Wis. Stat. § 66.0423
This is the official text of Wis. Stat. § 66.0423, part of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Statutes — the complete compiled statutory law of Wisconsin, organized into numbered chapters by subject.
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Transient merchants.
Official statutory text
(1) In this section:
(a) “Sale of merchandise” includes a sale in which the personal services rendered upon or in connection with the merchandise constitutes the greatest part of value for the price received, but does not include a farm auction sale conducted by or for a resident farmer of personal property used on the farm or the sale of produce or other perishable products at retail or wholesale by a resident of this state.
(b) “Transient merchant” means a person who engages in the sale of merchandise at any place in this state temporarily and who does not intend to become and does not become a permanent merchant of that place.
(2) Cities and villages, and towns not subject to an ordinance enacted under s. 59.55 (4) , may, by ordinance, regulate the retail sales, other than auction sales, made by transient merchants and provide penalties for violations of those ordinances.
History: 1989 a. 301 , 359 ; 1999 a. 150 ss. 110 , 250 , 251 ; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0423.
(a) “Sale of merchandise” includes a sale in which the personal services rendered upon or in connection with the merchandise constitutes the greatest part of value for the price received, but does not include a farm auction sale conducted by or for a resident farmer of personal property used on the farm or the sale of produce or other perishable products at retail or wholesale by a resident of this state.
(b) “Transient merchant” means a person who engages in the sale of merchandise at any place in this state temporarily and who does not intend to become and does not become a permanent merchant of that place.
(2) Cities and villages, and towns not subject to an ordinance enacted under s. 59.55 (4) , may, by ordinance, regulate the retail sales, other than auction sales, made by transient merchants and provide penalties for violations of those ordinances.
History: 1989 a. 301 , 359 ; 1999 a. 150 ss. 110 , 250 , 251 ; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0423.
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