§ 14-44. Fortunetellers and clairvoyants.

(a)

No license issued pursuant to section 14-39(b)(8) shall be granted to any person except upon a certificate to the chief of police that such person has appeared at police headquarters and given such general description of himself as is required by the chief of police and has presented to him a certificate signed by five citizens of the county that such person is of good character and honest demeanor and has resided in the county for at least 12 months prior to the granting of such certificate and except and until the chief of police shall be satisfied from his own knowledge and from an independent investigation to be made by him that the statements contained in the certificate required to be signed by the citizens of the county are true. Upon presentation of such certificates to the assessing official by any such applicant, the assessing official shall issue a license in which shall be stated the day, month and year on which the license expires, and, upon the payment of the license tax and issuance thereof, a duplicate shall be transmitted to the chief of police.

(b)

Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to apply to persons pretending to tell fortunes or practicing palmistry, phrenology, handwriting analysis or as clairvoyants in a regular licensed theater, as part of any show or exhibition presented therein or as a part of any play, exhibition, fair or show presented or offered in aid of any benevolent, charitable or educational purpose.

(Code 1988, § 6.1-14)

(Code 1988, § 6.1-14)