Twin Falls County Sheriff

Peddler, Solicitor and Transient Merchant License

County Code 3-2-3(A) states: "It shall be unlawful for a transient merchant, itinerant merchant, itinerant vendor, peddler or solicitor, as defined above, to engage in such business within Twin Falls County without first obtaining a license", and the application is filed with the Twin Falls County Sheriff. The code defines a peddler as any person "traveling by foot, motor vehicle or any other type of conveyance" carrying "goods, wares, merchandise, food or farm products or provisions" for sale, or who "without traveling from place to place shall sell or offer the same for sale from a wagon, vehicle, railroad car, or any other type of conveyance", which reaches a food truck as well as a travelling retail seller. The application asks for the applicant's Idaho State sales tax license number and a 2-inch by 2-inch photograph, and under 3-2-3(B)(1)(i) an applicant proposing to peddle food or any product for human consumption must first obtain a certification from the South Central Health District. Under County Code 3-2-6 the fee is $25.00, payable in advance, for a license valid three months, renewable no more than once in the succeeding three months at $15.00 for 30 days. County Code 3-2-1 exempts, among others, auctions, wholesalers, religious and charitable nonprofits, invited arts-and-crafts exhibitors, court-ordered sales, "The sale of farm or garden products by the persons producing such products", newspaper subscriptions, political groups and the County Fair. Twin Falls County offices are at 630 Addison Ave W, Twin Falls, ID 83301; the county's main line is 208-736-4000.