Opinion No.

The Honorable Susan Schulte State Representative 18 Sunbeam Circle Cabot, AR 72023

Dear Representative Schulte:

I am writing in response to your request for an opinion on the following matter:

Arkansas Code 26-76-101 states:

Whoever shall engage in the business of selling goods, wares, or merchandise of any description other than articles grown, prod[u]ced, or manufactured by the seller himself or by those in his employ, and sold by going from house to house or place to place, either by land or water, to sell them is declared to be a "peddler" or "hawker."

Under this code is it lawful to require a…