§ 9-301. Definitions.

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:

Canvasser or solicitor means any person, whether a resident of the city or not, traveling by foot, vehicle, or any other type of conveyance, from place to place, from house to house, or from street to street, taking or attempting to take orders for the sale of goods, wares, merchandise, or personal property of any nature whatsoever for future delivery or for services to be furnished or performed in the future, whether or not such person has, carries, or exposes for sale a sample of the subject of such sale or whether he is collecting advance payments on such sales or not.

Peddler means any person, whether a resident of the city or not, traveling by foot, vehicle, or other type of conveyance, from place to place, from house to house, or from street to street, carrying, conveying, or transporting goods, wares, merchandise, meats, fish, vegetables, fruits, garden truck, or farm products or provisions, offering and exposing the same for sale, or making sales and delivering articles to purchasers, or who, without traveling from place to place, sells or offers the same for sale from any vehicle or conveyance. Any person who solicits orders and, as a separate transaction, makes deliveries to purchasers as a part of a scheme or design to evade the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed a peddler subject to the provisions of this chapter. The word "peddler" shall include the terms "hawker" and "huckster."

Transient merchant means any person who engages temporarily in the vending or sale of merchandise at any place in the city and who does not intend to become and does not become a permanent merchant at such place, and who, for the purpose of carrying on such business, hires, leases, or occupies, either in whole or in part, a room, building, or other structure for the exhibition and sale of such goods, wares, and merchandise.

(1979 Code, § 5-301)

State law reference

Contains permit requirements for "transitory vendors" or "transient merchants," T.C.A. § 62-30-101 et seq.