Any transient merchant desiring a transient merchant’s license shall at least ten days prior to the first day any sale is made, file with the secretary of state of the state of Iowa an application in writing duly verified by the person, firm, corporation, partnership, or association proposing to sell or offer to sell at retail any tangible personal property, or to engage in or conduct a temporary or intermittent business for the sale at retail of any tangible personal property. The application shall state the following facts:
 1. The name, residence, and post office address of the person, firm, corporation, partnership, or association making the application, and if a corporation, the names and addresses of the officers thereof, and if a firm, partnership, or association and not a corporation, the names and addresses of all members thereof.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 9C.3

  • Applicant: means a person authorized to regularly lend moneys to be secured by a mortgage on real property in this state, a licensed real estate broker, a licensed attorney, a participating abstractor, or a licensed closing agent. See Iowa Code 16.92
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • personal property: include money, goods, chattels, evidences of debt, and things in action. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • transient merchant: shall mean and include every merchant, whether an individual person, a firm, corporation, partnership, or association, and whether owner, agent, bailee, consignee, or employee, who shall bring or cause to be brought within the state of Iowa any tangible personal property of any kind, nature, or description, with the intention of temporarily or intermittently selling or offering to sell at retail such tangible personal property within the state of Iowa. See Iowa Code 9C.1
 2. If the application be made by an agent, bailee, consignee, or employee, the application shall so state and set out the name and address of such agent, bailee, consignee, or employee and shall also set out the name and address of the owner of the tangible personal property to be sold or offered for sale.
 3. The application shall state whether or not the applicant has an Iowa retailers sales or use tax permit and if the applicant has such permit, shall state the number of such permit.
 4. If the applicant be a corporation, the application shall state whether or not the applicant is an Iowa corporation or a foreign corporation, and if a foreign corporation, shall state whether or not such corporation is authorized to do business in Iowa.
 5. The value of the tangible personal property to be sold or offered for sale or the average inventory to be carried by any such transient merchant engaging in or conducting an intermittent or temporary business as the case may be.
 6. The date or dates upon which said tangible personal property shall be sold or offered for sale, or the date or dates upon which it is the intention of the applicant to engage in or conduct a temporary or intermittent business.
 7. The location and address where such tangible personal property shall be sold or offered for sale, or such business engaged in or conducted.