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MT Code § 7-21-2306 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 21. Business, Agriculture, and Livestock Services and Regulation|Part 23. Licensing of Itinerant Vendors|7-21-2306. Bond required if deposit taken on orders for future delivery

  7-21-2306. Bond required if deposit taken on orders for future delivery. (1) An application made by an itinerant vendor taking orders for future delivery and collecting advance payments, deposits, or guarantees on the orders under the terms of 7-21-2301 through 7-21-2305 must be accompanied by a bond equal to 125% of the value stated in the vendor's application, as provided in 7-21-2305, and must be payable to the county treasurer.   (2) (a) The bond must be executed by a surety company licensed to do business in this state.   (b) In lieu of a bond meeting the requirements of subsection (2)(a), the application may be accompanied by a cash bond, irrevocable letter of credit, or other acceptable form of security of an equal amount.   (3) The bond or security must be approved by the county treasurer and conditioned upon making of final delivery of the goods ordered or the services to be rendered in accordance with the terms of the order or, failing delivery, that the money advanced by the customers will be refunded.   (4) The bond or security must remain in full force and effect for a period of 6 months after the expiration of a license and must be held to ensure only business transacted under the authority of the license issued pursuant to the application that the bond accompanied.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 184, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 2429.19, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 84-3105(part); amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 220, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 638, Ch. 61, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 291, L. 2009.
MT Code § 7-21-2307 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 21. Business, Agriculture, and Livestock Services and Regulation|Part 23. Licensing of Itinerant Vendors|7-21-2307. Right of aggrieved purchaser

  7-21-2307. Right of aggrieved purchaser. A person aggrieved by the action or misrepresentation of an itinerant vendor has a right of action on the bond for the recovery of the person's money advanced or damages and costs.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 184, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 2429.19, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 84-3105(part); amd. Sec. 639, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-21-2308 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 21. Business, Agriculture, and Livestock Services and Regulation|Part 23. Licensing of Itinerant Vendors|7-21-2308. Processing of application -- issuance of license

  7-21-2308. Processing of application -- issuance of license. (1) Upon filing of the application prescribed in 7-21-2305 or the filing of the application and the bond or security prescribed in 7-21-2306, in proper form, and upon the payment to the county treasurer of the sum required by 7-21-2303, the county treasurer shall issue and deliver to the applicant a license to carry on the business described in the application in the county in which the license is issued for a period of 90 days from the date of the license.   (2) The county treasurer shall endorse upon each application the date of issuance of the license and shall immediately file the application with the county clerk and recorder of that county. The county clerk and recorder shall file the application in the clerk's office and keep an appropriate index of the applications that shows the date filed, the name of the applicant, and an appropriate reference to the file number by which the application may be found.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 184, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 2429.20, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 84-3106(part); amd. Sec. 640, Ch. 61, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 291, L. 2009.
MT Code § 7-21-2309 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 21. Business, Agriculture, and Livestock Services and Regulation|Part 23. Licensing of Itinerant Vendors|7-21-2309. License to be displayed upon demand

  7-21-2309. License to be displayed upon demand. (1) An itinerant vendor doing business under the provisions of this part shall upon the demand of any person exhibit the vendor's license and permit the license to be read at the time by the person making the demand.   (2) An itinerant vendor who willfully refuses or fails to exhibit the license as provided in subsection (1) is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than $100 or more than $250 for each offense.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 184, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 2429.21, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 109, L. 1937; R.C.M. 1947, 84-3107; amd. Sec. 641, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-21-2310 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 21. Business, Agriculture, and Livestock Services and Regulation|Part 23. Licensing of Itinerant Vendors|7-21-2310. Effect of failure to comply with licensing requirements

  7-21-2310. Effect of failure to comply with licensing requirements. Every itinerant vendor, as herein defined, doing business without first obtaining a license as required by this part is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished accordingly.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 184, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 2429.22, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 84-3108.
MT Code § 7-21-2401 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 21. Business, Agriculture, and Livestock Services and Regulation|Part 24. Licensing of Transient Retail Merchants|7-21-2401. Definitions

  7-21-2401. Definitions. As used in this part, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following definitions apply:   (1) "Temporary premises" means a hotel, roominghouse, storeroom, building or part of a building, tent, vacant lot, freight station, railroad car, automobile, truck, trailer or trailer house, or public or quasi-public place that is temporarily occupied by a transient retail merchant.   (2) "Transient retail merchant" means a person, firm, or corporation that, acting on its own behalf or representing any other person, firm, or corporation, brings into temporary premises a stock of goods, wares, articles of merchandise, notions, or other articles of trade and that solicits, sells, offers to sell, or exhibits for sale the stock of goods, wares, articles of merchandise, notions, or other articles of trade at retail.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 182, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 2429.1, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 113, L. 1951; R.C.M. 1947, 84-3701(part); amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 249, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 642, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-21-2402 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 21. Business, Agriculture, and Livestock Services and Regulation|Part 24. Licensing of Transient Retail Merchants|7-21-2402. Applicability of term transient retail merchant

  7-21-2402. Applicability of term transient retail merchant. The definition of transient retail merchant shall continue to apply until such person, firm, or corporation shall be continuously engaged at such particular place in the county for a period of 1 year.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 182, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 2429.1, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 113, L. 1951; R.C.M. 1947, 84-3701(part).
MT Code § 7-21-2403 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 21. Business, Agriculture, and Livestock Services and Regulation|Part 24. Licensing of Transient Retail Merchants|7-21-2403. Scope of part

  7-21-2403. Scope of part. (1) Nothing contained in this part is intended to operate so as to impair, abridge, or interfere with the right of any incorporated municipality within this state to enact local laws or ordinances dealing with the subject of this part.   (2) The provisions of this part shall not apply to duly constituted city markets operated by authority of any city or town.   (3) Nothing contained in this part is intended to operate so as to interfere with the power of the United States to regulate commerce between the states, as such power is defined by the supreme court of the United States.   History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 182, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 2429.8, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 84-3708.
MT Code § 7-21-2404 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 21. Business, Agriculture, and Livestock Services and Regulation|Part 24. Licensing of Transient Retail Merchants|7-21-2404. License required to do business as transient retail merchant -- fee

  7-21-2404. License required to do business as transient retail merchant -- fee. For the purpose of defraying the expenses of regulation under this part, a transient retail merchant desiring to do business in any county of this state shall, before commencing business, pay in advance the sum of $25 for each week or fraction of a week to the county treasurer of the county in which the business is conducted.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 182, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 2429.2, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 84-3702; amd. Sec. 23, Ch. 291, L. 2009.
MT Code § 7-21-2405 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 21. Business, Agriculture, and Livestock Services and Regulation|Part 24. Licensing of Transient Retail Merchants|7-21-2405. Nontransferability of license

  7-21-2405. Nontransferability of license. Such license shall be nontransferable and shall have printed across the face thereof in bold type the words "Not Transferable".   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 182, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 2429.5, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 84-3705(part).
MT Code § 7-21-2406 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 21. Business, Agriculture, and Livestock Services and Regulation|Part 24. Licensing of Transient Retail Merchants|7-21-2406. Application for transient retail merchant license

  7-21-2406. Application for transient retail merchant license. (1) A transient retail merchant desiring to do business in any county of this state shall, before commencing business, file with the county treasurer of the county, on a form to be provided by the treasurer, an application in writing, subscribed and sworn to by the applicant before an officer in this state authorized to take oaths.   (2) The application must set forth:   (a) the name of the applicant;   (b) the applicant's place of permanent residence;   (c) the applicant's local headquarters, if any;   (d) the time of the applicant's arrival in the county;   (e) the county from which the last license, if any, was received;   (f) whether the applicant is acting as principal, agent, or employee;   (g) if acting as agent or employee, the name and place of business of the applicant's principal or employer;   (h) a brief descriptive list of articles to be offered for sale or services to be performed;   (i) whether payments or deposits of money are collected when orders are taken or in advance of final delivery; and   (j) the number of weeks for which the license is requested.   (3) If the applicant is acting as an agent, the principal's acknowledgment of the agency must accompany the application as part of the application.   (4) At the time of filing the application, the transient retail merchant shall accompany the application with the sum specified in 7-21-2404 as a license fee, except as provided in 7-21-2407.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 182, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 2429.3, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 84-3703; amd. Sec. 643, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-21-2407 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 21. Business, Agriculture, and Livestock Services and Regulation|Part 24. Licensing of Transient Retail Merchants|7-21-2407. Bond or security in lieu of license fee

  7-21-2407. Bond or security in lieu of license fee. (1) In lieu of the license fee prescribed in 7-21-2404, every transient retail merchant who files with the application required in 7-21-2406 an affidavit indicating bona fide intention to become a permanent merchant and continue in business for a period longer than 1 year shall, upon filing and approval of the bond or security provided for in this section, receive from the county treasurer a license permitting the conduct of the business for a period of 1 year.   (2) The bond must be a surety bond in the sum of $1,000 to the county treasurer.   (3) (a) The bond must be executed by a surety company licensed to do business in this state.   (b) In lieu of a bond meeting the requirements of subsection (3)(a), the bond or security may be a cash bond, irrevocable letter of credit, or other acceptable form of security of an equal amount.   (4) The bond or security must be approved by the county treasurer and conditioned upon the performance of the intention to become a permanent merchant and continue in business for a period longer than 1 year and to ensure the payment of license fees for the period the business is actually conducted if the business is not in fact a bona fide permanent business. The bond or security must be further conditioned upon the delivery of goods ordered or sold in accordance with the terms of the order or sale.   (5) The bond or security must remain in full force and effect for a period of 6 months after the expiration of the 1-year period.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 182, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 2429.4, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 84-3704(part); amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 220, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 291, L. 2009.
MT Code § 7-21-2408 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 21. Business, Agriculture, and Livestock Services and Regulation|Part 24. Licensing of Transient Retail Merchants|7-21-2408. Right of aggrieved purchaser

  7-21-2408. Right of aggrieved purchaser. A person aggrieved by any action or misrepresentation of a transient retail merchant has a right of action on the bond or security provided for in 7-21-2407 for the recovery of money advanced or damages and costs.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 182, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 2429.4, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 84-3704(part); amd. Sec. 644, Ch. 61, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 25, Ch. 291, L. 2009.
MT Code § 7-21-2409 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 21. Business, Agriculture, and Livestock Services and Regulation|Part 24. Licensing of Transient Retail Merchants|7-21-2409. Processing of application -- issuance of license

  7-21-2409. Processing of application -- issuance of license. (1) (a) Upon filing of the application prescribed in 7-21-2406 and the payment of the fee prescribed in 7-21-2404, the county treasurer shall issue and deliver to the applicant, in the county, a license to carry on the business described in the application in the county in which the license is issued for the period for which the license is requested.   (b) Upon filing of the application prescribed in 7-21-2406 and the bond or security prescribed in 7-21-2407, the county treasurer shall issue and deliver to the applicant a license to carry on the business described in the application in the county in which the license is issued for a period of 1 year from the date of the license.   (2) The county treasurer shall endorse upon each application the date of issuance of the license and the duration of the license and shall immediately file the application with the county clerk and recorder of the county. The county clerk and recorder shall file the application in the clerk's office and keep an appropriate index of the applications that shows the date filed, the name of the applicant, and an appropriate reference to the file number by which the application may be found.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 182, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 2429.5, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 84-3705(part); amd. Sec. 645, Ch. 61, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 26, Ch. 291, L. 2009.
MT Code § 7-21-2410 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 21. Business, Agriculture, and Livestock Services and Regulation|Part 24. Licensing of Transient Retail Merchants|7-21-2410. License to be displayed in place of business

  7-21-2410. License to be displayed in place of business. (1) A transient retail merchant doing business under the provisions of this part shall at all times keep the license conspicuously posted in the place of business.   (2) A transient retail merchant who fails to post and keep posted the license as provided in subsection (1) is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than $100 or more than $500 for each offense.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 182, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 2429.6, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 84-3706; amd. Sec. 646, Ch. 61, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 27, Ch. 291, L. 2009.
MT Code § 7-21-2411 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 21. Business, Agriculture, and Livestock Services and Regulation|Part 24. Licensing of Transient Retail Merchants|7-21-2411. Effect of failure to comply with licensing requirements

  7-21-2411. Effect of failure to comply with licensing requirements. Every transient retail merchant, as herein defined, doing business without first obtaining a license so required by this part is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished accordingly.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 182, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 2429.7, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 84-3707.
MT Code § 7-21-2501 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 21. Business, Agriculture, and Livestock Services and Regulation|Part 25. Licensing of Hucksters|7-21-2501. Definition of term huckster

  7-21-2501. Definition of term huckster. Within the meaning of this part, any person engaged or employed in the business of buying and selling farm products who disposes of such products by selling them at retail to consumers by going from house to house is a huckster.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 183, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 2429.9, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 84-2901.
MT Code § 7-21-2502 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 21. Business, Agriculture, and Livestock Services and Regulation|Part 25. Licensing of Hucksters|7-21-2502. Scope of part

  7-21-2502. Scope of part. (1) This part is not intended to operate so as to impair, abridge, or interfere with the right of any incorporated municipality within this state to enact local laws or ordinances dealing with the subject of this part.   (2) This part may not be construed so as in any manner to impair, abridge, or interfere with the right of a grower or producer of farm products to dispose of products grown or produced by the person.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 183, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 2429.15, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 84-2907; amd. Sec. 647, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-21-2503 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 21. Business, Agriculture, and Livestock Services and Regulation|Part 25. Licensing of Hucksters|7-21-2503. License required to do business as huckster -- fee

  7-21-2503. License required to do business as huckster -- fee. A huckster desiring to do business in any county of this state shall, before commencing business, pay to the county treasurer of the county the sum of $25 for a license to conduct the business for a period of 6 months from the date the license is issued.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 183, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 2429.10, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 124, L. 1937; R.C.M. 1947, 84-2902; amd. Sec. 28, Ch. 291, L. 2009.
MT Code § 7-21-2504 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 21. Business, Agriculture, and Livestock Services and Regulation|Part 25. Licensing of Hucksters|7-21-2504. Nontransferability of license

  7-21-2504. Nontransferability of license. The license required by 7-21-2503 shall be nontransferable and shall have printed across the face thereof in bold type the words "not transferable".   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 183, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 2429.12, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 84-2904(part).
MT Code § 7-21-2505 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 21. Business, Agriculture, and Livestock Services and Regulation|Part 25. Licensing of Hucksters|7-21-2505. Application for huckster license

  7-21-2505. Application for huckster license. (1) A huckster desiring to do business in any county of this state shall, before commencing business, file with the county treasurer of the county, on a form to be provided by the treasurer, an application in writing.   (2) The application must set forth:   (a) the name of the applicant;   (b) the applicant's place of permanent residence;   (c) whether the applicant is acting as principal, agent, or employee; and   (d) if acting as agent or employee, the name and place of business of the principal or employer.   (3) At the time of filing the application, the huckster shall accompany the application with the sum specified in 7-21-2503 as a license fee.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 183, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 2429.11, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 84-2903; amd. Sec. 648, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-21-2506 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 21. Business, Agriculture, and Livestock Services and Regulation|Part 25. Licensing of Hucksters|7-21-2506. Processing of application -- issuance of license

  7-21-2506. Processing of application -- issuance of license. (1) Upon filing of the application specified in 7-21-2505 and upon the payment to the county treasurer of the sum specified in 7-21-2503, the county treasurer shall issue and deliver to the applicant a license to carry on the business of a huckster for a period of 6 months from the date of the license.   (2) The county treasurer shall endorse upon each application the date of issuance of the license and shall immediately file the application with the county clerk and recorder of the county. The county clerk and recorder shall file the application in the clerk's office and keep an appropriate index of the applications that shows the date filed, the name of the applicant, and an appropriate reference to the file number by which the application may be found.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 183, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 2429.12, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 84-2904(part); amd. Sec. 649, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-21-2507 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 21. Business, Agriculture, and Livestock Services and Regulation|Part 25. Licensing of Hucksters|7-21-2507. License to be displayed upon demand

  7-21-2507. License to be displayed upon demand. (1) A huckster doing business under the provisions of this part shall, upon demand of any interested person, exhibit the huckster's license and permit the license to be read at that time by the person making the demand.   (2) A huckster who refuses or fails to exhibit the license as provided in subsection (1) is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than $100 or more than $500.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 183, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 2429.13, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 84-2905; amd. Sec. 650, Ch. 61, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 29, Ch. 291, L. 2009.
MT Code § 7-21-2508 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 21. Business, Agriculture, and Livestock Services and Regulation|Part 25. Licensing of Hucksters|7-21-2508. Effect of failure to comply with licensing requirements

  7-21-2508. Effect of failure to comply with licensing requirements. Every huckster, as herein defined, doing business without first obtaining a license as required by this part is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished accordingly, as provided in 46-18-212.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 183, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 2429.14, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 84-2906.
MT Code § 7-21-2601 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 21. Business, Agriculture, and Livestock Services and Regulation|Part 26. Licensing of Public Dances and Dancehalls (Repealed)|7-21-2601. Repealed

  7-21-2601. Repealed. Sec. 1, Ch. 533, L. 1989.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 131, L. 1929; re-en. Sec. 2815.1, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1166.
MT Code § 7-21-2602 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 21. Business, Agriculture, and Livestock Services and Regulation|Part 26. Licensing of Public Dances and Dancehalls (Repealed)|7-21-2602. Repealed

  7-21-2602. Repealed. Sec. 1, Ch. 533, L. 1989.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 131, L. 1929; re-en. Sec. 2815.2, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1167(part).