Budget Marketing, Inc. v. Commonwealth ex rel. Stephens

LUKOWSKY, Justice.

The question presented is whether the legislature can constitutionally require nonresidents engaged in the business of soliciting orders, via interstate telephone, for magazines on a subscription basis, the delivery of which is contingent on a future event, to register in each county in the Commonwealth in which they solicit. The trial court and the Court of Appeals answered the question yes. We affirm.

Budget Marketing, Inc. is an Iowa corporation which has no certificate of authority to transact business in this Commonwealth.1 Watson is the sole proprietor of Budget…