Information, not legal advice
Everything Hot Dog Carts gives general information about starting and running a hot dog cart. It is not legal, tax or business advice, and using this site does not create any professional relationship with us. Laws and rules differ by state, county and city, and they change. Before you buy equipment, sign a lease or start selling, confirm every requirement with the agency that enforces it, and talk to a lawyer or accountant about your situation.
We are not a government agency
Everything Hot Dog Carts is an independent website. We are not part of, affiliated with or endorsed by any health department, licensing office, tax agency or other government body, including the ones we link to. Only those agencies can issue permits and licenses or tell you what applies to you.
How we check links, and their limits
Every official link on a state guide shows the date we last opened it and confirmed what we quote. We check links on a regular schedule. Agency pages can still change between checks, and we don't control their content, accuracy or availability. If a link is broken or a rule has changed, the agency's own page wins. When we find a broken link, we fix it or mark it as not found with the date. We never guess a replacement.
Business listings
Listings on the Everything Hot Dogs map (everythinghotdogs.com) are submitted by the businesses themselves. We review them before they appear to keep out spam, but we don't verify licenses, permits, insurance, food safety or quality, and a listing isn't a recommendation. Businesses are responsible for keeping their own information accurate and for holding their own licenses.
Sponsors and advertising
Some brands pay to appear on Everything Hot Dog Carts. Every paid placement is labeled Advertisement. Sponsors don't write or edit the state guides or the rules information, and a sponsorship isn't an endorsement by us of any product.
Everything Hot Dog Carts is run by letmebefrankDESIGN, which also sells signs, websites and branding to food businesses. Our own services are marked as ours.
Trademarks
Brand names mentioned on this site belong to their owners. Mentioning a brand doesn't mean that brand endorses us, or that we endorse it. We show a brand's logo only with its permission.
No warranty
To the fullest extent the law allows, this site and everything on it is provided "as is," without warranties of any kind, and we are not liable for losses from relying on it. Some places don't allow these limits, so they may not all apply to you.
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