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Code · Iowa · Chapter 9C — Transient Merchants

9C.3 Application for license.

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Any transient merchant desiring a transient merchant’s license shall at least ten days prior to the first day any sale is made, file with the secretary of state of the state of Iowa an application in writing duly verified by the person, firm, corporation, partnership, or association proposing to sell or offer to sell at retail any tangible personal property, or to engage in or conduct a temporary or intermittent business for the sale at retail of any tangible personal property. The application shall state the following facts:
1. The name, residence, and post office address of the person, firm, corporation, partnership, or association making the application, and if a corporation, the names and addresses of the officers thereof, and if a firm, partnership, or association and not a corporation, the names and addresses of all members thereof.
2. If the application is made by an agent, bailee, consignee, or employee, the name and address of such agent, bailee, consignee, or employee, and the name and address of the owner of the tangible personal property to be sold or offered for sale.
3. Whether or not the applicant has an Iowa retailers sales or use tax permit and, if the applicant has such permit, the number of such permit.
4. If the applicant is a corporation, whether or not the applicant is an Iowa corporation or a foreign corporation, and, if a foreign corporation, whether or not such corporation is authorized to do business in Iowa.
5. The value of the tangible personal property to be sold or offered for sale or the average inventory to be carried by any such transient merchant engaging in or conducting an intermittent or temporary business as the case may be.
6. The date or dates upon which said tangible personal property shall be sold or offered for sale, or the date or dates upon which it is the intention of the applicant to engage in or conduct a temporary or intermittent business.
7. The location and address where such tangible personal property shall be sold or offered for sale, or such business engaged in or conducted.
[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §81A.3]
C93, §9C.3
2017 Acts, ch 29, §7; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §3, 4; 2021 Acts, ch 86, §41, 42; 2022 Acts, ch 1138, §1; 2024 Acts, ch 1043, §4
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