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Hawker/Peddler
License Description

Hawkers and Peddlers travel from town to town or from place to place in the same town selling or bartering goods, or offering to perform personal services for household repairs or improvements, or keep a regular place of business and sell and deliver to another location. The following are exempted from this regulation: itinerant vendors; those who sell products of their own labor or the labor of his/her family or the product of his/her own farm or the one he/she tills; anyone selling personal goods on their personal property; sales conducted by nonprofit organizations for benefit of the organization; industry or association trade show sales; or sellers of antique, used, or vintage goods.

Statute: NH RSA 320

Licensure Requirements:

  • Must apply for a license made upon applications prepared by the Secretary of State requiring such information regarding the applicant's character and qualifications as the Secretary shall deem pertinent
  • Licensees are permitted to do business in any city or town of this state providing the licensee complies with all local ordinances, bylaws, and regulations
  • If an applicant who is not a natural person applies for a license under this chapter, the sum of $5,000 deposited with the Secretary of State in cash or surety bond is required

Examination: Not required

Continuing Education: Not required

Fees:

  • License (annual): $50

Reciprocity: Not permitted

revised Jan 2018

Licensing Agency
New Hampshire Department of State
State House, Room 204
Concord, NH 0330
(603) 271 3242
Active Status Active
Continuing Education Continuing education required to maintain license
Criminal Record No criminal record prohibitions
License Type Stand-alone license
License Updated 06/01/2020
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