 18a - Food for Sale for Consumption by Infants; Drugs

Section 18A. Food manufactured and packaged for sale for consumption by a child under the age of two years, or a drug as defined in section one of chapter ninety-four shall not be offered for sale or sold at a flea market, so-called.  Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars for each item so offered for sale or sold.
MA Gen L ch 101 § 19 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 101 - Transient Vendors, Hawkers and Pedlers|Section 19 - Trade or Sale of Bootblacking by Minors; Permits

Section 19. The aldermen or selectmen may make regulations consistent with the general laws relative to the exercise of the trade of bootblacking by minors, and to the sale or barter by minors of any goods, wares or merchandise the sale of which is permitted without a license by section seventeen, and may prohibit such trade or such sales, or may require a minor to obtain from them a permit therefor to be issued on terms and conditions prescribed in such regulations; provided, that in the case of girls under the age of eighteen years and of boys under the age of sixteen years the foregoing powers in cities shall be vested in and exercised by the school committee. No permit issued to a minor under this section nor badge issued to him under sections sixty-nine to seventy-three, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and forty-nine shall authorize the sale by a minor of any article, other than those which may be sold without a license under section seventeen, except that a badge so issued may authorize, in addition, the sale of magazines and other periodicals and song sheets, so called. A minor who sells such article or exercises such trade without a permit, if one is required, or who violates the conditions of his permit or any provision of said regulations, shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten dollars.
MA Gen L ch 101 § 20 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 101 - Transient Vendors, Hawkers and Pedlers|Section 20 - Permitting or Aiding Minor to Violate Sec. 19 or 34

Section 20. No person, having a minor under his control, shall knowingly permit such minor to violate any provision of section nineteen or any provision of section thirty-four, nor shall any person procure or employ a minor to commit any such violation, nor shall any person, either for himself or as agent of any other person, furnish or sell to a minor any article the sale of which is permitted without a license by section seventeen, with knowledge that such minor would be selling such article in violation of section nineteen or in violation of section thirty-four, or after having received written notice to that effect from the school committee or any other officer charged with the enforcement of said section nineteen or said section thirty-four. Violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months.
MA Gen L ch 101 § 21 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 101 - Transient Vendors, Hawkers and Pedlers|Section 21 - Employing or Permitting Minor to Engage in Hawking or Peddling Without Permit or License

Section 21. Whoever employs a minor in, or, having the care or custody of a minor, permits such minor to engage in, hawking or peddling without a permit or license, if one is required, or permits him to engage in selling door-to-door for future delivery without a certificate pursuant to section thirty-four, or for himself or as agent of any other person, furnishes or sells to a minor any article with knowledge that the minor would be selling such article in violation of the provisions of this chapter relative to hawkers and peddlers or in violation of the provisions of this chapter relative to those who sell door-to-door, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, to be equally divided between the commonwealth and the town in which the offense was committed, or by imprisonment for not more than six months.
MA Gen L ch 101 § 22 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 101 - Transient Vendors, Hawkers and Pedlers|Section 22 - License; Hawkers and Peddlers; Certificate of Police Chief; Fees; Special State Licenses; Rules and Regulations

Section 22. The deputy director may grant a license to go about carrying for sale or barter, exposing therefor and selling or bartering any goods, wares or merchandise, the sale of which is not prohibited by section 16, to a person who is or has declared an intention to become a citizen of the United States and who files with the deputy director a completely executed application to be furnished by the deputy director and on which shall be a certificate which shall be signed by the chief of police of the city or town in which the applicant resides which shall state that to the best of his knowledge and belief the applicant therein named is of good repute as to morals and integrity. The deputy director may grant, as aforesaid, special licenses upon payment by the applicant to the deputy director of a fee, as determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section 3B of chapter 7 and the licensee may go about carrying for sale or barter, exposing therefor and selling or bartering in any city or town any meats, butter, cheese, fish, fruits, vegetables or other goods, wares or merchandise, the sale of which is not prohibited by statute. A hawker or peddler licensed under this section shall not be required to be licensed under section 17. A hawker or peddler licensed under this section shall be subject to such local rules and regulations as may be made in a city by the mayor and city council and in a town by the board of selectmen.
MA Gen L ch 101 § 22a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 101 - Transient Vendors, Hawkers and Pedlers|Section 22a - License for Sale of Prepared Food; Requisites

Section 22A. No license shall be issued pursuant to section twenty-two to a person for the business of selling or exposing for sale from a mobile vending or peddling vehicle prepared food, meals or lunches intended to be consumed by the purchaser without further preparation or processing thereof by the purchaser, unless a certificate of registration as required by section three hundred and five C of chapter ninety-four has been issued for the premises or place of business at which such food, meals or lunches are prepared, handled or processed. The location of said premises or place of business and the fact that they have been so registered shall be endorsed upon the license issued under said section twenty-two.
MA Gen L ch 101 § 24 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 101 - Transient Vendors, Hawkers and Pedlers|Section 24 - Special Licenses to Veterans and Blind Persons; Authority to Sell on Public Streets

Section 24. The deputy director may grant without fee, on proof of identity, a special state license to act as hawker or peddler, subject otherwise to this chapter, to a World War I or II or Korean or Vietnam veteran, as defined in clause Forty-third of section seven of chapter four, who has a service-connected disability as recognized by the United States government; and to any blind person resident in the commonwealth and approved by the commissioner of the blind; provided, that no license under this section shall authorize the holder thereof to act as hawker or peddler on any public street or sidewalk in any city or town unless and until he shall have received written authority so to do from the chief of police or other official having charge of the police therein.
MA Gen L ch 101 § 26 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 101 - Transient Vendors, Hawkers and Pedlers|Section 26 - Record of Licenses to Hawkers and Peddlers; Inspection

Section 26. The deputy director shall keep a record of all licenses to hawkers and peddlers granted by him, including the number of each such license and the name and residence of the licensee. All such records shall be open to public inspection. All such licenses shall bear the date of their issue and shall continue in force for one year from that date.
MA Gen L ch 101 § 27 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 101 - Transient Vendors, Hawkers and Pedlers|Section 27 - Endorsement, Display, and Production of License; Penalties

Section 27. Every person licensed as a hawker or pedler shall endorse his usual signature upon his license. The deputy director shall, at the expense of the licensee, provide a means for displaying such license which must be worn in a visible and conspicuous manner on his outer clothing with the license number, licensee's name and the date of expiration exposed to view. Each licensee shall produce his license for inspection whenever demanded by the deputy director or by a mayor, alderman, selectman, inspector of standards, sealer or deputy sealer of weights and measures, city or town treasurer or clerk, constable, police officer or justice of the peace; and if he fails so to do, or fails to wear his license in a visible and conspicuous manner as heretofore prescribed, he shall be subject to the same penalty as if he had no license.
MA Gen L ch 101 § 28 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 101 - Transient Vendors, Hawkers and Pedlers|Section 28 - Effect of License on Prosecution

Section 28. No license issued to a hawker or pedler shall defeat or bar a prosecution against the licensee, if it is proved that he sold or bartered, carried for sale or barter or exposed therefor, any articles, except such as are permitted without a license by section seventeen, in a place in which he was not licensed to sell.
MA Gen L ch 101 § 29 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 101 - Transient Vendors, Hawkers and Pedlers|Section 29 - Sales by Hawkers or Pedlers Licensed as Auctioneers

Section 29. No hawker or pedler, holding an auctioneer's license, shall sell or expose for sale by public auction any goods, wares or merchandise in any town other than that from whose authorities such license was obtained, nor in any place in such town not expressly described therein.
MA Gen L ch 101 § 30 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 101 - Transient Vendors, Hawkers and Pedlers|Section 30 - Revocation of Licenses

Section 30. Any license granted by the deputy director under this chapter may be revoked by him upon conviction of the licensee of any crime which in the judgment of the deputy director warrants such revocation, or upon the submission to the deputy director of evidence satisfactory to him that, during the term of the license, the licensee has accepted or solicited money otherwise than through the bona fide sale or barter of goods, wares or merchandise or has violated any provision of section ten A of chapter two hundred and sixty-four, or has in any manner begged or solicited alms from the public, or for any other sufficient cause. Whenever any person is convicted of a violation of any provision of this chapter, or a person holding such a license is convicted of any crime, the clerk of the court in which, or the trial justice by whom, such person was convicted shall notify the deputy director.