It is unlawful for any transient merchant to advertise, represent, or hold forth as being sold for an insurance, bankrupt, insolvent, assignee, trustee, testator, executor, administrator, receiver, syndicate, wholesaler, or manufacturer, or closing out sale, or as a sale of any goods, wares, and merchandise damaged by smoke, fire, water, or otherwise, or in any similar form, unless such transient merchant shall file with the person‘s application for a transient merchant license an affidavit showing all the facts relating to the reasons and character of the sale so to be advertised or represented, and showing that the sale is in fact as it is to be advertised and represented, including a statement of:

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 51-04-04

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

1.    The names of the persons from whom the goods, wares, and merchandise were obtained; 2.    The date of their delivery to the applicant; 3.    The place from which the goods, wares, and merchandise were last taken; and

4.    All details necessary to exactly locate and fully itemize all goods, wares, and merchandise to be sold.