Running a vendor market in Salisbury.

Event Request (Hold an Event) (City of Salisbury, Arts, Business and Culture (Downtown Salisbury)): The organizer submits the event request form with the event type and desired location; city staff review it, approve it, and then payment is collected. Groups over 200 people need a certificate of liability insurance and a recycling plan. If required, insurance is $1,000,000 per occurrence and $3,000,000 aggregate naming the city as additional insured. Park, pavilion and street rental fees (FY2027) (City of Salisbury): The city publishes daily rates for pavilions, amphitheater, Unity Square and streets, plus fees for staff, police, barricades and extra trash cans for events over 200 people. Reservations run through the city's online registration and rental portal.

Mobile Vendor and Transient Merchant license (City of Salisbury, Office of Business Development): Applicants apply online, contact the Wicomico Circuit Court Clerk to learn whether a county license is needed, and contact the County Health Department if serving food. The city posts a $1,000 surety bond requirement and runs background checks that can take up to a month. Hours are limited to 9 AM to 9 PM unless the Mayor allows otherwise. Trader's License (or Exhibitor's Affidavit at a show) (Clerk of the Circuit Court for Wicomico County, for the Comptroller of Maryland): Maryland trader's licenses are issued by the county Circuit Court Clerk (Wicomico County clerk: 410-543-6551) for a May 1 to April 30 license year. The Comptroller says a promoter must collect each exhibitor's trader's license copy or Exhibitor's Affidavit before the show.

Temporary Sales and Use Tax License (30 days) (Comptroller of Maryland): A vendor contacts the Comptroller's temporary license desk with the event date, name and location plus business details, then collects Maryland sales and use tax on event sales. Vendors at three or more events a year should register for a permanent license through Maryland Tax Connect. Flea market sales are taxable (Business Tax Tip #14) (Comptroller of Maryland): The Comptroller says flea market sales are taxable like any other sale and a vendor must first get a license, either a 30-day permit or a permanent license through the Combined Registration Application. The 6 percent rate is a single statewide rate with no local sales taxes, and vendors must display their license where sales are made. For organizers: A show promoter may not let an exhibitor take part unless the exhibitor has given a photocopy of a valid Trader's License or an Exhibitor's Affidavit before the show. Exhibitors must display it, and the promoter must forward all Exhibitor Affidavits to the Comptroller's State License Bureau within seven days after the show. Non-compliance is a misdemeanor with a fine up to $100 or up to 30 days in jail.

Temporary Food Service License (Wicomico County Health Department, Environmental Health (Food Protection)): The Health Department says its Food Protection Division inspects temporary festival-like events. Each vendor files the Temporary Food Service License Application with a food information form, and an event with three or more food vendors also needs the coordinator to file a Temporary Food Event Coordinator's Application with a site and sanitation plan.

Event Request (Hold an Event): Requests at least 30 days before the event; refunds only if cancelled 14 days ahead Temporary Food Service License: Vendor applications 2 weeks before the event; coordinator application at least 10 business days before