Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 101 - Transient Vendors, Hawkers and Pedlers
Section 28 - Effect of License on Prosecution

Section 28. No license issued to a hawker or pedler shall defeat or bar a prosecution against the licensee, if it is proved that he sold or bartered, carried for sale or barter or exposed therefor, any articles, except such as are permitted without a license by section seventeen, in a place in which he was not licensed to sell.

<< Previous
Next >>

Structure Massachusetts General Laws

Massachusetts General Laws

Part I - Administration of the Government

Title XV - Regulation of Trade

Chapter 101 - Transient Vendors, Hawkers and Pedlers

Section 1 - Definitions

Section 2 - Application of Provisions of Chapter Relative to Transient Vendors

Section 3 - Transient Vendors; License; Application; Special Deposit; Bond; Conditions; Fees; Rules and Regulations; Renewals

Section 3a - Written Application for Promoter License; Fees; Written Operating Agreements With Vendors

Section 4 - Filing of Applications; Records; Inspection

Section 5 - Local License; Application; Fee; Statement of Transient Vendor; Certificate; Endorsement of Town Clerk

Section 6 - Neglect or Refusal by Transient Vendor to File Statement; False Representations

Section 6a - Power of Attorney in Applications for Licenses; Appointment of Deputy Director as Lawful Attorney; Service of Process

Section 7 - Advertisement of Bankrupt, Closing Out, Administrator's and Fire Sales; Statement of Character and Reasons for Special Sale

Section 8 - Selling Without License; False Statements in License Application

Section 9 - Penalty for Violation of Sec. 7 or 8

Section 10 - Action for Recovery of Local License Fee

Section 11 - Return or Surrender of State License; Cancellation; Affidavit of Loss; Notice

Section 12 - Attachment of Special Deposit; Execution; Notice of Claim; Payment of Fines and Penalties

Section 12a - Special Licenses Relating to Transient Sales for Charitable Purposes

Section 13 - Hawker and Pedler Defined

Section 14 - Unauthorized Selling or Bartering by Hawker or Pedler

Section 15 - Application of Provisions of Chapter Relating to Hawkers and Peddlers

Section 16 - Sale by Hawkers or Pedlers of Certain Articles; Temporary Licenses

Section 16a - Sale by Hawkers or Peddlers of Frozen Desserts on or From Motor Vehicle; Flashing Lights Required

Section 17 - Sale by Hawkers or Peddlers of Certain Articles Without License

Section 18 - Sale by Hawkers or Pedlers Without License

Section 18a - Food for Sale for Consumption by Infants; Drugs

Section 19 - Trade or Sale of Bootblacking by Minors; Permits

Section 20 - Permitting or Aiding Minor to Violate Sec. 19 or 34

Section 21 - Employing or Permitting Minor to Engage in Hawking or Peddling Without Permit or License

Section 22 - License; Hawkers and Peddlers; Certificate of Police Chief; Fees; Special State Licenses; Rules and Regulations

Section 22a - License for Sale of Prepared Food; Requisites

Section 24 - Special Licenses to Veterans and Blind Persons; Authority to Sell on Public Streets

Section 26 - Record of Licenses to Hawkers and Peddlers; Inspection

Section 27 - Endorsement, Display, and Production of License; Penalties

Section 28 - Effect of License on Prosecution

Section 29 - Sales by Hawkers or Pedlers Licensed as Auctioneers

Section 30 - Revocation of Licenses

Section 31 - Counterfeiting or Forging Licenses

Section 32 - Arrest of Hawkers, Peddlers, Transient Vendors and Door-to-Door Salespersons; Prosecution

Section 33 - Temporary Licenses to Sell Articles for Charitable Purposes; Fees

Section 34 - Door-to-Door Sales for Future Delivery; Employment of Minors; Duties of Sales Organization; Registration