License fee; bonds.

Gulfport Code of Ordinances § 5-130

in effect

Sec. 5-130. - License fee; bonds. (a) Each applicant for a transient vendor license shall include a license fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) with the application, which fee shall be deposited in the general fund of the city. The applicant shall also execute a cash bond or a surety bond issued by a corporate surety authorized to do business in this state in an amount that is the lesser of either two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) or five (5) percent of the wholesale value of any merchandise or service to be offered for sale by the applicant. The surety bond shall be issued in favor of the state and shall be conditioned upon payment of: (1) All taxes due from the applicant to the state or to the city; (2) Any fines assessed against the applicant or the applicant's agents or employees for a violation of this division; and (3) Any judgment rendered against the applicant or the applicant's agents or employees in a cause of action commenced by a purchaser of merchandise or services not later than one (1) year after the date the merchandise or services were sold by the applicant. (b) The transient vendor shall maintain such bond during the period that the vendor conducts business in the city and for a period of one (1) year after the termination of the business. After the transient vendor furnishes satisfactory proof to the city tax collector that the vendor has satisfied all claims of purchasers of merchandise from or services offered by the vendor and that all sales taxes and other applicable taxes have been paid, the bond shall be released. (c) Transient vendors and traveling photographers shall, in advance of any solicitations, furnish to the city a good and sufficient penal bond in the amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) conditioned that if such transient vendors and traveling photographers shall comply with all of the provisions of the city ordinances relating to transient vendors and traveling photographers such obligation shall be void, otherwise, to remain in full force and effect.

Source: City of Gulfport, Mississippi, Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ms/gulfport/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH5LIBURE_ARTIVPESOTRVE_DIV3TRVE_S5-130LIFEBOFetched: 11/1/2026