Warrick County, IN Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- License required
- Nontransferable, § 110.03(B)(1)
- Weekend fee
- $30
- Monthly fee
- $100
- Annual fee
- $1,000
- Food vendors
- Must attach Health Dept permit
- Operating hours
- 9:00 a.m. to one hour before sunset
- Approval body
- Board of Commissioners
Summary
In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, anyone who sells goods or food while moving from place to place or along the streets is a 'peddler' under County Code § 110.03 and needs a license from the County Board of Commissioners before setting up. Vendors selling food must also attach a County Health Department permit to their application.
PEDDLER. Any person or persons, firm, limited liability company, corporation or organization, either principal or agent, employer or employee who engages in the business of traveling from place to place, house to house, or in or along the streets within the county, carrying, conveying, or transporting goods, wares, merchandise, or personal property of any nature, or for services to be performed offering and exposing them for sale, or making sales and delivering articles to purchasers. ... (5) Written permission from the property owner of the location where peddler will be set up (if applicable). ... (13) If the applicant will be using, handling, selling, or distributing food, a copy of the County Health Department permit must be attached to the application. ... (G) Time of day permitted. No person may engage in the business of a peddler or solicitor in the county before 9:00 a.m. and must cease all activities one hour prior to sunset each day the license is effective.
Full Breakdown
Warrick County Code § 110.03, part of Chapter 110: General Business Regulations, defines a PEDDLER as anyone who travels from place to place, house to house, or in or along the streets within the county carrying, conveying, or transporting goods, wares, merchandise, or personal property for sale, including offering or delivering food. No person may engage in business as a peddler or solicitor in the county without an unrevoked license issued by the county, and the license is nontransferable. The application must include, among other items, written permission from the property owner of the location where the peddler will be set up (if applicable), and if the applicant will be using, handling, selling, or distributing food, a copy of the County Health Department permit must be attached.
License fees run $30 for a weekend, $50 for a week, $100 for a month, or $1,000 for up to a year, all deposited into the county's General Fund, and every license expires December 31 one hour before sunset. The Administrator refers a complete application to the Board of Commissioners, which approves or denies it at its next regularly scheduled meeting. Section 110.03(G) limits activity to no earlier than 9:00 a.m. and requires vendors to stop one hour before sunset each licensed day, and registration never overrides a property's posted non-solicitation notice.
Violations & Fines
Operating as an unlicensed peddler or solicitor, including a mobile food vendor without a county license and attached Health Department permit, is unlawful under § 110.03(B). The Board of Commissioners can revoke a license after a hearing for fraud, misrepresentation, or false statements in the application, and violations of the related solicitation-permit section carry a fine of up to $2,500 per violation.
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