Transient vendors in general.
Hattiesburg Code of Ordinances § 32-85
in effectSec. 32-85. - Transient vendors in general.
(a) Transient vendors may not conduct sales of any of their products or services at residential premises except during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Transient vendors are not allowed to make any sales of any products or services at residential premises on Sundays, nor during any hours not set forth herein.
(b) Transient vendors are prohibited from selling their products or services on any public right-of-way of the city, state or county.
(c) Transient vendors may not sell any products or services on any property without having first obtained written permission from the owner or legal occupant of the premises upon which sales of products or services may be offered.
(d) Each applicant for a transient vendor license shall designate a registered agent on the license application. The registered agent must be a resident of the city and shall be the agent on whom any process, notice or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the licensee may be served. The registered agent must agree in writing to act as the agent. The license applicant shall file a copy of the agreement with the license application.
(e) The tax collector shall maintain an alphabetical list of all transient vendors in the municipality, and the names and addresses of their registered agents.
(f) If a transient vendor fails to have or to maintain a registered agent in the city or if the designated registered agent cannot be found at the stated permanent address, the tax collector is the agent of the transient vendor for services of process, notices or demands. Service on the tax collector is made by delivering to his/her office duplicate copies of the process, notice or demand. If such a process, notice or demand is served on the tax collector, he/she shall immediately forward one copy by registered or certified mail to the permanent address of the transient vendor pursuant to the provisions of MCA 1972, § 75-85-11.
(g) This section does not limit or otherwise affect the right of any person to serve a process, notice or demand in any other manner authorized by law.
(h) Applicants for a transient vendor's license shall pay a fee to the city with their application, in the sum now or hereafter established by the city. Applicants who are licensed businesses permanently located in the city and have a current state sales tax number shall pay a fee in the sum now or hereafter established by the city. The tax collector shall issue a transient vendor license under this article only if all requirements of this article have been met. The license is not transferable and is valid only within the territorial limits of the issuing city. A license expires 90 days after the day of issuance.
(i) A license may be renewed on payment of a renewal fee in the amount now or hereafter established by the city and filing for renewal with the tax collector, before the expiration of the current license. A license may be renewed only one time after which a licensee must once again purchase a new license pursuant to the provisions of MCA 1972, § 75-85-13d.
(j) Prior to offering any merchandise or services for sale, transient vendors must report to the tax collector and the land development code administrator of the city and obtain written approval in order to ensure that the terms and provisions of the Mississippi Code and this Code regulating transient vendors and this article have been met.
(Ord. No. 3084, § 4, 2-21-2012)
Source: City of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ms/hattiesburg/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH32LIPEMIBURE_ARTIVTRVE_S32-85TRVEGEFetched: 11/1/2026