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RELEVANT LINKS: League of Minnesota Cities Information Memo: 1/4/2016 Regulating Peddlers, Solicitors and Transient Merchants Page 2 •Canvassers. •Advocates. •Itinerant vendors. •Hucksters. •Proselytizers. •Door-to-door salespersons. •Drummers. •Missionaries. See Peddlers, Solicitors and Transient Merchants, LMC Model Ordinance. Such terms (and others) are generally defined by state statute or city ordinance. Language is often used interchangeably, but may be applied differently depending on the relevant jurisdiction involved. Despite the use of these various terms for generally similar practices, there are fundamental differences in actual operations that affect a local government’s ability to regulate a particular type of activity. A.Peddlers City of St. Paul v. Briggs, 85 Minn. 290, 88 N.W. 984 (1902). A peddler is generally described as someone who: •Travels about from place to place with no fixed place of business. •Carries the actual merchandise offered for sale, not merely samples of such products. •Sells the merchandise at the time it is offered for sale. •Delivers the merchandise at the time the sale is consummated. •Sells to the ultimate consumer and not to a retail establishment for an expected resale of the merchandise. Also commonly known as hawkers, peddlers carry the actual products offered for sale from place to place. See Part V-Local regulations. Cities generally have the authority to either license or register peddlers who wish to operate within the city’s jurisdiction. See Part IV-section C Commerce Clause. See Part II-section B Solicitors and canvassers. The licensing or regulation of peddlers usually does not raise constitutional concerns under the Commerce Clause because both product delivery and payment occur during the initial interaction. With peddling, goods are not typically shipped into the local jurisdiction for delivery at a later date and time.