Selling or auctioning goods in streets or public places.
Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 645-516
in effectSec. 645-516. - Selling or auctioning goods in streets or public places.
(a) No huckster, peddler, storekeeper, merchant or other person of a similar trade or business shall use or occupy any portion of any public place, park, boulevard, street or sidewalk, with anything placed thereon or stand or move about thereon, for the purpose of selling, offering for sale, displaying, advertising or disposing of any goods, wares or merchandise, or any other property, except as permitted by this Code for public or charitable purposes.
(b) No auctioneer or other person shall conduct an auction, sell or offer to sell, or dispose of at auction, any goods, wares, merchandise or other thing of value on any public place or way; and it shall also be unlawful for any person to bid at any such auction. No assembly of persons as bidders or onlookers at any auction proscribed by this section shall be allowed or permitted at any time.
(Code 1975, § 28-198)
Source: Consolidated City of Indianapolis and Marion County, Revised Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/in/indianapolis_-_marion_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIIPUHEWE_CH645PURI-W_ARTVUSOCPUWA_DIV1GE_S645-516SEAUGOSTPUPLFetched: 10/27/2026