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1. Persons required to register. The Except as otherwise
provided in this section, the following persons, other than
casual sellers, shall register with the assessor and collect and
remit taxes in accordance with the provisions of this Part:

 
A. Every seller of tangible personal property or taxable
services, whether or not at retail, that maintains in this
State any office, manufacturing facility, distribution
facility, warehouse or storage facility, sales or sample
room or other place of business;

 
B. Every seller of tangible personal property or taxable
services that does not maintain a place of business in this
State but makes retail sales in this State or solicits
orders, by means of one or more salespeople within this
State, for retail sales within this State;

 
C. Every lessor engaged in the leasing of tangible personal
property located in this State that does not maintain a
place of business in this State but makes retail sales to
purchasers from this State;

 
D. Every consignee, agent or salesperson that makes retail
sales in this State of tangible personal property or taxable
services on behalf of a principal that is outside of this
State if the principal is not the holder of a valid
registration certificate;

 
E. Every agent, representative, salesperson, solicitor or
distributor that receives compensation by reason of sales of
tangible personal property or taxable services made outside
this State by a principal for use, storage or other
consumption in this State;

 
F. Every person that manages or operates in the regular
course of business or on a casual basis a hotel, rooming
house or tourist or trailer camp in this State or that
collects or receives rents from a hotel, rooming house or
tourist or trailer camp in this State; and

 
G. Every seller of tangible personal property or taxable
services that has a substantial physical presence in this
State sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the due
process and commerce clauses of the United States
Constitution. The following activities do not constitute a
substantial physical presence for the purpose of this
paragraph:

 
(1) Solicitation of business in this State through catalogs,
flyers, telephone or electronic media when


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