Permits & Licenses
Marriage Licenses
Costs: $40.00 per couple
Approximate Time from Application to Issue: Same day if application is complete.
Where to Apply:
Town Clerk's office Please call for an appointment to make sure you have all the proper documentation. 772-2431 Ext. 101
Requirements:
Acceptable form of ID for your current name: Photo Driver's License, Non-Driver Photo ID, Passport (valid), Naturalization Papers - ORIGINAL ONLY, Military Photo ID, Employers Photo ID (employer will be contacted for verification), Original or certified copy of birth certificate w/seal (no photo copies), All divorce papers (if applicable), each set if more than one divorce, Certified Death Certificate if a former spouse is deceased.
Dog License
Costs: $8.00 per spayed/neutered dog, $16.00 per non-spayed/non-neutered dog. We offer a Senior Citizens Discount for any resident over the age of 65 for their spayed/neutered dog - the license fee is $5.00.
Approximate Time from Application to Issue: Same day if all pertinent information is available.
Where to Apply:
Town Clerk's office
Requirements:
Dogs must be licensed at four (4) months of age in New York State. A rabies vaccination certificate is required to obtain a license. If the dog is spayed or neutered, the certificate from the vet is required to give you the discount.
The new fee structure for licensing is now generated by the Town and is no longer done by the State of New York. If you need replacement tags, the cost will still be $3.00. If a license is over 60 days past due, there will be a $5.00 fee added. If the license is 90 days past due, the fee will be double.
Fishing & Hunting Licenses
Where to Apply:
The text below is directly from the NYS DEC’s website. If you have any questions, just let us know.
To limit the community spread of COVID-19, DEC is encouraging hunters, trappers, and anglers to purchase sporting licenses online. Sporting licenses may be purchased online at any time, and anglers may use their privileges immediately by simply carrying their transaction number (DEC-LS#) with them while afield.
Anglers, hunters, and trappers may also use the HuntFishNY mobile app to display an electronic copy of their license. The HuntFishNY app is available for download through the Apple App or Google Play stores.Back tags and carcass tags must still be mailed, and customers should allow 10-14 days for receipt of their tags. DEC will provide updates periodically via email, social media, and at www.dec.ny.gov.
We will also be available to respond to questions or concerns regarding visitation opportunities at contact@dec.ny.gov.
Peddling, Hawking, & Soliciting
Costs: $150.00 per person
Where to Apply:
ROYALTON PEDDLING, HAWKING, AND SOLICITING
The Town Board finds that high-pressure, and misleading, fraudulent, and threatening activities have been associated with hawking, peddling and soliciting activities in the Town of Royalton, and that it is the purpose and intent of this chapter to protect the health, safety and general welfare of the residents of the Town by establishing regulations and licensing of hawkers, peddlers and solicitors within the Town.
Definitions
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ESTABLISHED PLACE OF BUSINESS
A building or store in which the person transacts business and deals in the goods, wares and merchandise he hawks, peddles or solicits for during regular business hours.
HAWKER and PEDDLER
Except as hereinafter expressly provided, any person, either principal or agent, who, in any public street or public place or by going from house to house or place of business to place of business on foot or on or from any animal or vehicle standing in a street or highway, sells or barters, offers for sale or barter or carries or exposes for sale or barter any goods, wares, or merchandise, including magazines and other publications, except as hereinafter exempted.
PERSON
One or more persons, corporations, partnerships, associations, joint-stock companies, societies and all other entities.
SOLICITOR
Any person who goes from place to place or house to house or who stands in any street or public place taking or offering to take orders for goods, wares or merchandise, except as hereinafter exempted, or for service to be performed in the future, or for making, manufacturing or repairing any article or thing whatsoever for future delivery.
Exemptions
Nothing in this chapter shall apply to sales conducted pursuant to statutory requirement or by order of court, to any person selling personal property at wholesale to dealers in such articles, to merchants having an established permanent place of business within the Town or their employees selling or soliciting from that place of business, or to the peddling of meats, fish, fruit and similar produce by farmers and persons who produce such commodities, or to dealers in milk, baked goods, heating oil and daily newspapers, to any honorably discharged member of the armed forces of the United States who has produced a license as provided by the General Business Law of the State of New York, or to persons soliciting or collecting for any bona fide charitable organization or for persons soliciting, selling or collecting for service, school, youth or religious groups. This chapter shall not apply so as unlawfully to interfere with interstate commerce.
License required
It shall be unlawful for any person, within the territorial limits of the Town of Royalton, to act as a hawker, peddler or solicitor as herein defined without first having obtained, and having in force and effect, a license to conduct the activity.
Application for License
Every applicant for a license as herein provided shall submit to the Town Clerk a written application, under affidavit, setting forth the following information ,to wit: that he or she has never been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor (or if so, giving the details); a detailed statement of the particular business, trade or occupation or purpose for which the license is requested; the number and kind and license numbers of vehicles, if any, to be used by the applicant in carrying on the business for which the license is requested; the kinds of goods, wares and merchandise he desires to sell or the kinds of service he desires to render; the name, address and age of the applicant; the name and addresses of the person, firm or corporation he represents; the name and addresses of all partners of a partnership; and the names and addresses of a person upon whom a legal notice may be served; and such other information as may be required by the Town Board.
Issuance of license; license not assignable; expiration date; application after refusal or revocation; license to be carried by licensee.
Upon the filing of the application, as provided in the preceding section, the Town Clerk shall, upon her approval of such application, issue to the applicant a license, signed by the Town Clerk. Except as hereinafter provided, no licenses shall be refused except for a specific reason and for the protection of public safety, health, morals, or general welfare. Conviction by the applicant of a crime involving fraud, theft, assault, or any crime of violence or of moral turpitude shall be grounds for refusal. A license shall not be assignable. Any holder of such license who permits it to be used by any other person, and any person who uses such license granted to any other person, shall be guilty of a violation of this chapter. Such license shall automatically expire on January 1 following the date of issuance of such license, but such license may provide for any earlier expiration date corresponding to the termination of the activity. No applicant to who a license has been refused or who has had a license which has been revoked shall make further application until a period of at least six months shall have elapsed since the last previous rejection or revocation, unless he or she can show that the reason for such rejection or revocation no longer exists. Every licensee, while exercising his license, shall carry the license with him and shall exhibit the same upon demand to any police officer or citizen.
License Fees
The license fee to hawkers, peddlers or solicitors shall be as follows: $150.00 or such other fee as shall be established by the Town Board by resolution from time to time.
Employees/Agents of Principals
A separate license shall be required for each:
- Person or entity owning or sponsoring the hawking, peddling or soliciting activity.
- Person engaging in the activity in the Town and each person operating a vehicle in support of such activity.
Name and Address on Vehicle
Every vehicle used in support of hawking, peddling or soliciting shall have the name of the licensee and his address plainly, distinctly and legibly displayed in letters and figures at least two inches in height in a conspicuous place on the outside of the vehicle.
Refusal or Revocation of License
Upon the refusal of the Town Clerk to issue a license to any applicant or upon the determination of the Town Board that any license should be revoked, the procedure prescribed in § 137 of the Town Law shall be complied with. When a license shall be revoked, no refund of any unearned portion of the license fee shall be made. Notice of such revocation and the reason wherefore in writing shall be served by the Town Clerk upon the person named in the application, and a copy of such notice shall be filed with the Town Clerk. Violation of any provision of this law shall constitute grounds for revocation of a license.
Restrictions
A licensed hawker, peddler or solicitor shall:
- Not falsely or fraudulently misrepresent the quantity or quality of any article offered for sale; or offer for sale any unwholesome, tainted or diseased provisions or merchandise.
- Keep the vehicles and receptacles used by him in a clean and sanitary condition and the foodstuffs and edibles offered for sale well covered and protected from dirt, dust and insects.
- Not stand or permit the vehicle used by him to stand in one place in any public place or street for more than 10 minutes, or in front of any premises for any time if the owner or any lessee of the premises objects.
- Not sell any confectionery or ice cream within 250 feet of any school between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on school days.
- Not permit any vehicle used by him to stop or remain on any crosswalk.
- Not create or maintain any booth or stand or place any barrels, boxes, crates or other obstructions upon any street or public place f or the purpose of selling or exposing for sale any goods, wares or merchandise.
- Not blow a horn or use any other noisy device to attract public attention to his wares, or shout or cry out his wares.
- Not enter upon the property of any person or entity which displays a sign which states “No Trespassing,” “No Soliciting,” or “No Peddling” or any other message clearly indicating that solicitors, hawkers or peddlers are not welcome upon the premises.
Orders
All orders taken by a licensed solicitor who demands, accepts or received payment or deposit of money in advance of final delivery shall be in writing, in duplicate, stating the terms thereof and the amount paid in advance, and one copy shall be given to the purchaser at the time the deposit of money is paid to the solicitor.
Records
It shall be the duty of the Town Clerk to keep a record of all applications and of all licenses granted under the provisions of this chapter, giving the number and date of each license, the name and residence of the person licensed, the amount of the license fee paid and also the date of revocation of all licenses revoked.
Background Check
By signing the application the hawker, peddler or solicitor shall supply a back ground check, dated within six (6) months to the Town Clerk, covering the previous two (2) year period.
Penalties for Offenses
Any person who shall violate any provision of this law shall be guilty of a violation and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $250 or by imprisonment of up to 15 days or by both such fine and imprisonment.