It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation with no permanent place
of business in Webster Parish to engage in the practice of calling upon private residences
and thereby contacting persons wither in person or by telephone in the unincorporated
areas of Webster Parish, Louisiana, unless that person, firm, or corporation has obtained
a license costing one hundred dollars ($100.00) from the Webster Parish Sales Tax
Commission whose physical address is 1128 Homer Road, Minden, Louisiana 71055.
This article shall apply to all itinerant and/or transient solicitors, merchants,
hawkers, or vendors of merchandise and shall also apply to transient and/or itinerant
solicitors for service, if said solicitors, merchants, hawkers, or vendors have not
been requested or invited by the owners, occupant, or occupants of said private residence
to call upon them for the purpose of soliciting orders for sale of goods, wares, merchandise,
or service, and/or for the purpose of disposing of and/or peddling or hawking of same;
said practice being hereby declared to be a nuisance, and nuisance being punishable
as a misdemeanor.
No person convicted of a felony, or a crime involving deceit, fraud, or dishonesty
shall be eligible for a license.
