§ 13-303
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§13–303.
(a)This part applies to a transient vendor and the principal or agent of a transient vendor.
(b)This part does not apply to:
(1)an auctioneer or any other traveler or selling agent in the usual course of business;
(2)the mere solicitation of orders for the future delivery of goods in interstate commerce;
(3)the sale of goods exhibited on grounds used by an agricultural society for the annual fair of that agricultural society;
(4)a sale by any nonprofit organization or society for a charitable, religious, or other public purpose;
(5)an exhibitor that is the sole producer of the products sold at:
(i)a convention of a religious, civic, or charitable group; or
(ii)a nonprofit trade association, concert, cultural event, art and craft show, sale, exhibition, or fair;
(6)a sale by a farmer or a farmer’s agent of produce from a truck or stand owned or leased by the farmer;
(7)a show, a sale, an exhibition, or a fair conducted in the central pedestrian area of an enclosed shopping mall; or
(8)a sale by a seller at a residence in accordance with an invitation by the owner or legal occupant of the residence.
(c)This part does not apply to a show, a sale, an exhibition, or a fair in Washington County:
(1)that is conducted in the central pedestrian area of a nonenclosed commercial complex that:
(i)is located on one parcel of land; and
(ii)contains at least 450,000 square feet of floor space and at least 100 retail establishments;
(2)that complies with all applicable codes and ordinances; and
(3)for which all applicable permits have been obtained.