Davenport requires a transient merchant license for door-to-door sellers who lack a permanent local business address of a year or more. Licensees and their door-to-door employees must carry the license and show it on demand.
Chapter 5.17 regulates transient merchants — anyone selling goods or services, taking future-delivery orders, or soliciting funds without maintaining a permanent Davenport business address for a year or more. A transient merchant license is required before conducting such sales. Certain sellers are exempt, including nonprofit, school, and religious fundraisers, residents selling their own handcrafts, licensed real-estate and insurance agents, and vendors selling to licensed food establishments — but even exempt door-to-door sellers must obey the hours and posted-notice rules. Each merchant and door-to-door employee must keep the license on hand and display it to any customer or officer on demand.
The City may take possession of and hold the goods of a transient merchant it has probable cause to believe is operating in violation, and pursue municipal-infraction penalties.
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