Permit Lookup: 252 Cities, One Card Each

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: Yes, in general terms. The city's business license code says "engaging in a business" includes any soliciting of orders for sale (§ 3A-1-41(c)), so a company selling door-to-door needs a city business license. The code's own Peddlers and Solicitors chapter does not set out a separate door-to-door sales permit or ID requirement for commercial reps; it does bar entering a property posted against soliciting (§ 12-14-5).
• Where it comes from: The Revenue (Tax and License) Division issues the general business license, under the General Code, Title 3A, Chapter 1, Article D.
• Fee: The general business license has a $100.00 annual minimum unless another schedule sets a different amount (§ 3A-1-42(1)). A specific schedule sets $36.00 for "each canvasser employed by installment merchant" (Appendix A, Schedule 193). No dedicated fee for a door-to-door services sales team (e.g., fiber, solar, pest, security) is published separately from the general business license.
• Hours you may knock: Not published. Chapter 14 (Peddlers and Solicitors) sets no clock-time restriction on when a commercial solicitor may knock; it only bars entering a property that has posted a no trespassing/no soliciting notice (§ 12-14-5).
• What the rep carries: Not published for commercial door-to-door reps generally. A canvasser working for an installment merchant is licensed individually in the salesman's own name (Appendix A, Schedule 193), but no badge or ID-display rule is stated.
• What takes the time: Not published: no background-check, fingerprinting or processing-time language appears in the pages read.
• Code: General Code of the City of Birmingham, Title 3A, ch. 1, §§ 3A-1-41–3A-1-42 (business license required); Appendix A, Schedule 193 (canvasser for installment merchant); Title 12, ch. 14, § 12-14-5 (no-soliciting-sign rule).
• Worth knowing: A posted no-trespassing or no-soliciting notice, or one personally communicated by the resident, makes it unlawful for a huckster, solicitor, peddler, itinerant merchant or transient vendor to enter that property, ring the bell or knock (§ 12-14-5).
• Read it yourself: Birmingham General Code, Title 12, ch. 14 - Peddlers and Solicitors · Birmingham General Code, Title 3A, ch. 1, art. D - License Regulations · Birmingham General Code, Appendix A - Schedule of Business Licenses · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: What is the actual business-license fee schedule for a door-to-door service sales company (NAICS 454, nonstore/direct selling), and is it per company or per rep? Is there a separate solicitor's permit or ID card issued to individual door-to-door reps, beyond the general business license? Are there city-set knocking hours for commercial door-to-door sales, even though none appear in chapter 14? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. Every commercial solicitor needs a solicitor’s permit before soliciting at a residence (18-8(a)). A company can file one master permit application that covers each of its reps (18-8(b), 18-9(b)). The permit includes a copy of the city business license, so the company needs that first.
• Where it comes from: The city clerk-treasurer issues the permit (18-9, 18-10). The city’s Solicitation License page lists the Finance Office, City Hall 3rd floor, 305 Fountain Circle, as the contact.
• Fee: Not published. The code sets a non-refundable application fee “in an amount to be determined by the city clerk-treasurer” (18-9(g)). The city’s Solicitation License page and the application form do not print the amount.
• Hours you may knock: 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., any day. The limit binds a solicitor whether or not a permit was issued, unless the occupant invited you (18-5).
• What the rep carries: The permit, with the copy of the city business license, carried and shown on request, plus the city photo identification tag worn in a conspicuous place the whole time (18-8(a), 18-10(c)).
• What takes the time: Per rep: government photo ID, two photos at least 1.5 x 1.5 inch taken within the last 60 days, vehicle details, and a sworn certification that no disqualifying factor exists (18-9(c), (e)). The police chief and clerk-treasurer may investigate the application (18-9(e)(2)). The code gives no processing deadline. A permit runs no longer than 12 consecutive months (18-10(f)).
• Code: Huntsville Code of Ordinances, Chapter 18, Article I, Residential Solicitation: 18-3, 18-5, 18-6, 18-8, 18-9, 18-10 (Ord. No. 12-60). Municode shows the version as Sep 9, 2026 (current).
• Worth knowing: A “No Solicitation” or “No Trespassing” sign bars all soliciting at that home, and the rep has a duty to look for it first (18-3). A commercial solicitor under 16 must be within 100 feet and in sight of a supervisor who is at least 19 (18-6). Permits are not transferable (18-10(d)).
• Read it yourself: Huntsville Code Chapter 18, Peddlers and Solicitors · City of Huntsville, Solicitation License · Residential Solicitation Permit Application (PDF) · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: The application fee per solicitor and whether a master permit costs extra; The fee for a replacement photo identification tag; How many days the clerk-treasurer takes to issue a permit; Whether the business license must be in hand before the permit application is accepted. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: Yes. Each rep needs an individual Solicitor Permit issued by the Mobile Police Department, and the company needs an agent/solicitor business license from the city (License and Tax Code, Schedule 425120 / 454384).
• Where it comes from: The Mobile Police Department Records Unit issues the individual Solicitor Permit (records check and photo ID card). The City of Mobile Revenue Department issues the company's agent and solicitor business license (Code of Ordinances, ch. 34).
• Fee: The Solicitor Permit itself is $25, per the police department's own fee schedule. Separately, the business license schedule lists the agent/solicitor's permit line item as "$3.00" in addition to the agent and solicitor business license, which is taxed at a rate (not a flat dollar figure) under Schedule 425120 (ch. 34 fee schedule).
• Hours you may knock: Not published on the pages read. No clock-time knocking-hours restriction for commercial solicitors was found in the license and tax chapter or in the public-peace-and-order offenses chapter.
• What the rep carries: A photo ID card issued by the police department when the Solicitor Permit is granted (ch. 34, Schedule 454384).
• What takes the time: The Solicitor Permit requires appearing in person at police headquarters with valid photo ID and a Social Security card for a records/background check before the permit and ID card are issued.
• Code: Code of Ordinances, City of Mobile, ch. 34, Schedule 425120 (agent and solicitor license) and Schedule 454384 (agent/solicitor's permit, obtained from police department).
• Worth knowing: Employees of an already-licensed company are not required to buy a separate business license themselves, but each one must still get the individual Solicitor Permit (ch. 34, Schedule 425120).
• Read it yourself: Mobile Code of Ordinances ch. 34 - Licenses and Taxation, Schedule of Business Licenses · Mobile Police Department - Records & Forms (fee schedule) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: What are the city's knocking hours for door-to-door commercial sales, if any -- none are published in the code sections read? Does the $3.00 line item in Schedule 454384 replace or stack with the $25.00 Solicitor Permit fee on the police department's own fee schedule? How long does the police records check take before the Solicitor Permit and ID card are issued? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. A door-to-door sales/solicitor business must hold a transient business license, and each rep working under it must separately register with the Revenue Department as a transient worker (16-107).
• Where it comes from: City of Montgomery Revenue Department, under the transient/itinerant business license schedule (Code of Ordinances § 16-107(a)(4)).
• Fee: $1,000.00 for the company's door-to-door sales/solicitor license, plus a $12.00 transient-worker registration fee for every person working under that license (§ 16-107(a)(4)g).
• Hours you may knock: Without an express invitation: April 1–October 31, Monday–Friday 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Sunday 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. November 1–March 31, Monday–Friday 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Sunday 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (§ 20-3).
• What the rep carries: The code does not spell out a badge or ID requirement for door-to-door workers beyond the transient-worker registration itself; not published on this page.
• What takes the time: Not published on the pages read: no processing-time, background-check or bonding language appears in § 16-107 or chapter 20.
• Code: Code of Ordinances, City of Montgomery, § 16-107(a)(4)g (fee) and ch. 20, §§ 20-3–20-6 (hours, group size, signs, prohibited acts).
• Worth knowing: No more than 3 people may approach the same residence together (§ 20-4). A posted "no solicitors"/"no soliciting"/"no peddling"/"no trespassers" sign makes knocking that property unlawful (§ 20-5). Reps must leave immediately and peacefully if asked (§ 20-6).
• Read it yourself: Montgomery Code of Ordinances ch. 20 - Peddlers and Solicitors · Montgomery Code of Ordinances § 16-107 - Special licenses and provisions · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Is the $1,000 door-to-door sales/solicitor license per company (one covers the whole team) or does it need to be renewed per rep? What ID or badge, if any, does the Revenue Department issue with the $12 transient-worker registration? How long does the transient-worker registration take to process? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: No solicitor license is on the books. Anchorage Municipal Code Chapter 10.35, Solicitation, shows as repealed, effective 9-9-2014, and Title 10 has no peddler, solicitor or canvasser chapter in its place. The Municipal Clerk’s licensing page lists no such license either. One open point: Chapter 10.60 requires a Clerk’s license for a “roving vendor,” defined as a person who offers food, goods or services to the public “from one or more locations on public property or from no fixed location at all” (10.60.020, 10.60.030). The chapter is written around vehicles, stands and ice cream trucks and never mentions residences, but the definition is broad. Ask the Clerk whether it is applied to door-to-door sales before you knock; use the City Clerk Call Sheet.
• Where it comes from: The Municipal Clerk’s Office issues Anchorage’s municipal business licenses. The page gives MuniLicenses@anchorageak.gov as the contact.
• Fee: None for a solicitor license, because the chapter that would set one is repealed. The code’s license fee chapter (10.70) lists only inspection fees, and no roving vendor license fee was read in the code or on the Clerk’s pages.
• Hours you may knock: None set. With Chapter 10.35 repealed, Title 10 has no knocking-hours rule, and no solicitation or peddler section appears in the Title 8 (Penal Code) table of contents.
• Code: Anchorage Municipal Code Title 10, Business Licenses and Regulations: Chapter 10.35, Solicitation, repealed by AO No. 2014-110(S), eff. 9-9-2014; Chapter 10.60, Vendors (roving vendor definition 10.60.020, license required 10.60.030). Hosted on eCode360.
• Worth knowing: The Clerk’s page says every business operating in Alaska needs a State of Alaska Business License. Trespass is a Penal Code offense (Chapter 8.45); it was not read for a sign rule.
• Read it yourself: Anchorage Municipal Code Chapter 10.35, Solicitation (Repealed) · Anchorage Municipal Code Title 10, table of contents · Anchorage Municipal Code Chapter 10.60, Vendors · Anchorage Municipal Code Chapter 10.70, License Fees · Anchorage Municipal Code Title 8, Penal Code, table of contents · Municipal Clerk, Licensing · Municipality of Anchorage, Licenses and Permits · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does the roving vendor license (AMC 10.60) apply to for-profit door-to-door sales at homes, or is no municipal license needed since Chapter 10.35 was repealed? If a license applies, the fee and whether it is per rep or per company; Whether any hours rule for door-to-door sales exists outside Title 10; Whether a No Soliciting sign rule exists in the municipal code, and the section. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a peddler or solicitor license and ID card from the city before selling door to door for a commercial purpose (§ 8-3-7).
• Where it comes from: The application goes to the city's Business License Services Division; the fingerprint background check is run by the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
• Fee: $25 application fee plus $50 per year for the license, per the city's Business License & Fees page. The code also allows a license to be paid daily or weekly instead of annually (§ 8-3-11).
• Hours you may knock: 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. — it is unlawful to enter a residential premises to peddle, solicit or canvass earlier or later than that (§ 8-3-4).
• What the rep carries: The ID card and a copy of the license, carried at all times and shown on request to any police officer, city official or resident (§ 8-3-13).
• What takes the time: A Department of Public Safety fingerprint background check — no license issues until the results come back (§ 8-3-9(D)); the Business License Services Division otherwise grants or denies within five business days of a complete application (§ 8-3-9(A)).
• Code: Buckeye Code of Ordinances, Article 8-3, §§ 8-3-1 through 8-3-19 (Peddlers, Solicitors, Canvassers).
• Worth knowing: A posted 'No Peddlers, Solicitors or Canvassers,' 'Do Not Disturb' or 'No Trespassing' sign bars entry (§ 8-3-5). Any sale or fund collection of ten dollars or more requires a written receipt showing the rep's name and permit number (§ 8-3-6).
• Read it yourself: Buckeye Code of Ordinances, Art. 8-3, Peddlers, Solicitors, Canvassers · City of Buckeye, Business License & Fees page · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: For a multi-rep team, does each rep need their own $25 application plus $50/year, or is there a company-level license option? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — two layers. The company needs a transient merchant business permit, and every rep needs an individual transient merchant permit and photo identification card (20-2, 20-4). The employer needs its permit even if it never enters the city (20-2). Taking orders house to house for future services is in the definition (20-1).
• Where it comes from: The Management Services Director, through the Tax and License office. The Police Chief investigates every application (20-6).
• Fee: Per the Citywide Fee Schedule effective March 2, 2026, section 1.11: $50.00 nonrefundable application investigation fee, $50.00 annual permit for an individual or employee, $100.00 annual permit for the business, $10.00 fingerprinting fee, and a $1,000.00 surety bond or cash deposit. The first year’s annual fee is prorated by quarter (20-10.1).
• Hours you may knock: Chapter 20 sets no knocking hours. Nothing in 20-1 to 20-16 gives a start or stop time.
• What the rep carries: The city-issued identification card with the rep’s photo, shown on request (20-11).
• What takes the time: Fingerprints, a 2-by-2 photo taken in the last 60 days, two Maricopa County character references or other evidence of good character, a conviction statement, and the bond (20-5, 20-14). The city’s processing page lists peddler licenses at 30 working days for completeness review plus 10 for substantive review.
• Code: Chandler City Code Chapter 20, Transient Merchants, Peddlers, Canvassers, and Solicitors, 20-1 to 20-16. Municode shows the version dated Jun 8, 2026 as current.
• Worth knowing: It is unlawful to come onto premises posted “no peddlers,” “no canvassers” or “no solicitors,” or to stay after being asked to leave (20-12(J)). The company may not let a rep work until the rep has shown it a valid permit and ID card, and must re-verify once a year (20-4). Permits last one year and are not transferable (20-9, 20-10.5). Violations are a misdemeanor (20-16).
• Read it yourself: Chandler City Code Chapter 20 · City of Chandler Citywide Fee Schedule, effective March 2, 2026, section 1.11 · City of Chandler Specialty Licenses page · City of Chandler License Processing Timelines · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether one $1,000.00 bond covers the company and all its reps, or each permit needs its own; Whether the $50.00 investigation fee is charged per rep or once per company packet; Whether the city enforces any knocking hours outside Chapter 20. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a town business license, held as a “transient merchant.” House-to-house selling and order-taking is in the definition (14-166), and working without the license is unlawful (14-168(a)). The usual employee exemption is written to leave transient merchants out (14-36(f)(4)), so plan on each rep being asked for one. The town's Business License FAQ says the same: for peddling or soliciting, "You will need to obtain a Transient Merchant Business License from Gilbert."
• Where it comes from: The development services director takes the application and routes it to the code compliance manager (14-38).
• Fee: $50 a year for a Transient Merchant license, or $30 per event for a Transient Merchant Special Event, per the town's Business License Fees table (last amended by Resolution 4563, effective July 1, 2025). The town's Business License FAQ gives a different annual figure: "$30 per event or $55 for an annual license". The two town pages disagree on the annual price, and the FAQ figures sit in its special-event vendor answers; the peddling and soliciting answer names the same license without repeating a price. The code itself sets no dollar figure: a nonrefundable license fee "in an amount established by the council by resolution" (14-38(a)(1)).
• Hours you may knock: Article VI sets no knocking hours. Nothing in 14-166 to 14-173 gives a start or stop time.
• What the rep carries: The license, carried at all times and shown on request to the development services director, a police officer or the code compliance manager, plus personal identification (14-42(b)).
• What takes the time: The application asks for a conviction statement, names used in the last five years, and proof of age with a government photo ID (14-168(b)). The town has 30 days from the date on the application to approve or deny; after that it is deemed approved (14-38(b)). Licenses run one year (14-36(c)). The town's FAQ says most standard applications are processed within 7 business days and that other license types may have a different timeline.
• Code: Gilbert Code of Ordinances Chapter 14, Article II (14-36 to 14-47) and Article VI, Transient Merchants (14-166 to 14-173). Municode shows the version dated Sep 11, 2026 as current.
• Worth knowing: Do not knock where a sign says no peddlers, no solicitors or canvassers, no transient merchants, or no trespassing (14-171). After three written notices for the same address in a year, the next one is a civil sanction of not less than $500.00 per count (14-173). A rep invited by the owner or occupant is exempt from the article (14-167).
• Read it yourself: Gilbert Code Chapter 14, Article VI, Transient Merchants · Gilbert Code Chapter 14, Article II, Business Licenses · Town of Gilbert, Business License FAQ · Town of Gilbert, Business License Fees table · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Is the annual transient merchant license $50 (the fee table) or $55 (the FAQ), and is it per rep or per company? Whether each door-to-door rep needs their own license or one company license covers the crew; Whether the town enforces any knocking hours outside Article VI. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a special regulatory license, for the rep and for the company. Both “peddler or solicitor” and “peddler or solicitor business” are on the list in 21-2, and taking orders place to place for future services is in the definition (21-1). Each rep also gets a city photo identification card (21-42(a)).
• Where it comes from: The Tax and License Division, Licensing Office, 5850 West Glendale Avenue. The city posts a Peddler Solicitor Individual Packet and a Peddler Solicitor Business Packet.
• Fee: Not published. The code says application and license fees “shall be set by resolution” and adds a fingerprint processing charge set by administrative order (21-22). Neither application packet prints a dollar amount, and the city's Business Licenses, Application Packets and Instructions pages print no special regulatory fee. The code's only fee appendix is a community development schedule with no licensing fees. Application and fingerprinting fees are nonrefundable (21-22(c)).
• Hours you may knock: Chapter 21 sets no knocking hours for peddlers or solicitors. Nothing in 21-1 to 21-47 gives a start or stop time.
• What the rep carries: The special regulatory license on the rep’s person (21-27) and a valid peddler or solicitor identification card with a current photo, shown on request to a customer, police officer or licensing official (21-42(a)).
• What takes the time: A full set of fingerprints for a state and federal criminal records check (21-22(b)), taken at an outside fingerprinting agency per the packet, plus an in-person photo at the Tax and License Division for the ID card. The applicant must be at least 18 per the packet. The code sets no number of days.
• Code: Glendale City Code Chapter 21, Article I, Special Regulatory Licenses: 21-1, 21-2, 21-21 to 21-27, 21-42, 21-43. Municode shows the version dated May 21, 2026 as current.
• Worth knowing: Everything expires December 31 and must be renewed by January 31, license and ID card both (21-23, 21-42). Working unlicensed adds a penalty of fifty percent of the annual license fee (21-23(c)). The company may not let an employee or contractor work until that person has shown it a valid license and ID card, and must re-verify by January 31 each year (21-43).
• Read it yourself: Glendale City Code Chapter 21, Article I · City of Glendale Regulatory Applications and Forms · Peddler Solicitor Individual Packet · Glendale City Code, Appendix B (fee schedule, no licensing fees) · City of Glendale, Application Packets · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: The application fee, the annual license fee and the fingerprint fee for a peddler or solicitor, individual and business; How long the background check is taking right now; Whether the city enforces any knocking hours or a no-soliciting sign rule outside Chapter 21. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: Yes — a peddler permit from the Chief of Police, before going dwelling to dwelling selling goods, merchandise or services for profit (§ 8-1-2).
• Where it comes from: The application goes to the Chief of Police (§ 8-1-3).
• Fee: The code requires a nonrefundable application fee 'set by resolution of Council' (§ 8-1-3(A), § 8-1-4(C)) but does not state the dollar amount, and that amount does not appear on the city's own current User Fee Schedule.
• Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday — the code phrases this as a ban on door-to-door business outside those windows (§ 8-1-6(A)(4)).
• What the rep carries: The valid peddler permit and official photo identification, shown on request to city or law enforcement personnel (§ 8-1-6(A)(8)).
• What takes the time: Not published beyond the code pointing to a 'Peddler Permit Application Process Guideline' in the city's administrative manual for timeframes (§ 8-1-3); that guideline itself was not located on a primary city page.
• Code: Goodyear Code of Ordinances, Art. 8-1, §§ 8-1-1 through 8-1-6 (Peddlers). Permit duration is capped at one year or the period requested, whichever is less (§ 8-1-5(A)).
• Worth knowing: Remaining on a property after being asked to leave — orally or by posted sign or other written notice — is a prohibited act under the permit ordinance (§ 8-1-6(A)(6)).
• Read it yourself: Goodyear Code of Ordinances § 8-1-2, Peddler permit required · Goodyear Code of Ordinances § 8-1-6, Prohibited acts · City of Goodyear, Current User Fee Schedule (updated 12/9/2025) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: What is the current peddler permit application fee, and is it per person or per company? How long does the Chief of Police typically take to approve or deny a peddler permit application? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a peddler and solicitor license, and it is issued to a natural person, so every rep needs their own (5-8-2, 5-8-3(A)). Taking orders for future service counts as soliciting.
• Where it comes from: The City’s Licensing Office in Business Services, 55 North Center Street. The Police Department reviews every application (5-8-3(D)).
• Fee: $10.00 application fee plus $25.00 background investigation fee, both non-refundable and due with the application, then a $100 license fee at approval. Renewal is $100 a year. Figures are from the city’s application packet; the code points to the schedule of fees and charges (5-8-6). The fingerprint vendor charges its own fee, listed on the fingerprint form.
• Hours you may knock: No door-to-door work from dusk or 8:00 P.M., whichever comes first, to dawn or 8:00 A.M. the next day (5-8-5(D)(3)). That covers residential and commercial doors.
• What the rep carries: The license, on the rep’s person, shown to any City official on demand (5-8-5(B)). The packet also asks for a government-issued photo ID at application.
• What takes the time: A full set of fingerprints for anyone going door to door, run through Arizona DPS and the FBI (5-8-3(E)), then sign-off from Police, Tax Audit and Collections, and Licensing. The code sets no number of days. Renewals are due 45 days before expiration or the license dies (5-8-3(F)).
• Code: Mesa City Code Title 5, Chapter 8, sections 5-8-1 to 5-8-9 (Ord. No. 5621, 2021). Municode shows the version dated Jun 29, 2026 as current.
• Worth knowing: A posted “no soliciting” or “no peddling” sign is binding; knocking there is a violation (5-8-5(D)(4)). Working without a license is a Class One Misdemeanor (5-8-8(C)). Reps under 18 and newspaper sellers are exempt (5-8-4). The packet also asks for an Arizona TPT license with the Mesa region code.
• Read it yourself: Mesa City Code Title 5, Chapter 8 · City of Mesa peddler license application packet · City of Mesa Specialty Business License page · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: How many days the police review and fingerprint check are running right now; Whether a rep who drives no vehicle can skip the vehicle documents in the packet; The current fingerprint processing fee at the city’s vendor. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — register with the police department and obtain a license. The section reaches a rep who knocks, in its own words, “or to only one (1) house.”
• Where it comes from: Peoria Police Department
• Fee: No official source stating it was reached.
• Hours you may knock: No official source stating them was reached.
• Code: Peoria Code 11-82 (Ord. 2020-10, effective 18 August 2020)
• Worth knowing: There is no threshold to fall under and no such thing as a quick unlicensed test of a neighborhood. Cross the line from Phoenix into Peoria and the answer changes.
• Read it yourself: Peoria Code 11-82 · checked 4 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: The fee; The permitted hours; The application packet, which would not load on the day this was checked; The processing time. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: No — not under the city’s door-to-door soliciting article, which regulates the activity without requiring a permit for it. Read the limit below before treating that as a green light.
• Fee: None under that article.
• Hours you may knock: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. from April 1 through September 30. 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. from October 1 through the following March 31.
• What the rep carries: A government-issued identification document in the rep’s own name, promptly displayed for inspection on request (23-142).
• Code: Phoenix Code 23-140 to 23-144 (Ord. G-5593, 2011)
• Worth knowing: An absence in one chapter is not an assertion about a whole city. This says the door-to-door article requires no permit. It does not say that nothing else in the city code touches your business.
• Read it yourself: Phoenix Code 23-140 · Phoenix Code 23-141 · checked 5 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether any general business license applies to a company selling door to door; Anything the police department expects to be notified about. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a solicitor license, per person. Going house to house uninvited to take orders for goods or future services makes a rep a “solicitor or canvasser” (16-141), and working without the license is unlawful (16-145). A rep invited by the occupant after prior contact is exempt (16-145(a)).
• Where it comes from: Business Services, 7447 E. Indian School Road, #110, under the customer service director (16-144). The city posts a Solicitor (For Profit) Application.
• Fee: $10.00 per day per person, written into the code itself (16-145(c)(2)). On top of that, the applicant pays the cost of the criminal history check when fingerprints are taken (16-145(d)); that amount is not in the code. A duplicate license is $10.00 (16-145(e)). The application says the license fee is non-refundable.
• Hours you may knock: Not before 9:00 a.m. and not after 9:00 p.m. on any day. Solicitors under sixteen stop at 7:00 p.m. (16-153(b)).
• What the rep carries: A copy of the city solicitation permit on each rep, plus a name tag visible at all times showing the rep’s name and the business they are soliciting for (16-153(c)). The license stays on the person while working (16-150(b)).
• What takes the time: Apply thirty days before the start of business (16-146(a)). Every solicitor goes through a police records check (16-146(b)). The city’s application packet has reps acknowledge that approval can take up to 90 days and that the business cannot operate until the approval notice arrives.
• Code: Scottsdale Revised Code Chapter 16, Article IV, Miscellaneous Business Licenses, 16-141 to 16-155. Municode shows the version dated Jun 10, 2026 as current.
• Worth knowing: A violation is punishable as a class 1 misdemeanor, and each day is a separate offense (16-154). Licenses do not transfer person to person (16-147(b)). A rep under sixteen must be supervised by an adult who holds a permit (16-153(a)).
• Read it yourself: Scottsdale Revised Code Chapter 16, Article IV · City of Scottsdale Business and Regulatory Licenses · City of Scottsdale Solicitor (For Profit) Application · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: The current fingerprint and criminal history fee per rep; Whether the $10.00 daily fee is paid up front for every planned day, and how added days are handled; How long approvals are actually running against the 90-day outside figure. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a general business license, not a separate 'solicitor permit.' The code requires a license to transact any business in the city, and a person covered by the solicitation article must carry a copy of that license while soliciting (§ 26-20).
• Where it comes from: The city's Business Licensing office (Finance Department) issues the business license.
• Fee: $84.00 per year to renew a business license; a new license is prorated by the quarter it starts in ($168, $126, $84 or $42) — per the city's Citywide Fee Schedule.
• Hours you may knock: Not published. The solicitation article (§§ 26-220–26-224) sets no clock-time window for door-to-door selling; it only bars soliciting at any residence posted 'No Solicitation' or 'No Soliciting' (§ 26-222).
• What the rep carries: A copy of the business license, on their person at all times while soliciting, produced on request (§ 26-20(c)).
• What takes the time: Not published for solicitors. The code's fingerprinting requirement (§ 26-23) lists only auction houses, pawnshops, tattoo/piercing businesses, massage establishments and sexually oriented businesses — solicitors are not on that list.
• Code: Surprise Municipal Code §§ 26-19–26-24 (Business Licenses) and §§ 26-220–26-224 (Art. VIII, Solicitation). Codified through Ordinance No. 2026-05, adopted April 21, 2026 (Supp. No. 67).
• Worth knowing: A 'No Solicitation' or 'No Soliciting' sign posted near the address numbers, legible from 20 feet, is binding (§ 26-222(b)); handbills and flyers may only be left at the front door (§ 26-222(c)).
• Read it yourself: Surprise Municipal Code §§ 26-19–26-24, Art. II, Business Licenses · Surprise Municipal Code §§ 26-220–26-224, Art. VIII, Solicitation · City of Surprise, Citywide Fee Schedule · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does a fiber sales team need one business license per company, or one per rep? Is there a separate solicitor-specific fee beyond the standard $84 annual business license? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a Solicitor License for the business plus an identification card for every salesperson, before any house-to-house selling (§ 24-71).
• Where it comes from: Applications go to Tempe Tax & License (Financial Services Director), with the background investigation done by the Tempe Police Department.
• Fee: $100 non-refundable business application fee, $50 per year for the business, and $50 per year per salesperson (owners included), plus a $22 fingerprint fee per person — per the city's Solicitor License page.
• Hours you may knock: Not published. Article III (§§ 24-56–24-90), which covers door-to-door sellers and solicitors, sets no clock-time restriction. Only mobile vehicle merchants are barred from residential areas between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. (§ 24-29(b)) — a different activity.
• What the rep carries: A Tempe-issued photo identification card, which must be shown on request to any police officer, the Financial Services Director or a resident (§ 24-71(d)).
• What takes the time: Fingerprinting and a Police Department background check for every applicant; the code gives the Police Chief 30 days to report approval or disapproval (§ 24-73(a)), and the city's own page states 30–45 days total processing time once all documents are received.
• Code: Tempe City Code §§ 24-56 through 24-90 (Ch. 24, Art. III, Soliciting and Door-to-Door Sales).
• Worth knowing: A 'door-to-door seller' permit (one that cannot accept payment before delivery) requires a $1,000-per-person surety bond (§ 24-73(b)); a 'solicitor' permit, which may take payment up front, does not carry that bond but does require the same fingerprint background check.
• Read it yourself: Tempe City Code §§ 24-56–24-90, Art. III, Soliciting and Door-to-Door Sales · City of Tempe, Solicitor License page · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does an Omni Fiber sales rep apply as a 'solicitor' or a 'door-to-door seller' under § 24-56, and does that change whether the $1,000 bond applies? Is the $50 identification-card fee for each salesperson separate from, or included in, the $50 annual business fee shown on the Solicitor License page? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: No door-to-door permit in the code. Tucson Code Chapter 7, Businesses Regulated, has no solicitor or canvasser article, and its "Peddler" article covers only a person selling from a temporary, fixed location by vehicle, pushcart or stand (7-26(3)). What does apply is the city business license: it is unlawful to carry on a business subject to the license tax without first getting a license from the city (19-2(a)(1)).
• Where it comes from: Tucson Code Chapter 7 and Chapter 19, Article I, Occupational License Tax, read on the city's code host. The License Section of the Business Services Department, 201 N Stone Ave, handles city business licenses; its page sends readers to Chapter 7 for regulated business licenses and Chapter 19 for business licenses and taxes.
• Fee: No door-to-door fee exists in the code. The city business license costs a nonrefundable $25.00 application fee plus a $50.00 annual license fee, prorated by start date, with a $50.00 renewal each year (19-39). The city's application form gives the same $25 and $50. It is a license for the business, not for each rep.
• Hours you may knock: The code sets none. No section read sets knocking hours for door-to-door sales; the solicitation sections in Chapter 11 (11-33, 11-33.1) carry no clock times for residences.
• What the rep carries: Nothing rep-specific in the code. The business license itself must be displayed and shown on demand under Chapter 19 (section 19-15, title read only), so ask the License Section what a field rep should carry.
• Code: Tucson Code 7-26 (Peddler definitions), 7-27 (Peddler license requirements), 11-33.1 (Prohibited acts), 19-2 (License required), 19-39 (Application fee, annual license fee). The host shows the code as current through June 23, 2026.
• Worth knowing: "No Soliciting" signs have teeth here. It is unlawful to solicit the sale of goods or services on private property if the owner, tenant or lawful occupant has asked the person not to, or has posted a sign clearly indicating that solicitations are not welcome (11-33.1(1)(4)). The same section bans soliciting sales in an aggressive manner in a public area, and the code counts doorways and entrances to dwellings as a public area (11-33(i)). The city's Peddler License Packet is for site-based vending: it says all peddler activities must be on commercial or industrial zoned property and that residential property cannot be used. The license tax is not presumed to apply to the part of a business that is interstate commerce (19-17).
• Read it yourself: City of Tucson, Business License and Tax Information · City of Tucson Business License Application form · City of Tucson Peddler License Packet · Tucson Code Chapter 7, Businesses Regulated (article list) · Tucson Code Sec. 7-26 · Tucson Code Sec. 7-27 · Tucson Code Sec. 19-2 · Tucson Code Sec. 19-39 · Tucson Code Sec. 19-17 · Tucson Code Sec. 11-33 · Tucson Code Sec. 11-33.1 · Tucson Code Chapter 11, Crimes and Offenses (section list) · Tucson code overview (currency statement) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether a company selling door to door at residences needs anything beyond the general city business license; Whether an out-of-state company with no Tucson office needs the business license; What a rep should carry to show the company is licensed. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: Yes. Commercial peddlers, hawkers and anyone selling or offering merchandise or services at retail door-to-door without a permanent place of business in the city must post a bond before starting, and pay the city's peddler license tax (17-127, 17-52).
• Where it comes from: The bond is administered by the Chief of Police (17-127); the peddler license tax is paid under Article II, Business Tax, of the same chapter.
• Fee: A surety bond of at least $500, plus a $5 fee paid to the city to execute it (17-127). Separately, the city's business tax schedule lists 75.00 (dollars) per peddler for peddlers on foot selling dry goods and merchandise (17-52).
• Hours you may knock: Not published. The city's peddler/solicitor article (17-126 through 17-131) sets a bond, charitable-solicitation permits, and bans on soliciting along arterial streets or from street medians, but has no clock-time restriction for house-to-house commercial selling.
• What the rep carries: Not published in the peddlers/solicitors article.
• What takes the time: The bond amount is set by the Chief of Police based on the money or merchandise value involved (17-127); no processing-day figure is published.
• Code: Little Rock Code of Ordinances §§ 17-126–17-131 (Art. V, Peddlers, Solicitors, Canvassers, Etc.) and § 17-52 (Art. II, Business Tax), Chapter 17. Codified through Ordinance No. 22,703, enacted December 16, 2025 (Supp. No. 83).
• Worth knowing: Soliciting on or along major or minor arterial streets is prohibited citywide (17-129); this is separate from house-to-house selling.
• Read it yourself: Little Rock Code §§ 17-126–17-131, Art. V, Peddlers, Solicitors, Canvassers, Etc. · Little Rock Code § 17-52, Schedule of license taxes · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Is a permit or ID badge required in addition to the bond and the $75 peddler license tax, and must it be worn or carried? What hours may a commercial door-to-door rep knock in Little Rock? Does the $75 peddler license tax apply per rep or per company, and how does it interact with the 17-127 bond requirement? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — two things per rep. Anyone going door to door offering goods or services is a “solicitor” and may not work without first getting a solicitor’s permit (4.52.010). The permit is on top of a City of Anaheim business license (4.52.020.030), and it is unlawful to solicit without both in the rep’s possession (4.52.040.020). The permit is per person: the application takes the applicant’s photograph, five years of addresses and conviction history.
• Where it comes from: The Revenue Manager issues the permit on the city’s form, and uses the Anaheim Police Department to investigate the application (4.52.020.010). The city’s Guide to Establish and Conduct a Business in Anaheim lists Peddlers/Solicitors among the licenses referred to the Police Department; Business License office, 714-765-5194. The code is hosted by American Legal, Chapter 4.52.
• Fee: The solicitor’s permit fee is “an amount established by the Revenue Manager” (4.52.020.010); the code prints no figure and no city page read posts one. The business license tax is in the code (3.32.060): a rep soliciting retail sales for future delivery pays one hundred dollars per year, or ten dollars per year if the company holds a principal’s license, which costs two hundred fifty dollars annually and requires a list of every rep (3.32.060.020 and .030). A rep who peddles and delivers on the spot pays fifty dollars per year, or ten dollars under a principal’s license (3.32.060.010). The city’s FAQ adds a minimum $37 non-refundable processing charge on any initial or renewed license application.
• Hours you may knock: The solicitor sections of Chapter 4.52 (4.52.010 to 4.52.040) set no knocking hours. No clock times appear in them.
• What the rep carries: A valid solicitor’s permit and a valid City of Anaheim business license, both in the rep’s possession while soliciting (4.52.040.020). The city’s guide says a business with no fixed address must carry the license on the person and present it on request.
• What takes the time: The Police Department investigation of the application. The code says the permit shall be issued if a fully completed application has been pending or under investigation more than fifteen (15) days (4.52.020.020). The application needs a passport-size photograph, five years of former addresses, and a list of felony or moral-turpitude misdemeanor convictions for the previous five years, signed under penalty of perjury. The business license needs a sales tax number where sales tax applies (3.32.060.040). The permit is good for one year.
• Code: Anaheim Municipal Code Chapter 4.52, Solicitors and Sidewalk Vendors: permit required (4.52.010), application (4.52.020), revocation (4.52.030), unlawful conduct (4.52.040). License tax: 3.32.060, Peddlers and Solicitors. American Legal shows the code current through Ord. 6627, passed 8-11-2026.
• Worth knowing: A company can take out a principal’s license and drop each rep’s license tax to ten dollars per year, but it must file a list of all its solicitors and report every personnel change in writing within five days (3.32.060.030). No soliciting on the grounds of the stadium, convention center or other city facilities without the city’s written consent (4.52.040.010). A violation is an infraction (4.52.040.040). The solicitor sections read contain no “No Soliciting” sign rule.
• Read it yourself: Anaheim Municipal Code Chapter 4.52, Solicitors and Sidewalk Vendors · Anaheim Municipal Code 4.52.010 · Anaheim Municipal Code 4.52.020 · Anaheim Municipal Code 4.52.030 · Anaheim Municipal Code 4.52.040 · Anaheim Municipal Code 3.32.060, Peddlers and Solicitors · American Legal, Anaheim overview (currency statement) · City of Anaheim: A Guide to Establish and Conduct a Business in Anaheim, CA · City of Anaheim FAQ: Is there a processing fee for the business license? · Anaheim Municipal Code page · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: What is the solicitor's permit fee set by the Revenue Manager, per rep? Does a rep taking orders for later installation pay the one hundred dollar or the fifty dollar license tax? Does any other section set knocking hours or a No Soliciting sign rule? How long does the Police Department investigation actually take? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes: a Residential Solicitation Registration, per person. It is unlawful to go uninvited onto residential-zone property to sell goods or services for a business without the business holding a valid city business license and the person having registered with the city manager or designee (5.18.020 B, 5.18.010 E). Each rep registers at least ten days before starting (5.18.040 A). The city’s form has a For Profit box, asks for the company’s Business Tax Certificate number, and says “EACH SOLICITOR MUST REGISTER” with a line for every rep.
• Where it comes from: The City of Bakersfield Residential Solicitation Registration form, which reprints Bakersfield Municipal Code 5.18.050. Forms and the fee schedule are on the Treasury's Reports and Forms page.
• Fee: The code says each registrant pays a fee not to exceed the cost of registration (5.18.040 D). The Master Fee Schedule for 2026-27 lists Resident Solicitation, For-Profit, at 23 dollars “Each” under Business Regulation. Read together that is 23 dollars per registered rep; the fee schedule itself does not spell out what “Each” means.
• Hours you may knock: No residential solicitation between 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. of the following day (5.18.050 D). Only on the dates written on the registration (5.18.050 C).
• What the rep carries: Not stated. Chapter 5.18 has no badge or carry rule, and the form only records a receipt number for each registered solicitor.
• What takes the time: The code requires registering no less than ten days before the first door (5.18.040 A), and the form says to allow 10 days for processing. A registration covers specific dates, not to exceed ninety days, then you file again (5.18.040 B). Each rep gives name, address, driver’s license number, Social Security number and the company’s business license number. No background check, fingerprinting or bond appears in the chapter.
• Code: Bakersfield Municipal Code Chapter 5.18, Residential Solicitations (Ord. 3451, 1992): definitions (5.18.010), registration required (5.18.020), registration for businesses (5.18.040), regulations (5.18.050). The city’s registration form reprints 5.18.050.
• Worth knowing: The company must have and keep a valid city business license, and its number goes on every rep’s registration (5.18.040 C). The chapter applies in residential zones R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-S, E and RH (5.18.010 F). Chapter 5.18 has no “No Soliciting” sign rule. Registered people must still get any other permits the law requires (5.18.050 A).
• Read it yourself: Bakersfield Municipal Code Chapter 5.18, Residential Solicitations · City of Bakersfield Residential Solicitation Registration form · City of Bakersfield Master Fee Schedule, July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027 · Bakersfield Treasury Reports and Forms · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Confirm the 23 dollar fee is charged for each rep on the form; What does a rep carry in the field as proof of registration? Can one registration be renewed back to back past 90 days? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. Berkeley requires each individual peddler or solicitor to hold both an unrevoked City license and a Police Department permit before going door to door (9.40.030, 9.40.040).
• Where it comes from: The permit application goes to the Police Department; the license itself (and the business license tax that must be paid before the permit is released) is handled by the Finance Department's tax and license administrator (9.40.040, 9.40.070).
• Fee: A five-dollar application fee to the Police Department to cover processing (9.40.040), plus a $258.00 annual peddlers-and-solicitors business license tax per person under 9.04.200 and the flat-rate fee table at 9.04.235, then a one-dollar permit renewal fee each year after the first (9.40.080).
• Hours you may knock: Eight a.m. to seven p.m. It is unlawful for any person to peddle or solicit before the hour of eight a.m. or after the hour of seven p.m. of any day (9.40.180).
• What the rep carries: The solicitor's or peddler's license and the Police Department permit, in immediate possession at all times while working, displayed on demand to any police officer or to anyone being solicited (9.40.140).
• What takes the time: Fingerprints and thumbprints, taken by the Police Department, plus at least two references as to the applicant's moral character, honesty and integrity, on the application itself (9.40.040). The Police Department can deny the permit for fraud or misrepresentation on the application, or a felony or crime-of-moral-turpitude conviction (9.40.050).
• Code: Berkeley Municipal Code, Title 9, Business Licenses and Regulations: Chapter 9.40, Peddlers and Solicitors (permit, hours, conduct), and 9.04.200 plus 9.04.235 in Chapter 9.04, Business Licenses (the annual tax).
• Worth knowing: It is unlawful to knock or ring the bell at any building displaying a "No Peddlers," "No Solicitors" or "No Agents" sign, or any sign that otherwise purports to prohibit it (9.40.170). The permit is not transferable and may not be used by anyone other than the person it was issued to (9.40.090). A vehicle used for peddling or soliciting must carry a windshield sticker from the tax and license administrator (9.40.150). Newspaper, ice, bakery-route and milk/dairy-route sellers, and wholesale salesmen selling to retail dealers for resale, are exempt from this chapter (9.40.020) — that exemption does not cover a for-profit residential sales rep.
• Read it yourself: Berkeley Municipal Code, Chapter 9.40, Peddlers and Solicitors · Berkeley Municipal Code 9.04.200, Peddlers and solicitors · Berkeley Municipal Code 9.04.235, Flat rates and fees · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: How long the Police Department's fingerprint and background review typically takes before a permit is issued; Whether the $258 annual tax is prorated for a permit issued partway through the year; Whether the city keeps a separate do-not-solicit or no-knock registry beyond the posted-sign rule. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. Each peddler, solicitor or transient merchant "must secure a Personal license," and nobody else may use it (5.40.030). The code's definition of solicitor covers anyone going house to house taking orders for goods or "for service to be performed in the future," and it includes canvassers (5.02.010(I)). Every solicitor must also register with the Chief of Police and get an identification card, and that applies even to interstate-commerce solicitors who are excused from the license tax (5.02.190).
• Where it comes from: The application goes to the city's Finance Department (5.02.040), and a solicitor license is issued only on the written approval of the Chief of Police (5.02.090). The police identification card comes from the Chief of Police (5.02.190).
• Fee: $75.00 per person, per year, not prorated, when the rep or the company owns no taxable property in the city; $25.00 per person, per year when it does. Both figures are on the city's Business License Taxes and Fees page and in the master tax schedule (5.07.030, rows 5.40.010 and 5.40.020). The city page lists it as a fee charged in addition to the regular business license tax. The code also charges an investigation fee with the application (5.02.040(E)(8)) and a fee for the police identification card (5.02.190); neither amount is in the pages read. The city adds a $4.00 state disability access fee to every license application.
• Hours you may knock: The code sets no knocking hours. Chapter 5.40 (Peddlers) and Chapter 5.02 were read in full and neither has an hours section.
• What the rep carries: The license, shown on request to any police officer or city license or code enforcement officer (5.02.170), and the police identification card, valid for one year (5.02.190). The code does not say the card must be worn.
• What takes the time: Fingerprints given to the Police Department when the application is filed, two 2-by-2-inch photos, a felony-conviction statement, the last three cities worked, a copy of the order form or contract used, and the Police Chief's written approval before the license issues (5.02.040(E), 5.02.090). 5.40.020 refers to a bonding requirement but the pages read do not state the bond amount.
• Code: Chula Vista Municipal Code Chapter 5.40 Peddlers (5.40.010 to 5.40.050), Chapter 5.02 (5.02.010 definitions, 5.02.040 application, 5.02.090 Police Chief approval, 5.02.170 exhibit on demand, 5.02.190 identification card), and the master tax schedule at 5.07.030.
• Worth knowing: Soliciting or peddling goods or services is banned outright in any public area within a three-mile radius of the intersection of Heritage Road and Otay Valley Road (5.40.050). Insurance salesmen are exempt from the license and the solicitor's identification card (5.02.020).
• Read it yourself: Chula Vista Municipal Code Chapter 5.40 Peddlers · Chula Vista Municipal Code Chapter 5.02 Business Licenses Generally · Chula Vista Municipal Code 5.07.030 Master tax schedule · City of Chula Vista, Business License Taxes & Fees · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: What are the investigation fee and the police identification card fee for a solicitor? Is there a bond for solicitors with no taxable property in the city, and how much? Does the city enforce any hours for door-to-door sales? How long does Police Chief approval take after fingerprints are submitted? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: Partly found. Clovis' code has no dedicated peddler, canvasser or door-to-door solicitor permit chapter — Chapter 5.25 (Solicitation) only bars aggressive/abusive solicitation, median solicitation without a permit, and ignoring a posted "No Soliciting" sign. Every business operating in the city, including a door-to-door sales rep, still needs the City's general Business Registration, and the city's own Business Licenses page says businesses doing "mobile and/or street vending" must get Police Department clearance before that registration is completed.
• Where it comes from: Clovis Municipal Code Chapter 5.25 (Solicitation) for the sign and conduct rules; Business Registration is handled by the Finance Department, with Police Department clearance required first for mobile/street vending businesses.
• Fee: No solicitor-specific fee is published. The general Business Registration fee is based on estimated gross receipts, with a minimum of $76 for a qualifying home-based business under $5,000 in gross receipts, per the city's Business Licenses page — not a per-rep solicitor fee, and no separate police-clearance fee for vending businesses was found.
• Hours you may knock: Not published. Chapter 5.25 sets no knocking-hours restriction for door-to-door solicitation.
• What the rep carries: Not published — no ID-card or badge requirement was found for commercial door-to-door solicitation specifically.
• What takes the time: Not published in the code. The city's own page says businesses involving "mobile and/or street vending" must contact the Police Department and obtain clearance before completing the Business Registration application, but does not describe what that clearance process involves.
• Code: Clovis Municipal Code Chapter 5.25, §§ 5.25.01–5.25.08 (Solicitation).
• Worth knowing: A posted "No Soliciting" sign bars hawking goods, services or merchandise at that house, and a sign prohibiting either soliciting or peddling is read to prohibit both (5.25.03).
• Read it yourself: Clovis Municipal Code Chapter 5.25 Solicitation · City of Clovis Business Licenses · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether a door-to-door sales rep counts as "mobile and/or street vending" and needs Police Department clearance before Business Registration; The cost and turnaround time of that Police Department clearance if it applies; Whether there are any knocking-hours rules for door-to-door solicitation. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. Anyone 18 or older engaging in peddling or solicitation in Concord must carry a valid solicitor's permit issued by the Police Chief, and the sponsoring company must also hold a City business license (5.90.020).
• Where it comes from: Concord Municipal Code Chapter 5.90 (Solicitors and Peddlers). Applications go to the Concord Police Department, which acts as the Permitting Authority.
• Fee: 41.00 for the Application and Investigation fee, per the City's Fees and Charges for Various Municipal Services schedule (Door-to-Door Solicitation Permit, effective 7/1/2019) — the schedule prints its amounts without a dollar sign, but they are in dollars. The code (5.90.050) says the amount is set by that resolution and covers processing and investigating the application.
• Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. — the code bars entering private property, knocking on doors, or otherwise disturbing residents "between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m." (5.90.120).
• What the rep carries: The permit itself, which shows the permittee's name, address and photograph, exhibited at all times while peddling or soliciting; the sponsor's business license must also be carried and shown to police on request (5.90.060(c), 5.90.090).
• What takes the time: A live scan or similar criminal history check submitted with the application, plus two 2-by-3-inch photos taken within 60 days of filing; the Police Chief has 10 days after a complete application to approve or deny it (5.90.040, 5.90.060).
• Code: Concord Municipal Code 5.90.010 through 5.90.190 (Solicitors and Peddlers).
• Worth knowing: A posted sign reading "No Peddlers," "No Solicitors," "No Solicitation" or similar bars entry to that property, licensed or not (5.90.110). A permit can be denied for a felony conviction, a violent or sex-offense misdemeanor, or a fraud judgment within the past five years (5.90.070).
• Read it yourself: Concord Municipal Code Chapter 5.90 Solicitors and Peddlers · City of Concord Fees and Charges for Various Municipal Services · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether the $41 fee also covers the State's Live Scan fingerprint processing cost or if that's billed separately; How long the criminal history check typically takes beyond the 10-day review window. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: Yes — a solicitors permit is required before anyone knocks (5.34.030).
• Where it comes from: The Planning and Development Director, City of Corona (5.34.020, 5.34.040).
• Fee: The code does not state a dollar amount — it says the permit fee is "established by resolution of the City Council" (5.34.060). The city's Citywide Master Fee Recovery Schedule PDF could not be read (it is a scanned, non-searchable document); the amount is not confirmed from a primary source.
• Hours you may knock: 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. — "No person shall practice or engage in soliciting between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m." (5.34.120).
• What the rep carries: The chapter does not state what a permitted solicitor must carry or wear while working. Not published.
• What takes the time: The Director must issue or deny the permit within 30 calendar days of a complete application (5.34.050). A current business license (Chapter 5.02) must be attached to the application (5.34.040(E)). The permit is good for one year (5.34.080).
• Code: Corona Municipal Code Chapter 5.34, Peddlers and Solicitors (5.34.010–5.34.180).
• Worth knowing: A posted "No Solicitors," "No Soliciting," or "No Trespassing" sign makes it unlawful to knock or ring the bell there (5.34.110). Coming closer than 3 feet after the resident objects, blocking their path, or repeating the pitch after an objection is "aggressive soliciting" and separately banned (5.34.160). The permit is personal and non-transferable (5.34.070).
• Read it yourself: Corona Municipal Code 5.34.030 Permit - Required · Corona Municipal Code 5.34.020 Definitions · Corona Municipal Code 5.34.040 Permit - Application - Contents · Corona Municipal Code 5.34.050 Permit - Granting - Denial · Corona Municipal Code 5.34.060 Permit - Fee · Corona Municipal Code 5.34.080 Permit - Term · Corona Municipal Code 5.34.110 Sign posting · Corona Municipal Code 5.34.120 Hours of operation · Corona Municipal Code 5.34.160 Aggressive soliciting · City of Corona Citywide Master Fee Recovery Schedule (Updated 6.30.25) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: What is the current solicitors permit fee under 5.34.060, and is it per person or per company? Is a background check or fingerprinting required as part of the application review? Is a badge or ID required to be worn or carried while soliciting? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a solicitation license for the company and a separate solicitor permit for each rep, both from the Chief of Police (4.04.010).
• Where it comes from: The Finance Director issues the solicitation license and the solicitor permit; the Chief of Police investigates the application (4.04.025, 4.04.045).
• Fee: $36 annual license fee per solicitor, plus a $49 Department of Justice background-check fee, per the city's Types of Business Licenses page.
• Hours you may knock: Nov 1 to Feb 28 (29 in a leap year): 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., 10:00 a.m. on Sundays. Mar 1 to Oct 31: 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., 10:00 a.m. on Sundays (4.04.035(A)).
• What the rep carries: The City-issued solicitor permit, displayed on the person at all times while soliciting (4.04.045(D)).
• What takes the time: Chief of Police investigation of the solicitation license application, plus the DOJ background check for each solicitor (4.04.025, 4.04.045).
• Code: Elk Grove Municipal Code, Chapter 4.04, Solicitation Licenses and Permits (§§ 4.04.000–4.04.060).
• Worth knowing: No solicitor may knock at a residence displaying a 'no solicitors' sign in letters one inch or larger, once the solicitor saw or reasonably should have seen it (4.04.035(D)).
• Read it yourself: Elk Grove Municipal Code Chapter 4.04 · City of Elk Grove — Types of Business Licenses · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: How long the solicitation license and DOJ background check take to process; Whether a company-wide solicitation license photo/ID badge is issued alongside the individual permit. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: Yes — a temporary business permit, one per individual rep. "No person shall transact and carry on any business, trade, profession, calling or occupation in this city without first having procured a license" (16-17), and "if the temporary business consists of peddling or soliciting, a list of all persons conducting said business will be provided, and a separate permit issued in the name of each individual." (16-29).
• Where it comes from: The Director of Planning and Building, City of Escondido (16-16).
• Fee: $5 per day — "The fee imposed for operating a temporary business shall be $5 per day." (16-30), on top of a separate, unquantified application processing fee that "may be adjusted from time to time by resolution of the city council" (16-21).
• Hours you may knock: Not published. No permitted-hours or curfew for door-to-door peddling or soliciting was found in Chapter 16 (Licenses and Business Regulations), Chapter 17 (Offenses), or Chapter 18 (Community Services Department, which regulates vending/peddling only inside city parks, not residential door-to-door).
• What the rep carries: The permit, on their person, at all times while working — "Any licensee transacting and carrying on business but not operating at a fixed place of business in the city shall keep the license upon his person at all times while transacting and carrying on such business." (16-26(2)).
• What takes the time: Not published — the code does not describe a background check or fingerprinting step for a peddling/soliciting temporary business permit.
• Code: Escondido Municipal Code Chapter 16, Article 2, Division 1 (16-16–16-31), especially 16-28 and 16-29 (Temporary business permit) and 16-30 (fee).
• Worth knowing: "Solicitor" is separately defined in the code as anyone "engaged in soliciting, canvassing or taking orders from house to house... for any goods, wares, merchandise... or for services to be performed in the future" (16-3), which covers a door-to-door fiber sales rep directly. No general no-soliciting-sign ordinance for residential doorsteps was found; the city's "abusive solicitation" rule (17-1(b)) applies to public sidewalks and does not mention residences.
• Read it yourself: Escondido Municipal Code 16-16 through 16-31 (Article 2, Division 1) · Escondido Municipal Code 16-3 Definitions (Solicitor) · Escondido Municipal Code Chapter 17, Article 1 (abusive solicitation) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Are there city-set knocking hours or a curfew for door-to-door peddling or soliciting? What is the current application processing fee under 16-21, on top of the $5/day permit fee? Is a background check required for a temporary peddling/soliciting permit? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: Yes. It is unlawful to conduct business as a solicitor, peddler or itinerant merchant in Fairfield without a permit issued by the Director of Public Safety, before any business license is issued (5B.2).
• Where it comes from: Fairfield City Code Chapter 5B (Solicitors, Peddlers, Itinerant Merchants). Apply with the Chief of Police at least 30 days before the proposed start date (5B.3).
• Fee: $273 for a new Solicitor ID Card/Permit, or $164 to renew, plus State fee and applicable DOJ and fingerprint rolling fees — per the City's FY2026-27 Master Fee Schedule, effective July 1, 2026. The code (5B.4) says the permit fee itself is set by City Council resolution.
• Hours you may knock: Not published. Chapter 5B sets no general knocking-hours restriction for solicitors or peddlers going door to door; the only time-of-day rule in the chapter bars stopping or parking a vending vehicle within 300 feet of a public elementary or middle school between 1:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. on a school day (5B.10).
• What the rep carries: A solicitor's permit carried on the person at all times while operating in the city, plus a separate identification card from the Department of Public Safety bearing the rep's picture and thumbprint, also carried at all times (5B.7).
• What takes the time: A chief-of-police inquiry before the identification card is issued, and, for solicitors or itinerant merchants requiring cash deposits or financing contracts, a surety bond in the sum of five thousand dollars covering delivery or refund of advance payments (5B.7, 5B.3(i)(2)).
• Code: Fairfield City Code Chapter 5B, §§ 5B.1 through 5B.10 (Solicitors, Peddlers, Itinerant Merchants).
• Worth knowing: A peddler may operate in one general location for no longer than 30 minutes (5B.9). Identification cards are valid for three years from issuance (5B.8), separate from the annual solicitor's permit.
• Read it yourself: Fairfield City Code Chapter 5B Solicitors, Peddlers, Itinerant Merchants · City of Fairfield FY2026-27 Master Fee Schedule · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether there is any knocking-hours restriction in practice, even though Chapter 5B doesn't set one; The total out-of-pocket cost including State fee and DOJ/fingerprint rolling fees on top of the $273 base fee; Whether the $5,000 bond applies to a company taking no advance payments or deposits. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: Yes. Anyone who travels house to house or place to place selling or taking orders for future delivery, resident or not, must first get an investigation from the Police Department and pay a business license tax (15-36).
• Where it comes from: Fontana Municipal Code, Chapter 15, Article II, Section 15-36, "Peddlers, solicitors and itinerant vendors," which cross-references the police permit at 15-50 and separate license-fee sections for peddlers (15-708) and for solicitors and canvassers (15-773) that this run could not open.
• Fee: Not confirmed as a flat number. Section 15-36 sets the fee as "a business license tax fee based upon tax rate schedule E," a graduated table tied to gross receipts (one visible bracket: "$1.00 per thousand dollars or fraction thereof over $50,000.00"), not a single dollar figure. The specific peddler fee section (15-708) and the solicitors-and-canvassers fee section (15-773) exist but this run could not load their text.
• Hours you may knock: Not found. No clock-time restriction turned up in Chapter 15, Article II; the cross-referenced Articles XIV and XV of the same chapter were not readable this run and may hold one.
• What the rep carries: Not confirmed from a readable section, though a licensee "not operating at a fixed place of business" must keep the license and identification card on their person at all times while transacting business (15-42 area).
• What takes the time: The police investigation required before a license issues (15-36, referencing 15-50); no processing-day figure was found.
• Code: Fontana Municipal Code Chapter 15, Article II, § 15-36 (Code 1968, § 13-18; Ord. No. 1037, 11-19-91), version dated May 15, 2026.
• Read it yourself: Fontana Municipal Code Chapter 15, Article II · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: What is the actual dollar fee under Tax Rate Schedule E, or under 15-708 / 15-773, for a solicitor or peddler? Is the fee per rep or per company? Are there city-set knocking hours for solicitors? Does the police investigation include fingerprinting or a background check, and how long does it take? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes: a vending permit, and the city's permit page lists door to door solicitors by name. It is unlawful to solicit, or to employ another to solicit, without one (5.35.030(a)). The application is personal to each rep: name, photo ID, two photos, employer, Livescan (5.35.130, 5.35.140).
• Where it comes from: Fremont Municipal Code Chapter 5.35, Vendors and Solicitors, and the city's Vendor/Solicitor Permit page. Applications go in person to the Finance Department's Revenue Division at the Development Services Center.
• Fee: $275 per applicant in the Vendors and Solicitors column of the city's fee table: $162 permit plus $113 background check fee ($162 + $113 = $275). The page says the fees apply to new and renewing applications and have been in effect since July 15, 2021. The code only says the fee is set by council resolution (5.35.130(b)).
• Hours you may knock: In residentially zoned areas, 8:00 a.m. to one half-hour after sunset (5.35.150). Commercial and industrial zones get longer hours under the same section.
• What the rep carries: The permit, in the rep's immediate possession at all times while soliciting, shown on demand to any law enforcement officer and to anyone being solicited (5.35.090(b)).
• What takes the time: A Livescan fingerprint background check for every applicant (5.35.140), two passport-quality photos, proof of a Fremont business tax certificate, and evidence of general liability insurance (5.35.130(a)). In person filing only. The permit runs 12 months and the renewal is due 60 calendar days before it expires (5.35.050). No processing time is published.
• Code: Fremont Municipal Code 5.35.010 to 5.35.380 (Ord. 06-2021, 6-15-21). The code host says it is current through Ordinance 02-2026, passed May 5, 2026.
• Worth knowing: The permit is on top of the city business tax certificate (5.35.070). A conviction of the applicant or any employee in the prior five years, other than minor traffic violations, is a ground for denial (5.35.320(a)(4)). Reps who sell only to local businesses, governments or schools are outside the chapter (5.35.040(c)).
• Read it yourself: Fremont Municipal Code Chapter 5.35 · City of Fremont Vendor/Solicitor Permit page · Fremont Municipal Code front page · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: How long does the permit take once the Livescan is in? What general liability coverage level does the city accept for a door-to-door rep? Does each rep need a separate business tax certificate or does the company's cover them? Is there a No Soliciting sign rule the reps must follow? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a city business license (business tax certificate) as a General Solicitor, priced per person. Fresno's code names the exact activity: going house to house taking orders for goods for future delivery "or for services to be performed in the future" (7-1232). No person, "whether as principal or agent, clerk or employee," may carry on a licensed trade without first getting the license (7-1002). The code is plain that this is a tax, not a regulatory permit (7-1001): there is no separate solicitor permit chapter, no background check and no badge.
• Where it comes from: Fresno Municipal Code Chapter 7, Article 10, Business Licenses, General Provisions (7-1001 to 7-1006) and Article 12, License Fees (7-1232), with the rate in the city's Master Fee Schedule. Licenses are issued on a form prescribed by the Controller (7-1004), Finance Department.
• Fee: The FY 26 Master Fee Schedule lists "Soliciting Business, General (FMC 7-1232)" at 3.00 per person per day or 14.00 per person per month, in dollars. The schedule prints the amounts without a dollar sign.
• Hours you may knock: Not set. The code has no hours rule for house-to-house sellers. Chapter 9, the business regulation chapter, has no article for solicitors or peddlers going to homes; its solicitation article covers contributions.
• What the rep carries: The license itself. A licensee without a fixed place of business "shall carry such license with him at all times" while working and show it to any police officer or license inspector who asks (7-1006).
• What takes the time: Nothing published beyond filling in the Controller's application and paying the fee (7-1004). No background check, bond or fingerprinting appears in the code.
• Code: Fresno Municipal Code 7-1001, 7-1002, 7-1004, 7-1006, 7-1201 and 7-1232. Municode shows the code as "Version: Jul 15, 2026 (current)".
• Worth knowing: A license with no permanent business address is issued for each license period and shows its expiration date (7-1004(c)), and it cannot be transferred to another person without the Controller's consent (7-1004(d)). Selling goods you carry with you on a public street is a different category, Merchandise Peddler (7-1230).
• Read it yourself: Fresno Municipal Code 7-1232, General Solicitor · Fresno Municipal Code Chapter 7, Article 10, Business Licenses, General Provisions (7-1001 to 7-1006) · City of Fresno FY 26 Master Fee Schedule · Fresno Municipal Code Chapter 9 table of articles · Municode search of the Fresno code (solicitor) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does each rep need their own General Solicitor business license, or can the company hold one and list the reps? Is the FY 26 rate (3.00 per person per day, 14.00 per person per month) still current, and is there an application or processing charge on top? Does a company that already holds a Fresno business license under the gross receipts schedule still owe the per-person General Solicitor fee? Are there any hours the city enforces for door-to-door sales? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: Yes — the Fullerton Police Department issues permits for "Peddlers" and "Solicitors" as two of its listed permit categories, in addition to a business license. "Applicants will be required to have a valid business license." Fullerton Municipal Code Chapter 3.36 is titled SOLICITORS and covers permit application, investigation, issuance, revocation and exemptions, but its text could not be read directly this session (see notes).
• Where it comes from: The Fullerton Police Department Permit Technician, by appointment only (714-738-5311); a business license is also required from the city.
• Fee: Not published in a source read this session. The Police Department's general "Fee Schedule" webpage lists administrative and records fees but no peddler/solicitor permit fee; a separate permit fee schedule referenced on the permits page ("Fees schedule for Police Department Permits") could not be opened as a working link.
• Hours you may knock: Not published in a source read this session — Chapter 3.36's own hours-of-solicitation section (if any) could not be reached.
• What the rep carries: Not confirmed from a source read this session, though the application process requires a photo to be taken, which suggests a photo permit/badge is issued.
• What takes the time: A livescan fingerprint appointment, scheduled after presenting valid identification and a Social Security card at the in-person application appointment (Fullerton PD Permits Applications page). "You must present valid identification and a social security card. At this time, your picture will be taken and a 'livescan' fingerprint appointment will be scheduled."
• Code: Fullerton Municipal Code Chapter 3.36, Solicitors (title and section list — 3.36.010 Permit required, through 3.36.140 Penalty — confirmed by search-engine indexing of codelibrary.amlegal.com, but the section text itself could not be opened this session; see notes).
• Read it yourself: City of Fullerton Police Department, Permits Applications · City of Fullerton Police Department, Fee Schedule · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: What is the current fee for a Peddler or Solicitor permit? What hours are door-to-door solicitors allowed to knock in Fullerton, and is there a no-soliciting-sign rule? What does a permitted solicitor need to carry or display while working? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a written permit from the Police Chief for each canvasser or solicitor before going door to door (5.20.030).
• Where it comes from: The Police Chief investigates and issues the permit (5.20.060, 5.20.070).
• Fee: $100 for a Single Solicitor's Permit (per individual), or $250 for a Principal Solicitor's Permit, per the city's User Fees for Various City Services schedule (Police Services). The code itself sets no dollar figure — the fee is set by City Council resolution (5.20.110).
• Hours you may knock: 8:00 a.m. to one-half hour after sunset (5.20.100).
• What the rep carries: The permit itself, showing the permittee's photo and the word 'SOLICITOR,' worn constantly on the front of the outer garment so it is conspicuous (5.20.070).
• What takes the time: The Police Chief's investigation of the application, which includes the applicant's photograph and fingerprints (5.20.050, 5.20.060).
• Code: Garden Grove Municipal Code, Chapter 5.20, Canvassers and Solicitors (§§ 5.20.010–5.20.120).
• Worth knowing: No canvassing or soliciting at a residence posted 'No Solicitors' or 'No Solicitors or Peddlers' (5.20.120). Anyone taking orders for future delivery must post a bond (5.20.050(J)).
• Read it yourself: Garden Grove Municipal Code Chapter 5.20 · City of Garden Grove User Fees for Various City Services (June 2026) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether a rep needs the $100 Single Solicitor's Permit or the company needs the $250 Principal Solicitor's Permit; Whether reps also need a separate business operations tax certificate under Chapters 5.01–5.08. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes, per rep. "It is unlawful for any person to engage in commercial solicitation within the city without a valid commercial solicitation license" (9.14.110 A), issued by the Director of Community Development (9.14.040 D).
• Where it comes from: Glendale Municipal Code Chapter 9.14, Solicitation. Applications go to the Community Development Department at least 10 calendar days before the solicitor wants to start (9.14.040 B).
• Fee: Not a number in the code. "The license application fee and renewal fee shall be established by resolution of the city council and may be amended from time to time" (9.14.040 C); this run could not open Glendale's current Citywide Fee Schedule to read the dollar figure it sets.
• Hours you may knock: 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. It is unlawful to go up to, ring the bell at, or knock on a residence "after 9:00 p.m. or earlier than 8:00 a.m.," unless the resident invited the visit (9.14.110 C).
• What the rep carries: A photo ID and a copy of the license; if working for someone else, written authorization to act on their behalf plus a copy of that person's license too — and all of it must be shown immediately to anyone approached, or to a police officer on request (9.14.030 B).
• What takes the time: The license runs up to 90 days and can be renewed (9.14.050 A). The application requires a criminal-history disclosure, and the city will not issue a license to anyone convicted of a felony, or of a misdemeanor sex offense or violent-acts ordinance violation, within the preceding seven years, or anyone required to register under Cal. Penal Code 290 (9.14.040 D.5–7).
• Code: Glendale Municipal Code Chapter 9.14, §§ 9.14.010–150 (Ord. 5856 § 1, 2015; Ord. 5936 § 3, 2019).
• Worth knowing: No going up to, ringing, knocking, or trying to enter a residence posted "No Solicitation" or where the resident has said not to, unless invited (9.14.110 B). Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult while soliciting (9.14.110 E). Aggressive solicitation is separately banned under Chapter 9.18 (9.14.110 D).
• Read it yourself: Glendale Municipal Code Chapter 9.14 · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: What is the current commercial solicitation license application fee and renewal fee under the city's fee resolution? Does the city require fingerprinting or a police background check beyond the self-reported criminal-history disclosure on the application? Can one company file affiliated-persons information for a whole crew, or does each rep file a separate 10-day-ahead application? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: Yes — a business license, specifically for "canvassing and soliciting," is required per person. "It shall be unlawful for any person... to commence or carry on any trade, calling, profession or occupation... without first having procured a license" (8-1.00), and the code has a dedicated Canvassing and Soliciting category (8-1.50).
• Where it comes from: The Tax and License Administrator, City of Hayward (8-1.20).
• Fee: $33.35 per person, per quarter — "Every person conducting, managing or carrying on the business of CANVASSING or SOLICITING for the purpose of soliciting, canvassing or taking orders from house to house... shall pay a quarterly license fee of thirty-three dollars and thirty-five cents ($33.35) per person." (8-1.50). Where payment or a deposit is collected in advance of final delivery, the canvasser must also post a $670 bond or cash deposit with the Tax and License Administrator (8-1.51).
• Hours you may knock: Not published. No permitted-hours or curfew provision for canvassing/soliciting was found in Hayward Municipal Code Chapter 8, Article 1.
• What the rep carries: Not published in the sections read.
• What takes the time: The bond required under 8-1.51 (when advance payment is collected) must be approved as to form by the City Attorney before the license is issued. No fingerprinting or background-check requirement was found in the sections read.
• Code: Hayward Municipal Code Chapter 8, Article 1 — Business Licenses, §§ 8-1.00, 8-1.50 (Canvassing and Soliciting), 8-1.51 (license bond).
• Worth knowing: The canvassing/soliciting license does not apply to "any authorized agent, or representative of a regularly established business in the City" (8-1.50) — worth asking the clerk whether an established local Hayward office would change what a rep owes.
• Read it yourself: Hayward Municipal Code 8-1.00 Business License Required · Hayward Municipal Code 8-1.50 Canvassing and Soliciting · Hayward Municipal Code 8-1.51 Canvassing and Soliciting License Bond · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Are there city-set knocking hours or a curfew for door-to-door canvassing/soliciting? Is a badge or photo ID required to be worn or carried while soliciting? Does the $670 license bond under 8-1.51 apply to a fiber/internet sales rep who does not collect payment at the door? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. A rep going house to house without a fixed place of business in the City, taking orders for future delivery of goods or services, is a "solicitor" or "canvasser" under the code (5.04.010) and needs a City business license before working (5.08.010), on top of the door-to-door conduct rules in Chapter 9.90.
• Where it comes from: Huntington Beach Municipal Code, Title 5 (Business Licenses and Regulations) — definitions in Chapter 5.04, licensing in Chapter 5.08, rates in Chapter 5.16 — and conduct rules in Chapter 9.90, Door-to-Door Solicitation. Licenses are issued by the City Treasurer.
• Fee: No flat dollar figure is set specifically for an in-person solicitor or canvasser working door to door. Chapter 5.16 prices a "Telephone Solicitor or Canvasser" at $49.00 per person (5.16.290) and a novelty "Peddler" (immediate delivery) at $17.00 or $97.50 by vehicle (5.16.230), but neither definition matches a rep who takes orders for future delivery in person. Absent a specific classification, the general rate applies: the first three employees are $75.00, and every license has a $75 per year minimum (5.16.010, 5.16.020).
• Hours you may knock: No citywide clock-time window is set. Instead, it is unlawful to solicit at a property at all once asked to leave (9.90.020 A), and unlawful to solicit at any time posted on a "No Soliciting" sign at that specific property (9.90.020 E) — hours are set door by door, not by the City.
• What the rep carries: Not stated specifically for solicitors in Chapter 9.90 or 5.04/5.08; the general licensing chapter requires a licensee without a fixed place of business to keep proof available, but this card did not confirm a specific badge/ID requirement for solicitors.
• What takes the time: Chapter 5.04 allows the City to levy an investigation fee "when so designated by the City Manager and City Council" before a police investigation, payable to the City Treasurer and non-refundable (5.04.080), but no day count or universal requirement is stated.
• Code: Huntington Beach Municipal Code Chapter 5.04 (General Provisions), 5.16 (Rates), and Chapter 9.90 (Door-to-Door Solicitation, 3623-12/03, 3821-2/09).
• Worth knowing: No stepping over the threshold of a residence unless invited, and no blocking the door from closing (9.90.020 G). No shouting or sound devices while soliciting (9.90.020 F). Misrepresenting the purpose of the visit, or the buyer's right to cancel the sale, is separately unlawful (9.90.020 C, D, H).
• Read it yourself: Huntington Beach Municipal Code Chapter 9.90 · Huntington Beach Municipal Code Chapter 5.04 · Huntington Beach Municipal Code Chapter 5.16 · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Which license classification and rate actually applies to an in-person door-to-door solicitor who is not selling by phone and not delivering goods on the spot? Is there a badge or ID card a solicitor must carry and show on request? Is the 5.04.080 investigation fee currently charged to door-to-door solicitor license applicants, and if so, how much? How long does the license, and any required investigation, take to issue? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: The code's Solicitations chapter has no solicitor permit: three sections covering definitions, hours and posted signs. What the city does require is an Irvine business license before doing any business in the city. The city's own FAQ, on its legacy site, still says door-to-door sellers "must obtain a business permit from the Irvine Police Department", while the Police Department's page says it "no longer handles regular business permits" and sends you to the city's business license office.
• Where it comes from: Irvine Municipal Code Title 2, Division 10, Chapter 9, Solicitations. The license comes from Business Licensing in Community Development, 949-724-7128.
• Fee: No solicitor permit fee, because there is no solicitor permit. The city business license is $78.37 for a business with fewer than 10 employees and $156.88 new for 10 or more, per company, for a 12-month term, per the city's Business Licensing page. The page says the fee includes the mandatory $4 State of California ADA fee.
• Hours you may knock: Without a prior appointment: not before 9:00 a.m., not after sunset, not on Sunday and not on any national holiday (2-10-902).
• What the rep carries: The code names nothing. The city's business license application says, in its non-profit instructions, that each person soliciting door to door must carry a valid employer/employee identification badge and a copy of the business license. The city's FAQ tells residents to ask a solicitor for identification and their permit.
• What takes the time: No background check, bond or badge process in the code. The business license application is the only step, and the city does not post a processing time.
• Code: Irvine Municipal Code 2-10-901 to 2-10-903 (Code 1976, II.M-1801 to 1803; Ord. No. 49, 1972; Ord. No. 19-12, 2019). Municode showed the code as "Version: Jul 30, 2026 (current)" on the day checked.
• Worth knowing: No soliciting without an appointment at premises posted with a sign saying in substance that solicitors, canvassers or peddlers are not permitted (2-10-903). Soliciting means going place to place taking orders for goods for future delivery or for services (2-10-901), which is what a fiber, solar or pest rep does.
• Read it yourself: Irvine Municipal Code Title 2, Division 10, Chapter 9, Solicitations · City of Irvine Business Licensing · City of Irvine FAQ: Door to Door Solicitation - Permit Required · Irvine Police Department: Get a Business Permit · City of Irvine Business License Application, Form 22-05 rev. 08/24 · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does a for-profit door-to-door crew need anything beyond the city business license, and does the Police Department still issue any solicitor permit? Does each rep need a copy of the license and a company ID badge in the field? How long does a new business license take for an out-of-city company? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a general business license before peddling, vending, or taking orders door to door (5.04.020). The city's own fee schedule confirms peddlers and solicitors no longer need a separate permit — it is folded into the business license.
• Where it comes from: The Finance Department issues the business license (5.04.140, Art. I).
• Fee: $101 for the new business license application, plus the $107 Basic Business License Fee (0–25 employees), per the City of Lancaster Citywide Fee Schedule effective October 1, 2025.
• Hours you may knock: Nine a.m. to six p.m. — peddling, vending, or soliciting orders is prohibited prior to nine a.m. and after six p.m., unless the occupant initiated contact first (Art. II, § 5.04.240(A)).
• What the rep carries: The business license itself, kept on the person at all times while transacting business away from a fixed location (Art. I, § 5.04.220(B)).
• What takes the time: City review of the business license application; the finance director issues the license within 14 calendar days of an approved, paid application (§ 5.04.180).
• Code: Lancaster Municipal Code, Title 5, Chapter 5.04, Business Licenses Generally — Article I (Business Licenses, §§ 5.04.010–5.04.310) and Article II (Peddlers and Vendors, §§ 5.04.210–5.04.240).
• Worth knowing: No peddling, taking or soliciting orders at any premises posted with a prominent 'NO SOLICITORS' sign, without prior invitation (Art. II, § 5.04.220). The city's fee schedule sets its own citation amount for soliciting on posted premises without permission.
• Read it yourself: Lancaster Municipal Code Chapter 5.04, Article I & II · City of Lancaster Citywide Fee Schedule, effective October 1, 2025 · City of Lancaster, Citywide Fee Schedules (page that links the schedule) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether the $107 Basic Business License Fee tier changes for a company with more than 25 employees; Whether individual reps working under the company's business license need to carry anything beyond the license itself. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a city business license, taxed under the Peddling category. There is no separate solicitor permit, badge or registration. The tax code defines "peddling" as taking or soliciting orders for goods or services door to door between residences (3.80.180), taxes it as its own category (3.80.253), and makes it unlawful to do any business in the city without a business license (3.80.210). The residential curfew in Chapter 5.66 also applies.
• Where it comes from: Long Beach Municipal Code Chapter 3.80, Business License Tax, and Chapter 5.66, Peddlers. Business licenses come from Financial Management.
• Fee: The city's rate table effective July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027 lists Peddling at 180.88 dollars per day; the per-year figure on the same line is misprinted, so get it from the city. Every application also carries a $4 state-mandated ADA fee. The code's base figures are $905.80 annually or $90.58 each day, stated in year-2000 dollars and adjusted since (3.80.253).
• Hours you may knock: No peddling in any area zoned residential "from eight (8:00) p.m. until nine (9:00) a.m. of the following day" (5.66.040). Note that Chapter 5.66 defines peddling around selling goods with delivery on the spot, which is narrower than the tax definition.
• What the rep carries: Nothing specified in the code for door-to-door sellers beyond holding the business license.
• What takes the time: Nothing published in the code: no background check, bond or fingerprinting for peddling was found.
• Code: Long Beach Municipal Code 3.80.180, 3.80.210, 3.80.253 and 5.66.010 to 5.66.040. Municode shows the code as "Version: Jun 1, 2026 (current)".
• Worth knowing: A minor under eighteen may not peddle in residential zones after five (5:00) p.m. Pacific Standard Time or seven (7:00) p.m. Pacific Daylight Time unless with an adult (5.66.040). No peddling within one block of school grounds during the school-day hours in 5.66.030.
• Read it yourself: Long Beach Municipal Code Chapter 3.80 · Long Beach Municipal Code Chapter 5.66 · Long Beach Business License Rates, July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027 · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: What is the correct annual Peddling business license tax for 2026-27? The rate table prints a garbled number; Is the Peddling license per company or per rep in the field? Does the 5.66.040 residential curfew apply to reps who only take orders for a service? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: No solicitor permit. Los Angeles regulates the knock itself: a rep must be able to show the original or a copy of the company's Business Tax Registration Certificate and carry government or school photo ID (41.43.1(c), (d)). The section covers taking orders for goods, merchandise or services. The Office of Finance list of businesses requiring permits has no door-to-door sales permit on it.
• Where it comes from: Los Angeles Municipal Code 41.43.1, as amended by Ordinance No. 181642 (Council File 09-1611). The Business Tax Registration Certificate comes from the Office of Finance.
• Fee: No permit fee, because there is no permit. The section sets no fee. The Office of Finance page on registering for the certificate does not list a registration charge; it says some business classifications owe a minimum payment at registration.
• Hours you may knock: No entering another's premises to solicit between 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. of the following day (41.43.1(b)).
• What the rep carries: Photo ID showing date of birth, issued by a government agency or school, for anyone over 16, shown on request. Plus the original or a copy of the Business Tax Registration Certificate, shown on request to the resident or a peace officer (41.43.1(c), (d)).
• What takes the time: Getting the company registered with the Office of Finance. Nothing per rep: no background check, badge or fingerprinting appears in the section.
• Code: Los Angeles Municipal Code 41.43.1, Door to Door Selling or Soliciting (amended by Ord. No. 181,642, effective 5/31/11). The code host says the Municipal Code is current through legislation effective June 30, 2026, and the section shows no later amendment.
• Worth knowing: The section does not apply when the owner or occupant invited the rep beforehand, or to charitable solicitations under Article 4 of Chapter IV (41.43.1(e)).
• Read it yourself: LAMC 41.43.1, Door to Door Selling or Soliciting (American Legal) · Los Angeles code overview (currency statement) · Los Angeles Ordinance No. 181642, amending LAMC 41.43.1 · Los Angeles Office of Finance, How to Register for a BTRC · Los Angeles Office of Finance, Business Requiring Permits · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does an out-of-town company owe a minimum business tax payment when it registers, and under which classification? Does each commissioned rep need their own Business Tax Registration Certificate, or is a copy of the company's enough? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Effectively no cold-knocking, and yes to a license if you do it anyway. Modesto's code declares it a nuisance, punishable as an infraction, for a solicitor, peddler or itinerant merchant to go to a private residence "not having been requested so to do by the owner" (4-7.401) — unless the rep or their company already has a fixed place of business in the City (4-7.403(a)). Separately, anyone without a City-licensed fixed place of business who sells or takes retail orders going house to house is an Itinerant Vendor and must hold a business license (6-1.223).
• Where it comes from: Modesto Municipal Code Title 4, Chapter 7, Article 4 (Peddlers) and Title 6, Chapter 1, Article 1 (Itinerant Vendors), both on Municode Library. The itinerant vendor license comes from the Finance Department (Tax Collector).
• Fee: $200.00 per location, in advance, good for up to one quarter (90 calendar days), for anyone conducting the business of an itinerant vendor without a fixed City place of business (6-1.223). A separate group rate exists only for a sponsored bazaar, fair, trade show or swap meet, not for a door-to-door sales team.
• Hours you may knock: None currently set. The code's "Limited Hours" section for peddlers (4-7.402) was repealed in 1984 and no replacement hours restriction was found.
• What the rep carries: Anyone licensed under Chapter 1 who has no fixed place of business "shall carry such license with him/her at all times" and produce it on request from a police officer or a City license official (6-1.117).
• What takes the time: Not published for the itinerant vendor license itself — no processing-day figure or background-check requirement was found in Article 1 of Chapter 1.
• Code: Modesto Municipal Code 4-7.401 to 4-7.404 (Peddlers) and 6-1.106, 6-1.117, 6-1.223 (Business Licenses, Itinerant Vendors).
• Worth knowing: The nuisance ban (4-7.401) only exempts persons or their agents who already have a fixed place of business in Modesto (4-7.403(a)) — an out-of-town crew almost never qualifies, so an invitation from the resident is the difference between lawful and an infraction for a cold knock.
• Read it yourself: Modesto Municipal Code 4-7.401 to 4-7.404, Peddlers · Modesto Municipal Code 6-1.106, 6-1.117, 6-1.223, Itinerant Vendors · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does the Police Department run a background check or require fingerprints before issuing the itinerant vendor business license? How many business days does the license take to issue? Is the $200 quarterly fee per rep or per crew/location? Does an invitation from one resident on a block cover the rest of the block, or does 4-7.401 apply house by house? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a peddler's or solicitor's permit, per person. It is unlawful to act as a peddler or solicitor anywhere in the city without one issued by the Business License Officer, and it must be carried and shown to a police officer on request (5.10.020).
• Where it comes from: Moreno Valley Municipal Code Chapter 5.10, Peddlers and Solicitors. Permits come from the city's Business License Officer, after the Police Chief investigates the applicant's character (5.10.030, 5.10.050).
• Fee: The code sets the Chapter 5.10 permit fee by City Council resolution rather than a number in the chapter itself (5.10.040). The city's own Business License Categories and Application Fees schedule lists "Peddler/Solicitor - per peddler" under Category A, with a $61 application and processing fee for all classifications plus a Category A gross receipts tax of $.25 per $1,000 of gross receipts (.00025 x gross receipts).
• Hours you may knock: Eight a.m. to eight p.m. No person may practice as a peddler or solicitor between the hours of eight p.m. and eight a.m. (5.10.110).
• What the rep carries: The permit itself, on their person while working, shown to a police officer on request (5.10.020). A photograph of the permittee is attached to the permit (5.10.090).
• What takes the time: A police character investigation before the permit issues (5.10.050); the code says only that it must start promptly and finish "within a reasonable time," no day count given. The application itself requires two 2-inch by 2-inch photographs taken within 60 days and fingerprints (5.10.030).
• Code: Moreno Valley Municipal Code Chapter 5.10, §§ 5.10.010–160 (Ord. 134 § 1.1, 1987).
• Worth knowing: No knocking a door with a "No Peddlers" or "No Solicitors" sign, or words to similar effect (5.10.120). A permit under this chapter does not excuse a rep from any other required license, including the general business license referenced in the fee schedule (5.10.130).
• Read it yourself: Moreno Valley Municipal Code Chapter 5.10 · City of Moreno Valley Business License Categories and Application Fees · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Is the Chapter 5.10 investigation/permit fee (5.10.040) the same $61 shown on the Business License Categories sheet, or an additional charge? How many business days does the police character investigation usually take? Is the permit per individual rep even when the crew works for one company, or can one application cover several reps? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. It is unlawful to solicit or take orders from house to house without a police certificate (5.48.020). A "solicitor" includes anyone going house to house taking orders for goods for future delivery or for services to be performed in the future (5.48.010). The certificate is issued to the person, so figure one per rep.
• Where it comes from: Oakland Municipal Code Chapter 5.48, Peddlers and Solicitors. Apply in writing, in person, to the Chief of Police (5.48.020).
• Fee: The Master Fee Schedule, Police Department, lists the application filing fee for a Peddler's Police Certificate at 69.25 per certificate and 22.70 for the annual renewal, in dollars. The schedule prints these amounts without a dollar sign. The code itself sets no fee.
• Hours you may knock: Not set. Chapter 5.48 has no hours rule for peddlers or solicitors.
• What the rep carries: The police certificate, together with any other license the code requires, carried at all times while working (5.48.020).
• What takes the time: Applying in person, and fingerprinting if the police ask for it. The certificate is good for one year and renewal is a fresh application (5.48.020). No processing time is published.
• Code: Oakland Municipal Code 5.48.010 to 5.48.030. Municode shows the code as "Version: Jul 13, 2026 (current)".
• Worth knowing: A "No Peddlers" sign, or words of similar import, makes it unlawful for a peddler or solicitor to ring the bell or knock (5.48.030).
• Read it yourself: Oakland Municipal Code Chapter 5.48 · City of Oakland Fiscal Year 2026-27 Master Fee Schedule · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Where and when does OPD take police certificate applications, and how long until it is issued? Is the 69.25 filing fee the whole cost, or is there a fingerprint or ID card charge on top? Does each rep also need an Oakland business tax certificate, or only the company? Any hours OPD enforces for door-to-door sales? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: Yes — a solicitor's license for the business and a solicitor's identification card for each individual before going door to door. Chapter 30's definition of 'solicitor' expressly includes hawkers and peddlers (§§ 30.1, 30.2).
• Where it comes from: The City's Business License Division issues the license and identification card, after an investigation that may include the Oceanside Police Department forwarding fingerprints to the California Bureau of Identification (§ 30.4).
• Fee: Not published. The code requires payment of 'the fee for solicitor's license' before an identification card issues (§ 30.3, § 30.6), but states no dollar amount, and no line item for a solicitor's license or ID card fee appears in the city's current Business License Application Fees sheet or its Consolidated Fees, Taxes, and Assessments Schedule (both effective July 2026).
• Hours you may knock: Not published. Chapter 30 sets no clock-hour restriction on when a solicitor may knock; instead a resident can refuse entry by posting a 'no soliciting' sign (§ 30.10).
• What the rep carries: The identification card, displayed on the front of the person where it can be easily seen and read, shown on demand to any peace officer (§ 30.9).
• What takes the time: Fingerprint and background review by the business license division and, where forwarded, the California Bureau of Identification; the division must approve or deny within 30 days of the application (§ 30.4, § 30.6).
• Code: Oceanside City Code, Chapter 30, Article I, Solicitors, Peddlers, Hawkers, Itinerant Merchants and Transient Vendors (§§ 30.1–30.11).
• Worth knowing: A resident's posted 'no trespassing,' 'no soliciting' or 'no peddlers or agents' sign is sufficient notice denying entry to solicitors (§ 30.10). Certain felony or sex-offense convictions bar an identification card outright (§ 30.5).
• Read it yourself: Oceanside City Code Chapter 30 · City of Oceanside Business License Application Fees, effective 07/01/2026 · City of Oceanside Fees, Taxes, and Assessments Schedule, July 2026 · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: The current dollar fee for a solicitor's license and identification card; Whether Oceanside has any time-of-day restriction on door-to-door solicitation outside Chapter 30; Which business license category (I–IV) a door-to-door sales company falls under. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a solicitor/canvasser permit, per individual, or the person is guilty of a misdemeanor (3-1.701, 3-1.702).
• Where it comes from: The License Official issues the permit; the Police Chief investigates the applicant's business and moral character first (3-1.705, 3-1.708).
• Fee: $10 per applicant to cover the cost of investigating the application, paid to the License Official (3-1.704).
• Hours you may knock: Not published. Article 7 (Solicitors and Canvassers) sets no clock hours for door-to-door solicitation.
• What the rep carries: The permit in its holder, with the permittee's photograph, worn constantly on the front of the outer garment so it is conspicuous (3-1.711).
• What takes the time: The Police Chief's investigation of the applicant's business and moral character before the permit is issued (3-1.705).
• Code: Ontario Municipal Code, Title 3, Chapter 1, Article 7, Solicitors and Canvassers (§§ 3-1.701–3-1.717).
• Worth knowing: If any payment or deposit is taken in advance of final delivery, the City requires a $500 cash or surety bond from the solicitor, refundable 90 days after the permit expires (3-1.715).
• Read it yourself: Ontario Municipal Code § 3-1.701 (Defined) · Ontario Municipal Code § 3-1.702 (Permits: Required) · Ontario Municipal Code § 3-1.704 (Permits: Applications: Fees) · Ontario Municipal Code § 3-1.705 (Permits: Applications: Investigation) · Ontario Municipal Code § 3-1.711 (Permits: Wearing) · Ontario Municipal Code § 3-1.715 (Bonds) · Ontario Municipal Code Chapter 1, Article 7 table of contents · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether the City has adopted any clock-hour restriction on door-to-door solicitation since this chapter was last codified; Whether the $10 fee in the code is still the fee charged, or whether a separate fee resolution has since updated it; Whether a fingerprint or background-check step beyond the Police Chief's file review applies. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: Yes. Every person selling or soliciting orders for goods, wares, merchandise or services house to house, place to place, or on the streets needs a Certificate of Identification before starting (5.66.010).
• Where it comes from: Orange Municipal Code Chapter 5.66 (Solicitors). Applications go to the Business Services Coordinator; the Chief of Police fingerprints, photographs and investigates each applicant (5.66.010, 5.66.020).
• Fee: The code sets no dollar figure — each application is accompanied by "a permit fee in such amount as is established from time to time by resolution of the City Council" (5.66.100). The current resolution amount was not found on a primary source this session.
• Hours you may knock: Not found. Chapter 5.66 sets no knocking-hours restriction, and no separate hours ordinance for commercial door-to-door solicitation was located.
• What the rep carries: The Certificate of Identification must stay on the rep's person at all times while soliciting, and be shown to anyone solicited or to any peace officer on request (5.66.040).
• What takes the time: Fingerprinting and photographing by the Chief of Police, with the applicant paying the amount set by the State for processing the fingerprints (no dollar figure in the code), plus an investigation for a felony or any crime substantially related to the business (5.66.020). The code sets no processing deadline.
• Code: Orange Municipal Code 5.66.010 through 5.66.100 (Solicitors). The host says the code includes legislation through Ord. No. 01-26 adopted January 27, 2026.
• Worth knowing: A conviction for any felony, a Business and Professions Code §17500 violation, a crime of moral turpitude, or a prior violation of this chapter is grounds to deny or revoke the certificate (5.66.030).
• Read it yourself: Orange Municipal Code Chapter 5.66 Solicitors · Orange Municipal Code Table of Contents · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: The current Certificate of Identification fee under the Council's fee resolution; Whether there are set knocking hours for commercial solicitors; How long the police background check and certificate issuance take. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes, per person. Anyone who peddles, solicits or canvasses in a residential area, whether an independent contractor or a certificant's employee, must hold an annual vendor permit from the license collector, and the certificant itself must hold a business tax certificate (11-46 A, B).
• Where it comes from: Oxnard City Code Chapter 11, Article I, Division 3, Section 11-46. Permits come from the license collector; fingerprinting is done by the Police Department and processed through the California Department of Justice.
• Fee: Not a number in the code. The annual vendor permit fee is "established by resolution of the city council," and the applicant separately pays an annual fee for the state DOJ fingerprint report (11-46 B, C) — neither dollar figure appears in Chapter 11 itself.
• Hours you may knock: In residential areas, no person may peddle, canvass or solicit before 7:00 a.m. or sunrise, whichever is later, or after 7:00 p.m. or sunset, whichever is earlier (11-48).
• What the rep carries: The business tax certificate (or a photocopy), the vendor permit, and the identification document filed with the collector — a driver's license, passport or similar photo ID (11-46 H, C).
• What takes the time: The DOJ fingerprint report. If it is not back within 30 days of fingerprinting, the collector issues a temporary permit on request that lasts until the real report comes back and the application is granted or denied (11-46 G). The report also screens for certain convictions or no-contest pleas within the prior seven years (11-46 D).
• Code: Oxnard City Code 11-45 through 11-49 (`64 Code, Sec. 16-41; Ord. No. 2456, 2519, 2731, 2820, 2838).
• Worth knowing: A conviction or no-contest plea within the prior seven years for a listed offense (violent crimes, theft-type crimes, certain drug offenses, or a registrable sex offense) is grounds to deny the certificate or permit outright (11-46 D, E). A denied applicant can request a hearing within 14 days, with a hearing fee set by resolution (11-49).
• Read it yourself: Oxnard City Code 11-46 · Oxnard City Code 11-48 · Oxnard City Code 11-49 · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: What is the current annual vendor permit fee, and the current DOJ fingerprint report fee? What is the underlying business tax certificate rate for a peddler/solicitor classification under Division 2? How is the city's residential-area map defined — does it cover the whole city or specific zones? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: No door-to-door solicitor permit was found in the Palmdale Municipal Code. No title has a peddler, solicitor, canvasser or transient merchant chapter. The one permit with "solicitor" in its name, the pedestrian solicitor permit (5.04.470), is a vending permit: it covers a person selling goods or merchandise from their person "on a public street, private street open to the public, or other public property," not a rep knocking on a front door to take an order. What still applies: the city's general business license, required of any person doing business in the city (3.44.040), and a rep with no fixed place of business must carry it (3.44.110(B)).
• Where it comes from: The Business License Division issues the general business license (applications run through Palmdale.HdLGov.com) and the vehicle operator and pedestrian solicitor vending permits. No office issues a door-to-door solicitor permit because the code does not set one up.
• Fee: None for knocking; the code names no door-to-door permit. The general business license tax amount was not read this session and is not stated here.
• Hours you may knock: Not set. No section in Title 5 (Business Licenses, Taxes and Regulations) or Title 9 (Public Peace, Morals and Welfare) fixes hours for door-to-door sales.
• What the rep carries: The company's city business license. A person required to have a business license who has no fixed place of business "shall carry such license at all times when conducting the business activity" and show it to a city official on request (3.44.110(B)-(C)). No badge is named.
• Code: Palmdale Municipal Code Chapter 3.44, Business License Tax (3.44.040, 3.44.110); Chapter 5.04, Business Regulation (5.04.150, businesses requiring a business permit; 5.04.470, mobile vending).
• Worth knowing: Trespass signs bind: no one may enter private property not open to the public without consent where the code's "THIS PROPERTY CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC" signs are posted (9.44.030). Chapter 9.51 covers aggressive panhandling, not sales.
• Read it yourself: Palmdale Municipal Code (title list) · Palmdale Municipal Code Title 5 (chapter list) · Palmdale Municipal Code Chapter 5.04, Business Regulation · Palmdale Municipal Code Chapter 3.44, Business License Tax · Palmdale Municipal Code Title 9 (chapter list) · Palmdale Municipal Code Chapter 9.44, Trespass on Private Property · City of Palmdale — Business License · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does the Business License Division treat a for-profit door-to-door sales crew as needing anything beyond the general business license? The business license tax for an out-of-town company with reps in Palmdale, and whether each rep needs a copy; Does the city enforce any hours for door-to-door sales? Does a No Soliciting sign carry any weight under the code, or only the 9.44.030 trespass sign? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: No door-to-door solicitor permit was found in the Pasadena Municipal Code. Title 5 (Business Licenses and Regulations) has no peddler, solicitor or canvasser chapter — its only solicitation chapter is 5.34, Charitable Solicitations — and Title 9 has none either. What still applies is the city's general business license: "every person engaged in business, whether or not at a fixed place of business within the city" pays the business license tax (5.04.040), it is unlawful to engage in business without the license (5.16.010), and a licensee with no fixed place of business in the city must keep the license on their person while working (5.10.170(B)).
• Where it comes from: The Department of Finance, Business Services Section, issues the general business license. No office issues a solicitor permit because the code sets none up.
• Fee: None for a solicitor permit; there isn't one. The company's business license tax depends on its classification under Chapter 5.16 and was not worked out here. The only "solicitor or peddler" tax line in the code is the special New Year's Day (Tournament of Roses) tax in 5.16.070, which is a one-day event tax, not a door-to-door permit.
• Hours you may knock: Not set. Former § 9.36.130 (hawkers and peddlers), which had set noise-based hours, was repealed by Ord. No. 7436 on October 28, 2024 and the section is now Reserved. No replacement hours rule for door-to-door sales was found.
• What the rep carries: The business license. A licensee "not operating at a fixed place of business in the city shall keep the license upon his person at all times while engaged in business within the city" (5.10.170(B)). No badge is named.
• What takes the time: Nothing solicitor-specific. No background check or fingerprinting for door-to-door reps appears in the code.
• Code: Pasadena Municipal Code Title 5, Article I (5.04.040, 5.10.170) and Chapter 5.16 (5.16.010, 5.16.070); Title 9, Chapter 9.36 (§ 9.36.130 repealed by Ord. No. 7436). Codified through Ordinance No. 7469, enacted May 18, 2026.
• Worth knowing: The City Council repealed the hawkers-and-peddlers noise-hours rule specifically to avoid a First Amendment "speaker-based distinction" problem, per the City Attorney's Ordinance Fact Sheet — general noise-hours rules elsewhere in Chapter 9.36 still apply to everyone. Chapter 9.44, Distribution of Unsolicited Written Material, is also repealed and Reserved, so the code has no handbill rule either.
• Read it yourself: Pasadena Municipal Code Title 5, Article II - Specific Businesses (full chapter list read from the sidebar on the Chapter 5.48 page) · Pasadena Municipal Code Title 5, Article I - Generally (Chapters 5.02-5.12) · Pasadena Municipal Code Chapter 5.16 - Fees for Miscellaneous Businesses · Pasadena Municipal Code Title 9, Article IV - Offenses Against Public Peace (Chapter 9.36, 9.44) · City of Pasadena Department of Finance — Business Licenses · City of Pasadena Ordinance Fact Sheet, Oct. 21, 2024 (Ordinance No. 7436) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Business Services Section (626-744-4166): does a for-profit door-to-door crew need anything beyond the general business license? Which Chapter 5.16 classification and tax applies to an out-of-town company whose reps sell door to door in Pasadena, and does each rep need a license card? Are there any knocking-hours rules now that the peddler-hours noise section is repealed? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: Yes — every peddler or solicitor needs a City of Pomona business license. "All individuals and companies doing business in the City of Pomona are required by the City Code (Section 50-331, et. seq.) to obtain a City of Pomona Business License," and the license tax schedule has its own "Peddlers or solicitors" category, billed per person (50-412(19)).
• Where it comes from: The Business License Unit, Revenue Management Division, City Hall, City of Pomona.
• Fee: $37.50 per day or $149.00 per quarter for a peddler or solicitor working on foot (50-412(19)(a)); $61.50 per day or $327.25 per quarter by vehicle, plus $19.50 per day or $74.00 per quarter for each helper working with a vehicle-based peddler (50-412(19)(b)) — per the city's 2026-27 Business Tax Schedule.
• Hours you may knock: Not published. No permitted-hours or curfew provision for peddling or soliciting was found in Chapter 50 (Taxation) or in the part of Chapter 30 (Licenses, Permits and Miscellaneous Regulations) that could be read.
• What the rep carries: Not published in the sections read.
• What takes the time: Not published — Chapter 50, Article VIII is a tax schedule; it does not describe a background check, fingerprinting, or processing period for a peddler/solicitor license.
• Code: Pomona City Code Chapter 50, Taxation, Article VIII — Business License Tax, § 50-412(19) (Peddlers or solicitors), referencing the city's own Business License Tax Schedule.
• Worth knowing: Chapter 30 of the City Code is titled "Licenses, Permits and Miscellaneous Regulations" and likely holds Pomona's regulatory (as opposed to tax) rules for peddlers or solicitors — sign posting, hours, background checks — but its Municode table of contents would not render section links for the reader tool used this session, and the specific article could not be located within the time budget. Worth checking directly with the clerk or Municode's site search.
• Read it yourself: City of Pomona Business License page (cites City Code § 50-331 et seq.) · Pomona City Code § 50-412, Article VIII Business License Tax schedule categories · City of Pomona 2026-27 Business Tax Schedule (PDF) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Is there a separate regulatory solicitor/peddler permit (background check, badge) in Chapter 30, apart from the Chapter 50 business license tax? What hours are door-to-door solicitors allowed to knock in Pomona? Is a badge or photo ID required to be worn while soliciting? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a Solicitation Permit for each rep before any commercial door-to-door solicitation (9.31.020(A)).
• Where it comes from: The Finance Director issues the permit and identification card; the Rancho Cucamonga Police Department does the fingerprinting and criminal records check (9.31.020(C), (E)).
• Fee: $179 for a new Solicitation Permit ($119 to renew), covering investigation and the identification card required under RCMC Chapter 9.31, per the city's Master Fee Schedule. The city also charges a flat-rate business tax of $50 a year (or $10 a day) on peddlers and persons soliciting, canvassing or taking orders (Municipal Code § 5.04.350).
• Hours you may knock: Sunrise to sunset — it is unlawful to solicit at any residence from sunset in one day to sunrise the next (9.31.010(D)).
• What the rep carries: The identification card issued by the Finance Department's business license division, plus a valid driver's license or other photo ID, shown to any prospective customer or officer on request (9.31.020(F)).
• What takes the time: Two passport photos, fingerprinting by the Rancho Cucamonga Police Department, and a criminal records check on the applicant (9.31.020(C)).
• Code: Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Code, Chapter 9.31, Solicitation, § 9.31.020 (Noncharitable solicitation) and § 9.31.010 (general restrictions).
• Worth knowing: No person under 16 may solicit unless accompanied by an adult (9.31.010(E)). Aggressive solicitation — blocking, following or using threatening language — is separately banned in any public place (9.31.010(C)).
• Read it yourself: Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Code Chapter 9.31 · City of Rancho Cucamonga Master Fee Schedule (July 1, 2026) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: The current LiveScan/DOJ fingerprint fee, which is charged in addition to the $179 permit fee; Whether the $50/year flat-rate business tax under § 5.04.350 is billed separately from the $179 Chapter 9.31 permit fee, or only one applies. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: The soliciting chapter sets rules but no solicitor permit. What the code does require is a city business tax certificate before doing any business in Riverside (5.04.040), and the soliciting chapter says it does not replace that (5.08.060).
• Where it comes from: Riverside Municipal Code Chapter 5.08, Soliciting, and Chapter 5.04, Taxes, Licenses and Regulations. Business tax certificates come from the city's Business Tax office in Finance.
• Fee: No permit fee, because Chapter 5.08 has no permit. The business tax depends on the business category in 5.04.300. The printed rate for itinerant peddlers and salesmen, people selling goods they carry with them, is $30.00 daily for each peddler, salesman or employee, and 5.04.330 adjusts every tax each November 1 by the consumer price index, so the amount charged today is not the printed one. The code lists no separate rate for a solicitor who takes orders.
• Hours you may knock: No door to door solicitation before 8:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m. (5.08.040). A No Soliciting sign can post tighter hours and they bind you.
• What the rep carries: The business tax certificate. A certificate holder soliciting or peddling with no fixed place of business in the city keeps it on their person at all times while working (5.04.200 B).
• What takes the time: Nothing in Chapter 5.08: no background check, bond or badge. The time is in registering for the business tax certificate; the code gives no processing time.
• Code: Riverside Municipal Code 5.08.010 to 5.08.060 (Ord. 6898, 2006, amended through Ord. 7757, 2026) and 5.04.040, 5.04.200, 5.04.300, 5.04.330. Municode showed the code as "Version: Aug 3, 2026 (current)" on the day checked.
• Worth knowing: A posted sign reading "Soliciting at this location is a violation of law", or similar wording, makes the knock unlawful unless you were invited (5.08.020 B). Leave when asked (5.08.020 A). No stepping over the threshold or putting a foot in the door unless the occupant allows it (5.08.030 D). One loose end: the veterans' tax-free certificate provision in 5.04.090 T says the applicant "must obtain a solicitors permit issued by the City Police Department", but the Police Department's File for a Permit page lists no solicitor permit.
• Read it yourself: Riverside Municipal Code Chapter 5.08, Soliciting · Riverside Municipal Code Chapter 5.04, Taxes, Licenses and Regulations · Riverside Police Department, File for a Permit · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does the Police Department still issue a solicitors permit, and does a for-profit door-to-door rep need one? Which business tax category covers reps who take orders at the door, and what is this year's amount? Does each rep need a business tax certificate, or does the company's certificate cover the crew? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: Yes — a City of Roseville business license carrying the door-to-door solicitation special condition, plus a door-to-door solicitor's permit from the Police Department, before soliciting (10.36.010).
• Where it comes from: The Police Department issues the solicitor's permit; a representative applies in person with the business license, the permit application and photo ID for every employee who will solicit (city Door-to-Door Solicitation permit page).
• Fee: $50 for the initial Solicitor Permit application ($30 to renew), plus a $32 Department of Justice fee and, if applicable, a $17 FBI fingerprinting fee, per the city's User and Regulatory Fee Study effective July 1, 2026.
• Hours you may knock: Not published. Municipal Code Chapter 10.36 (Soliciting) sets no clock-hour restriction on when a solicitor may knock.
• What the rep carries: A copy of the validated registration application and photograph identification, displayed immediately to any solicitee or Roseville police officer on request (10.36.020(B)).
• What takes the time: LiveScan fingerprinting and a Department of Justice background check, per the city's fee study; the code itself sets no processing timeline.
• Code: Roseville Municipal Code, Chapter 10.36, Soliciting (§§ 10.36.010–10.36.030).
• Worth knowing: It is unlawful to solicit, peddle or hawk at any house posted with a clearly visible sign prohibiting solicitation or peddling — a sign prohibiting either is read to prohibit both (10.36.030).
• Read it yourself: Roseville Municipal Code Chapter 10.36 · City of Roseville — Door-to-door Solicitation permit page · City of Roseville User and Regulatory Fee Study, effective 7-1-26 · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether Roseville has any clock-hour restriction on door-to-door solicitation, even though Chapter 10.36 does not state one; Confirm the $50 initial / $30 renewal Solicitor Permit fee is what's currently charged; How long the business license and solicitor permit approval takes once fingerprints are submitted. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes, if the rep takes money up front. The code requires a solicitor's license for anyone going house to house selling or taking orders for goods or future services, but only for solicitors who "demand, accept or receive payment or deposit of money in advance of final delivery" (5.116.010, 5.116.020). A separate police permit covers house-to-house canvassers of newspapers, magazines and books (5.116.120). The license is written for the person who solicits; the code does not mention a company license.
• Where it comes from: Sacramento City Code Chapter 5.116, Article I, Solicitors Generally. The code says the application goes to the city controller (5.116.030). The Revenue Division's Business Permits and Taxes page lists a Solicitor/Canvasser permit, form SPD 384, among the permits issued by the Police Department, with applications and fees taken at the Revenue Division public counter. The code and the city page name different offices; the city page is the current practice as the city describes it.
• Fee: $159 for the Solicitor/Canvasser permit, per the Revenue Division's permit table. The code puts no dollar figure on it: a nonrefundable application fee is "established by resolution of the city council" and is on top of any business tax under Chapter 3.08 (5.116.080). The city page does not say whether fingerprinting is extra.
• Hours you may knock: Chapter 5.116 sets no knocking hours, and the city's permit page gives none. No other solicitation chapter appears in the Title 5 or Title 9 chapter lists.
• What the rep carries: The code names no badge or ID card. Every order must be in writing, in duplicate, stating the terms and the amount paid in advance, with one copy handed to the buyer (5.116.070).
• What takes the time: A bond in the penal sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00), from a surety company or two responsible freeholders residing in the city, or a cash bond of equal amount, filed with the application (5.116.040). A cash deposit is held ninety (90) days after the license expires (5.116.050). The code names no background check or processing time; the SPD 384 application says application fees are non refundable.
• Code: Sacramento City Code Chapter 5.116, Solicitors and Canvassers: 5.116.010 definition, 5.116.020 license required, 5.116.030 application, 5.116.040 to 5.116.060 bond, 5.116.070 written orders, 5.116.080 fees, 5.116.090 penalty (infraction). The host says the code is current through Supplement No. 4, July 2026, and includes Ordinance 2026-0019, passed August 25, 2026.
• Worth knowing: Article III of the same chapter makes anyone soliciting information for commercial purposes give a disclosure (5.116.170). Chapter 5.116 has no "No Soliciting" sign rule and no do-not-knock registry.
• Read it yourself: City of Sacramento, Business Permits and Taxes · Sacramento Police Department Permit Application SPD 384 · Sacramento City Code Chapter 5.116, Article I, Solicitors Generally · Sacramento City Code Chapter 5.116 (section list) · Sacramento City Code (currency statement) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does the $159 Solicitor/Canvasser permit apply to a rep who takes no money at the door? Is the permit issued per rep or per company, and does the $159 include fingerprinting? Which office takes the application now: the Police Department, the Revenue Division counter, or both? How long does approval take once the $500 bond is filed? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a city business license, not a separate solicitor permit. Salinas makes it unlawful to carry on any business in the city “without first having procured a license from the city” (19-4), and the license chapter defines a “Solicitor” as anyone who travels house to house and “solicits or takes orders for” goods “or for services to be performed in the future” (19-1). It then sets a license tax line for “Soliciting, peddling and other transient business not at a fixed location in the city” (19-35). Chapter 24 (Solicitation) adds conduct rules — hours, signs, leave when asked — and creates no permit of its own.
• Where it comes from: The city's license collector (Finance) issues the business license under Chapter 19. The chapter says it is “enacted solely to raise revenue for municipal purposes and is not intended for regulation” (19-2) — it is a license tax, with no background check written into it.
• Fee: $50 per day or $200 per quarter for “Soliciting, peddling and other transient business not at a fixed location in the city or otherwise covered in this chapter” (19-35). The code does not say in that line whether the tax is per company or per rep; “person” in the chapter excludes a salaried employee, defined to include someone paid on a commission basis with no ownership stake (19-1). Daily taxes are payable in advance each day, quarterly on the first day of January, April, July and October (19-20).
• Hours you may knock: Seven a.m. to nine p.m. — “No solicitor shall ring the bell or knock on the door of, or attempt to gain entrance to, any residence after nine p.m. of any day and before seven a.m. of any day.” (24-5).
• What the rep carries: The business license. A licensee with no fixed place of business in the city “shall keep the license upon his person at all times while transacting and carrying on the business” (19-19(b)). Chapter 24 requires no badge or photo ID.
• What takes the time: Not published. Chapter 19 sets no background check, fingerprinting or processing time; the first-license application is a sworn statement to the collector plus an application fee set elsewhere in the code (Chapter 11B), which was not read (19-10).
• Code: Salinas Municipal Code, Chapter 19, Licenses (19-1, 19-4, 19-19, 19-20, 19-35), and Chapter 24, Solicitation (24-1–24-8).
• Worth knowing: A posted “No Solicitors” or “No Peddlers” sign makes it unlawful to solicit there, and a solicitor must leave when asked (24-3). Handing out or leaving printed commercial material at a residence needs the occupant's permission first (24-4). Commercial solicitation for tangible goods or subscriptions is barred on public streets and sidewalks and in doorways “immediately abutting thereon” (24-6).
• Read it yourself: Salinas Municipal Code Chapter 19, Licenses · Salinas Municipal Code Chapter 24, Solicitation · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Is the $50 per day / $200 per quarter soliciting license tax charged per company or per rep, and does each rep carry a copy? Do commission-only or 1099 reps each need their own business license, or are they covered by the company's? Does a company that already holds a Salinas business license under another category still pay the soliciting line for a door-to-door crew? What is the first-license application fee under Chapter 11B, on top of the license tax? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. Anyone acting as a solicitor, as Title 5 of the San Bernardino Municipal Code defines it, must get a Business Registration Certificate from the City Clerk's office, and separately get an identification and registration card from the City Police Department. Both are per person.
• Where it comes from: The city's own Important Business Regulations page, under "Solicitors," and the Business Registration Certificate rules in Municipal Code Chapter 5.04. The certificate comes from the Finance Department / City Clerk; the ID and registration card comes from the Police Department.
• Fee: Not a fixed number in the code. The Business Registration Certificate fee "shall be set from time to time by Resolution of the Mayor and City Council," and the police ID/registration card "requires a fee" with no amount given on the city's own regulations page (909-384-5742 for current figures). The city's Master Fee Schedule has no line item for a solicitor or peddler permit.
• Hours you may knock: Not published. Chapter 5.04 sets no knocking-hours restriction for solicitors, and no separate solicitor-hours section was found in the code.
• What the rep carries: The identification and registration card issued by the Police Department, since the city requires every solicitor to obtain one before soliciting.
• What takes the time: Not published. The city directs applicants to call the Police Department at 909-384-5742 for scheduled processing times.
• Code: San Bernardino Municipal Code Title 5, Chapter 5.04 (Business Registration), current through Ord. MC-1666 (passed 8-5-2026).
• Read it yourself: City of San Bernardino, Important Business Regulations · San Bernardino Municipal Code 5.04.030 · City of San Bernardino Master Fee Schedule · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: What is the Business Registration Certificate fee for a solicitor, and is it per rep or per company? What does the Police Department ID/registration card cost, and how long does it take to issue? Are there city knocking hours for solicitors, or does the code set none? Is a background check or fingerprinting required for the police card? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: On paper, yes: the code tells every solicitor to register with the Police Department and get an identification card (33.1402). In practice, no: San Diego Police Department Order OR 22-02 says no permits shall be required, issued, or administered under those sections, and the City Treasurer stopped issuing solicitor's permits on January 1, 2019.
• Where it comes from: San Diego Municipal Code Chapter 3, Article 3, Division 14 (33.1401 to 33.1411), read against SDPD Order OR 22-02, which tells officers to cease enforcement of those sections.
• Fee: None being collected. The code mentions an application fee (33.1405) but sets no amount, and the City Treasurer's police-permit fee table does not list a solicitor permit.
• Hours you may knock: The code bars soliciting from 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. local time, except by prior appointment (33.1410). That section is inside the range SDPD Order OR 22-02 says officers no longer enforce, but it is still the written rule.
• What the rep carries: Nothing city-issued right now. The code calls for the police identification card displayed on the front of the person (33.1402), but the card is not being issued.
• What takes the time: Nothing at the city level while the order stands. The code allows the police to require two photographs and fingerprints (33.1403).
• Code: San Diego Municipal Code 33.1401 to 33.1411, Division 14: Solicitors, Peddlers and Interviewers. The city's PDF is stamped (2-2004).
• Worth knowing: A posted "No Solicitors" or similar sign with letters at least one half inch high is binding, and a solicitor "whether registered or not" must leave (33.1407, 33.1408). Parts of downtown, La Jolla and the border area are closed to street soliciting without a City Manager permit (33.1406).
• Read it yourself: San Diego Municipal Code Ch. 3, Art. 3, Div. 14 · SDPD Order OR 22-02, Enforcement of Soliciting Laws · City Treasurer, Police Regulated Business Activities · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Is SDPD Order OR 22-02 still in effect, or has a newer order replaced it? Does the city want a Business Tax Certificate from an out-of-town door-to-door company? Is the 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. rule in 33.1410 being enforced on complaint? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: No door-to-door sales permit was found in the San Francisco codes. The Police Code article list has no peddler, solicitor or canvasser article (Article 9.6 covers charitable solicitation only), and SFPD says it no longer issues peddler permits. The one selling permit in the codes is the Public Works Vendor permit, and it is required to vend "on any City property, including a public right-of-way" (Public Works Code 5.9-3). This rests on reading the article and section lists, not on a city statement, so confirm with the City Clerk Call Sheet before the team knocks.
• Where it comes from: The San Francisco Police Code and Public Works Code on the city's code host, and the San Francisco Police Department Permits page. Public Works issues the Vendor permit (5.9-2, "Permitting Agency").
• Fee: None found for door-to-door sales, because no door-to-door permit was found. The Business and Tax Regulations Code Article 2 license fee list has no peddler, solicitor or canvasser line. The Vendor permit fee is set by a Public Works fee schedule the code tells the department to publish (5.9-5(d)); that schedule was not read.
• Hours you may knock: None found. No section read sets hours for knocking on residential doors. Vendor permits carry their own permitted hours (5.9-6(f)), which applies to vending on City property.
• What the rep carries: Nothing found for door-to-door sales. A permitted Vendor on City property must prominently display the Vendor permit (5.9-3(b)).
• Code: San Francisco Police Code (Articles 13 and 17 section lists read, no peddler or solicitor sections); Public Works Code Article 5.9, Sec. 5.9-3 and 5.9-2, 5.9-5, 5.9-6, 5.9-7; Public Works Code Sec. 184.70. The host says the codes were last updated through Ordinance 133-26, File No. 260686, approved July 23, 2026, effective August 23, 2026.
• Worth knowing: Leaving flyers or door hangers: it is unlawful to leave a handbill on a porch, yard, steps, hallway or mailbox of a premises that posts a "No Handbills" sign of at least eight square inches, without the occupant's written permission, and anything left must be folded or placed so the wind cannot blow it away (Public Works Code 184.70(b), (c)). Vendors must register with the Tax Collector under Article 12, Business Registration, if applicable (5.9-6(g)); whether a door-to-door sales company must register was not read.
• Read it yourself: San Francisco Police Department, Permits · San Francisco codes, overview and article lists · Public Works Code Sec. 5.9-3, Permit and Identification Required · Public Works Code Sec. 5.9-2, Definitions · Public Works Code Sec. 5.9-5, Permit Application; Fee · Public Works Code Sec. 5.9-6, Vending Restrictions and Requirements · Public Works Code Sec. 184.70, Distribution of Handbills on Private Premises · Police Code Article 13 (section list) · Police Code Article 17 (section list) · Business and Tax Regulations Code Article 2 (section list) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does a for-profit door-to-door sales rep need any city permit or registration in San Francisco? Does Public Works treat a rep walking door to door as a Roaming Vendor under Article 5.9? Are there set hours for residential door-to-door sales? Does the company need a San Francisco business registration certificate to canvass? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: Not clearly. The San Jose code has no chapter aimed at door-to-door sales of services. The Peddler Permit Ordinance (Chapter 6.54) defines peddling as selling on a street, sidewalk, right-of-way, park or other public place (6.54.070). The one house-to-house permit in the code is for selling subscriptions to periodicals, books or other publications (6.20.010). Confirm with the Police Permits Unit before the team knocks.
• Where it comes from: San Jose Municipal Code Title 6: Chapter 6.54, Peddler Permit Ordinance and Chapter 6.20, Canvassers of Periodicals. Both permits come from the chief of police.
• Fee: No fee is published for door-to-door sales as such. The San Jose Police Department permit fee schedule, effective July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027, lists the peddler fees the police would charge if they treat the team as peddlers: Peddler Mobile Permit, new, $229; Employee License Fee $296; Identification Card $66 per two years. The Periodicals Canvasser permit is $172 per two years. County fingerprinting and PD ID card fees may be added. Both code chapters send you to this schedule (6.54.310, 6.20.050).
• Hours you may knock: The code sets no hours for door-to-door sales as such. If the police treat the team as peddlers, peddling in residential areas is allowed only 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time and 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Savings Time (6.54.205).
• What the rep carries: A peddler wears in plain sight a photo ID card provided by the chief of police (6.54 operating regulations). Nothing is published for door-to-door sellers outside that chapter.
• What takes the time: For the periodicals canvasser permit: two photographs, fingerprints, and up to two weeks for the chief of police to investigate; the permit lasts six months (6.20.030, 6.20.040).
• Code: San Jose Municipal Code Chapters 6.54 and 6.20. Municode shows the code as "Version: Jul 21, 2026 (current)".
• Read it yourself: San Jose Municipal Code Chapter 6.54 · San Jose Municipal Code Chapter 6.20 · San Jose Police Department, Permit Fees · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does a rep selling a service door to door at private homes need a peddler business permit and peddler employee license, or nothing? If yes, which of the peddler fees apply per company and per rep ($229 mobile permit, $296 employee license, $66 ID card)? Do the residential peddling hours in 6.54.205 apply to door-to-door sales? Is a San Jose business tax certificate required for an out-of-town company? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes: a business license, and it reaches every rep. Anyone going place to place taking orders for goods or services pays a solicitor's license tax unless otherwise licensed or established in the city (21-107). The company can take out a Principal's Solicitor's License instead and list every rep (21-108); the city then issues a Peddler/Solicitor Card to each person on the list.
• Where it comes from: Santa Ana Municipal Code Chapter 21, Article IX, sections 21-107 to 21-109. Issued by the Business Tax Office in Finance, 20 Civic Center Plaza, (714) 647-5447. Forms and current rate sheets are on the city's Business license tax forms page.
• Fee: On the city's rate sheets effective 11/1/2025: Peddler/Solicitor (Principal) $ 440.00, plus $ 39.00 for each person engaged in peddling. A solicitor licensed on their own as principal is $275 annually, and an independent contractor solicitor is $ 39 annually. Each sheet adds a $ 4.00 State Disability Access fee and a $ 17.00 Registration Fee. The code prints older base amounts (21-120s) and adjusts them every November 1 by the consumer price index (21-120).
• Hours you may knock: Not set. The peddler and solicitor sections of Chapter 21 give no knocking hours, and neither do the city's business license pages.
• What the rep carries: The Peddler/Solicitor Card the city issues to each listed rep; the form says cards cannot be swapped or transferred. The city's license regulations page adds that anyone without a fixed business address must physically carry the Business License Tax Receipt (or decal card) and present it on request.
• What takes the time: Paperwork, not vetting. The collector will not issue the principal's license until the company files a list of every peddler and solicitor and signs an agreement to report personnel changes in writing within five days (21-108). Sellers of taxable goods must give a state seller's permit number first (21-109). No background check, fingerprinting or bond appears in these sections. No processing time is posted.
• Code: Santa Ana Municipal Code 21-107, 21-108, 21-109 (Ord. No. NS-1922, 1987, amended through Ord. No. NS-3028, 2022), rates at 21-120p and 21-120s, inflation adjustment at 21-120. Municode showed the code as "Version: Sep 1, 2026 (current)" on the day checked.
• Worth knowing: A company with a fixed place of business in Santa Ana for at least ninety days, with a state seller's permit number for it, is outside 21-107 (21-107 b). The city's FAQ exempts wholesale reps calling on existing clients. The principal's list has to stay current: every change in who is knocking goes to the Business Tax Office within five days, by the form or by email to the address printed on it.
• Read it yourself: Santa Ana Municipal Code Chapter 21, Article IX (21-107 to 21-109) · Santa Ana Municipal Code Chapter 21, Article X, Rates and Schedules · City of Santa Ana 2026/2027 Business License Tax Fee Schedule, Variable Flat Rate · City of Santa Ana 2026 Business License Tax Fee Schedule, Flat Rate · City of Santa Ana Report of Peddlers/Solicitors form · City of Santa Ana FAQ on peddling and soliciting licenses · City of Santa Ana, Regulations Applicable to Business Licenses · City of Santa Ana Business license tax forms · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Are there set hours for residential door-to-door sales anywhere in the code? Is there a No Soliciting sign rule that binds commercial reps? How long does it take to get the Peddler/Solicitor Cards after the list is filed? Does the $ 17.00 Registration Fee apply once per company or per rep? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. It is unlawful to engage in solicitation or peddling in Santa Clara without a permit issued by the Chief of Police (5.05.020).
• Where it comes from: Santa Clara City Code Chapter 5.05 (Solicitors and Peddlers). Applications go to the Police Department's Permits Unit; the Chief of Police reviews and approves them (5.05.040, 5.05.070).
• Fee: $377 for the Solicitor/Peddler Application plus a fingerprinting fee, $161 to renew, or $161 for an employee-only permit under an already-permitted business — per the city's own Fees & Fines schedule. The code itself (5.05.060) says the fee is set by Council resolution and applies to each individual solicitor or peddler.
• Hours you may knock: 10:00 a.m. to one-half hour after sunset — soliciting or peddling is barred "between one-half hour after sunset and 10:00 A.M. of the following day" (5.05.170(c)).
• What the rep carries: The Chief of Police-issued identification card with photo, worn in plain sight at all times while soliciting or peddling, and shown to any city official on demand (5.05.080, 5.05.170(d)).
• What takes the time: Fingerprinting at the time of application, plus a Police Department background investigation into the applicant's statements and history (5.05.050, 5.05.060).
• Code: Santa Clara City Code 5.05.005 through 5.05.190 (Solicitors and Peddlers). Code current through legislation dated January 27, 2026.
• Worth knowing: A sign reading "No Solicitors," "No Peddlers" or similar posted at a residence or business bars a rep from ringing the bell or knocking there, licensed or not (5.05.190). The permit is denied for certain violent, sex, or property-crime convictions in the past five years (5.05.090).
• Read it yourself: Santa Clara City Code Chapter 5.05, Article I - General Provisions · City of Santa Clara Police Department Fees & Fines · Santa Clara City Code Table of Contents · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether the $377 application fee or the $161 employee-only fee applies when our company already has a permitted business; How long the fingerprinting and background check take to clear. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes: a solicitor's license, and the city does not issue it. It comes from the Los Angeles County Treasurer and Tax Collector on the city's behalf (11.37.020 A). Every rep needs one. Soliciting covers taking orders for goods or services for future delivery anywhere other than a fixed place of business (11.37.010).
• Where it comes from: Santa Clarita Municipal Code Chapter 11.37, Peddlers, Sidewalk Vendors, and Solicitors. The city adopts Los Angeles County Code Title 7 as its business license code (5.02.010); the county's solicitor rules are in County Code Chapter 7.62.
• Fee: Not settled on paper. The county's fee table (County Code 7.14.010) lists Solicitor, Company (principal) at 175.00 the first year and 131.00 to renew, and Individual, not a principal, at the same 175.00 and 131.00. But Santa Clarita's code says fee references in Title 7 mean the fees set by City Council resolution (5.02.030), and the city's fee schedule for fiscal year 2026/27 has no solicitor line. Confirm the number with the county before you budget.
• Hours you may knock: Eight a.m. to sunset, as the city code writes it (11.37.050 A). The county's own rule is later in the evening, but the city's section is the one written for Santa Clarita.
• What the rep carries: The original solicitor's license on the person at all times, shown on request to an enforcement officer or to anyone being solicited (11.37.020 D). Valid California identification on request too (11.37.020 G).
• What takes the time: The code gives no processing time. A company that takes out a principal's solicitor's license must file a list of all its solicitors with the tax collector and report every change in personnel within five days (County Code 7.62.080 B). Licenses expire one year after issuance and are not transferable (11.37.020 H, I).
• Code: Santa Clarita Municipal Code 11.37.010 to 11.37.090 (Ord. 08-8, 2008; Ord. 18-10, 2018; Ord. 22-5, 2022) and 5.02.010 to 5.02.030; Los Angeles County Code 7.62.080, 7.62.090 and 7.14.010.
• Worth knowing: No soliciting at any home or business showing a "no solicitors or peddlers" sign or similar (11.37.050 C). A rep under eighteen must be with an adult who holds a solicitor's license (11.37.050 B). A revoked license cannot be renewed for one year (11.37.020 J).
• Read it yourself: Santa Clarita Municipal Code Chapter 11.37 · Santa Clarita Municipal Code Chapter 5.02 · Los Angeles County Code Chapter 7.62 · Los Angeles County Code 7.14.010 Fee Schedule · City of Santa Clarita Summary of Adopted Fees for Fiscal Year 2026/27 · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: What is the solicitor's license fee inside Santa Clarita, and is it per company, per rep, or both? How long does the county take to issue a solicitor's license? Is there a background check or fingerprinting? Which county office takes Santa Clarita applications? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a Solicitor's and Peddler's Permit for each individual before going door to door, or it is a misdemeanor (6-44.030, 6-44.100).
• Where it comes from: The Chief of Police issues the permit, through the Santa Rosa Police Department (6-44.070).
• Fee: $30 to the Police Department for processing the application, plus $32 charged by the Department of Justice for the LiveScan fingerprint check, per the city's Solicitor's and Peddler's Permit application.
• Hours you may knock: Eight a.m. to nine p.m. — it is unlawful to contact a residential occupant between nine p.m. and eight a.m. unless invited or known to the occupant (6-44.090(D)).
• What the rep carries: An identification card supplied by the Chief of Police, worn visibly, and the permit itself, shown on request (6-44.090(A)).
• What takes the time: LiveScan fingerprints must be taken before the application is submitted; the permit is issued or denied within 30 days of filing (6-44.050, 6-44.070).
• Code: Santa Rosa City Code, Chapter 6-44, Solicitors and Peddlers (§§ 6-44.010–6-44.100).
• Worth knowing: No peddling or soliciting at any premises clearly posted 'No Peddlers or Solicitors' (6-44.090(C)). The applicant's business must also hold a Chapter 6-04 business license and show proof of payment (6-44.060(B)).
• Read it yourself: Santa Rosa City Code Chapter 6-44 · Santa Rosa Solicitor's and Peddler's Permit Application · Santa Rosa Police Department Fee Schedule · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether the $30 processing fee and $32 DOJ fingerprint fee on file are still current; The current LiveScan rolling fee charged by the fingerprinting service, which is separate from the DOJ fee. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. Anyone acting as a solicitor, canvasser, peddler, hawker or transient merchant in Simi Valley must get a Solicitor's Permit from the Chief of Police before doing business (5-12.02).
• Where it comes from: Simi Valley Municipal Code Title 5, Chapter 12 (Itinerant Hawkers, Peddlers, Solicitors, and Merchants). Apply in person at City Hall, Administrative Services Department; the Chief of Police issues the permit.
• Fee: The city's Summary of Service Charges effective July 1, 2025 lists the Solicitor's Permit Fee as “New $ 240.85” and “Renewal $ 96.34”. The code itself (5-12.11) says the fee is set by Council resolution, and exempts seniors over 65, juveniles under 18, and qualifying disabled veterans.
• Hours you may knock: 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. — the code bars going to or entering a residence, hotel or dwelling "between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m." to solicit, unless the occupant invites it (5-12.15).
• What the rep carries: A half or full sheet laminated photographic identification permit, which must be shown whenever a law enforcement officer or the person being solicited asks to see it (5-12.14).
• What takes the time: A completed written application plus a Live Scan fingerprint; the city says permits are issued or denied within 10 days of receiving results from the Department of Justice, and the code sets a 10-working-day issuance deadline after a complete application (5-12.08).
• Code: Simi Valley Municipal Code 5-12.01 through 5-12.22 (Itinerant Hawkers, Peddlers, Solicitors, and Merchants). Code current through Ordinance No. 1367, adopted March 9, 2026, effective April 8, 2026.
• Worth knowing: A posted sign prohibiting solicitation, or showing the owner's wish not to be solicited, bars a rep from that address (5-12.16). Reps also may not solicit within a quarter mile of an elementary, junior high or high school between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on a school day (5-12.18).
• Read it yourself: Simi Valley Municipal Code Chapter 5-12 · City of Simi Valley Solicitor's Permit page · City of Simi Valley Summary of Service Charges, effective July 1, 2025 · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether a Home Occupation Permit is also required if any rep lives in the City; How the Live Scan fingerprint appointment is scheduled and how long results typically take. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes, per rep. Every solicitor files a business license application with a Police Clearance application and a Live Scan form, and the Chief of Police investigates before the license is delivered (5.08.270 E and F). The city's packet says in capitals: "YOU CANNOT CONDUCT BUSINESS UNTIL YOU RECEIVE YOUR PERMIT CARD".
• Where it comes from: Stockton Municipal Code Chapter 5.08, License Taxes, sections 5.08.260 to 5.08.280, read on the city's code host. The paperwork is the City of Stockton Peddlers / Solicitors application packet (revised 02/12/2026), filed with Revenue Services, Business License Tax, 501 W. Weber Avenue, (209) 937-8313, and linked from the city's Business Licenses page.
• Fee: The packet lists Fees: $319.25, made up of Annual Registration Tax $24.00, Annual Flat Rate Tax $50.00, Police Clearance Fees $241.25, and a State Disability Act Fee. The code sets the license at $50.00 per year per solicitor, $15.00 per quarter or $5.00 per day (5.08.270 B), and leaves the application and investigation fee to City Council resolution (5.08.270 E).
• Hours you may knock: The code sets none. The solicitor section (5.08.270) has no hours, and 5.08.280, as amended 12/16/2025, only bars sellers from stopping, standing or parking on a public street, sidewalk or park outside the street-vendor rules. The aggressive solicitation chapter (9.36) sets no residential hours either. The city's packet still reprints an older 5.08.280 with a school-grounds rule (within three hundred feet, prior to 4:00 p.m. on school days); that wording is not in the current code.
• What the rep carries: The permit card, plus an identification card worn plainly visible with at least the rep's name and employer. The company can make the ID card, or the city supplies one for $2.00 (5.08.270 D).
• What takes the time: The police clearance. Each rep fills out a Police Clearance application, brings a color copy of government ID and a Live Scan form, and the packet has a line for an appointment at 22 E Weber Ave. The application says the rep is fingerprinted on the first application and photographed annually. No processing time is given.
• Code: Stockton Municipal Code 5.08.260 (Peddler), 5.08.270 (Solicitor), 5.08.280 (Soliciting or peddling in public places, amended by Ord. 2025-12-16-1212-01), 5.12.010 (Exemptions) and Chapter 9.36 (Aggressive Solicitation). The host shows the code as including legislation through Ord. No. 2026-07-07-0902-02, adopted July 7, 2026.
• Worth knowing: Selling goods you carry and hand over on the spot makes you a peddler under 5.08.260, with the same $50.00 per year tax and the same police investigation. A solicitor exempt under 5.12.010 does not pay the license fee (5.08.270 B); that list includes a solicitor engaged in interstate commerce when the tax would burden that commerce. The code read has no "No Soliciting" sign rule or registry. All fees with the clearance application are non-refundable, per the form.
• Read it yourself: City of Stockton Peddlers / Solicitors application packet (revised 02/12/2026) · City of Stockton Business Licenses · Stockton Municipal Code Chapter 5.08, License Taxes (5.08.260 to 5.08.280) · Stockton Municipal Code Chapter 5.12, Exemptions and Exclusions · Stockton Municipal Code Chapter 9.36, Aggressive Solicitation · Stockton code table of contents (currency statement) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Is there a No Soliciting sign rule or registry the city enforces? How long does the police clearance take from the Live Scan to the permit card? Is the $319.25 per rep, and what is it at renewal? Does the city still apply the school-grounds rule printed in the packet? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a peddler license, per individual. "It is unlawful for any person to act as a peddler within the city without having first obtained a license... Each individual peddler shall obtain a license." (5.28.030). A separate business license under Chapter 5.04 is also required.
• Where it comes from: The Director of Public Safety, City of Sunnyvale (5.28.040, 5.28.060).
• Fee: $261 per peddler license, per the city's Master Fee Schedule (a $276 fee has been proposed but was not yet the adopted figure at the time this fee schedule attachment was published) (SMC Ch. 5.28). The code itself only says the fee is "sufficient to cover the cost to the city of processing the application" and "set by resolution of the city council" (5.28.050) — the dollar figure comes from that resolution's fee schedule, not the chapter text.
• Hours you may knock: Eight a.m. to nine p.m. — "It is unlawful for any person described in Section 5.28.010 of this chapter, whether licensed or unlicensed, to enter upon any residential premises between nine p.m. and eight a.m." (5.28.080).
• What the rep carries: The license and a city-issued photo identification badge, at all times while peddling, and must produce both on demand of anyone solicited or any public safety officer (5.28.100(a)). Two 1-inch by 1-inch head-and-shoulders photos are submitted with the application to make the badge (5.28.040(h)).
• What takes the time: A moral-character and business-reputation investigation of the applicant, including a criminal-history statement and two references from Santa Clara County residents (5.28.040, 5.28.060). The license expires one year after issuance (5.28.070).
• Code: Sunnyvale Municipal Code Chapter 5.28, Peddlers (5.28.010–5.28.140).
• Worth knowing: A posted "No Peddlers," "No Solicitors," or similar sign makes it unlawful to knock or ring the bell there, licensed or not (5.28.090). A peddler selling goods or services priced or asking for a donation of twenty dollars or less is exempt from the license and fee, but still bound by the hours and no-sign rules (5.28.030(b)).
• Read it yourself: Sunnyvale Municipal Code Chapter 5.28, Peddlers · City of Sunnyvale Master Fee Schedule (Attachment 1, Dept. of Public Safety fees) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Has the $276 proposed peddler/solicitor license fee been adopted, or is $261 still current? How long does the moral-character investigation under 5.28.060 typically take before a license and badge are issued? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: Yes. No one may work as a peddler, hawker, transient or itinerant merchant, solicitor, drummer or canvasser in Thousand Oaks without a City permit. The employer obtains a permit, and each employee who solicits, peddles or hawks for that employer must also get a City identification card (3-8.02).
• Where it comes from: The applicant appears in person before the Finance Department and, if the Finance Department directs, the Police Department, and files a written application on the City's form (3-8.03). The Chief of Police approves the application (3-8.04).
• Fee: Not published in the code. The code says only that "the fee for the processing of applications and permits pursuant to this chapter shall be as established by City Council resolution" (3-8.06); the resolution or fee schedule that sets the dollar amount is not posted anywhere this research could read it.
• Hours you may knock: Not published. Chapter 8, Peddlers and Solicitors, sets no knocking hours, and no separate hours section for door-to-door sales was found elsewhere in the code.
• What the rep carries: The City-issued permit or employee identification card, displayed or on the person at all times while soliciting or peddling, and the City-issued vendor's decal required under Title 5, Chapter 23; must be shown on request to any law enforcement or code enforcement officer (3-8.02).
• What takes the time: Every applicant is photographed and fingerprinted (3-8.07). A felony or misdemeanor conviction (guilty plea or nolo contendre included) is prima facie disqualifying, though the City may disregard it after weighing mitigating factors; a disqualified applicant can appeal in writing to the City Manager within 10 days, decided within 90 days (3-8.07).
• Code: Thousand Oaks Municipal Code, Title 3, Finance, Chapter 8, Peddlers and Solicitors (3-8.01 through 3-8.08), current through the 2026 S-78 Supplement (legislation passed through March 31, 2026).
• Read it yourself: Thousand Oaks Municipal Code, Chapter 8, Peddlers and Solicitors · Thousand Oaks Municipal Code 3-8.02, Permits: Required: Exception · Thousand Oaks Municipal Code 3-8.03, Permits: Applications: Form · Thousand Oaks Municipal Code 3-8.04, Permits: Applications: Approval · Thousand Oaks Municipal Code 3-8.06, Permits: Fees · Thousand Oaks Municipal Code 3-8.07, Photographs and fingerprints: Criminal conduct: Ineligibility for permits · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: The current permit fee under the City Council resolution referenced in 3-8.06; What hours of day door-to-door solicitation is permitted; Whether the city has a No Soliciting sign rule or a do-not-knock registry; How long the background check and permit approval typically takes. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. Anyone acting as a canvasser or solicitor in Torrance — going door to house taking or attempting to take orders for the sale of goods or services — needs a license (34.1.1, 34.1.2).
• Where it comes from: Torrance Municipal Code Division 3, Chapter 4, Article 1 (Canvassers and Solicitors). Applications go through the License Supervisor, with approval from the Chief of Police (34.1.4).
• Fee: $100 per year for each person acting as a canvasser or solicitor, or, if a company licenses itself, $865 plus $32 for each person representing that licensee as canvasser or solicitor in the City (34.1.1).
• Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. — the code bars ringing a bell or knocking after 9:00 p.m. and before 9:00 a.m. (34.1.5).
• What the rep carries: The code does not spell out a carry-in-the-field requirement for commercial solicitors, but the application process issues a license certificate or identification card with the applicant's photo attached (34.1.4).
• What takes the time: Fingerprints, a one-inch photo, a record of convictions, five years of employment history, and three personal references, plus Chief of Police sign-off before a license issues (34.1.4).
• Code: Torrance Municipal Code 34.1.1 through 34.1.9 (canvassers and solicitors); 34.1.6 (no-soliciting signs).
• Worth knowing: A sign reading "No Trespassing," "No Peddlers," "No Advertisement," "No Canvassers" or "No Solicitors" at a door bars a rep from knocking there unless a household member already invited them (34.1.6).
• Read it yourself: Torrance Municipal Code Chapter 4 Solicitors · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether the $100 per-person tax or the $865 + $32 company tax applies to our team; How long the background check and license issuance take; Whether a badge or ID card must be worn while knocking. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: Yes. Vallejo requires a Peddler/Solicitor permit before selling or taking orders in the city outside a fixed place of business; the chapter's definition of "Solicitor" expressly "includes door to door salespersons" (5.02.010, 5.02.030(A)).
• Where it comes from: Vallejo Municipal Code Chapter 5.02 (Sidewalk/Right-of-Way/Path Vending, Peddlers and Solicitors), effective April 16, 2025. Permits are issued by the Public Works Director or designee, applied for through the Planning & Development Services Department.
• Fee: Not published. The code (5.02.030) does not state a dollar fee, and the city's own Sidewalk Vending, Peddler and Solicitor Program page and its Master Fee Schedule (last updated FY 2020-2021, before this ordinance existed) do not list one either.
• Hours you may knock: Not published. Chapter 5.02's hours restrictions (5.02.050) apply only to sidewalk vending — roaming sidewalk vending in residential areas is limited to the operating hours of nine a.m. through six p.m. — and the chapter sets no separate knocking-hours rule for peddlers or solicitors.
• What the rep carries: A city-issued badge reading "Licensed Solicitor" or "Licensed Peddler" with the permit period and number, worn constantly on the front of the outer garment while working (5.02.030(E)).
• What takes the time: A completed application with a driver's license, ID or Social Security number, a California seller's permit, and general liability insurance naming the City as additional insured (5.02.030(C)). The chapter does not require fingerprinting or a criminal background check.
• Code: Vallejo Municipal Code 5.02.010 through 5.02.080 (Sidewalk/Right-of-Way/Path Vending, Peddlers and Solicitors), added by Ord. No. 1876 N.C. (2d), adopted December 17, 2024. Code current through Ordinance No. 1885 N.C. (2d), passed December 16, 2025.
• Worth knowing: Operating without the permit is an administrative violation fined up to $250 for a first offense, $500 for a second within a year, and $1,000 for each additional violation within a year (5.02.070(A)).
• Read it yourself: Vallejo Municipal Code Chapter 5.02 · City of Vallejo Sidewalk Vending, Peddler and Solicitor Program · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: The current dollar fee for a Peddler/Solicitor permit; Whether there is any knocking-hours restriction for door-to-door solicitors, not just sidewalk vendors; Whether a background check or fingerprinting is required in practice even though the code doesn't state one. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: Yes — every Solicitor, meaning each individual rep, must register. "Every Solicitor must register with the Business License Division of the City, apply for, and obtain a business license, and pay the required business license fee... prior to doing business in the City." (16-7.09.010(a)).
• Where it comes from: The City's Business License Division, with fingerprinting/live-scan handled by the Business License Division or the Police Department (16-7.09.010(b)).
• Fee: Not published in the code text: "The amount of business license fee to be paid to the City by any person seeking any business license listed in Article 6 of this Chapter shall be as set forth in the master fee schedule adopted by City Council resolution." (16-7.05.020(a)). The dollar figure itself was not located in the time available.
• Hours you may knock: Eight a.m. to seven p.m. in residential areas — "Solicitation in residential areas shall be prohibited between the hours of seven p.m. and eight a.m." (16-7.09.020(b)).
• What the rep carries: An identification and registration card bearing the rep's name, the company represented, and their photograph. "It shall be carried on the person of the Solicitor and shall be displayed to all residents or businesses at the beginning of the period of solicitation." (16-7.09.010(b)).
• What takes the time: Fingerprinting/live-scan for a background check, and two photographs, required of each individual solicitor (16-7.09.010(b)); the city's own out-of-city solicitor checklist confirms "a Live Scan/Fingerprinting is required and a Solicitor Permit must be issued" and asks for two 2"x2" passport-style photos per person. Each new solicitor added to an established company must be separately fingerprinted (16-7.09.010(c)(4)).
• Code: Victorville Municipal Code Title 16, Chapter 7, Article 9 — Specially Regulated Business, Solicitors (16-7.09.010–16-7.09.030), plus 16-7.05.020 (fee) and 16-7.06.120 (Solicitors business classification).
• Worth knowing: "No Solicitor shall ring the bell or knock on the door of any residence, dwelling, apartment, or business establishment... whereon a sign is posted bearing the words 'No Solicitors'." (16-7.09.020(a)). Every order taken must be written up in duplicate showing terms and any amount paid in advance, with a copy given to the buyer (16-7.09.020(c)).
• Read it yourself: Victorville Municipal Code Article 9, Specially Regulated Business - Solicitors · Victorville Municipal Code 16-7.06.120, Business Classifications - Solicitors · Victorville Municipal Code 16-7.05.020, Business license fee · City of Victorville, Out-of-City Solicitors/Peddlers Business License Requirements (PDF) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: What is the current business license fee for a Solicitor under the master fee schedule referenced in 16-7.05.020? How long does the live-scan background check typically take before a registration card is issued? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. "No individual shall peddle or solicit without having a valid, and in effect, business tax certificate from the city" (5.32.030), and "no individual shall peddle or solicit without first having complied with the provisions of this chapter" (5.32.010).
• Where it comes from: City of Visalia Business Tax Division (Finance), with fingerprints taken by the Visalia Police Department and sent to the California Department of Justice for approval (5.32.020).
• Fee: The itinerant-business category that covers peddlers and solicitors is billed "either $20 per day, $365 per month, or a business tax which is calculated on gross receipts of $1.00 per thousand," plus a $26.50 application fee due at submission — per the city's Business Tax Brochure. The code itself (5.04.280) sets the rate structure but leaves the minimum/maximum dollar amounts to city council resolution.
• Hours you may knock: Nine a.m. to sunset, or seven p.m., whichever comes first — "No individual shall peddle or solicit before the hour of nine a.m. of any day or after sunset or seven p.m. whichever is earlier." (5.32.040).
• What the rep carries: "All persons on the list shall carry credentials showing he/she is an authorized employee or representative of the employer. Each persons shall also carry a copy of the business tax certificate to be shown when asked for." (5.32.020(B)).
• What takes the time: The manager/owner (not every individual rep) must be fingerprinted and thumbprinted by the police department (which charges its own fee), and that card is sent to the California Department of Justice in Sacramento for approval before the business tax application can be completed and paid (5.32.020(A)); the city's own brochure confirms "the business manager/owner must complete a background check."
• Code: Visalia Municipal Code Chapter 5.32, Peddlers and Solicitors (5.32.010–5.32.050), and 5.04.280, Business tax fees.
• Worth knowing: The collector has discretion to waive compliance with this chapter, and can revoke that waiver at any time and require compliance (5.32.010(B)) — worth asking about at the counter. Itinerant businesses, the category peddlers and solicitors fall under, may operate in the city for a maximum of 90 days.
• Read it yourself: Visalia Municipal Code Chapter 5.32, Peddlers and Solicitors · Visalia Municipal Code 5.32.010 Compliance required · Visalia Municipal Code 5.32.020 Application process · Visalia Municipal Code 5.32.030 Business tax certificate required · Visalia Municipal Code 5.32.040 Hours of peddling and/or soliciting · Visalia Municipal Code 5.04.280 Business tax fees · City of Visalia 2026 Business Tax Brochure (PDF) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: What are the current council-set minimum and maximum semi-annual business tax amounts for the itinerant/peddler category under 5.04.280? Does the collector's discretionary waiver under 5.32.010(B) ever apply to an out-of-town fiber sales team? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes, but only a general one. Arvada's code has no dedicated Peddlers, Solicitors or Canvassers chapter. Instead, every person or company, including a nonresident vendor with no location in the city, must hold a city business license before engaging in business here (§§ 98-63(a), 98-80).
• Where it comes from: The City Clerk issues the business license (§ 98-63(a)).
• Fee: The business license "shall be granted at no charge" (§ 98-63(a)). The finance director may later set a renewal fee under a separate code section, but no dollar figure for a renewal fee is stated on the page read.
• Hours you may knock: Not published. No clock-time restriction on door-to-door canvassing was found in chapter 22 (Businesses), chapter 62 (Criminal Code), or chapter 94 (Streets, Sidewalks and Certain Other Public Places).
• What the rep carries: Not published: no rep-level badge, ID, or permit-carrying requirement was found for door-to-door sales.
• What takes the time: Not published: no background-check or processing-time language was found for the business license.
• Code: Code of Ordinances, City of Arvada, ch. 98, art. III (§§ 98-63, 98-80).
• Worth knowing: A separate section bars soliciting sales or business from occupants of vehicles on streets and highways (§ 62-62); that is a roadside/panhandling rule, not one that applies to knocking on doors.
• Read it yourself: Arvada Code of Ordinances § 98-63 - Business license required · Arvada Code of Ordinances § 98-80 - Nonresident vendors—License · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does the free business license under section 98-63 cover a door-to-door sales crew, or is there a separate process the code doesn't mention? Are there any city-set knocking hours for door-to-door commercial sales, even though none appear in the code? Is any rep-level ID, badge, or background check required beyond the company's business license? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a Door-to-Door Seller’s License for the business (86-227(a)), plus a picture identification card for every individual rep (86-227(b), 86-230). It covers itinerant sales of goods or services to the consuming public, delivered now or later; sales to commercial, industrial or business customers are outside it (86-226). Charitable organizations, newspaper subscription sellers and government are exempt (86-227(c)).
• Where it comes from: The Finance Department’s Tax and Licensing Division, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, Ste. 1100. The city points to Aurora Municipal Code 86-226 through 86-233.
• Fee: The code leaves the application, annual license and ID card fees to the director (86-233). Per the 2026 Aurora Supplemental License and Application Fees sheet, under Door Sellers: license application fee $19.00, license fee $23.00, digital ID card $23.00. The ID card expires 90 days from issue and cannot be renewed, so a new card and fee come due every 90 days (86-230(f)). On top of fees, the company posts a surety bond of $1,000.00 times the number of reps (86-229) and a sales tax deposit if it makes retail sales (86-228).
• Hours you may knock: The code sets none. Division 4 (86-226 to 86-233) has no knocking hours, and the city’s licensing page and guidelines give none either. Each rep’s ID card application must list the dates, times and routes the rep will work (86-230(b)(3)).
• What the rep carries: The city-issued picture identification card, carried at all times while selling (86-230(a)). The city’s Guidelines for Door-to-Door Direct Sell Agents say it must be worn. A rep caught without a valid card puts the company’s license up for suspension or revocation (86-232(3)).
• What takes the time: The surety bond — $1,000.00 per rep, two sureties or a corporate surety — and the sales tax deposit must both be in before the license issues (86-229, 86-231). Each rep applies for the ID card with a government photo ID, home address, date of birth, social security number, and the dates, times and routes to be worked (86-230). The card runs 90 days with no renewal, so a long blitz means re-applying. No background check or fingerprinting appears in the division. The city pages give no processing time.
• Code: Aurora City Code Chapter 86, Article IV, Division 4, Door-to-Door Seller’s License, 86-226 through 86-233: definitions (86-226), license required (86-227), sales tax deposit (86-228), surety bond (86-229), identification card (86-230), issuance (86-231), suspension (86-232), fees (86-233).
• Worth knowing: Changes to anything on a rep’s ID card application — including routes and times — must be filed in writing within five days (86-230(e)). The “No Soliciting” sign rule is in the city’s guidelines, not in Division 4: reps are told to stay out of a neighborhood with a sign at its entrance and not to disturb a home with one posted. A rep must never suggest the city employs them or endorses the product. The city also tells residents that some sellers need a contractor’s license for the work being sold, such as siding.
• Read it yourself: Aurora City Code 86-226 to 86-233, Door-to-Door Seller’s License · Aurora City Code Chapter 94, Article IV (section list checked for a door-to-door hours rule) · City of Aurora, Additional Licensing: Door to Door Seller’s License and Identification Card · City of Aurora, Guidelines for Door-to-Door Direct Sell Agents · 2026 Aurora Supplemental License and Application Fees · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Which fees are per company and which are per rep; The sales tax deposit amount for a company taking orders door to door; Whether any hours limit applies outside Division 4; How long the license and ID cards take to issue once the bond is posted. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: No city solicitor or peddler license. The City Clerk’s Business Licensing page says that, other than liquor and marijuana, “only those business types listed below require a business license issued by the City Clerk’s Office,” and door-to-door sales is not on the list. The city code matches: Chapter 2, Article 3 (Sales of Goods and Services) licenses massage, private security, tree service, trash haulers, escort services, mobile food vendors, pawnbrokers, going-out-of-business sales, taxicabs, funeral escorts, pedal-cabs and bicycle-share, and has no peddler, solicitor or canvasser part.
• Where it comes from: The City Clerk’s Office, 30 South Nevada Avenue, Suite 101, handles business licensing and publishes the list of licensed business types.
• Fee: None. There is no solicitor license to pay for. The clerk’s page quotes fees only for the license types it lists.
• Hours you may knock: The code sets no knocking hours in the sections read. The one solicitation section, 9.2.111, regulates aggressive soliciting and has no clock times.
• Code: Colorado Springs City Code, current through Ord. 26-23, passed June 9, 2026: Chapter 2, Article 3 (Sales of Goods and Services) for licensed business types, and 9.2.111 Solicitation Prohibited in the public offenses chapter.
• Worth knowing: 9.2.111(C)(2) makes it unlawful to keep soliciting on private or residential property after being asked to leave, and says displaying a “No Soliciting” sign counts as that request. The same section defines soliciting as a request “for a gift of money or other thing of value” — donations and panhandling, not sales — so on its text it does not reach a rep selling a service. The clerk’s overview says the city “licenses a limited selection of business types”; a sales tax license could still apply to the company.
• Read it yourself: City of Colorado Springs, Business Licensing · Office of the City Clerk, Business License Overview · Colorado Springs City Code 9.2.111 Solicitation Prohibited · Colorado Springs City Code Chapter 2, Article 3 Sales of Goods and Services · Colorado Springs City Code, overview and currency statement · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether any city registration or sales tax license is required for a company selling door to door at residences; Whether the city enforces “No Soliciting” signs against commercial sales reps, given 9.2.111 defines soliciting as asking for a gift; Whether any city rule sets hours for door-to-door sales. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a peddler’s license, and every rep gets their own. Door-to-door selling is named in the definition of “peddler,” whether or not anything is delivered at the time of sale (47-16), and a rep working for a company “shall individually obtain a peddler’s license” (47-17(a), 47-26). Selling only to business accounts is not peddling (47-16(b)(2)).
• Where it comes from: The Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection, 201 W. Colfax Ave., Dept. 206. Applications go through Denver’s online Permitting and Licensing Center.
• Fee: The city’s new-application page lists the license fee as $50. The code sets a $25.00 application fee plus the yearly peddler license fee (32-101). The city page shows the $25 application fee and a $16.50 fingerprint fee under the peddler sponsor heading, so confirm what a standard adult rep is charged at checkout. The state CBI background check is bought separately.
• Hours you may knock: No door-to-door sales at residences from one-half hour after sunset until 8:00 a.m. the next day (47-18(d)).
• What the rep carries: The license card, attached to clothing and visible to the public whenever peddling, and shown on demand to an inspector, an officer or the person being solicited (47-32). The city says the badge goes on the outermost clothing and the emailed license, or a clear picture of it, is carried too.
• What takes the time: A CBI background check completed within the past seven days, a government ID, a headshot that meets badging criteria, and the city’s criminal history form. The city says it tries to do an initial review within seven business days, longer if police review is needed. On approval the rep gets a temporary badge valid for 10 calendar days while the permanent badge is mailed. A rep must be 18 (47-29(a)(1)).
• Code: Denver Revised Municipal Code Chapter 47, Article II, Peddlers, 47-16 to 47-32, and fees at 32-101. Municode shows the version dated Aug 17, 2026 as current.
• Worth knowing: A posted sign or any visible indication that solicitation is not wanted is binding, and so is being told to leave (47-18(c)). For anything delivered later, the rep must hand over a signed written receipt with name, address, phone, description, delivery date, amount paid and balance due (47-18(b)). Licenses renew yearly.
• Read it yourself: Denver Revised Municipal Code Chapter 47, Article II · Denver Revised Municipal Code 32-101, Peddlers (fees) · City and County of Denver, New peddler application · City and County of Denver, Peddler guidelines · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether a standard adult peddler pays the $25.00 application fee and the $16.50 fingerprint fee, or only the $50 license fee; How long police review is adding right now; Whether the two character reference forms named in the guidelines are still required in the online application. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a company permit before any door-to-door sales, and a city sales tax license alongside it.
• Where it comes from: City of Fort Collins
• Fee: $200 for up to four solicitors; $300 for five or more.
• Hours you may knock: 9 a.m. to sunset only.
• Code: City Code ch. 15, art. IV
• Worth knowing: The city keeps a no-solicitation list as well as honoring posted signs. A list is not a sign — your reps cannot see it from the sidewalk, so it has to be handled at the office before the route is cut. The company also files a list of all its solicitors.
• Read it yourself: Commercial solicitor permit · checked 4 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: How the no-solicitation list is supplied, and how often it updates; The permit term; The processing time. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: Yes, in a limited sense. The city has no per-rep peddler's permit; the only door-to-door-specific rule is that a resident may post a notice barring peddlers, solicitors and hawkers, and entering a posted property to solicit is unlawful (§ 5.28.010). Separately, the company itself must hold a City of Lakewood Sales and Use Tax License to sell taxable goods or services in the city (§ 3.01.310).
• Where it comes from: The City of Lakewood Finance Department issues the Sales and Use Tax License through the city's online tax filing system (§ 3.01.310(B)).
• Fee: A nonrefundable $20.00 fee accompanies each initial license application and each renewal (§ 3.01.320). A $30.00 late charge applies if the application isn't filed within 30 days of first doing business in the city (§§ 3.01.310(B), 3.01.320(D)).
• Hours you may knock: Not published. No clock-time restriction on door-to-door canvassing was found in chapter 5.28 (Solicitors and Peddlers) or in the sales/use tax license chapter.
• What the rep carries: Not published. Chapter 5.28 addresses only a resident's right to post a no-soliciting notice; it does not require a rep to carry a permit, badge, or ID.
• What takes the time: Not published: no background-check, fingerprinting, or investigation requirement appears in either chapter read.
• Code: Lakewood Municipal Code, ch. 5.28, § 5.28.010 (no-soliciting notice); ch. 3.01, pt. III, §§ 3.01.310, 3.01.320 (Sales and Use Tax License).
• Worth knowing: The Sales and Use Tax License is valid for two years from issuance, not one (§ 3.01.310(E)(3)).
• Read it yourself: Lakewood (CO) Municipal Code, ch. 5.28 - Solicitors and Peddlers · Lakewood (CO) Municipal Code, ch. 3.01, pt. III - Sales and Use Tax License · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Are there city-set knocking hours for door-to-door commercial sales, even though none appear in the code? Does our type of business (fiber/solar/pest/security sales) require the Sales and Use Tax License, and is it per company or per crew location? Is there any city-issued rep ID or badge for door-to-door sales, beyond the business-level tax license? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: No door-to-door permit per rep. Thornton's Peddlers and Solicitors chapter was repealed in 2006 and the chapter is now marked "Reserved." The city's own 311 page says "Soliciting is allowed in Thornton." What still applies: the company needs the city's Sales and Use Tax Business License — the city lists "Soliciting through sales or agent representatives in Thornton" as an example of when an out-of-city business needs one (§ 26-391(a)) — and reps are bound by the no-soliciting-sign rule (§ 38-180).
• Where it comes from: The Sales Tax Division issues the Sales and Use Tax Business License; the application is online through the city's Business Licenses page (§ 26-391(a)).
• Fee: None. The city's Business Licenses page says: "There is no fee for any of the licenses, and no annual renewal requirement." The only charge on that page is a $25.00 certificate of occupancy inspection fee for commercial businesses with a location in the city.
• Hours you may knock: Not published. No clock-time restriction on door-to-door canvassing was found in chapter 38 (Law Enforcement, Offenses and Traffic) or chapter 42 (Licenses, Permits and Businesses).
• What the rep carries: Not published: with the peddler-license chapter repealed, no rep ID, badge, or permit-carrying requirement was found.
• What takes the time: Not published: no background-check, application-review, or processing-time language was found for door-to-door sales specifically.
• Code: Code of Ordinances, City of Thornton, ch. 50 (repealed 2006, ed. note); § 38-180 (No soliciting); § 26-391 (sales and use tax business license).
• Worth knowing: It is unlawful for a solicitor to solicit a private residence displaying a "no solicitors" or "no soliciting" sign, or to remain after being asked to leave, sign or no sign (§ 38-180(a)–(b)). The city's 311 page adds that a sign at the entry to a neighborhood is not enough; the sign must be at the residence.
• Read it yourself: Thornton Code of Ordinances, ch. 50 - Reserved (formerly Peddlers and Solicitors) · Thornton Code of Ordinances § 38-180 - No soliciting · Thornton Code of Ordinances § 26-391 - Licenses, proof of exemption; responsibilities of taxpayers · City of Thornton, Business Licenses · City of Thornton 311, What are the laws for soliciting in Thornton? · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does a service company (fiber, solar, pest, security) with no Thornton location need the Sales and Use Tax Business License before its reps knock? Is there any current registration for door-to-door crews, given that chapter 50 (Peddlers and Solicitors) was repealed in 2006? Are there any city-set knocking hours for door-to-door sales, even though none appear in the current code? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Not readable yet: the city’s rules could not be read from a primary source on the date shown. Use the call sheet.

• The answer: Not published. Bridgeport’s code has no peddler, solicitor or canvasser chapter for selling at homes. The closest thing is the police vendor’s license in Chapter 5.48, and it is written for vending “in a public place” — streets, sidewalks, parks, stands, pushcarts and vehicles (5.48.010, 5.48.020). What does apply on its face: anyone who sells, or offers to sell, goods or services on a street, sidewalk or other public place needs that police license, and the chapter's words stop at the public way — "vend" is defined as selling "in a public place" (5.48.010). Whether the Police Permits office applies it to a rep walking door to door is not stated anywhere the city publishes. Call before you knock and use the City Clerk Call Sheet.
• Where it comes from: The Police Department’s Permits and Licensing Division, 300 Congress Street, issues vendor permits. Its permits page lists the permits it handles; none is a solicitor, peddler or canvasser permit.
• Fee: Not published for door-to-door sales. The only fees in Chapter 5.48 are for the public-place vendor’s license (5.48.070).
• Hours you may knock: Not published. The code sets no knocking hours. The only hours rule found is for public-place vending in Chapter 5.48.
• Code: Bridgeport Code of Ordinances, Title 5, Business Licenses and Regulations, and Title 9, Public Peace and Welfare, read in full on Municode: no door-to-door sales chapter. Chapter 5.48, Street Vendors, Itinerant Vendors and Motor Vehicle Vendors, is the nearest. Also checked: the chapter lists of Title 8 and Title 12, Chapter 5.04 (Business Licenses Generally) and the section list of Chapter 12.16 (Street and Sidewalk Use Regulations).
• Worth knowing: Chapter 5.48 says an itinerant vendor must hold a valid state itinerant vendor license under Connecticut General Statutes Section 21-28 before the city will license one (5.48.020(E)). The chapter defines an itinerant vendor as a temporary or transient business that hires or occupies a tent, booth or other structure, which is not a door-to-door rep.
• Read it yourself: Bridgeport Code Chapter 5.48, Street Vendors, Itinerant Vendors and Motor Vehicle Vendors · Bridgeport Code Title 5, Business Licenses and Regulations · Bridgeport Code Title 9, Public Peace and Welfare · Bridgeport Police Department, Permits · Bridgeport Code Title 12, Chapter 12.16, Street and Sidewalk Use Regulations (section list checked) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does the Police Permits and Licensing Division require a vendor’s license or any other permit for for-profit door-to-door sales at homes? If so, the fee and whether each rep needs their own; What hours door-to-door sales are allowed; Whether the city enforces any No Soliciting sign rule. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: It depends on what the rep sells, and the code does not settle it for services. Hartford's Chapter 27 licenses an "Itinerant Vendor": anyone in a temporary or transient business, in one location "or traveling from place to place, selling goods, wares or merchandise" — including "on foot" (27-1). That needs a business license from the Department of Development Services, approved by the chief of police (27-28). But the definition covers goods, wares or merchandise only — it says nothing about services — and the article says it does not apply to "bona fide sales of goods, wares and merchandise by sample for future delivery when full payment is not required at the time of solicitation" (27-26). So a rep who takes an order for fiber, pest or security service and collects nothing up front looks to be outside it; a rep who sells and hands over goods at the door looks to be inside it. The code has no separate solicitor or canvasser chapter. Confirm with the city before you knock — use the City Clerk Call Sheet.
• Where it comes from: Itinerant vendor licenses are issued by the Director of the Department of Development Services or their assign and approved by the chief of police (27-28(a)).
• Fee: If the itinerant vendor license applies: $250.00 per year or portion thereof for the vendor, plus $20.00 for each additional agent working under that vendor (27-30). No fee is published for order-taking for services, because the code has no license for it.
• Hours you may knock: Licensed itinerant vendors may operate between 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. (27-33(b)). The code sets no knocking hours for sellers who fall outside Chapter 27.
• What the rep carries: A licensed vendor wears an identification badge on the left breast reading "Licensed Vendor, Hartford, Conn." with the license number and year (27-32), and must be able to present required permits and licenses on request (27-33(a)). Nothing is prescribed for sellers outside Chapter 27.
• What takes the time: Police chief approval of the license (27-28(a)). The code gives no processing time.
• Code: Hartford Code of Ordinances, Part II, Municipal Code, Chapter 27, Itinerant Vendors, Street Vendors, and Food Trucks (27-1, 27-26, 27-28, 27-30, 27-32, 27-33; enacted by Ord. No. 003-21, June 14, 2021, replacing the former peddler chapter); Chapter 21, Licenses and Permits Generally; Chapter 3, Advertising (3-2).
• Worth knowing: Flyers: handbills or other advertising matter may be left at a house only "by placing them inside screen doors, under doors or in the jambs of doors" (3-2). Street Vendor operations are not permitted on residential or neighborhood streets, so do not set up a table or sell from a vehicle there. Chapter 27 points to the state hawkers and peddlers law, Connecticut General Statutes 21-36 and following.
• Read it yourself: Hartford Code of Ordinances, Chapter 27, Itinerant Vendors, Street Vendors, and Food Trucks · Hartford Code of Ordinances, Chapter 21, Licenses and Permits Generally · Hartford Code of Ordinances, Chapter 3, Advertising (3-2 handbills) · Municode search of the Hartford code (solicitor) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does a rep going house to house taking orders for a service (internet, pest control, alarm monitoring), with no payment at the door, need the Chapter 27 itinerant vendor license? If a rep sells equipment (solar, security hardware) by sample for later delivery and takes no full payment at the door, does the 27-26 exemption apply? If the license is needed: is it $250.00 for the company plus $20.00 per rep as an agent, or $250.00 per rep? Does the city enforce No Soliciting signs or keep a do-not-knock list? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. It is unlawful to go door to door selling or soliciting orders for merchandise, services or subscriptions, without a prior specific request from the occupant, unless the rep first gets a home solicitation license (17-9.1). The license is personal and cannot be transferred (17-9.4).
• Where it comes from: The license issuer under Chapter 17, Article I, Licenses and Permits in General (17-9), with the Police Chief or his designee investigating the applicant's business conduct before it is issued (17-9.3).
• Fee: $290 per year for a Connecticut resident, $350 per year for a non-Connecticut resident, per the city's fee schedule (17-201). The applicant also files a $1,000 bond with the issuer before the license is granted (17-9.3(a)).
• Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to sunset. A licensee may not conduct door-to-door sales before 9:00 a.m. or after sunset (17-9.5(a)).
• What the rep carries: The license identification card, which includes the licensee's full name and photograph, on their person at all times while working, shown to anyone who asks to see it (17-9.4).
• What takes the time: The $1,000 bond, a photo for the license identification, and a Police Department investigation of the applicant's business conduct — including checks with police departments, the Better Business Bureau, consumer protection and the neighborhood to be solicited (17-9.3). The application also requires a valid Connecticut state tax number (17-9.2(a)).
• Code: New Haven Code of Ordinances, Title III, Chapter 17, Licenses and Permits, Article IX, Sales Door-to-Door (17-9 through 17-9.7), current through Ordinance No. 2025-0018, enacted September 11, 2025.
• Worth knowing: Article IX lists twenty specific prohibited sales practices for licensees — false urgency, misrepresenting endorsements, fake test/trial installs, gaining entry by pretending to be a utility or government inspector, and more (17-9.5(b)-(t)); a licensed rep must give the customer a written contract before starting work over $50 (17-9.7). No one under 16 may solicit under this article without working papers or other legal authorization (17-9.6). Violators are fined under Connecticut General Statutes Section 21-38, with each day of operating unlicensed a separate violation (17-9.1(b)).
• Read it yourself: New Haven Code of Ordinances, Article IX, Sales Door-to-Door · New Haven Code of Ordinances 17-201, Article XX, Fees and Charges · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: How long the police investigation of a new applicant typically takes; Whether the $1,000 bond can be a corporate/company bond covering the whole sales team or must be posted per individual; Whether the city enforces a No Soliciting sign rule or keeps a do-not-knock registry. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: On paper, yes — a solicitor’s permit for every rep over 16 who goes house to house taking orders for goods for future delivery or services to be performed later (179-14, 179-15). But a 6 January 2021 opinion from the city’s own Office of Legal Affairs says the ordinance conflicts with the state enabling statute and is unenforceable, and that Cashiering & Permitting had not required the permits for some time. The article is still in the code and the city still lists an Application For Solicitors Permit. Call before you send a team.
• Where it comes from: The Division of Cashiering and Permitting, in the Office of Operations, issues the permit (179-15(A)).
• Fee: $350 per permit, set in the code (179-15(A)). The permit is personal, not transferable, and good for no more than one year (179-19(D)).
• Hours you may knock: 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. (179-20(B)).
• What the rep carries: The permit, which carries the rep’s name, address, permit number and a full-face photograph, prominently displayed on the person while soliciting (179-15(B), (C)). Every order gets a signed written receipt showing the goods, total price, down payment and approximate delivery date (179-21).
• What takes the time: The insurance. Each applicant files a certificate of insurance naming the city as additional insured, in a minimum amount of $1,000,000 (179-18). The same section wants a signed hold-harmless agreement. The application also wants two photographs and proof of a Connecticut sales and use tax permit (179-17(B)). A fraud misdemeanor in the last five years, or a felony within five years of the end of the sentence, is grounds for refusal (179-19(B)). The code sets no processing deadline.
• Code: Stamford Code of Ordinances, Chapter 179, Peddlers, Street Vendors and Solicitors, Article II, Solicitors, 179-14 to 179-21.3. Adopted 10-3-1988 as part of Ord. No. 621; 179-15 last amended 5-6-2002 by Ord. No. 985.
• Worth knowing: The article exempts insurance sales, newspapers, food and beverage delivery and sales to stores and businesses (179-16). Each order solicited in violation is a separate offense with a fine not exceeding $90 (179-21.3). The permit does not let a rep into any area where restrictions on public access are in effect (179-20(A)).
• Read it yourself: Stamford Code Chapter 179, Article II, Solicitors · City of Stamford Office of Legal Affairs, opinion on Code Sections 179-14 et seq., 6 January 2021 · City of Stamford, Cashiering & Permitting Permits · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Is Cashiering & Permitting issuing or requiring solicitor’s permits under Chapter 179, Article II today, given the 2021 legal opinion? If yes, whether the fee is still the code figure and whether the insurance certificate is required per rep or per company; Whether the city has any No Soliciting sign or no-knock list rule. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. The District licenses it as a business activity: a Basic Business License in the General Sales and Services category, activity Solicitor. The licensing agency's own category finder files “door to door, solicitor, canvassing, peddler” under it.
• Where it comes from: D.C. Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection (DLCP), Business Licensing Division, 1100 4th Street SW. Applications go through the District's online portal, BOSS.
• Fee: $99.00 for a 2-year license or $198.00 for a 4-year license, per DLCP's Solicitor page. The page does not say whether that is per rep or per company, and it lists no separate badge fee. A Solicitor Surety Bond of $500 is also required.
• Hours you may knock: Not published, and we looked in three places. DLCP's Solicitor page sets no knocking hours, the old solicitor statute (D.C. Code 47-2835) is repealed, and the chapter lists of DCMR Title 16 (consumers and commercial practices), Title 17 (business and occupations) and Title 24 (public space) have no solicitor or door-to-door chapter. Title 16 has only Chapter 13, Charitable Solicitation; Title 24 has Chapter 5, Vendors.
• What the rep carries: Not published on the pages read. The application asks for a digital passport photograph, so ask DLCP what the rep is issued.
• What takes the time: The paperwork. DLCP lists a Digital Passport Photograph, a Certificate of Occupancy or Home Occupation Permit, a Police Criminal History Report, a Solicitor Surety Bond, and a Tax Registration and Clean Hands Certificate. No processing time is posted.
• Code: D.C. Official Code 47-2851.03(a)(7) (General sales and services category); 47-2835, Solicitors, shown as [Repealed] by D.C. Law 24-333, applicable as of October 1, 2025. The license fee rules sit in 17 DCMR Chapter 5, Basic Business License Schedule of Fees; the section text there was not opened.
• Worth knowing: The stand-alone solicitor statute is gone, but DLCP still lists Solicitor as a licensed activity with its own fee and bond. Confirm with DLCP whether each rep needs a license or one company license covers the crew.
• Read it yourself: DLCP, Solicitor · DLCP, What Kind of License Do I Need? · DLCP, Surety Bond Details · D.C. Code 47-2835 · D.C. Code 47-2851.03 · DCMR Title 16 chapter list (DCRegs) · DCMR Title 17 chapter list (DCRegs) · DCMR Title 24 chapter list (DCRegs) · 17 DCMR Chapter 5 section list (DCRegs) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Is the Solicitor license per rep or per company? Are there set hours for door-to-door sales? What must the rep carry or wear at the door? How long does processing take? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. A peddler permit, per person. No permit is issued to a company; each individual working for it needs a permit (13-19, 13-28). "Peddler" covers anyone going house to house to sell goods, wares, merchandise or services (13-1).
• Where it comes from: Cape Coral Code of Ordinances, Chapter 13, Peddlers. The permit is signed by the City Clerk (13-29). The code does not say which counter takes the application, and the city site has no peddler permit page that could be found.
• Fee: Set in the code by how long the rep wants to work (13-24): $25 per month or portion thereof, $50 per 3 months, $75 per 6 months, $100 per 12 months. Per person. A separate fee "may be imposed" for fingerprinting and the photograph (13-23); no amount is published. A $1,000 surety bond must accompany the application (13-25).
• Hours you may knock: Peddling is unlawful between 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. the following morning, or at any time on Sundays, except by specific appointment or invitation (13-6). That leaves 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday.
• What the rep carries: The permit. It must be shown on the request of any person (13-30). The code does not mention a badge.
• What takes the time: The $1,000 surety bond from a company authorized in Florida (13-25), fingerprinting and photographing at application (13-23), a photo taken within 60 days, a driver's license or other picture ID, and the last five cities worked (13-20, 13-21). Reps using a vehicle also need liability insurance of $300,000 per occurrence for bodily injury and $50,000 for property damage (13-26). No processing time is published.
• Code: Cape Coral Code of Ordinances 13-1 to 13-8 and 13-19 to 13-37, mostly Ord. 59-09, 10-19-2009. Municode shows the online version as "Jul 6, 2026 (current)."
• Worth knowing: A "No Peddlers Allowed" or "No Solicitations Allowed" sign makes entry unlawful (13-4). Permits top out at 12 months (13-31). Working without a permit carries a fine of not less than $150 nor more than $500 (13-37). Separate from the city: Florida law makes it unlawful to conduct a home solicitation sale without a state home solicitation sale permit, applied for with the clerk of the circuit court for the county, with fingerprints and two color photos (F.S. 501.022). The statute lists exclusions, including sales by sample, catalog or brochure for future delivery. Read it against how your reps sell.
• Read it yourself: Cape Coral Code of Ordinances Chapter 13, Peddlers · Florida Statutes 501.022 · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Which office takes peddler permit applications, the City Clerk or the Police Department, and is there a current form? Is the $1,000 bond required per rep or can one company bond cover the crew? What is the fingerprinting and photograph fee under 13-23? How many days from application to permit in hand? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. Every individual rep is a "solicitor" or "canvasser" under the code and must hold a license from the city's business tax office before going house to house selling goods or services (15½-1, 15½-2).
• Where it comes from: Coral Springs Code of Ordinances, Chapter 15½, Solicitors, Canvassers, Peddlers and Itinerant Vendors. The license is issued by the city's business tax office (15½-3).
• Fee: "The license fee which shall be charged by the city for the license required by this chapter shall be thirty dollars ($30.00) per thirty (30) day period or any part thereof, or two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) per year" (15½-5) — a per-individual-rep fee. On top of that, "every applicant for a license under this chapter shall file with the city a surety bond, running to the city in the amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00)" (15½-6), and each applicant separately pays the police department's standard fingerprinting fee (15½-3(13)).
• Hours you may knock: "Licensed solicitation or canvassing in the city is limited to the hours of 9:00 a.m. to sunset" (15½-8(b)) — a sunset cutoff rather than a fixed clock time, and it runs earlier than most nearby cities.
• What the rep carries: "Such license shall, during the time such licensee is engaged in soliciting, be worn constantly by the licensee on the front of their outer garment in such a way as to be conspicuous from a distance of ten (10) feet," and it must read "Licensed Solicitor" with the license period and number in letters visible from ten feet away (15½-7(a)).
• What takes the time: The sworn application needs a 2×2 photo, two property-owner references (or equivalent character evidence), a sworn statement of any prior convictions, and fingerprinting by the Coral Springs Police Department at their designated public fingerprinting times (15½-3). The applicant can also be investigated for character and business responsibility before the license is approved (15½-4).
• Code: Coral Springs Code of Ordinances §§ 15½-1 to 15½-14. Read via Municode Library.
• Worth knowing: Solicitors and canvassers may not shout, use a horn, bell or sound-amplifying device to draw attention, and may not hold a stationary or exclusive spot on a public street or operate in a congested area (15½-13). Right-of-way canvassing to vehicles is separately banned within 200 feet of 15 named intersections (15½-14(2)) — but the code explicitly notes "there shall be no license requirement for a right-of-way canvasser or solicitor" (15½-14(3)); that's the roadway-median rule, distinct from the house-to-house license above.
• Read it yourself: Coral Springs Code of Ordinances, Chapter 15½ · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: What is the police department's current fingerprinting fee referenced in 15½-3(13)? Can a company post one $1,000 surety bond covering its whole crew, or does each rep need a separate bond? How long does the character investigation and fingerprinting process typically take before a license issues? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. A "solicitor, vendor, itinerant merchant or transient vendor" permit from the city, before anyone goes house to house selling goods, wares, merchandise or services (23-1, 23-41). The code defines that term broadly enough to cover a commercial door-to-door sales rep.
• Where it comes from: Fort Lauderdale Code of Ordinances, Chapter 23, Article II, Commercial Solicitors and Peddlers. The application goes to the license division / chief license inspector (23-41, 23-42).
• Fee: "Every application for a permit required by this division shall be accompanied by a registration fee of five dollars ($5.00)" (23-43). The code does not say whether this is per rep or per company; the application itself is filed per person or per organization sponsoring the activity (23-42).
• Hours you may knock: 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. each day is defined in the code as "a reasonable time for uninvited solicitation" (23-26(a)). A posted sign forbidding solicitors, or a verbal refusal, ends the right to be there even inside those hours.
• What the rep carries: The code does not require a badge or ID card for a commercial solicitor's permit under Article II. (A separate, unrelated permit for street artists and performers under Article VI does require a visibly displayed permit, but that does not apply to door-to-door sales.)
• What takes the time: The sworn application must give the names, addresses and phone numbers of the sponsoring person/organization and everyone who will be soliciting, the dates and hours of the activity, and a sworn statement of no conviction for a crime of moral turpitude or fraud in the prior two years (23-42). The license inspector has ten working days to issue or deny after a complete application (23-44).
• Code: Fort Lauderdale Code of Ordinances 23-1, 23-26, 23-27, 23-41 to 23-45. Read via Municode Library.
• Worth knowing: A permit expires at the end of the solicitation period stated on the application or one year from issuance, whichever comes first, and is nontransferable — it can't be reused by a different rep or handed off between companies (23-44, 23-45). Entering a place of business without invitation, or refusing to leave a residence or business when asked, is a separate violation (23-27, 23-26(b)).
• Read it yourself: Fort Lauderdale Code of Ordinances, Chapter 23 · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Is the $5 registration fee charged once per company, or per individual rep who will be knocking? Does the license division require anything beyond the sworn application — a background check, fingerprinting, or ID — that section 23-42 doesn't spell out? Is there a separate city Business Tax Receipt required in addition to the Chapter 23 solicitor permit? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes, but only as a business tax receipt, not a separate solicitor permit. A dedicated "Peddlers and Canvassers" permit division of the code was repealed in 2000; today a peddler "must meet the business tax receipt requirements provided in article III of chapter 25" (19-19), and every peddler and canvasser must follow the conduct rules in 19-17.
• Where it comes from: Gainesville Code of Ordinances, Chapter 19, Article II, Peddlers and Canvassers, and Chapter 25, Article III, Local Business Tax (the receipt itself).
• Fee: The Local Business Tax fee schedule (25-51) lists "Peddler .....$55.13".
• Hours you may knock: "Peddlers and canvassers will terminate their activities in residential areas by 7:00 p.m. each day and will not resume their activities in residential areas before 9:00 a.m. the next day" (19-17(a)) — so 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
• What the rep carries: Not published. No badge, ID card or permit-display requirement was found for peddlers/canvassers in Article II (the old permit-and-ID provisions were repealed in 2000).
• Code: Gainesville Code of Ordinances §§ 19-15 to 19-20 (Peddlers and Canvassers) and § 25-51 (Local Business Tax schedule). Read via Municode Library.
• Worth knowing: A posted "No Solicitors" or "No Solicitation" sign in plain view stops a peddler or canvasser from working that property (19-17(e)). No more than two peddlers or canvassers may contact the same person at once (19-17(f)), and they must leave immediately and peacefully once asked (19-17(g)) and may not use "demanding, threatening or intimidating conduct" (19-17(h)). A separate rule bans peddling to the occupant of any vehicle that is in traffic (19-17(b)–(d)) — not relevant to house calls but worth knowing if reps work parking lots.
• Read it yourself: Gainesville Code of Ordinances, Chapter 19, Article II · Gainesville Code of Ordinances, Chapter 25, Article III (Local Business Tax) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Is the $55.13 Local Business Tax fee charged per individual rep, or can one company receipt cover the whole crew? Does the city require any background check or ID for a peddler's business tax receipt beyond the standard application? Is there any additional city registration for a company doing organized door-to-door sales (versus a single peddler), such as a route or crew notification? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. A city license for "direct sales," which the code defines as house-to-house or door-to-door sales to consumers (18-310). The company applies, and every agent or salesperson gets a police background check. To get the city license you must first hand over a copy of the state home solicitation permit.
• Where it comes from: Hialeah Code of Ordinances, Chapter 18, Article VI, Peddlers, Solicitors, Itinerant Vendors. The license comes from the business tax division (18-310).
• Fee: The business tax schedule lists "Other Direct Selling Establishments. Direct retail house-to-house or party plan" at 150.00, plus 15.00 for each agent, associate, salesperson or canvasser, in dollars (86-43, class 454390). The schedule prints the amounts without a dollar sign. The police background check is paid by the applicant for each person (18-310); no amount is published.
• Hours you may knock: The code sets no knocking hours. Article VI was read in full and has no time-of-day rule for door-to-door sales.
• What the rep carries: For direct sales the code names no badge. A licensed peddler or itinerant vendor, meaning someone delivering goods on the spot, must display a city identification card with a license number on their person (18-305). Each commercial vehicle used in direct sales gets a windshield sticker (18-310).
• What takes the time: The state home solicitation permit comes first, because the city wants a copy of it (18-310). Then a police background check on each agent or salesperson, and proof of payment of state sales tax (18-310). No processing time is published.
• Code: Hialeah Code of Ordinances 18-301 to 18-311 and 18-336 to 18-340; business tax schedule at 86-43. Municode shows the code as "Codified through Ordinance No. 2025-057, enacted June 24, 2025. (Supp. No. 44)," online content updated November 11, 2025.
• Worth knowing: Section 18-340(a), titled "Door-to-door soliciting," makes it unlawful to "solicit chattels or anything of value, including monies or personal property, in any residential section in the city." It sits with the charity rules and dates to 1982, but the words are broad. Ask the business tax division how it applies to a licensed sales crew before you knock. No minors under 14, and ages 14 to 18 need letters from a parent and the school principal (18-310). Separate from the city: Florida law makes it unlawful to conduct a home solicitation sale without a state home solicitation sale permit, applied for with the clerk of the circuit court for the county (F.S. 501.022). The statute lists exclusions, including sales by sample, catalog or brochure for future delivery. Read it against how your reps sell.
• Read it yourself: Hialeah Code of Ordinances Chapter 18, Article VI, Peddlers, Solicitors, Itinerant Vendors · Hialeah Code of Ordinances Chapter 86, Taxation and Fees (86-43 schedule) · Florida Statutes 501.022 · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does 18-340(a) stop a licensed direct sales crew from knocking in residential areas, or is it applied to donations only? What does the police background check cost per rep, and how long does it take? Is the 15.00 per agent charged for every rep on the crew, and does each rep get anything to carry? Are there any hours the city enforces for door-to-door sales? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: Partial. Hollywood's Chapter 122, "Peddlers, Solicitors, Panhandlers and Itinerant Merchants," was read in full and has no permit, application or fee section for commercial door-to-door sales — its General Provisions only require a business-ID sign on vehicles used for solicitation (122.01) and ban ambulatory peddling within 300 feet of a school or church (122.03). Everything else in that chapter (122.25–122.33) is a separate permit scheme for charitable solicitation only, which is out of scope here. A general city Local Business Tax Receipt is presumably still required to operate any business in the city, but no solicitor-specific classification or fee was found.
• Where it comes from: Hollywood Code of Ordinances, Chapter 122, Peddlers, Solicitors, Panhandlers and Itinerant Merchants, and Chapter 112, Advertising.
• Fee: Not published. No solicitor- or peddler-specific permit fee appears in Chapter 122. A general Local Business Tax Receipt classification list (151.024) was checked and does not list a "solicitor" or "direct sales" line either.
• Hours you may knock: Not published. Chapter 122's commercial provisions set no clock-time restriction. (The panhandling division of the same chapter, 122.50–122.54, is unrelated to commercial sales and out of scope.)
• Code: Hollywood Code of Ordinances, Chapter 122 §§ 122.01–122.03, and Chapter 112 § 112.02. Read via American Legal Publishing.
• Worth knowing: Section 112.02(C) makes it "unlawful for any such uninvited solicitors, peddlers, vendors, itinerant merchants, or other door-to-door canvassers or hawkers to visit, go upon, or knock, ring doorbells, or make any other noise at any premises" that display a posted "no solicitation, no distribution" sign — the city even supplies a printable version of that sign to residents. Treat every posted sign as binding regardless of any permit your reps carry.
• Read it yourself: Hollywood Code of Ordinances, Chapter 122 · Hollywood Code of Ordinances § 112.02 · Hollywood Code of Ordinances § 151.024 · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does the city require any permit, registration or background check before a company's reps go door-to-door selling a service like fiber internet, beyond a standard Local Business Tax Receipt? Is there a citywide knocking-hours rule that isn't in the code (e.g., a police department policy)? What is the cost and classification of the Local Business Tax Receipt a door-to-door sales company would need to hold? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — and it does not come from City Hall. It is obtained through the Duval County Tax Collector’s Office.
• Where it comes from: Duval County Tax Collector
• Fee: No official source stating it was reached.
• Hours you may knock: No official source stating them was reached.
• Code: Ordinance Code ch. 250, pt. 7 (250.701–711)
• Worth knowing: Sending a manager to the wrong counter is the standard Jacksonville mistake.
• Read it yourself: Consumer affairs FAQs · checked 4 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: The fee; The permitted hours; The badge rule; The term. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a permit, required of any "canvasser or solicitor" before "engaging in any buying, selling, or other transfer of goods or services within the city." A canvasser or solicitor is defined as someone "taking, or attempting to take, orders for the sale, lease or purchase of goods, wares or merchandise for future delivery, or for services to be furnished or performed in the future" — this squarely covers a fiber, security or pest control rep (78-1, 78-2, 78-4(a)).
• Where it comes from: The Chief Code Enforcement Officer's office. On a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday when that office is closed, a temporary license can instead be obtained from the police department, valid until 5:00 p.m. the next business day (78-4(a), 78-8).
• Fee: $100.00 per permit (78-4(a)). A company can file one joint application covering several reps, but the $100.00 fee and full information are still required for each individual (78-4(c)).
• Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., extended to 8:00 p.m. while daylight saving time is in effect (78-5).
• What the rep carries: The license itself, displayed prominently and conspicuously on the person while doing business (78-6).
• What takes the time: A written, sworn application naming the applicant, employer, the type of goods or services, and where and for how long business will be conducted (78-4(b)). No criminal background check is specified for this permit in the code.
• Code: Lakeland Code of Ordinances, Chapter 78, Article I — Peddlers and Solicitors (§§ 78-1–78-10).
• Worth knowing: A permit is valid only for the time period and geographic location stated on it — working a different neighborhood or continuing past the stated period requires a new application (78-4(e)). A violation of the chapter, or any misrepresentation of the goods or services offered, is a municipal ordinance violation and grounds for permit revocation (78-3).
• Read it yourself: Lakeland Code of Ordinances, Chapter 78 — Peddlers and Solicitors · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether the $100 permit fee applies per rep even under a joint company application, and how long a permit is valid for before it must be renewed. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: No city door-to-door permit is in the code. Miami's Chapter 39, "Peddlers and Itinerant Vendors," regulates sidewalk and street vending only. The one section that reaches door-knockers is the posted-sign rule (39-47). A business still needs a city Business Tax Receipt (BTR) if its line of work is in the schedule (31-26).
• Where it comes from: The City of Miami Code on Municode: Chapter 39 (its stated intent is to regulate vending on streets, rights-of-way and public parking facilities, 39-27) and Chapter 31, Local Business Tax. A full-text search of the code for "solicitors," "canvassing" and "door-to-door" returns only 39-47 and the BTR schedule.
• Fee: The code sets no door-to-door solicitor permit fee because it sets no such permit. The BTR schedule (31-50) has no door-to-door solicitor line; its "peddler" lines are tied to Chapter 39 street vending. Ask the city which BTR category, if any, it applies to your company.
• Hours you may knock: Not published. The code sets no knocking hours for solicitors.
• What the rep carries: Nothing city-issued is named in the code for a door-to-door rep. See the state permit below.
• What takes the time: No city background check, bond or processing time is published for door-to-door sales.
• Code: City of Miami Code, Chapter 39 (39-27, 39-47) and Chapter 31 (31-26, 31-50). Municode shows the online version as "Aug 28, 2026 (current)."
• Worth knowing: A posted sign controls. It is unlawful for uninvited solicitors, peddlers or door-to-door canvassers to go on premises posted "no peddlers," "no solicitors," "no trespassing" or similar (39-47). Separate from the city: Florida law makes it unlawful to conduct a home solicitation sale without a state home solicitation sale permit, applied for with the clerk of the circuit court for the county, with fingerprints and two color photos (F.S. 501.022). The statute lists exclusions, including sales by sample, catalog or brochure for future delivery. Read it against how your reps sell.
• Read it yourself: City of Miami Code Chapter 39, Peddlers and Itinerant Vendors · City of Miami Code 39-47 · City of Miami Code Chapter 31, Local Business Tax (31-26, 31-50) · Florida Statutes 501.022 · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does the City of Miami require a Business Tax Receipt for a company whose reps sell door to door in the city, and under which category in 31-50? Does Miami-Dade County require its own peddler or solicitor receipt for reps working inside city limits? What does the Miami-Dade Clerk charge for the state home solicitation sale permit, and how long does it take? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. Every individual rep is a "canvasser or solicitor" (11-101) and needs a permit before going house to house selling goods or services in Miramar (11-103), plus a photo-and-fingerprint badge worn on the person while working (11-116).
• Where it comes from: Miramar Code of Ordinances, Chapter 11, Article V, Solicitors and Canvassers. The application goes to the City Clerk (11-104).
• Fee: "At the time of filing the application, a fee of twenty dollars ($20.00), shall be paid to the city clerk to cover the cost of investigation of the facts stated therein" (11-104(b)) — a per-applicant investigation fee, charged to each individual rep who files.
• Hours you may knock: "It shall be unlawful to canvass or solicit for commercial or charitable organizations between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 a.m. within the corporate limits of the city" (11-107) — so 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. is allowed, tighter than most nearby cities.
• What the rep carries: "Each applicant for a permit under this article... shall receive a badge containing his/her photograph and fingerprints and must wear it at all times while soliciting house-to-house in the city. This badge must be worn on the left coat lapel, or if no coat is worn, in the same area where the left coat lapel would be" (11-116). The permit itself must also be displayed at all times (11-106).
• What takes the time: The application requires a sworn form with a photograph and fingerprints (11-104(a)(6)); the City Clerk then sends the data to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for a criminal background report (11-105(a)) before the permit and badge can issue.
• Code: Miramar Code of Ordinances §§ 11-101 to 11-117. Read via Municode Library.
• Worth knowing: A posted "No Trespassing," "No Peddlers, Solicitors or Agents," "No Advertisements" or "No Solicitation" sign creates a presumption of a violation if a rep solicits there anyway (11-108). Right-of-way canvassing to vehicles is separately banned within 200 feet of intersections on six named roads — South State Road 7, Miramar Parkway, Pembroke Road, University Drive, Red Road and Flamingo Road (11-109(b)) — a roadway/median rule, not a house-to-house one. Permits expire on the date printed on the permit (11-111) and can be revoked for fraud, misrepresentation, or conduct that creates a public nuisance (11-115).
• Read it yourself: Miramar Code of Ordinances, Chapter 11, Article V · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: How long does the badge/permit take to issue once the FDLE background check clears? Can one company file applications for its whole crew at once, or must each rep apply individually with the $20 fee? Is there a separate city Business Tax Receipt required in addition to the Chapter 11 solicitor permit? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — and it is per individual, not per company. Anyone knocking to sell, lease or rent consumer goods or services needs one.
• Where it comes from: City of Orlando. Fingerprinting at the Orlando Police Department on West South Street, by appointment only.
• Fee: Not published by the city.
• Hours you may knock: No official source stating them was reached.
• What the rep carries: The permit is printed by the applicant, who places his own photograph in the marked area and signs it.
• What takes the time: It starts with a fingerprinting appointment, and the appointment book is the constraint.
• Code: The city’s permit page cites no section. Ask the City Clerk for one before relying on any of it in writing.
• Worth knowing: The city does not publish the initial fee — an invoice follows the review — and renewal is $10. The conduct list has two route rules in it: no entering private property where a No Solicitors sign is posted, and no continuing to actively solicit after a clear refusal.
• Read it yourself: Apply for a solicitor’s permit · checked 5 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: The fee, before you commit a team; The permitted hours; The ordinance section; How far out fingerprint appointments are booking. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: No city solicitor permit was found. The Palm Bay Code of Ordinances has no peddler, solicitor, canvasser or transient merchant chapter: Title XI, Business Regulations, runs Chapter 110 to Chapter 120, and Chapters 112, 115 and 116 are marked [Reserved]. Title IX (General Regulations) and Title XIII (General Offenses) have no such chapter either. What still applies: the city's business tax receipt for the company (110.16), and Florida's home solicitation sale permit, which state law makes the county clerk's job, not the city's (Fla. Stat. 501.022).
• Where it comes from: No city office issues a solicitor permit, because the code sets none up. The state permit is filed with "the clerk of the circuit court for the county" (Fla. Stat. 501.022(2)); for Palm Bay that is the Brevard County Clerk of the Court, which lists a Palm Bay office among its locations.
• Fee: City: none for knocking; the code names no solicitor permit. County: the Brevard Clerk charges a non-refundable application fee of $100.00 for the state home solicitation permit, due each time a badge is requested; fingerprinting and the state background check are charged separately.
• Hours you may knock: Not set. No section of the Palm Bay code fixes hours for door-to-door sales.
• What the rep carries: Nothing city-issued. A rep who holds the state home solicitation permit must carry it at all times while selling and show it to the buyer before starting the pitch (Fla. Stat. 501.022(8)).
• What takes the time: Nothing at the city. For the state permit: a sworn application, two photos, fingerprints, and a state and sheriff background check that may take up to 60 days to report back (Fla. Stat. 501.022(2)-(3)). The permit is good for 1 year.
• Code: Palm Bay Code of Ordinances Title XI, Business Regulations (Chapters 110 to 120; no solicitor chapter); business tax receipt (110.16, 110.19); Fla. Stat. 501.022. The host shows the code current through Ord. 2026-29, passed 9-3-26.
• Worth knowing: The state permit has exclusions. One is a rep "conducting a sale, lease, or rental of consumer goods or services by sample, catalog, or brochure for future delivery"; another is a visit made on the resident's express invitation (Fla. Stat. 501.022(1)(b)). Whether a given pitch fits an exclusion is a question for the Clerk. The Clerk will not issue the state permit without proof of all required municipal and county business tax receipts, and Palm Bay levies its business tax on anyone with a location or branch office in the city (110.19).
• Read it yourself: Palm Bay Code of Ordinances, Title XI chapter list (read on the Chapter 110 page) · Palm Bay Code Title IX, General Regulations · Palm Bay Code Title XIII, General Offenses · Palm Bay Code 110.16, Business tax receipt required · Palm Bay Code 110.19, Person subject to the business tax · Palm Bay, FL code overview (currency statement) · Fla. Stat. 501.022, Home solicitation sale; permit required · Brevard County Clerk of the Court, Home Solicitation Permit · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: City Clerk (321-952-3414): confirm the city itself issues no solicitor or peddler permit and sets no knocking hours; Brevard Clerk of the Court (321-637-2004): does our product and pitch need the home solicitation sale permit, or does an exclusion in 501.022(1)(b) apply? Does a company with no office in Palm Bay need a Palm Bay business tax receipt before its reps knock? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. Every individual rep is a "canvasser or solicitor" under the code (113.01) and must hold a permit and local business tax receipt before going house to house taking orders for goods or services (113.03).
• Where it comes from: Pembroke Pines Code of Ordinances, Chapter 113, §§ 113.01–113.09. The application is filed with the City Clerk (113.04).
• Fee: "At the time of filing the application, a fee of $20 shall be paid to the City Clerk to cover the cost of investigation of the facts stated therein" (113.04(B)) — a per-applicant investigation fee. Section 113.05(C) also requires "payment of the prescribed applicable local business tax receipt fees" before the permit issues, but the code does not print that separate business-tax-receipt dollar amount in this chapter.
• Hours you may knock: "It shall be unlawful to canvass or solicit for commercial or charitable organizations between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. of the following forenoon" (113.07(A)) — so 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. is allowed.
• What the rep carries: The application itself requires "a photograph of the applicant, taken within 60 days... at least two inches by two inches, showing the head and shoulders... and fingerprints of the applicant" (113.04(A)(5)). The code requires exhibiting the local business tax receipt "at the request of any citizen" (113.06), and a police officer may demand it if the solicitor isn't known to be licensed (113.08).
• What takes the time: The City Clerk sends the applicant's data to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for a criminal background report before the permit can issue (113.05(A)); an unsatisfactory result gets the application disapproved in writing (113.05(B)).
• Code: Pembroke Pines Code of Ordinances §§ 113.01, 113.03 to 113.09. Read via American Legal Publishing. The host's own supplement note reads: "2026 S-61 Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ord. 2056, passed 12-11-25."
• Worth knowing: Right-of-way canvassing/soliciting to vehicles is separately banned outright on six named roads — Pines Boulevard, Pembroke Road, University Drive, Sheridan Street, Dykes Road and Flamingo Road — and within 200 feet of any intersection on them (113.09(C)); that's a median/roadway rule, not a house-to-house one. A posted "No Soliciting," "No Peddlers or Agents" or similar sign, or a resident's refusal, is enforceable against a solicitor even inside permitted hours (113.07(B)).
• Read it yourself: Pembroke Pines Code of Ordinances § 113.01 Definitions · Pembroke Pines Code of Ordinances § 113.03 · Pembroke Pines Code of Ordinances § 113.04 · Pembroke Pines Code of Ordinances § 113.05 · Pembroke Pines Code of Ordinances § 113.06 · Pembroke Pines Code of Ordinances § 113.07 · Pembroke Pines Code of Ordinances § 113.08 · Pembroke Pines Code of Ordinances § 113.09 · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: What is the dollar amount of the local business tax receipt fee referenced in 113.05(C), on top of the $20 investigation fee? Is the $20 fee and background check required per individual rep, or can it cover a company's whole crew under one company permit? How long does the FDLE background check in 113.05 typically take before a permit issues? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. Every commercial solicitor needs a permit, which is an identification card issued per person through the Police Department (112.20, 112.24).
• Where it comes from: Port St. Lucie Code Chapter 112, Panhandling and Commercial Solicitors, rewritten by Ord. No. 23-84 in February 2024. The "licensing official" is the City's Police Department (112.01). Applications go in person to the Police Department Records Section.
• Fee: $20 per application, non-refundable, per the Police Department's Solicitors Permit page. Cash or money order only. The code itself names no amount; it authorizes the Police Department to set a reasonable fee (112.25).
• Hours you may knock: 8:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. is the code's "reasonable time for uninvited solicitation" (112.10). No soliciting within 500 feet of school property on school days between 7:00 A.M. and 4:30 P.M. (112.10).
• What the rep carries: The permit (identification card) with the rep's photo. It must be carried on the person and shown on request to any police officer, deputy or person being solicited (112.24, 112.29).
• What takes the time: Sworn application, a current photo and fingerprints submitted to FDLE (112.21). The police chief's investigation is allowed a maximum of fifteen business days (112.22). The Police Department processes permits Monday to Friday, 8-10 a.m. and 2-4 p.m., and asks for a driver's license, a company business card and a 2x2 photo.
• Code: Port St. Lucie Code of Ordinances, Title XI, Chapter 112 (112.01 to 112.99), Ord. No. 23-84, adopted Feb. 12, 2024. Municode shows the online version as "Jul 31, 2026 (current)."
• Worth knowing: A posted no-soliciting sign bars entry without the owner's prior consent (112.06). The permit card itself states the holder may not go to back or rear doors (112.24). The code says permits expire one year from issue (112.27); the Police Department page says the permit is valid until September 30th of every year. Ask which one they apply. A violation can be fined up to $500.00 for a first offense (112.99). Separate from the city: Florida law makes it unlawful to conduct a home solicitation sale without a state home solicitation sale permit, applied for with the clerk of the circuit court for the county, with fingerprints and two color photos (F.S. 501.022). The statute lists exclusions, including sales by sample, catalog or brochure for future delivery. Read it against how your reps sell.
• Read it yourself: Port St. Lucie Code Chapter 112, Panhandling and Commercial Solicitors · Port St. Lucie Police Department, Solicitors Permit · Florida Statutes 501.022 · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does the permit run one year from issue (112.27) or expire every September 30 as the Police Department page says? Is the $20 fee per rep, and is there a separate fingerprinting charge? Can a manager submit packets for a whole crew at once, or must each rep appear in person? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. Every solicitor, canvasser or peddler needs a City permit from the Police Department before working, per person, and the police issue a photo identification card with it (17-187, 17-188). The city's application form adds that a City Business Tax receipt is also required.
• Where it comes from: St. Petersburg City Code Chapter 17, Article V, Soliciting and Peddling. "Canvasser or solicitor" covers anyone going house to house taking orders for goods or for services to be performed in the future (17-158). Applications go to the Police Department Records Division; the form is linked from the city's Business Tax applications page.
• Fee: $44.00 per applicant, non-refundable. The city's Solicitor/Peddler/Canvasser application prints "THIS FEE HAS BEEN SET AT $44.00." The form is dated REV 10/16/2020, so confirm it. The code says the fee is "as set forth in chapter 12" (17-188), but Chapter 12's schedule (12-6) has no solicitor line.
• Hours you may knock: No knocking between 7:00 p.m. or sunset, whichever is earlier, and 8:00 a.m. the following day (17-160(7)). In winter, sunset is your cutoff.
• What the rep carries: The City permit, shown on demand to a prospective buyer, a law enforcement officer or a code inspector (17-160(1)), plus the police-issued photo identification card (17-188(c)).
• What takes the time: A notarized application, three years of addresses and driver's license history, police fingerprinting and an FBI, FDLE and DMV records check (17-188). Proof of a current state home solicitation permit lets the rep skip the background check and fingerprinting part only (17-188(d)). No processing time is published.
• Code: St. Petersburg City Code 17-158 to 17-160 and 17-187 to 17-189; hours added by Ord. No. 612-H, 8-7-2025. Municode shows the online version as "Jun 8, 2026 (current)."
• Worth knowing: Permits expire every September 30; ones issued in August or September run to September 30 of the next year. Renew 30 to 60 days before expiry (17-189). A "No Peddlers or Solicitors" sign bars both knocking and leaving handbills (17-160(3), (4)). If a rep must hold the state home solicitation permit (F.S. 501.022), it has to be current when applying to the city (17-188(d)). The form says insurance approved by the City's Risk Manager may be required.
• Read it yourself: St. Petersburg City Code Chapter 17, Article V, Soliciting and Peddling · City of St. Petersburg Solicitor/Peddler/Canvasser application (form 15-095, rev. 10/16/2020) · City of St. Petersburg, Business Tax applications and renewals · St. Petersburg City Code Chapter 12, Fees (12-6) · Florida Statutes 501.022 · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Is the solicitor permit processing fee still $44.00 per applicant? How many days does the Police Records Division take to issue the permit and photo ID? Which business tax category and amount applies to a door-to-door sales company, and does the out-of-town company need its own receipt? When does Risk Management require insurance for solicitors? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: No city door-to-door permit was found. Tallahassee's Code of General Ordinances has no chapter or article on peddlers, solicitors, canvassers or transient merchants. The only vending permit (Chapter 5, Article III, Street Vendors) is for food, beverages and arts and crafts on public ways downtown (5-76, 5-77). The city's occupational business license tax was repealed in 2017 (editor's note to Chapter 18, Article II, Ord. No. 16-O-30), so there is no city business tax receipt to pull either. What still applies is state law: Florida's home solicitation sale permit, filed with the clerk of the circuit court for the county (F.S. 501.022), with its own exclusions. Use the City Clerk Call Sheet to confirm with the city.
• Where it comes from: Checked against the chapter list of the Tallahassee code (Chapters 1 to 22) and the full text of Chapter 5 — Businesses, Chapter 12 — Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions, Chapter 17 — Streets, Sidewalks and Other Public Places, and Chapter 18 — Taxation, plus the city's Starting a Business in Tallahassee page. The state permit comes from the clerk of the circuit court for the county (F.S. 501.022(2)).
• Fee: City: none, because the code sets no city permit and the city business license tax is repealed. State permit: the statute lets the county clerk charge “a reasonable permit fee”; the Leon County Clerk's figure was not found on a primary page.
• Hours you may knock: Not published. No knocking-hours rule for commercial solicitors was found in the code.
• What the rep carries: Nothing city-issued. Under state law a permit holder carries the state permit and shows it before starting the pitch (F.S. 501.022(8)).
• Code: Tallahassee Code of Ordinances, Chapter 12 (Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Chapter 5 (Businesses). The Municode host shows the current version as "VERSION: MAY 19, 2026 (CURRENT)." Editor's note under section 12-62: "Ord. No. 18-O-17, § 1, adopted October 17, 2018, amended section 12-62 in its entirety... Formerly, section 12-62 pertained to soliciting, collecting, etc., upon public right-of-way, and derived from Ord. No. 04-O-66AA."
• Worth knowing: The state permit has exclusions, including reps “conducting a sale, lease, or rental of consumer goods or services by sample, catalog, or brochure for future delivery” (F.S. 501.022(1)(b)4.) — whether a given pitch fits is a question for the clerk, not this card. The city did once regulate roadway soliciting at old 12-62, but the 2018 rewrite narrowed it to median and roadway safety. It is unlawful to put handbills or advertising on or in vehicles without the owner's consent (12-4(b)).
• Read it yourself: Tallahassee Code of Ordinances, Chapter 12 · Tallahassee Code of Ordinances, Chapter 5 · Starting a Business in Tallahassee · Tallahassee Code of Ordinances, Chapter 18 — Taxation · Tallahassee Code of Ordinances, Chapter 17 — Streets, Sidewalks and Other Public Places · Florida Statutes 501.022 · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does the city require any permit, registration or background check before a company's reps sell a service like fiber internet door to door? Leon County Clerk: what is the fee and turnaround for a Florida home solicitation sale permit (F.S. 501.022)? Are there any knocking-hours restrictions the code does not publish? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: No city door-to-door permit is in the code. Tampa's Code of Ordinances has no peddler, solicitor or canvasser permit chapter for residential sales. What applies in Tampa is the state home solicitation sale permit, issued by the Hillsborough County Clerk.
• Where it comes from: The Tampa Code on Municode: Chapter 6, Business Regulation, Article III lists its divisions and none covers residential solicitors (the canvassing division is limited to the Ybor City Historic District, 6-210 to 6-215). "Solicitation regulation" (14-46) only bans threatening or persistent requests for donations or payment. A full-text search for "solicitors," "peddlers," "door-to-door" and "canvasser" finds nothing else. The state permit is on the Hillsborough Clerk's Home Solicitation page.
• Fee: City: none published, because the code sets no city permit. State permit through the Hillsborough Clerk: "a non-refundable application fee of $100" per applicant, plus Live Scan fingerprinting that the rep arranges separately (cost not stated on the page).
• Hours you may knock: Not published. The Tampa code sets no knocking hours for solicitors.
• What the rep carries: Nothing city-issued. Under state law a permit holder carries the state permit at all times and shows it before starting the pitch (F.S. 501.022(8)).
• What takes the time: For the state permit: an online or paper application, an in-person appointment at the Clerk's Tampa, Brandon or Plant City office, two passport photos, and Live Scan fingerprints. The statute gives FDLE and the sheriff up to 60 days to report back to the clerk (F.S. 501.022(3)).
• Code: City of Tampa Code, Chapter 6 Article I (6-4, 6-29) and Article III, 14-46 and 24-120 (business tax schedule). Municode shows the online version as "May 27, 2026 (current)." Florida Statutes 501.021 to 501.055.
• Worth knowing: The Clerk's page says permits are required for door-to-door solicitations for amounts in excess of $25. Leaving flyers or door hangers is its own rule: a “business or individual advertising on the private property of another by means of handbills” is a regulated business that needs a city business operating permit (6-4, 6-29); the fee is set by council resolution and is not in the code (6-37). A "No Advertising" or "No Solicitation" sign makes it unlawful to leave handbills on that property, and the business is liable too (6-171). The statute lists exclusions, including sales by sample, catalog or brochure for future delivery (F.S. 501.022(1)(b)).
• Read it yourself: Tampa Code Chapter 6, Article III, Specific Regulations and Requirements · Tampa Code Chapter 6, Article I, Administrative Provisions · Tampa Code 14-46, Solicitation regulation · Tampa Code 24-120, business tax schedule · Hillsborough County Clerk, Home Solicitation Sales Permit · Florida Statutes 501.022 · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does the City of Tampa require a business tax receipt for an out-of-town company whose reps sell door to door in the city, and under which line of 24-120? How long is the Hillsborough Clerk currently taking to issue a home solicitation sale permit after fingerprints? What does Live Scan fingerprinting cost for this permit? Does a crew that leaves door hangers need the city business operating permit for handbill advertising (6-29), and what is the fee? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: Probably, but with a real gap: West Palm Beach's "Peddlers" article defines a peddler as anyone traveling "from place to place, from house to house, or from street to street, carrying, conveying or transporting goods, wares, merchandise, food" and other produce, "offering and exposing such articles for sale, or making sales and delivering articles to purchasers," which requires a police-issued identification card (22-251, 22-271). The definition is built around carrying or delivering physical goods, though, and does not use the word "services" the way some other cities' ordinances do — whether a rep who only takes signed orders for a service like fiber, security or pest control (never carrying or delivering anything) is covered is genuinely unclear from the text alone. The only order-taker the definition names is one who "solicits orders and, as a separate transaction, makes deliveries to purchasers as a part of a scheme or design to evade the provisions of this chapter" (22-251).
• Where it comes from: The identification card comes from the West Palm Beach Police Department (22-271, 22-272). A separate business certificate of registration, from the city's business tax official, may also apply to someone without a permanent business location in the city (22-101).
• Fee: Not published in the code — the police department "may charge an administrative fee established by resolution" (22-272(c)), but that resolution's dollar figure could not be found on the city's own site.
• Hours you may knock: Not published. Article VI has location restrictions (a defined "downtown area," special-event buffers) but no clock-time hours provision for peddling anywhere in the city.
• What the rep carries: The police-issued peddler identification card, shown at the request of any citizen at all times while working (22-273).
• What takes the time: A police background investigation before the card issues; the police chief may refuse a card to anyone convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude within the previous five years (22-272).
• Code: West Palm Beach Code of Ordinances, Chapter 22, Article VI — Peddlers (§§ 22-251–22-275).
• Worth knowing: Peddling on public streets or sidewalks is barred in the defined "Downtown Area" of the city, except at the Green Market or with special-event approval (22-253(b)). A card can be revoked for fraud, a breach-of-the-peace style violation, or a dishonesty conviction within the last five years (22-274).
• Read it yourself: West Palm Beach Code of Ordinances, Chapter 22, Article VI — Peddlers · West Palm Beach Code of Ordinances, Chapter 22, Article III — Certificate of Registration · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does a rep who only solicits and signs orders for a service (fiber, security, pest control) — never carrying or delivering goods — need a peddler's identification card under Article VI, or is that a different category entirely? What is the current dollar fee for the peddler's identification card? Are there set hours a peddler or door-to-door rep may knock, even though none appear in Article VI itself? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — an itinerant merchant permit for the company, plus an individual identification badge for every rep. Chapter 6-6, Special Sales, defines an itinerant merchant as anyone selling "goods, merchandise or services to the public on private property, whether in a commercial or residential area, on a temporary itinerant basis" (6-6-1) and makes itinerant sales without a permit unlawful (6-6-2(b)). The county's own regulatory application has a check box for "Itinerant Merchants: ( ) Door-to-Door". The permit is on top of the occupation tax certificate (6-6-2(b)).
• Where it comes from: The Finance Department, 375 Satula Avenue. Applications for itinerant merchants "shall be made at the Finance Department" (6-6-2(d)).
• Fee: $80.00 vendor permit fee plus a $20.00 ID badge for each person, per the county's application form revised 07/01/2026. The code's own fee table still prints 75.00 for the itinerant merchant permit and 20.00 for the badge (6-6-2(g)); the form is the newer number. Fees are not prorated or refundable (6-6-2(g)).
• Hours you may knock: The code sets no knocking hours. Chapter 6-6 has clock times only for the farmers market and food trucks. Itinerant sellers may not make noise that violates the noise control ordinance (6-6-6(c)).
• What the rep carries: The permit, displayed so it is visible at all times while selling (6-6-3(a)), and the individual identification badge worn on the person, conspicuous and clearly visible (6-6-3(b)). Every person selling needs a badge, "whether the principal or an employee" (6-6-2(e)).
• What takes the time: The application asks for federal and state tax ID numbers (6-6-2(h)), a name, address and SSN or driver's license number for each badge, a notarized citizenship affidavit and an E-Verify affidavit. The form requires a location address for every permit except door-to-door. The code states no processing time and no background check.
• Code: Athens-Clarke County Code, Title 6, Chapter 6-6, Special Sales (6-6-1, 6-6-2, 6-6-3, 6-6-6, 6-6-13 to 6-6-15), and Chapter 6-1, Occupation Taxes.
• Worth knowing: The county's new-business handout describes the itinerant merchant permit as needing "written permission from the property owner and approval from Planning" — wording that fits a tent or lot sale, while the application form exempts door-to-door from the location line. Handbills may not be left at a property posted against them (3-12-14). A false statement on the application is its own offense (6-6-12), and permits can be suspended or revoked (6-6-13).
• Read it yourself: Athens-Clarke County Code, Chapter 6-6, Special Sales · Athens-Clarke County Regulatory Application (vendor permit, revised 07/01/2026) · Athens-Clarke County, General Information for New Businesses · Athens-Clarke County Code, Chapter 6-1, Occupation Taxes and Regulatory Fees · Athens-Clarke County Code, Title 3, Public Safety (checked for hours; none found) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Is the itinerant merchant permit fee $80.00 (application form) or 75.00 (code table 6-6-2(g)), and is it one permit per company? How long does a door-to-door itinerant merchant permit last before it must be renewed? Does a door-to-door crew need Planning approval or property-owner permission, or is that only for fixed-location sales? Does an out-of-town company also need an Athens-Clarke County occupation tax certificate, and what does it cost? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. It is unlawful to make door to door sales of consumer goods or services without first getting a permit from the city (30-611(a)). The company needs one and so does each rep. A business with 30 or more reps may apply on their behalf (30-613(a)).
• Where it comes from: The code says the application goes to “the mayor or the mayor’s designee” (30-613). It does not name the office. Denials go to the license review board (30-613(c)).
• Fee: Company or individual: $100.00 application fee plus a $500.00 annual permit fee. Each employee, agent or independent contractor working for a company: $50.00 application fee plus a $170.00 annual permit fee (30-615).
• Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. The code bars knocking between 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. on any day, licensed or unlicensed (30-597).
• What the rep carries: City-approved identification that the rep must show and display. Before anything else the rep must state who they are, the name and address of the company they represent, and what is being sold (30-611).
• What takes the time: A sworn written application. The city investigates and must decide within ten days of the application (30-613(c)). Failing to hand over requested records within 30 days is grounds for denial (30-613(b)). The permit renews each year by the anniversary date (30-616).
• Code: Atlanta Code of Ordinances, Part II, Chapter 30, Article VII, Door to Door Sales: 30-596, 30-597, 30-611 to 30-619. Municode shows the version as Aug 25, 2026 (current).
• Worth knowing: Entering a home posted “No Peddlers,” “No Solicitors” or similar is unlawful, licensed or not (30-618), and staying after being told to leave is criminal trespass under O.C.G.A. 16-7-21 (30-619(b)). Sales by invitation of the buyer, insurance, real estate and registered securities sales are outside the definition (30-596). Nonprofits and established route salespeople are exempt from the permit but must register annually (30-612).
• Read it yourself: Atlanta Code Chapter 30, Article VII, Door to Door Sales · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Which office takes the door to door sales permit application (the code only says the mayor’s designee); Whether fingerprints or a background check are part of the investigation; What form the required identification takes and whether the city issues it; Whether a city business tax certificate is needed before applying. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: No specific permit is set for a commercial door-to-door sales rep. Title 6, Chapter 5, Peddlers and Solicitors, has only three things: a generic application procedure that applies "before any permit required by law" is issued (Sec. 6-5-1, which does not itself impose a permit requirement), sidewalk/street vending space permits (Sec. 6-5-2), and Article 2's Business Tax Certificate for "Transient Vendors" — defined as sellers with no permanent county location who advertise their goods as priced below permanent local retailers (Sec. 6-5-3, 6-5-4) — which does not describe a fiber, solar, pest or security sales rep. What does still apply is the county's general Business Tax Certificate (occupation tax) in Title 2, Chapter 1: anyone "transacting, or offering to transact" business in Augusta-Richmond County needs one (2-1-18), and a business with no Georgia office is taxed here when it has agents who "exert substantial efforts" in the county "for the purpose of soliciting business" (2-1-6). That is a company-level certificate, not a per-rep solicitor permit.
• Where it comes from: Not applicable for a general commercial solicitor. Where the chapter does require something (street/sidewalk vending, or the Transient Vendor Business Tax Certificate) it is the License and Inspection Department / Planning & Development Department (Sec. 6-5-1, 6-5-7).
• Fee: No solicitor fee exists, because no solicitor permit exists. The Business Tax Certificate carries a $110.00 administrative fee on every account, plus occupation tax (2-1-3(a)). The regulatory fee list in 2-1-3(c) prints "Temporary and Transient Vendors $195.00 per day" — that line belongs to the below-retail-price transient vendor category in 6-5-3, not a general sales rep.
• Hours you may knock: None found. Checked Title 6, Chapter 5 (Peddlers and Solicitors), the Title 3 (Public Safety) chapter list and every section heading in Title 3, Chapter 7 (Offenses), and Title 7, Chapter 2 (Nuisances) — no solicitation-hours section.
• What the rep carries: No badge or solicitor ID is prescribed. A transient or non-resident business must carry its Business Tax Certificate on the person or in the vehicle used in the business and show it to an enforcement officer when asked (2-1-31). A Transient Vendor under Title 6, Chapter 5, Article 2 must also post a $5,000.00 bond with a sworn inventory (6-5-5), but that article does not describe ordinary door-to-door sales reps.
• Code: Augusta-Richmond County Code Title 6, Chapter 5, Peddlers and Solicitors (§§ 6-5-1–6-5-8). Title 2, Chapter 1, Business Tax Certificate (2-1-3, 2-1-6, 2-1-18, 2-1-31). Section 6-5-4 still points to "Title 2, Chapter 2" for the certificate; the certificate rules are printed in Chapter 1.
• Worth knowing: Any transient vendor's Business Tax Certificate application must include a $5,000.00 bond payable to Augusta-Richmond County (6-5-5), and the certificate can be suspended or revoked by the Planning & Development Department for cause (6-5-7). The offenses chapter bars indiscriminate distribution of advertising matter (3-7-9) and trespassing (3-7-37); neither sets knocking hours.
• Read it yourself: Augusta-Richmond County Code Title 6, Chapter 5, Peddlers and Solicitors · Augusta-Richmond County Code Title 3, Public Safety (checked for hours; none found) · Augusta-Richmond County Code Title 7, Chapter 2, Nuisances (checked for hours/solicit; none found) · Augusta-Richmond County Code Title 2, Chapter 1, Business Tax Certificate · Augusta-Richmond County Code Title 3, Chapter 7, Offenses (section list checked; no solicitation rule) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether the Planning & Development / License and Inspection Department applies any permit, badge, or hours requirement to commercial door-to-door sales crews (fiber, solar, pest, security) that isn't written into Chapter 5; Whether an out-of-town company doing door-to-door sales must take out the Business Tax Certificate (Title 2, Chapter 1), and what occupation tax class it falls in; Whether there is a separate no-knock or Do Not Solicit registry maintained by the Sheriff's Office or another department. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: No door-to-door permit. Chapter 16, Peddlers and Solicitors, is the city's door-to-door chapter, but it only requires a permit for charitable solicitation (Sec. 16-1) and a license or written permit for peddling cut flowers, flower plants or shrubbery house to house (Sec. 16-9). It has no permit, license or registration section for a for-profit sales rep (fiber, solar, pest, security) knocking door to door. What does apply is the general business license: the city says "A general business license is required of all businesses operating in Columbus, GA/Muscogee County" — a company-level occupation tax certificate, not a per-rep permit.
• Where it comes from: No office issues a commercial door-to-door permit, because Chapter 16 does not require one. The general business license (occupation tax certificate) comes from the Occupation Tax Section, 3111 Citizens Way, per the city's Business Licenses page. The charitable-solicitation permit is issued by the chief of police (Sec. 16-1).
• Fee: None for door-to-door solicitation itself. For the general business license the city's page lists an administrative fee of $75.00 upon issuance, plus occupation tax on gross receipts; the page gives the rate only as a range and says to see the Occupation Tax Section for details.
• Hours you may knock: None found. Neither Chapter 16 (Peddlers and Solicitors) nor Chapter 14 (Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions) sets clock-time knocking hours for commercial door-to-door solicitation.
• What the rep carries: Nothing is specified in Chapter 16 for a commercial for-profit solicitor. (A charitable solicitor operating under the Sec. 16-1 permit would carry that permit, but that section does not apply to for-profit sales.)
• Code: Columbus Code of Ordinances Chapter 16, Peddlers and Solicitors (§§ 16-1–16-13), and Chapter 19, Article IV, Business License and Occupation Tax (§ 19-36).
• Worth knowing: Chapter 19, Article IV § 19-36 requires "each person engaged in any business, trade, profession or occupation in Columbus, Georgia" — including an out-of-state business with no Georgia location that exerts substantial efforts in the state — to register and take out a business license. That is a general company-level occupation-tax registration, not a per-rep door-to-door permit, and Chapter 16 does not connect it to soliciting at the door.
• Read it yourself: Columbus, GA Code of Ordinances Chapter 16, Peddlers and Solicitors · Columbus, GA Code of Ordinances Chapter 19, Article IV, Business License and Occupation Tax · Columbus, GA Code of Ordinances Chapter 14, Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions (checked for hours; none found) · Columbus Consolidated Government, Finance: Business & Alcohol Licenses · Municode search of the Columbus code (peddler) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether the general Chapter 19 business license (occupation tax certificate) is treated as covering an out-of-town company's door-to-door reps, and whether that's per company or per rep; Whether the Marshal's Office or License and Revenue Division applies any unwritten local practice (badge, hours) to door-to-door commercial sales crews; Whether any knocking-hours or curfew rule applies to solicitors under the city's noise or peace-disturbance provisions. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a permit, per rep. Macon-Bibb County Code Division 20, Door-to-Door Commercial Solicitation, makes it "unlawful for any person to engage in solicitation in Macon-Bibb County without first obtaining a permit from the Tax Commissioner" (7-483(a)), and its definition of "solicitation" expressly covers going door to door to sell goods or take orders for future performance of services (7-482) — which covers fiber, solar, pest and security sales.
• Where it comes from: The Tax Commissioner's office issues the permit (7-483(a), 7-484(a)); Macon-Bibb County's Business License Office reviews the application and orders the background investigation (7-484(d)).
• Fee: Not published in the code. Section 7-484(b) only says "all applications shall be accompanied by the fee established by the mayor and commission as it may be amended from time to time" — the dollar amount is set on a separate administrative fee schedule that was not found on a primary page in this session. Anyone whose solicitation involves cash deposits, C.O.D. orders, or financing for future delivery/service must also post a $5,000.00 bond for the fiscal year (7-484(c)).
• Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. — soliciting between 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. is unlawful (7-489(a)) — and never on Sunday or any federal or state holiday (7-489(b)).
• What the rep carries: The county-issued identification badge, worn at all times while soliciting (7-486), plus a legible copy of the permit itself, which must be produced on demand (7-492(b)). At first contact and every later contact, the rep must state their identity, the legal name of the company they represent, the purpose of the call, and the goods or services being offered (7-492(a)).
• What takes the time: A criminal background check and personal-character investigation are ordered once the application is complete (7-484(d)); a permit is denied for certain convictions within the past 5 years, an incomplete or false application, an unpaid fee, or a missing bond (7-485). A permit is valid for no more than 60 days and cannot be transferred (7-483(b)-(c)).
• Code: Macon-Bibb County Code, Chapter 7, Article II, Division 20, Door-to-Door Commercial Solicitation (§§ 7-481–7-494).
• Worth knowing: A property posted with a "No Soliciting" sign or comparable placard at its entrance is off-limits for entry, commercial or not (7-490), and any rep must leave immediately if the owner or occupant asks (7-491). Every sale or order taken, and every contribution obtained, must get the customer a written receipt on request, itemizing the rep's name and business address, the goods/services and amount, and (for a donation) the intended use (7-493). Written receipts and the pricing rules of the older Division 6 (transient merchants/peddlers, 7-171 to 7-173) apply to a different category — vendors selling goods without a permanent county location — and are separate from this door-to-door permit.
• Read it yourself: Macon-Bibb County Code, Chapter 7, Division 20, Door-to-Door Commercial Solicitation · Macon-Bibb County Code, Chapter 7, Division 6, Soliciting and Transient Merchants · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: The current dollar amount of the Division 20 solicitation permit application fee on the mayor and commission's fee schedule; Whether the fee and permit are issued per individual rep or can be issued once for a company's whole crew; Typical turnaround time for the background investigation before the permit issues. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes, a license, per rep. The code's "transient peddler" definition is "any person who is a nonresident of the city ... who engages in the business of selling or offering to sell goods or services by going from place to place within the city" (6-1602) — that covers a fiber, solar, pest or security rep working a neighborhood door to door — and "no person, firm or corporation shall operate a business as a transient merchant or peddler within the city unless a license for such business has first been granted by the city" (6-1603).
• Where it comes from: The City Treasurer's office receives the application and issues the license (6-1604, 6-1614); the Inspections Department must also approve it (6-1608).
• Fee: $20.00 per day for a nonresident ("transient") peddler, up to a maximum of $100.00 for any one continuous period of business in a calendar year, unless the annual revenue ordinance sets a higher fee (6-1610). A Savannah-resident ("local") peddler instead pays whatever the annual revenue ordinance sets for local merchants generally (6-1611) — that dollar figure was not found on a primary page in this session.
• Hours you may knock: Not published. This article (6-1601 to 6-1617) has no clock-time knocking-hours section; it regulates where and how a peddler may operate, not when.
• What the rep carries: "Each peddler ... shall be required to display a valid license or permit issued by the city, or a copy thereof, in a manner which can be clearly observed by any person being solicited" (6-1615).
• What takes the time: The Inspections Department must review and approve the application for zoning and safety-code compliance before a license issues (6-1608); a license can be denied for a false statement in the application, or for the applicant's felony or moral-turpitude conviction within the past 5 years (6-1607).
• Code: Savannah Code of Ordinances, Part 6, Chapter 1, Article T, Transient Merchants, Peddlers, Solicitors (§§ 6-1601–6-1617), "The Transient Merchant, Peddler, and Solicitor Ordinance of 1980" (6-1601).
• Worth knowing: A peddler may not go onto a property posted with a "No Soliciting" sign, and must leave immediately if the owner, occupant or person in charge asks (6-1615). A peddler may not set up a stand or booth on a street or sidewalk without the city manager's written permission (6-1615), and may not sell or solicit at all in the public right-of-way of Broughton Street or its cross-street intersections (6-1615). A separate, no-fee "permit" category covers solicitors for charitable/religious organizations or for magazine subscriptions (6-1602, 6-1613) — that is a different track from the peddler's license and does not apply to a for-profit commercial sales rep.
• Read it yourself: Savannah Code of Ordinances, Article T, Transient Merchants, Peddlers, Solicitors · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: The current local-peddler license fee under the annual revenue ordinance, for a Savannah-resident rep; Whether one "transient peddler" license can cover a whole out-of-town crew, or each rep needs their own $20/day license; Whether any knocking-hours restriction exists outside this article (e.g. in the noise ordinance) that would apply to door-to-door solicitation. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: No door-to-door permit was found. The Revised Ordinances of Honolulu have no chapter that licenses home door-to-door sales: Chapter 34, Regulation of Businesses, has no peddler, solicitor or canvasser article, and Chapter 13 is about public places. The peddler’s license only covers peddling “on a public place” (13-6.2(a)), and public place means publicly owned streets, sidewalks, parks and the like (13-1.1). The only rule aimed at solicitors and canvassers bars them from blocking public streets, sidewalks and malls (13-5.1). The absence is read from the live code's chapter and article lists; the code has no sentence saying no permit is needed.
• Where it comes from: No issuing office for a door-to-door permit, because none was found. The peddler’s license PDF is posted by the city’s Department of Customer Services.
• Fee: None found for door-to-door sales. For reference, the peddler’s license for selling on a public place is $60 a year in the live code (13-6.1, amended by Ord. 25-37). The 2021 printed volume and the city's older peddler PDF still show the earlier figure.
• Hours you may knock: The ordinances read set no knocking hours for door-to-door sales.
• What the rep carries: Nothing city-issued was found for door-to-door reps. Anyone who peddles on a public place also needs a state general excise tax license under HRS 237-9 (13-6.2(b)).
• Code: Revised Ordinances of Honolulu, Chapter 13: 13-1.1 (definitions), Article 5 (13-5.1, 13-5.2), Article 6 (13-6.1, 13-6.2). Formerly Chapter 29, Articles 5 and 6. The live code host shows Supplement 10, 12-2025, Ordinance No. 25-40 through Ordinance No. 25-56.
• Worth knowing: The ordinances recognize “home door-to-door salespersons, solicitors, or canvassers” as a group and exempt them from the school-zone peddling ban (13-6.2(c)(10)). Taking orders on a sidewalk or other public place to dodge the peddler rules counts as peddling (13-1.1).
• Read it yourself: Revised Ordinances of Honolulu 2021, Volume I (Chapter 13) · City Department of Customer Services, ROH Peddlers License (PDF) · ROH Chapter 13 (live code, article list) · ROH 13-5.1 (live code) · ROH 13-6.1 (live code) · ROH Article 6, Peddler's License (live code) · ROH Chapter 34 (live code, article list) · Honolulu code overview (currency statement) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Has any ordinance after Ord. 25-56 added a permit or registration for home door-to-door sales? Does the city treat a rep walking between homes as peddling on a public place? Are there any hours limits for knocking on residential doors? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a license from the City Clerk’s Office. The section reaches the manager too: it is unlawful to engage in the business or to employ another in it without one.
• Where it comes from: Boise City Clerk’s Office
• Fee: No official source stating it was reached.
• Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to one hour after sunset, unless in a commercially zoned area (3-2-12(B)). A residential route in December ends before six.
• What the rep carries: A current city license, displayed. Boise Police tell residents to look for it, so expect reps to be asked.
• Code: Boise Code 3-2-6; 3-2-12(B)
• Read it yourself: Boise Code 3-2-6 · Boise Police, protecting your home · checked 4 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: The fee; The term; The processing time; Whether the license is per company or per rep. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a Mobile Sales Unit (MSU) license, per rep. A mobile sales unit includes 'a traveling, and/or door to door commercial or retail establishment...and/or any agent or representative thereof,' and 'it shall be unlawful for any person to operate, allow the operation of, or act as a mobile sales unit without' the required license (§ 3-4-1, § 3-4-2.A).
• Where it comes from: The Meridian City Clerk's Office issues the license, after the Chief of Police investigates the application and endorses his findings (§ 3-4-2.A.5.a–c).
• Fee: $73.25 per applicant, per the city's own Mobile Sales Unit application and program brochure ('Application fee—$73.25'). The code itself sets no dollar figure, only that the fee is 'as set forth in the fee schedule of the City Clerk's office' (§ 3-4-2.A.5.a(2)).
• Hours you may knock: The code sets no fixed citywide clock window. Each applicant must describe 'the hours, locations, and means' the unit will operate (§ 3-4-2.A.5.a(1)(E)), and the license itself must show those licensed hours on its face (§ 3-4-2.A.5.f(3)); operating outside them is unlawful (§ 3-4-2.B.1).
• What the rep carries: The MSU license, which 'shall be kept on the licensee's person at all times during such operation or activity and shall be exhibited at any time upon request of any person' (§ 3-4-2.D.2). The city's own brochure adds that approved solicitors are issued a photo badge showing the MSU number, to be worn while selling.
• What takes the time: Fingerprints (taken by Idaho State Police), two 2-inch by 2-inch photographs, a criminal-history disclosure, and proof of a general-liability policy with 'minimum limits of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) per person bodily injury, five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) per occurrence bodily injury, and one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) per occurrence property damage,' naming the city as additional insured (§ 3-4-2.A.5.a(3)–(7)). The Clerk has up to 30 days from a complete application to issue or deny (§ 3-4-2.A.5.c).
• Code: Meridian City Code, Title 3, Chapter 4, § 3-4-2 — Mobile sales units.
• Worth knowing: No license is needed at a property where the occupant or owner has invited the mobile sales unit, explicitly or implicitly through a transaction with them in the prior 365 days — but 'such invitation may be revoked...by explicit communication only, and shall be effective immediately' (§ 3-4-2.g(2)). The license expires 365 days after issuance (§ 3-4-2.A.5.f(4)).
• Read it yourself: Meridian City Code § 3-4-2, Mobile sales units · City of Meridian Mobile Sales Unit brochure · City of Meridian Mobile Sales Unit (Door to Door) application · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Are there default operating hours the Clerk's Office assigns on a new MSU license, or does the applicant propose them? How long does the Chief of Police background-check review typically take within the 30-day statutory maximum? Does one MSU license cover a whole sales team, or does every individual rep need a separate license and badge? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — every peddler or solicitor must apply to the City Clerk and get a permit before peddling or soliciting (Sec 32-3).
• Where it comes from: The City Clerk's Office issues the permit; every for-profit applicant must pass a background check first (Sec 32-3).
• Fee: $100 per 30 days per peddler, up to a maximum of six months per peddler per calendar year, and up to ten peddler permits per company per month — per the city's own Peddlers and Solicitors page.
• Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. April through September, and 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. the rest of the year, in residential areas — never on state or federal holidays (Sec 32-27).
• What the rep carries: City photo identification on their person at all times while peddling or soliciting, plus business identification (name, address, phone, and vehicle ID number if applicable) posted in easily readable lettering on their vehicle or on their person; the permit itself must be shown on request (Sec 32-28).
• What takes the time: A background check (valid three years) for every applicant, done through a city-approved fingerprint vendor; the Clerk then issues the permit within five to seven business days of a complete application (Sec 32-5).
• Code: Aurora Code of Ordinances, Chapter 32 (Peddlers and Solicitors), §§ 32-1 through 32-30, 32-51.
• Worth knowing: A posted "No Trespassing," "No Peddlers or Solicitors" or similar sign near the entrance makes entering that property a trespass violation (Sec 32-6). A permit holder who refuses to leave a posted or unposted property after being told to go can be banned from peddling or soliciting in the city for up to two years (Sec 32-29, Sec 32-51).
• Read it yourself: Aurora Code of Ordinances, Chapter 32, Peddlers and Solicitors · City of Aurora, Peddlers and Solicitors page · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: For a company applying for the maximum ten peddler permits a month, how is the $100-per-30-days fee billed across reps? Does the six-month annual cap per peddler reset per calendar year or per rolling 12 months? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes for selling goods — a street peddler license, one per individual. The code defines a peddler as any individual who, going from place to place, "whether on private property or on the public way," sells or offers goods, wares or merchandise (4-244-010), and makes peddling without the license unlawful (4-244-030). The definition names goods only. It does not mention a rep who signs up customers for a service and carries nothing to sell, and the code has no separate solicitor or canvasser chapter in Title 4. Put that question to BACP.
• Where it comes from: The Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection (BACP). Apply online or at the Small Business Center, City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle Street, Room 800, per the city's Street Peddlers and Performers page.
• Fee: $100.00 for a 2-year term, per person (4-5-010(27) and the BACP page). $50.00 for applicants 65 or older, veterans, or persons with a certified disability. An online application carries a $25.00 application fee that is credited toward the license fee (4-5-010).
• Hours you may knock: The peddler chapter sets no hours for knocking on doors. Its only hours rule bars peddling in a public alley between 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. (4-244-120).
• What the rep carries: A metal badge or shield reading "Chicago Street Peddler," worn conspicuously on the outside of the outer coat while peddling (4-244-100).
• What takes the time: Government photo ID showing the current home address and an Illinois Department of Revenue account number, per the BACP page. The pages read name no background check or bond for this license.
• Code: Municipal Code of Chicago, current through Council Journal of June 17, 2026: Chapter 4-244, sections 4-244-010 (definitions), 4-244-030 (license required), 4-244-060 (fee), 4-244-100 (badges), 4-244-120 (hours), 4-244-140 (prohibited districts); fee in 4-5-010(27).
• Worth knowing: Peddling without the license is a fine of $50.00 to $200.00 per offense, each day counted separately (4-244-030(b)). The city keeps "no Peddling Zones"; BACP says the full list is at the City Clerk's office, and the code lists them in 4-244-140.
• Read it yourself: Municipal Code of Chicago 4-244-010 Definitions · Municipal Code of Chicago 4-244-030 License required · Municipal Code of Chicago 4-244-060 License fee · Municipal Code of Chicago 4-5-010 business license fees · Municipal Code of Chicago 4-244-100 Badges · Municipal Code of Chicago 4-244-120 Hours of business · Municipal Code of Chicago Chapter 4-244 (table of contents) · City of Chicago BACP, Street Peddlers and Performers · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does a rep who signs up customers for a service door to door, and sells no goods, need the street peddler license? Does the city enforce any hours for knocking on residential doors? Which no-peddling districts in 4-244-140 cover the wards we plan to work? Is fingerprinting required for the street peddler license? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a canvasser/solicitor registration permit from the Chief of Police, before calling at any residence to take orders, sales, subscriptions or business of any kind (§ 22-38).
• Where it comes from: The registration statement is filed with, and the permit issued by, the Chief of Police (§§ 22-38, 22-39).
• Fee: 30.00 (dollars) per for-profit canvasser or solicitor permit, listed under § 22-39.1 in the city's fee schedule.
• Hours you may knock: No solicitation between 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m.; no soliciting or canvassing at any time on Sunday (§ 22-32(b)).
• What the rep carries: The registration permit, carried at all times while soliciting or canvassing and exhibited on request to any officer or resident (§ 22-42).
• What takes the time: A criminal-record check by the Chief of Police; the permit cannot issue until three days after the application is filed, and is refused outright if the applicant has ever been convicted of a felony (§§ 22-40, 22-41).
• Code: Joliet Code of Ordinances §§ 22-30 through 22-47 (Ch. 22, Art. III, Canvassers and Solicitors) and § 18-20 (fee schedule).
• Worth knowing: A posted sign reading "Solicitors Prohibited," "No Soliciting," "No Canvassing" or similar, at least 4 inches by 2 inches, bars a canvasser or solicitor from calling at that residence at all (§ 22-38).
• Read it yourself: Joliet Code §§ 22-30–22-47, Ch. 22, Art. III, Canvassers and Solicitors · Joliet Code § 18-20, Fee schedule · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does an Omni Fiber rep who does not carry or deliver a vehicle-based product register as a canvasser/solicitor ($30, Art. III) or as an itinerant merchant/peddler ($125, Art. IV, § 22-74)? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — every rep needs individual peddler/solicitor approval from the City Clerk and the Police Department before knocking (§ 3-7-4).
• Where it comes from: Application goes to the City Clerk; the Naperville Police Department runs the background investigation (§ 3-7-4).
• Fee: $100.00 for a monthly peddler/solicitor approval, expiring every 30 days, per person, including one photo ID badge; a quarterly option is $300.00, expiring every 90 days per person (§ 3-7-3).
• Hours you may knock: 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday; no peddling or soliciting at any time on Sunday or on a state or federal holiday (§ 3-7-4(6)).
• What the rep carries: The City Clerk-issued photo ID badge, worn on the outer layer of clothing at all times while peddling or soliciting (§ 3-7-4(4)).
• What takes the time: A Police Department background investigation on every applicant; a registered sex offender cannot be approved (§ 3-7-4(1)-(2)).
• Code: Naperville Municipal Code §§ 3-7-1 through 3-7-7 (Title 3, Chapter 7, Solicitation in the Public Way). Codified through Ordinance No. 26-049, adopted May 19, 2026 (Supp. No. 101).
• Worth knowing: A resident can post a 3-inch by 4-inch "NO SOLICITING OR PEDDLING PERMITTED ON PREMISES" card near the main entrance; a peddler/solicitor must check for it before approaching and leave immediately if it applies (§ 3-7-5).
• Read it yourself: Naperville Municipal Code §§ 3-7-1–3-7-7, Ch. 7, Solicitation in the Public Way · City of Naperville, Solicitors/Peddlers/Food Vendors/Tag Days page · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does an Omni Fiber team apply for the monthly ($100/30 days) or quarterly ($300/90 days) option, and can a company batch-apply for multiple reps at once? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a solicitation permit from the Finance Department before engaging in 'commercial home merchandising' door to door (§ 24-2).
• Where it comes from: The Finance Department (Customer Service, Business Licenses) issues the permit; the Police Department can also deny or revoke it.
• Fee: $100 for up to one week, $150 up to one month, $225 up to six months, or $325 up to one year, per the city's Schedule of Fees, Rates & Charges.
• Hours you may knock: No solicitation activity on private residential property between 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. (§ 24-7(g)).
• What the rep carries: A solicitation permit card, about 2 inches by 4 inches, showing the company name, the solicitor's name and the permit's effective dates, visibly displayed while soliciting (§ 24-9).
• What takes the time: A complete state background check from any agency, with all pages and case dispositions, which cannot be more than three weeks old at the time of a new application (per the city's Solicitors & Peddlers License page); the permit itself is good for 90 days (per that same page).
• Code: Rockford Code of Ordinances §§ 24-1 through 24-17 (Ch. 24, Art. I, general solicitation permit rules) and §§ 24-19–24-22 (Art. II, Commercial Home Merchandisers).
• Worth knowing: A posted 'No Solicitors' or 'No Trespassing' sign on the residence bars entry regardless of whether the rep has a permit (§ 24-6(a)); a rep must leave immediately if the occupant asks, sign or not (§ 24-6(b)).
• Read it yourself: Rockford Code §§ 24-1–24-22, Ch. 24, Solicitors and Peddlers · City of Rockford, Solicitors & Peddlers License page · City of Rockford, Schedule of Fees, Rates & Charges · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: For a fiber sales team running an ongoing campaign, which duration tier ($100/week to $325/year) applies, and is it per rep or per company? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes, if the team sells goods. Fort Wayne has no solicitor or peddler chapter; the only chapter on point is Transient Merchants, and it covers anyone doing temporary business for 120 days or less "in traveling from place to place in this city, offering for sale or selling goods, wares or merchandise" (117.01). Selling without the permit is unlawful (117.02). The chapter speaks of goods, wares and merchandise and does not mention services, so whether a fiber, pest or security sign-up counts is a question for the police Records Bureau.
• Where it comes from: The Fort Wayne Police Department Records Bureau. The application is filed "with the Chief of Police or his/her agent" (117.03), and the city's Transient Merchant Permit page takes it online through the city's NextRequest portal. The application form has lines for additional employees on the same permit.
• Fee: $250 per permit (117.06(A)). The police page words it as a "$250 fee if applicant does not submit current IN Retail License or proof of Not-For-Profit status". The code does not say the fee is per rep; the form lists employees under one applicant.
• Hours you may knock: None set. Chapter 117 has no hours section, and the code has no door-to-door chapter that sets knocking hours. The application asks for the dates and times you will do business (117.03(A)(5)).
• What the rep carries: The permit. The code says to display it "in a prominent area" where business is done (117.09); the police page says it "must be displayed or readily available for Law Enforcement if requested".
• What takes the time: File at least five business days before the first day (117.06(A)). The police investigate the applicant's "business reputation, moral character and criminal background" (117.03(B)). The code still lists fingerprints taken by the Fort Wayne Police Department (117.03(A)(8)), but the police page says "fingerprints no longer required". A government photo ID goes in with the application.
• Code: Fort Wayne Code of Ordinances, Chapter 117, Transient Merchants and Ice Cream Vendors (117.01 to 117.09, 117.99; Ord. G-4-15, passed 4-14-15). The host shows the code current through Ord. G-19-26, passed 7-14-26.
• Worth knowing: The permit runs 120 days and is not transferable (117.06, 117.07, police page). The penalty for a violation of the chapter is a fine of $2,500; each day is a separate offense (117.99). Selling goods in the street right-of-way to people in vehicles is separately banned on major arterial streets (99.010); that section is about street sales, not doors.
• Read it yourself: City of Fort Wayne, City Code page · Fort Wayne Code Chapter 117 (section list) · Fort Wayne Code 117.02 · Fort Wayne Code 117.03 · Fort Wayne Code 117.06 · Fort Wayne Code 117.09 · Fort Wayne Code 117.99 · Fort Wayne Code 99.010 · Fort Wayne Police, Transient Merchant Permit · Transient Merchant Permit Application (PDF) · Fort Wayne code overview (currency statement) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does the Chapter 117 transient merchant permit apply to door-to-door sales of a service (internet, pest control, security), or only to goods? Is the $250 one permit for the company with reps listed on it, or does each rep pay? Does the $250 drop or go away if we show an Indiana Retail Merchant Certificate? Is there any rule on knocking hours or No Soliciting signs? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: No door-to-door license shows up in the Revised Code. Title IV (business licenses) has no peddler or solicitor chapter, and the city's business license list has no solicitor entry. What the city does have, and what still binds every rep: a nuisance rule that says when a commercial solicitor may not be on a porch — posted notice, after being asked to leave, addresses on the city's No-Solicitation list, and after the evening cutoff (391-104) — plus handbill rules for anything left at the door (361-504, 361-505).
• Where it comes from: The Revised Code of the Consolidated City and County, Sec. 391-104, "Solicitors entering private premises." The no-knock list is run by the Department of Business and Neighborhood Services.
• Fee: None published, because there is no door-to-door license to pay for. The only nearby license, the transient merchant license, covers sales "from an outdoor sales location" such as a stand, cart or vehicle on a lot or the right-of-way (987-101), not knocking on doors.
• Hours you may knock: No start time is set. The cutoff is thirty minutes after sunset or 9:00 p.m., whichever is earlier (391-104(a)(4)).
• What the rep carries: The code names nothing a door-to-door rep must carry or wear.
• What takes the time: Nothing to apply for at the city. The real prep work is pulling the no-solicitation address list before the team goes out.
• Code: Sec. 391-104 (solicitors entering private premises); Chapter 987, Article I (transient merchant activity, outdoor sales locations only). Chapter 361, Article V (handbills). Municode shows the code as codified through Ordinance No. 42, 2026, passed June 1, 2026 (Supp. No. 47, Update 2).
• Worth knowing: Three more things make a knock a nuisance under 391-104: a posted notice at or near the entrance forbidding it, staying after being asked to leave, and any address on the city's annual No-Solicitation list. The list resets every December 31 and the city posts the current addresses. The section is about uninvited sellers of "merchandise or commercial services"; deliveries of things already ordered are carved out (391-104(b)). Flyers and door hangers: none at a home with a sign saying the occupants do not want handbills, or where anyone there asks you not to (361-504); at an unposted home, hand it over or place it so it cannot blow away, and stay out of the mailbox (361-505).
• Read it yourself: Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code Sec. 391-104 · Revised Code Chapter 987, Article I, Transient Merchant Activity · indy.gov, Sign-up and View the No-Solicitation list · indy.gov, Business Licenses · Revised Code Chapter 361, Article V, Handbills (361-501 to 361-506) · Municode search of the Indianapolis-Marion County code (solicitor) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does the city require any license or registration for uninvited door-to-door sales of services, or is 391-104 the whole rule? Do the excluded cities inside Marion County (Beech Grove, Lawrence, Southport, Speedway) run their own solicitor permits? Where is the current No-Solicitation address list posted, and how often is it updated? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a Solicitor License, for anyone who "initiates or attempts to initiate personal contact with other persons at or near residences or businesses...in an apparent effort to solicit or attempt to solicit monies or orders for goods, services, subscriptions, or merchandise" (42.01(l), 42.02(a)).
• Where it comes from: The Office of the City Clerk (42.03(a)).
• Fee: $170 for the annual license plus $15 for the Iowa criminal history background check ($50 of that is non-refundable if the license is denied) — per the City Clerk's Vendor Licenses page. On top of that, a $1,000 surety bond (42.04) and proof of general liability insurance of at least $1,000,000 per occurrence (42.05) are required.
• Hours you may knock: 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., every day, and not at all on a federal holiday unless the City Manager specifically approves it (42.11(a)).
• What the rep carries: The original, physical license, displayed prominently at all times and shown to a customer or city employee on request — a copy or photo doesn't count — plus original government photo ID (42.02(d)).
• What takes the time: A statewide criminal history record report from every state the applicant has lived in over the past five years (42.03(b)(2)), plus the $1,000 bond and $1,000,000 insurance certificate before the license issues (42.04, 42.05).
• Code: Cedar Rapids Municipal Code, Chapter 42 — Solicitors and Transient Merchants (§§ 42.01–42.13).
• Worth knowing: No more than one solicitation call at the same residence for the same goods or services within any 14-day period without a prior invitation — this applies across all of a company's reps, not just one individual (42.12(a)). No knocking where a "No Soliciting" sign is posted (42.12(b)). A written receipt is required on request for any purchase over $5 (42.12(e)). A license denial or revocation locks the applicant out for 180 days (42.02(e), 42.07(d)).
• Read it yourself: Cedar Rapids Municipal Code, Chapter 42 — Solicitors and Transient Merchants · City of Cedar Rapids — Vendor Licenses (Solicitors) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether the $170/$15 fee figures on the Vendor Licenses page are still current; Whether the license and background check are per individual rep even when working for the same employer, given the "only one natural person may engage in such activity under one solicitor license" rule (42.02(a)). Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a Peddler's License is required before going door-to-door, whether selling goods or taking orders for later delivery (Sec. 78-26, 78-27).
• Where it comes from: Issued by the Des Moines City Clerk's Office, after review with the police department (Sec. 78-29, 78-30).
• Fee: $20 per week, $50 per month, or $100 for three months for the license, plus a cash bond of $200 per person (or $1000 for an employer with five or more license applicants), per the City Clerk's Peddler's License Application.
• Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. — the code bars peddling between 9:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. (Sec. 78-35(d)).
• What the rep carries: The license itself, and a copy must be left with each prospective customer as evidence of compliance (Sec. 78-31).
• What takes the time: A criminal history background check dated within the last 30 days, from every state of residence for the past five years, plus a minimum three-business-day waiting period on the application (Sec. 78-29, 78-30).
• Code: Des Moines Code of Ordinances, Chapter 78, Article II — Peddlers (§§ 78-25 to 78-35).
• Worth knowing: No peddling within 1,000 feet of the perimeter of a permitted street closure or on a parade route without the permit holder's written permission, and no peddling on any property posted against it (Sec. 78-35). The license is nontransferable and must be issued in the name of the person actually peddling (Sec. 78-32).
• Read it yourself: Des Moines Code of Ordinances, Chapter 78 — Peddlers and Solicitors · Des Moines City Clerk — Peddler's License Application · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether the current fee amounts on the printed application ($20/week, $50/month, $100/three months) are still in effect; Whether the peddler's license and bond apply the same way to a service sale (fiber, security, pest) as to a goods sale; Whether Iowa Code Section 555A adds any extra disclosure requirement for the rep. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: Yes, at least a registration. Kansas City, Kansas is run by the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, and its own Business License Division says any entity "engaging in business activity" here must register and file an occupation tax application, and that the tax applies "regardless of physical location" — a business "not located in but engaged in business activities" in the city "must register and pay an occupation tax for work conducted in the city." A separate Municode chapter specifically for Peddlers, Solicitors or Canvassers could not be located within the research session; see notes.
• Where it comes from: The Business License Division at the Neighborhood Resource Center, 4953 State Ave, Kansas City, KS 66102, (913) 573-8780.
• Fee: Not confirmed for a door-to-door sales activity specifically. The city's published 2025 occupation-tax fee schedule gives sample categories (e.g. Security Guards: $188 for 1–2 guards, $380 for 3–10, up to $1699 for 61+) but does not list a "peddler," "solicitor" or door-to-door sales category, and says to contact the Business License Division directly if a business type isn't in the examples.
• Hours you may knock: Not found. No specific door-to-door knocking-hours ordinance was located in the sessions on the Municode site or the city's own pages.
• What the rep carries: Not found in the sources checked.
• Code: Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas — Occupation Taxes (city licensing page, citing Code § 34-37 for exemptions), and Code of Ordinances Chapter 19, Licenses, Permits and Miscellaneous Business Regulations.
• Worth knowing: Chapter 19's own cross-reference footnote lists the many specific activities it separately regulates (alcohol, ambulances, amusements, animal establishments, electricians, food establishments, massage therapy, mining, oil and gas wells, sidewalk vendors, swimming pools, taxation, used goods, vehicles for hire) and does not list peddlers or solicitors among them, which suggests — but does not confirm — that door-to-door sales is handled only through the general occupation-tax registration rather than a dedicated permit chapter.
• Read it yourself: Unified Government of Wyandotte County/KCK — Occupation Taxes · Unified Government of Wyandotte County/KCK — Business Licenses & Permits · Wyandotte County Code of Ordinances, Chapter 19, Licenses, Permits and Miscellaneous Business Regulations (mini-TOC footnote checked; Article I general/minimum wage and Article V private security read in full, no Peddlers/Solicitors article found) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Is there a permit, license, badge or hours requirement specific to door-to-door solicitors/canvassers, separate from the general occupation tax registration? What is the occupation-tax fee category and dollar amount for an out-of-town company's door-to-door sales reps (fiber, solar, pest, security)? Does the Sheriff's Office or Police Department maintain any no-knock registry or require ID for door-to-door sales crews? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: No solicitor permit or license is required. The city says so directly: "The City of Olathe does not require a permit for soliciting door-to-door on residential or commercial property." The code's certificate-of-registration section for solicitors was repealed (5.28.045), and the chapter that remains, 5.28, only sets rules of conduct. What still applies: the 5.28 conduct rules bind anyone taking orders for goods or services door to door (5.28.020), the knocking hours below, the "No Solicitors" sign rule, and the city's general Retailers Registration for a company doing business in Olathe (5.02.010).
• Where it comes from: No issuing office, because no permit exists. The City Clerk's Office (913-971-8521) handles solicitation questions and issues free "No Solicitors" notice decals to residents on request; the Police Department (913-971-7500) handles violations.
• Fee: None. There is no permit, so no fee. The code's only dollar figure in this chapter is the $500.00 maximum penalty for violating the conduct rules (5.28.070).
• Hours you may knock: From ten o'clock (10:00) a.m. to eight o'clock (8:00) p.m. local time, every day — soliciting outside that window is unlawful (5.28.030(A)(2)).
• What the rep carries: No badge or ID card is required by the code. A solicitor must disclose, at the outset, their own name and the name of the company, product or organization they represent (5.28.030(A)(6)).
• Code: Olathe Municipal Code Chapter 5.28, Solicitation, Peddling and Canvassing (§§ 5.28.010–5.28.090).
• Worth knowing: A rep may not ring the bell or knock where a "No Solicitors" or "No Trespassers" sign is posted (5.28.030(A)(1)); may not call again at the same residence within 14 days without an invitation (5.28.030(A)(4)); must leave if asked (5.28.030(A)(3)); may not go up any entrance but the main one (5.28.030(B)(2)); may not cut across lawns or yards off the walkway (5.28.030(A)(10)); and may not solicit at all if convicted of a felony, or a misdemeanor or ordinance violation involving force, violence, moral turpitude, deceit or fraud, within the past 5 years (5.28.030(B)(1)). Separately, the company itself falls under Retailers Registration if it regularly sells goods or furnishes services to consumers in the city: a "retailer" must get a certificate of registration from the city within thirty (30) days of its first business day (5.02.010, 5.02.020). Chapter 5.02 names no fee. That is a company registration, not a per-rep permit.
• Read it yourself: City of Olathe — Solicitation (Police Department page) · Olathe Municipal Code Chapter 5.28, Solicitation, Peddling and Canvassing · Olathe Municipal Code Title 5, Business Licenses and Regulations (chapter list) · Olathe Municipal Code Chapter 5.02, Retailers Registration · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether the Retailers Registration (Chapter 5.02) applies to an out-of-town company whose only Olathe activity is door-to-door reps, and whether it costs anything; Whether the City Clerk keeps a checkable list of addresses that requested the free "No Solicitors" notice decal. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: No permit or license is required. The city's Transient Merchant license chapter (5.70) expressly does not cover door-to-door sales — it says door-to-door "sales, canvassing, or solicitations" are exempt because they are "regulated by 5.64 of this Code" (5.70.025(A)) — and Chapter 5.64 (Solicitors), the chapter that does regulate door-to-door sales, sets rules of conduct only, with no license, permit or fee. What still applies: the 5.64 conduct rules bind anyone taking orders for goods or services door to door (5.64.010(J)), the knocking hours below and the "No Solicitors" sign rule. The city's Business Licenses page says "Overland Park does not require a general occupational business license."
• Where it comes from: There is no issuing office, because no permit exists for this activity. Chapter 5.64 references the City Clerk only for the optional "No Solicitors" decal a resident can post (5.64.020(A)).
• Fee: None. Chapter 5.64 (Solicitors) sets no fee, and Chapter 5.70 (Transient Merchants) — the chapter that does carry a license fee — does not apply to door-to-door solicitors (5.70.025(A)).
• Hours you may knock: 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. local time, every day — soliciting outside that window is unlawful (5.64.020(C)).
• What the rep carries: No badge or ID card is required by the code. A solicitor must truthfully disclose, at the outset of the call, their own name and the name of the company, product or organization they represent (5.64.020(G)).
• Code: Overland Park Municipal Code Chapter 5.64, Solicitors (§§ 5.64.000–5.64.030), and Chapter 5.70, Transient Merchants (§ 5.70.025, the exemption for door-to-door sales).
• Worth knowing: A rep may not knock at a residence or a multi-family building entrance posted with a "No Solicitors" sign or the City Clerk's official decal (5.64.020(A)–(B)); may not call again at the same residence within 14 days without an invitation (5.64.020(E)); must leave if asked (5.64.020(D)); and may not solicit at all if convicted of a felony, or a misdemeanor or ordinance violation involving force, violence, moral turpitude, deceit or fraud, within the past 5 years (5.64.020(J)).
• Read it yourself: Overland Park Municipal Code 5.64 Solicitors · Overland Park Municipal Code 5.70 Transient Merchants (5.70.025 Exemptions) · City of Overland Park — Business Licenses · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether the City Clerk treats a door-to-door crew as a Transient Merchant (Chapter 5.70) in any case, given the Business Licenses page says that license covers "any temporary or transient business to sell goods or services" while 5.70.025(A) exempts door-to-door sales; Whether the City Clerk keeps a checkable list of addresses that have requested the official "No Solicitors" decal. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a solicitor's license, per rep. "Solicitor" is defined as "any person who goes upon the premises of a private residence, not having been invited by the occupant, for the purpose of taking or attempting to take orders for the sale of merchandise for future delivery or for services to be performed in the future" (5.115.010) — which covers fiber, solar, pest and security sales — and "it shall be unlawful for any person to conduct business as a peddler or solicitor without a license issued pursuant to this chapter" unless the activity is sponsored by an educational, religious, civic or not-for-profit organization (5.115.020(b)).
• Where it comes from: The City Clerk's office (215 SE 7th St., Room 166) takes the application; the Police Department runs the required criminal background review before the Police Chief recommends approval or denial.
• Fee: $250.00 per rep, plus a separate $25.00 background-check fee paid to the Police Department, per the city's own Peddler/Solicitor Application: "LICENSE FEE: $250.00. Pursuant to TMC Section 5.115.030(b)(2), the fee is $250.00, plus the cost of a criminal background review... BACKGROUND CHECK: The fee is $25.00." The license is not prorated or refunded (5.115.030(b)) and expires December 31 of the year issued regardless of when in the year it was bought.
• Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. — "it shall be unlawful for a peddler or solicitor to operate between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m." (5.115.050(b)).
• What the rep carries: The license itself, displayed "upon request" (5.115.060). It cannot be transferred to another person (TMC 5.05.080, cited on the application).
• What takes the time: A Police Department criminal background review is required before the license issues, checking the past 10 years for any felony, a misdemeanor crime against a person, or theft/burglary/criminal use of a financial card (5.115.030(a)(6)); a license is also denied if the applicant's peddler/solicitor license was revoked by Topeka or another municipality within the past 2 years (5.115.040(a)(4)).
• Code: Topeka Municipal Code Chapter 5.115, Peddlers, Solicitors and Itinerant Merchants (§§ 5.115.010–5.115.060 for peddlers/solicitors specifically).
• Worth knowing: Denial or revocation also follows fraud, misrepresentation or a false statement on the application, or failure to pay the fee or supply required information (5.115.040(a)). Chapter 5.115 also separately licenses sidewalk vendors, flea market promoters and mobile food vendors (5.115.070–5.115.220), which are different categories from door-to-door peddlers/solicitors.
• Read it yourself: Topeka Municipal Code Chapter 5.115, Peddlers, Solicitors and Itinerant Merchants · City of Topeka — Peddlers and Solicitors Application (City Clerk) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether one license can be issued to cover a company's whole out-of-town crew, or each individual rep needs their own $250 license and $25 background check; Typical turnaround time from application to Police Chief approval. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: No door-to-door license was found. Wichita’s code has no peddler, solicitor or canvasser chapter. The closest chapter, Itinerant Merchants, covers temporary sellers who set up in a building, vehicle, tent or lot to sell and deliver merchandise (3.95.020(b)), and it exempts “sales of merchandise by exhibiting samples, or by catalogue or brochure for future delivery” (3.95.030(a)(2)). The city’s own license list has no solicitor license either.
• Where it comes from: Business Licensing, 455 N. Main, Express Office, 1st Floor, is the office that issues the city’s licenses, including the transient merchant license. Its page says Wichita does not require a standard business license for all businesses, only for certain ones.
• Fee: None for door-to-door sales, because no license was found. A transient merchant license has its own fee schedule in 3.95.050, but that license is for temporary fixed-location sellers.
• Hours you may knock: The code sets no knocking hours for door-to-door sales. The only hours in these chapters apply to licensed transient merchants (3.95.050(b)).
• What the rep carries: Nothing city-issued was found for door-to-door reps.
• Code: Wichita Code of Ordinances, Title 3, Chapter 3.95, Itinerant Merchants (3.95.020, 3.95.030, 3.95.040) and Title 5, Chapter 5.74, Soliciting Sales (5.74.010). Municode shows the version as May 15, 2026 (current).
• Worth knowing: One old rule still bites: it is unlawful to solicit, on any public street, sidewalk, park or other public place “or at any doorway or entrance way immediately abutting thereon,” the sale of magazine subscriptions or of tangible personal property for later delivery (5.74.010). Pitch from the customer’s porch, not the sidewalk. Alarm companies are licensed separately; “Alarm Business” is on the city’s license list.
• Read it yourself: Wichita Code Chapter 3.95, Itinerant Merchants · Wichita Code Chapter 5.74, Soliciting Sales · City of Wichita, Business Licenses · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does the city require anything of a for-profit rep selling services door to door (fiber, solar, pest)? Does Business Licensing treat a door-to-door rep who delivers goods on the spot as a transient merchant under Chapter 3.95? Is there any city rule on No Soliciting signs or knocking hours? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes for peddlers. Every peddler must get the peddler license from the Division of Revenue and wear the badge it issues (15-7). The code defines a peddler as someone who carries merchandise while going through the streets to show and sell it (13-1), while the door-to-door hours rule is written wider and covers taking orders for services too (15-12). A team that only takes service orders should ask the Division of Revenue whether it is licensed as a peddler or an itinerant merchant.
• Where it comes from: Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, Division of Revenue. The bond is filed with the commissioner of finance (15-7).
• Fee: The special fee table lists “Peddler 10.00 per day per person or 250.00 per year per person,” due before activity, as a minimum license fee credited against the regular occupational license fee (13-13). On top of that, an indemnity bond of $500.00 from a surety company, or a cash bond in that amount; one bond per peddler per year (15-7).
• Hours you may knock: Door-to-door sales are limited to 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. (15-12). “Door-to-door sales” means going from dwelling unit to dwelling unit, or business to business, selling or taking orders for goods or for services to be performed now or later.
• What the rep carries: The badge or other certificate of licensure with the licensee’s name, worn in plain view at all times. The license is not transferable (15-7).
• What takes the time: The bond, and for an out-of-town outfit the state filing: a “transient” merchant as defined in KRS 365.650 must file the transient merchant application required by KRS 365.665 with the Division of Revenue at least ten days before doing business (15-12). No processing time is published.
• Code: Lexington-Fayette Urban County Code of Ordinances 15-7, 15-9, 15-12, 15-13, 15-14; definitions at 13-1; fee table at 13-13. Municode shows the version dated Jul 17, 2026 as current.
• Worth knowing: Defacing a badge or breaking 15-7 carries a fine of up to $500.00 and/or up to twelve months (15-9). Breaking the hours and location rules in 15-12 carries a fine of up to $250.00 a day (15-14). Peddlers may not work in a county park without permission (15-12).
• Read it yourself: Lexington-Fayette Code Chapter 15, Peddlers and Solicitors · Lexington-Fayette Code Chapter 13, Licenses and Regulations (13-1, 13-13) · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Is a rep who takes orders for a service, carrying no merchandise, licensed as a peddler, an itinerant merchant, or neither? Is the 13-13 peddler fee per rep, and is it still the amount in the code? Can one company bond cover every rep, or is it one bond per person? How long from application to badge? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: Yes — a peddler license from Metro. It is unlawful for any peddler to do business in Louisville/Jefferson County without one (LMCO 115.351(A)). “Peddler” means anyone going house to house selling or taking orders for goods or “for services to be performed immediately or in the future” (115.350). The license is not transferable and covers only the person it is issued to (115.353(B)(1)).
• Where it comes from: Department of Codes and Regulations, by written application under oath (115.351(B)). The application is also sent to the Metro Revenue Commission to certify occupational license tax registration (115.353(A)(1)).
• Fee: Not in the code. The code lets the Director of Codes and Regulations set the fee schedule (115.351(E)) and says the fee goes in with the application (115.352(E)). The city’s Peddlers / Door to Door page, where a fee would be posted, blocked our browser, so the number was not read.
• Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to one half hour before official sunset. No peddling or soliciting at all on a Sunday or a state or national holiday (115.359(G)).
• What the rep carries: The license, in the rep’s possession at all times while working, produced for any Metro official or any person being sold to who asks (115.353(B)(3)). The code itself requires no badge.
• What takes the time: The application asks for five years of criminal convictions for the applicant and every employee who will actually peddle, the employer’s details with documents proving the relationship, and proof of a tax identification number from the Metro Revenue Commission (115.352(A)). The Revenue Commission has to certify tax registration before the license issues (115.353(A)(1)). No bond and no processing time are in the code.
• Code: Louisville Metro Code of Ordinances 115.350 to 115.362 (Ordinance 162-2019, effective 1-29-2020; 115.351 amended by Ordinance 127-2021). The host says the code is current through ordinances approved as of July 1, 2026.
• Worth knowing: A “No Peddlers,” “No Solicitors” or “No Trespassing” sign bars the knock, the rep must leave when asked, and every order must be written in duplicate with the names and addresses of the peddler and the employer, the terms and the amount paid in advance, one copy to the buyer (115.359(D), (E), (F)). A peddler must be 18, or 14 to 17 with a valid work permit (115.359(A)). A license can be denied for a conviction history showing a proclivity toward crimes of a pecuniary, sexual or violent nature (115.353(A)(2)).
• Read it yourself: LMCO 115.350, Itinerant Vendors, Peddlers, and Solicitors (definitions) · LMCO 115.351, License Required · LMCO 115.352, License Application · LMCO 115.353, License Application Review and General Standards · LMCO 115.359, Peddler Standards · Louisville-Jefferson County code overview (currency statement) · Louisville Metro Council File O-374-18 (Ordinance 162-2019), full text · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: What is the current peddler license fee, and is it per rep? Does each rep apply separately, or can the company list its employees on one application? How long does the license take, and how long is it valid? Whether the department requires a name tag or badge beyond the license itself. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a house-to-house peddler permit for every rep, plus a photo ID badge worn while knocking. The code calls uninvited house-to-house selling of goods or services a nuisance unless the rep holds the permit (12:200(b)(3)). It covers the whole city-parish.
• Where it comes from: The East Baton Rouge Parish Finance Department, Revenue Division, issues the permit. The City Constable’s office issues the clearance certificate and makes the badge (12:200(c), (d)). The city posts the application and the steps.
• Fee: $10 permit fee per applicant, set in the code (12:200(c)(1)), plus a $15 clearance certificate and ID badge fee collected for the Constable — both paid to the city-parish. The State Police background check is separate: the city’s steps sheet lists $36, paid to the State Police.
• Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (12:200(b)(1)). No knocking at a home posted “No Solicitation,” or in a subdivision whose homeowners’ association has posted no-peddling signs at each entrance.
• What the rep carries: The permit on their person, shown with ID on demand to an occupant or an officer, and the photo identification badge worn in a conspicuous place (12:200(b)(3)c, 12:200(d)(2)).
• What takes the time: Three stops. A “Right to Review” background check from the Louisiana State Police, then a clearance certificate from the City Constable, then the permit at Finance-Revenue, then back to the Constable for the badge. The city’s steps sheet says the certificate may take 3-5 days and the badge 1-2 days. The Constable checks the sex offender registry and the last seven years for crimes of violence and offenses against property (12:200(c)(1)e).
• Code: Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish Code of Ordinances, Title 12, Chapter 3, Part II, House-to-House Peddlers, 12:200 to 12:202; No Soliciting sign rule at 12:152(a)(1)c. Section 12:200 was last amended by Ord. No. 15790, 10-8-14.
• Worth knowing: Whole subdivisions can be off limits: a homeowners’ association can post no-peddling signs at every entrance (12:200(b)(1)b), and the Revenue Division keeps a No Solicitation Subdivisions page. The penalty section adds revocation of the peddler permit for two years per violation (12:202). Religious, political and charitable solicitation is not peddling under this part.
• Read it yourself: Baton Rouge Code 12:200, House-to-house peddling as nuisance · Steps to Obtain a Peddler Permit and ID Badge in East Baton Rouge Parish · Finance Department, Peddler Permit Information · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: How long the peddler permit lasts and what renewal costs; Whether the $15 clearance certificate and badge fee is still current; The current list of no-solicitation subdivisions. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. It is unlawful for a peddler or door-to-door vendor to sell, offer for sale, or take orders for goods, merchandise or services without first getting a permit from the Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government (70-61). Going onto private property to sell or take orders is otherwise a declared nuisance (70-2).
• Where it comes from: The Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government issues the permit; the application is filed with LCPG at least ten days before the first planned sale (70-63(a)).
• Fee: $125.00 for the permit (70-62). One permit authorizes one person to work, plus up to two assistants at no extra charge; each additional assistant, associate or employee beyond two adds $25.00 to the fee (70-64).
• Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, without a specific invitation from the property owner or occupant. Outside those hours, and on Saturday or Sunday at any time, a rep may not go onto private property without a specific invitation, made by phone or letter before the visit (70-3, 70-4).
• What the rep carries: The permit, displayed prominently and conspicuously enough for the public to see it, for as long as any selling is going on (70-65).
• What takes the time: A $5,000.00 bond, executed with a surety satisfactory to the city-parish government, covering damage from wrongful, fraudulent or illegal conduct — valid for the whole permit period plus two years after (70-63(b)(6)). The application also needs corporate charter, Louisiana business-permit or organizing paperwork depending on entity type, and must be filed 10 days ahead of the first sale (70-63(a),(b)).
• Code: Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government Code of Ordinances, Chapter 70, Peddlers, Door-to-Door Vendors, and Mobile Food Establishments, Article II, Peddlers and Door-to-Door Vendors (70-1 through 70-67), current through Ordinance No. JO-067-2024, enacted November 18, 2024.
• Worth knowing: The permit runs no more than six months and requires selling on a door-to-door or fixed basis at least six hours a day, five days a week to stay valid (70-65). It is not transferable between people or locations (70-64). No permit may be issued or used during Festival International inside the Downtown Lafayette Cultural District (70-62). The chapter cites Louisiana's own transient-merchant and itinerant-vendor statutes, R.S. 37:1901 et seq. and R.S. 37:1920 et seq., and the state's local-regulation-of-peddling statute, R.S. 33:4831 et seq., as its state law basis.
• Read it yourself: Lafayette Code of Ordinances, Chapter 70, Article II, Peddlers and Door-to-Door Vendors · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: How long permit processing takes after the 10-day-ahead application is filed; Whether the $125 fee and bond can be paid/posted once for a multi-rep crew or must be arranged per individual application; Whether the city keeps a No Soliciting sign rule or do-not-knock registry beyond the invitation rule in 70-3/70-4. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. Anyone who wants to “canvass or solicit on city streets, sidewalks or house to house for commercial purposes” must first get a permit from the department of finance, and each agent using it needs a city identification card (110-222(a)). “Commercial” means proposing a commercial transaction (110-222(c)).
• Where it comes from: The department of finance (110-222). The city’s Mayoralty Permit page lists canvassing and sends applications to the Bureau of Revenue, City Hall, 1300 Perdido St., Room 1W15.
• Fee: $50.00 for each separate solicitor or canvasser, plus $5.00 for each agent’s or employee’s identification card (110-222(a)). Every permit in the chapter also carries a $0.25 police pension fund charge (110-3). The code does not say how long the permit lasts.
• Hours you may knock: The solicitor article sets no knocking hours. Nothing in Articles I or III of Chapter 110 gives clock times.
• What the rep carries: The identification card from the department of finance. The permit itself may be passed among the agents or employees of the company that got it, but each one using it must have an ID card (110-222(a)).
• What takes the time: The code gives no processing time, background check or bond for this permit. The city page says to file the Schedule A form with the Bureau of Revenue. A mayoralty permit must be in hand before the activity starts, or interest and a penalty are added to the fee (110-5).
• Code: New Orleans Code of Ordinances, Chapter 110, Peddlers, Solicitors and Itinerant Vendors: 110-3, 110-5, 110-222. Municode shows the version as Sep 11, 2026 (current).
• Worth knowing: The permit is not valid in the Vieux Carré (French Quarter), the Convention Center zone, the Riverfront Zone or the Lower Riverfront Zone; no commercial canvassing on the streets and sidewalks there at all (110-222(b)). Holders of a mayoralty permit under section 30-69 are exempt from this section (110-222(d)).
• Read it yourself: New Orleans Code Chapter 110, Article III, Solicitors · New Orleans Code Chapter 110, Article I, In General · City of New Orleans, Mayoralty Permit · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: How long the solicitor permit lasts and whether it renews yearly; Whether the Bureau of Revenue also requires an occupational license or sales tax registration before it issues the permit; Any limit on the hours a rep may knock; How long the Bureau takes to issue the permit and ID cards. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — an annual permit, and the code says it must be obtained by the company and by the individual solicitor. Without it, going onto a private residence uninvited to sell goods or services is unlawful (42-277(a)).
• Where it comes from: The section says the permit issues under “city permitting requirements” but does not name the office (42-277(b)(1)). The city’s website has no page for this permit that could be found. Ask which counter takes the application.
• Fee: $100.00, paid with the application (42-277(b)(1)). The code does not say whether that is per company or per rep.
• Hours you may knock: 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. when daylight saving time is not in effect, and 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. when it is — second Sunday in March through the first Sunday in November (42-277(b)(2)f).
• What the rep carries: A visible identification badge showing the company name, the rep’s name and photo identification, plus any identifying object the city hands out, displayed on the person (42-277(b)(3), (4)).
• What takes the time: A criminal background report from a local agency or a more comprehensive one goes in with the application. The city has ten business days to issue the permit or say why not (42-277(b)(1), (2)d). The application also wants dates, locations and schedule, number of peddlers per day, a local coordinator or manager, and vehicle details. No permit for anyone on the sex offender registry or convicted within ten years of a crime of violence, an offense against property, or fraud or dishonesty (42-277(b)(7)).
• Code: Shreveport Code of Ordinances, Chapter 42, Article IX, Peddlers, Solicitors and Other Public Vendors, Sec. 42-277, Soliciting a residence without invitation (Ord. No. 92, 2017, 9-12-17).
• Worth knowing: Solicitation must stop immediately on seeing a “no solicitation” sign at the residence (42-277(b)(5)). The city council can suspend or revoke a permit (42-277(b)(6)). The same article has a separate itinerant vendor’s license for temporary businesses selling goods from a location (42-291 to 42-299); ask whether the city applies it to your team.
• Read it yourself: Shreveport Code Sec. 42-277, Soliciting a residence without invitation · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Which office takes the Sec. 42-277 door-to-door permit application; Whether the $100.00 is per company or per rep; Which background report the city accepts; Whether the itinerant vendor’s license in 42-291 also applies to a door-to-door team. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: No door-to-door license was found. Article 15, Licensing and Regulation, has no peddler, solicitor or canvasser subtitle; Subtitle 16 is marked repealed. The street vendor license covers selling food or merchandise on a street or from a motor vehicle (15 § 17-1), and the transient merchant license covers someone showing samples in a hotel room, store or other place they do not own or lease (15 § 20-1). Neither definition reaches a rep knocking on doors. The city's own Business Licensing Division page lists every license it issues, and none is for peddlers, solicitors or canvassers. What still applies: the advertising circulars rule for anything left at a home (19 § 1-2), and the transient merchant license if a crew shows samples from a hotel room or rented space (15 § 20-1).
• Where it comes from: The Department of Consumer Protection and Business Licensing issues the city’s business licenses, including the transient merchant license (15 § 20-2). The Finance Department’s old Business Licenses page says the function was transferred there.
• Fee: None for door-to-door sales, because no city license was found.
• Hours you may knock: The code sets no knocking hours for door-to-door sales. The nighttime soliciting rule in Article 19, Subtitle 47 is about asking for donations in public places, not sales (19 § 47-1).
• What the rep carries: Nothing city-issued was found for door-to-door reps.
• Code: Baltimore City Code, Article 15, Subtitles 16 (repealed), 17 (§ 17-1) and 20 (§§ 20-1, 20-2, 20-4); Article 19, Subtitle 1 (§ 1-2) and Subtitle 47 (§ 47-1). Read on the City of Baltimore Law Library.
• Worth knowing: If a crew works out of a hotel room or rented hall showing samples to take retail orders, that is a transient merchant and the license is $375 for each 60-day period (15 § 20-4). Article 2, Consumer Protections, has a subtitle on unfair, abusive or deceptive trade practices that applies to any seller. Flyers: an advertising circular may not be placed on residential property without the owner's or occupant's permission, except into a door slot or a nonlockable bin (19 § 1-2).
• Read it yourself: Baltimore City Code, Article 15, Licensing and Regulation · Article 15 § 17-1, Definitions (street vendors) · Article 15 § 20-1, Transient merchant defined · Article 15 § 20-2, License required · Article 15 § 20-4, Fee · Article 19 § 47-1, Definitions (soliciting) · Baltimore City Finance, Business Licenses · Baltimore City Code, Article 19, Police Ordinances (full text; § 1-2 advertising circulars) · Baltimore City DCPBL, Business Licensing Division (list of licenses issued) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does the Department of Consumer Protection and Business Licensing require any license or registration for for-profit door-to-door sales? Does any Maryland state license apply to door-to-door reps working in Baltimore City? Is there any city rule on No Soliciting signs or knocking hours? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: No city permit for door-to-door sales reps was found. Boston's code was read on its own host: Chapter XVI (Prohibitions, Penalties and Permits) and Chapter XVII (Licenses and Regulations Affecting Certain Trades) have no solicitor, canvasser or door-to-door chapter. What the code does have: hawker and peddler registration for fruits, vegetables and goods named in state law (16-2.1), and a City Clerk license for transient vendors selling stock from a place of business (17-14.1). The state hawker and peddler law those sections point to (M.G.L. Chapter 101) could not be opened. Confirm before you knock with the City Clerk Call Sheet.
• Where it comes from: Nothing in the code names an office for door-to-door sales. The City Clerk licenses transient vendors (17-14.1); the Inspectional Services Department registers hawkers and peddlers of goods (16-2.1).
• Fee: The code sets no fee for door-to-door sales because it has no such license.
• Hours you may knock: The code sets no knocking hours.
• Code: City of Boston Code of Ordinances, current through Ordinance 2025 C. 14, passed 11-5-2025. Read: 16-2 Hawkers and Peddlers, 16-41 Regulating Manner and Place of Solicitation, 17-14 Transient Vendors.
• Worth knowing: 16-41 is not a door-to-door rule. It defines "solicit" as asking for an immediate donation and bans doing it aggressively or near ATMs, bus stops and crosswalks (16-41.1, 16-41.2). A licensed transient vendor posts a $500 bond with the city (17-14.2).
• Read it yourself: City of Boston Code of Ordinances (American Legal) · Boston Code Chapter XVI table of contents · Boston Code Chapter XVII table of contents · Boston Code 16-2 Hawkers and Peddlers · Boston Code 17-14 Transient Vendors · Boston Code 16-41 Regulating Manner and Place of Solicitation · Boston.gov, How to Get a Hawker and Peddler License · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does Boston require any permit or registration for commercial door-to-door sales? Does the state hawker and peddler license (M.G.L. Chapter 101) apply to reps who take orders at the door? Are there hours the city enforces for knocking on residential doors? Does the city keep a do-not-knock list or enforce No Soliciting signs? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: Yes — a Door-to-Door Solicitation Permit from the Cambridge Police Department, applied for by each rep. The police Records Unit lists "Door-to-Door Solicitation Permits" among its services, and the department's application form calls it "a permit to conduct door-to-door sales in the City of Cambridge." The ordinance behind the permit was not found in the Municipal Code on Municode: the only selling chapter there, Peddlers (5.36), covers sidewalk selling and food hawking.
• Where it comes from: Cambridge Police Department, Records Unit, 617-349-3336. Separately, a Hawker/Peddler License is issued by the License Commission with a police sign-off, per the Records Unit page.
• Fee: Not published. Neither the Records Unit page nor the application form states a fee for the door-to-door permit.
• Hours you may knock: Not published for door-to-door sales. The only hour rule in the code is for hawkers crying their wares — not before eight in the morning or after nine at night (5.36.030) — and it is written for street peddling of the goods listed in the state hawkers and peddlers law.
• What the rep carries: Not published. The form shows the permit is approved or denied per applicant; what must be carried or worn is not stated on the pages read.
• What takes the time: The background check. Each applicant answers a criminal-history questionnaire under penalty of perjury and authorizes the police "to take my fingerprints and photographs and conduct a criminal background check." The Records Unit says fingerprint services run only on specific days and by appointment. No processing time is published.
• Code: No code section for the door-to-door permit was found. Read on Municode: Cambridge Municipal Code Chapter 5.36, Peddlers (5.36.010 to 5.36.080), plus the chapter lists of Titles 5, 8, 9 and 12.
• Worth knowing: Inside the Harvard Square area bounded in 5.36.060, no one may hawk, peddle, sell or give away goods without a permit from the Chief of Police unless authorized under the state hawkers and peddlers law. Commercial notices may not be attached to private property (9.04.051, heading).
• Read it yourself: Cambridge Police Department, Application for Door-to-Door Solicitation Permit (background check answer form) · Cambridge Police Department, Records Unit · Cambridge Municipal Code Chapter 5.36, Peddlers · Cambridge License Commission · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: The fee for the Door-to-Door Solicitation Permit, and whether every rep needs their own; Which ordinance or regulation the permit is issued under, and what hours door-to-door sales are allowed; How long the background check takes and how long the permit lasts; Whether the rep must carry or wear the permit, and whether a Hawker/Peddler License from the License Commission is also needed for service sales. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a Door-to-Door Sales License issued to the individual rep, from the Police Commissioner (§ 279-38).
• Where it comes from: The Police Commissioner or a designee (§ 279-38, § 279-40).
• Fee: $25 to apply for the license. A city resident under 18 pays nothing (§ 279-42).
• Hours you may knock: The Door-to-Door Sales article (§ 279-38 – § 279-46) sets no knocking-hours clause — the code is silent on clock times for this license.
• What the rep carries: The license itself, to be shown to a police officer on demand — failing to show it is treated the same as not having one (§ 279-43).
• What takes the time: The code sets no processing timeline. The license runs for one year from the date issued unless revoked sooner (§ 279-41).
• Code: Springfield City Code, Ch. 279, Art. VII, Door-to-Door Sales (§ 279-38 – § 279-46), adopted 1-12-2015.
• Worth knowing: A violation is a $50-per-day fine (§ 279-46). The article does not conflict with any license the Commonwealth issues separately (§ 279-44).
• Read it yourself: Springfield City Code, Chapter 279, Article VII — Door-to-Door Sales · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Are there set knocking hours in practice, even though Article VII does not state one? Is the $25 fee per rep, or does one license cover a whole crew under one applicant name? Does the city run a background check before issuing the license, and how long does that take? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a Solicit and Canvas License from the police, plus a police-issued badge worn on an outer garment. It is per person: "Every individual solicitor or canvasser shall possess an individual license" (Ch. 11, § 13(f)). The definition covers taking orders house to house for goods or services, home improvement contracts included (§ 13(b)). A rep already licensed or exempt under chapter 101 of the General Laws is outside the section (§ 13(a)).
• Where it comes from: The Worcester Police Department License Division, Police Headquarters, 9-11 Lincoln Square. The applicant calls the License Unit for an appointment, per the department's Solicit and Canvas License form, which is posted on its Permits & Licensing page.
• Fee: $10.00 per applicant, per the police department's form. The ordinance says the same in words: "a fee of ten dollars to the police department" at the time of filing (§ 13(d)).
• Hours you may knock: The section sets no knocking hours. § 13 was read in full, (a) through (l), and it has no clock times.
• What the rep carries: The identifying badge issued by the police department, worn on an outer garment while soliciting. The badge carries the rep's name, address, photograph, issue date, term and license number (§ 13(f)).
• What takes the time: An appointment with the License Unit, a state or federal ID, a criminal record check (an out-of-state rep brings a CORI from his own state), a letter from the company he works for, fingerprinting and a photograph, per the police form. The ordinance has the police investigate the applicant's reputation before the chief approves (§ 13(e)). No processing time is published.
• Code: City of Worcester Revised Ordinances of 2008, Part I, Chapter Eleven (Licenses), § 13 Solicitors & Canvassers. The city's PDF is marked "As amended through July 21, 2026."
• Worth knowing: Every license runs to December 31 following issue, whatever month it was issued (§ 13(i)). Licensed or exempt, a rep may not misrepresent the buyer's right to cancel under chapter 255D of the General Laws (§ 13(k)), or use a ruse about who he is to get in the door (§ 13(l)).
• Read it yourself: Worcester Revised Ordinances of 2008, Ch. 11 § 13 · Worcester Police, Solicit and Canvas License form · Worcester Police, Permits & Licensing · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Are there set hours for door-to-door sales, by police policy or another ordinance? How long from the appointment to the license and badge in hand? Does a rep who holds a state hawker and peddler license under chapter 101 need anything from Worcester? Does the city honor No Soliciting signs by ordinance? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. The city defines SOLICITOR as anyone traveling place to place "seeking to obtain orders for the purchase of goods or services for future delivery or performance" — the exact activity of a door-to-door sales rep taking an order — and it is unlawful to solicit within city limits without first getting a license (§ 7:61, § 7:62). The application asks for each individual applicant's own name, age, physical description, and photo, making the license per person.
• Where it comes from: Applications go through the city's online STREAM portal (formerly the Building Department in person); the City Administrator or a designee issues the license once the application, insurance proof, and fee are all in (§ 7:64).
• Fee: $45.00 per licensure period (6 months), not prorated, per the city's own solicitors-and-peddlers page. A 75% reduction applies only if the applicant is under 14 and expects less than $100 profit — not applicable to an adult sales rep (§ 7:67).
• Hours you may knock: 10:00 a.m. to official sunset. Soliciting or peddling at a private residence is barred before 10:00 a.m., after sunset, and at any time on a Sunday or a state or national holiday (§ 7:66(5)).
• What the rep carries: The license, displayed prominently so it is visible to the public while working (§ 7:65).
• What takes the time: A 2x2 inch photo taken within the past 60 days, driver's license or social security number, and proof of liability insurance ($500,000 per-person injury/death, 50,000 property damage, naming the City of Ann Arbor as an insured party) all go with the application. Applications need a minimum of 24 hours to process, and the code separately requires the application be filed at least 72 hours before a license can issue (§ 7:63, § 7:68). Applications can be submitted no more than 30 days ahead of the desired 6-month period.
• Code: Ann Arbor City Code, Chapter 79 (Solicitors and Peddlers), §§ 7:61 through 7:74, hosted on Municode Library.
• Worth knowing: A rep can't enter a residence "under pretenses other than for soliciting or peddling," must leave the moment an owner or occupant asks, and can't approach any property posted "no soliciting" or "no peddling" (§ 7:66(1)–(3)). "Travel from place to place" has its own legal meaning — moving to a new street address and not returning to the same address within 2 hours (§ 7:62(3)) — and a rep can't linger at one spot more than 5 minutes in a 2-hour window without a separate street use permit (§ 7:66(7)). Soliciting is also barred on streets closed for an art fair or special event by Council resolution — the city specifically calls out Saturdays during University of Michigan football games and the July Ann Arbor Art Fair. City Council can also declare certain dates or areas off-limits for congestion, in which case licenses carry a printed notice of the restriction (§ 7:73).
• Read it yourself: Ann Arbor City Code, Chapter 79: Solicitors and Peddlers · City of Ann Arbor, Solicitors and Peddlers · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether a 6-month license (May 1–Oct 31 or Nov 1–Apr 30) can be timed to cover a specific blitz window, since the fee is not prorated; What the current U of M football Saturday and Art Fair no-soliciting map covers, so routes can avoid those zones and dates; Whether the city's standard liability insurance certificate requirement can be met with the company's existing general liability policy. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: No door-to-door license was found. Detroit's Chapter 34, Peddlers, Solicitors, and Vendors, has five articles: foot, stationary and street vendors; ice cream trucks; itinerant vendors; newsstands; and solicitation of fire repair contracts. None of them licenses a rep who knocks on homes to sell a service. A search of the full code for “door-to-door” returned nothing on sales. The city's licensing pages could not be opened, so treat this as unconfirmed until the Business License Center says so.
• Where it comes from: If anything is required it would come from the Buildings, Safety Engineering, and Environmental Department (BSEED) Business License Center, the office that issues every Chapter 34 license.
• Fee: None found. Chapter 34 sets no fee for door-to-door sales because it has no such license.
• Hours you may knock: Not published. Chapter 34 sets no knocking hours for door-to-door sales.
• Code: Detroit City Code Chapter 34 (Articles I to V). Municode shows it codified through Ordinance No. 2024-17, effective March 26, 2024, as well as Ordinance No. 2024-32, effective June 25, 2024; online content updated October 9, 2025.
• Worth knowing: A rep who sells goods carried on their person while walking the sidewalks is a foot vendor under 34-1-1, and that does need a license. Chapter 34 itself points to the state Home Solicitation Sales law (MCL 445.111 et seq.). A separate section bars leaving advertising at a home with a posted notice against handbills (4-2-4).
• Read it yourself: Detroit City Code Chapter 34 · Detroit Code of Ordinances, currency statement · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does BSEED require any license for door-to-door sales of a service at homes? Are there set hours for residential solicitation? Does a rep need to register with Detroit Police? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. The city code requires a Transient Merchant license before anyone engages in that business, and its definitions cover a door-to-door rep exactly: a Solicitor "travels from place to place and offers for sale, takes orders for or attempts to take orders for the retail sale of any goods, personal property or service whatsoever for future delivery," and a Peddler is anyone who travels place to place selling or taking orders at retail (§ 7.251, § 7.252). The license process is run against the individual applicant — their own driver's license and their own debts to the city are checked — so it is per person, not a blanket company permit.
• Where it comes from: The City Clerk's Office issues the license, through the online Citizen Access system, by phone, in person, or on paper.
• Fee: $333 application fee per applicant, non-refundable, per the city's Transient Merchant License page.
• Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., any day of the week, without a prior appointment; calling outside that window needs an actual appointment with the resident (§ 7.260; confirmed on the city's license page as "Door to door sales may only be made between the hours of 9:00 am and 9:00 pm").
• What the rep carries: Not specified in the chapter text read for this card — no badge or permit-display rule is written into §§ 7.251–7.261.
• What takes the time: Eligibility is checked against the applicant's own record: a valid driver's license, and no outstanding court fees, property taxes, parking tickets, or city income tax owed. Selling food or beverages needs a separate health permit from the Kent County Health Department or the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on top of the license.
• Code: Grand Rapids City Code, Title VII (Licensing and Regulation), Chapter 99 (Transient Merchants), §§ 7.251–7.261, hosted on Municode Library, plus the fee set under § 7.48 (Chapter 92, Fees and Bonds).
• Worth knowing: A rep must not call, without an appointment, at any address posted "No peddlers," "no solicitors," "no salesmen," "no trespassing," or similar wording (§ 7.261). The city cannot use a fixed stand and can't stop in one spot longer than it takes to make a sale (§ 7.255). Reps who are under 18 and going door to door in their own neighborhood under school, charitable, or religious supervision are exempt from the license, as are authorized representatives of churches, charities, education, fraternal, or political groups — but ordinary commercial sales reps are not exempt (§ 7.259).
• Read it yourself: Grand Rapids City Code, Chapter 99: Transient Merchants · City of Grand Rapids, Apply for a Transient Merchant License · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether the $333 fee and license are annual or can be issued for a shorter blitz period; Whether any badge, photo ID, or permit-display item is issued along with the license; How long the Citizen Access application and eligibility check typically take to clear before a rep can start. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. The city defines ITINERANT MERCHANT to include anyone going house to house "who takes or attempts to take orders from consumers for sale of goods, wares and merchandise... for future delivery or for services to be furnished or performed in the future" (§ 39-2) — squarely covering a door-to-door rep who takes an order for future installation. No person may engage in that business "without first obtaining an annual license" from the City Clerk (§ 39-3). The license is per person: the application lists "the name of the individual or individuals who will sell or solicit," each with their own resident address, driver's license number, date of birth, physical description, and photograph (§ 39-4).
• Where it comes from: The Office of the City Clerk issues the license and processes the application; the application and driver's license copy are also sent to the Police Department.
• Fee: $153.00 per solicitor, per the City Clerk's current application form. The code itself sets the fee by the city's annual appropriations ordinance rather than a fixed dollar figure in the chapter text (§ 39-5(4)).
• Hours you may knock: 9:00am to 8:00pm Standard Time, or 9:00am to 9:00pm Daylight Saving Time, per the City Clerk's application form. Chapter 39's own text sets no separate hours section; the license itself states "the time periods during which the license holder may solicit" (§ 39-5(3)).
• What the rep carries: The license, displayed so it is visible to anyone the rep deals with while soliciting (§ 39-5(5)).
• What takes the time: Two 2x2 inch photos (frontal view, no hats/hoodies/sunglasses), a right-thumb fingerprint, and a copy of the driver's license all go with the application, which is then sent to the Police Department for notification (per the application form). The Clerk denies a license to anyone convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude (§ 39-5(1)(a)). Groups with more than 5 applicants total must call the Clerk's office to schedule an appointment.
• Code: Sterling Heights Charter and Code of Ordinances, Chapter 39: Peddlers, Itinerant Merchants and the Like, §§ 39-1 through 39-7, hosted on American Legal's codelibrary.amlegal.com.
• Worth knowing: No door-to-door sales or solicitation is permitted at any time on property posted "No Solicitors," "No Trespassing," or similar, except by invitees, and a rep must leave immediately once told to by whoever is lawfully in possession of the premises (§ 39-6(7), § 39-6(8)). Agents of utility companies or firms franchised by the city, and anyone registered under Chapter 41, are excluded from the ITINERANT MERCHANT definition entirely (§ 39-2) — worth asking the clerk whether an Omni Fiber franchise agreement with the city changes this for its own reps.
• Read it yourself: Sterling Heights Code, Chapter 39: Peddlers, Itinerant Merchants and the Like · Sterling Heights Code § 39-4, Same-Application; Contents · Sterling Heights Code § 39-5, Same-Standards; Contents and the Like · Sterling Heights Code § 39-6, Regulations · City of Sterling Heights, Application for Transient or Itinerant Merchants, Commercial Solicitors, Peddlers and Hawkers License (PDF) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether Omni Fiber (or Earned Collective as its sales agent) already holds a city franchise agreement that would exempt its reps under § 39-2's utility/franchise carve-out; Whether the $153 fee is billed once per rep for the full calendar year regardless of when in the year they start; How long the police notification and background review typically take before a license is issued. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: Almost certainly yes, but which of two licenses applies is not settled by the code text alone. Warren's Chapter 24 (Peddlers, Solicitors and Transient Merchants) has no article for a generic commercial "solicitor" — the word "Solicitors" in the chapter title turns out to mean Article VI, Charitable Solicitations only (canvassing for charitable, religious, or community-action groups). A for-profit fiber sales rep does not fit Peddler (goods/wares/merchandise sold on the spot, § 24-16) and is expressly carved out of Transient Merchant (that definition excludes "a person soliciting orders by sample, brochure or sales catalog for future delivery," § 24-71(b)). The closest fit is Route Salesperson — anyone, self-employed or not, who "travels ... calling at various residences with the intention of ... offering any service, for immediate or future delivery" (§ 24-111) — which explicitly covers services and residential calls, but is written around a person on "a regularly established route," which is an imperfect fit for a short-term door-to-door blitz.
• Where it comes from: The City Clerk's office issues the license; the Police Commissioner investigates the applicant's moral character before any peddler, route salesperson, or transient merchant license is issued (§ 24-33, § 24-128).
• Fee: $55.00 per applicant for a Route Salesman license, plus a required $1,000 surety bond, per the city's fee schedule (Chapter 18, § 18-18, item 36). A Peddler license, if that category applied instead, is also $55.00 per applicant (item 28) with no bond requirement in the text read.
• Hours you may knock: Not set specifically for route salespersons in the sections read. Peddlers are barred outside 9:00 a.m to 9:00 p.m. (§ 24-18), and charitable solicitors/canvassers face the same window under § 24-155 — but Article V (Route Salespersons, §§ 24-111–24-131) contains no equivalent hours section of its own.
• What the rep carries: The license itself, produced on request to a police officer (§ 24-113, § 24-164 for minors); a 2x2 inch photo and fingerprints are part of the application (§ 24-127).
• What takes the time: Fingerprints, a 2x2 inch photo taken within 60 days, and — if food is sold — a doctor's certificate of freedom from contagious disease, all go with the application (§ 24-127). The Police Commissioner runs a moral-character investigation and must approve before the Clerk issues the license (§ 24-128); the applicant must also post a $1,000 surety bond (§ 24-130).
• Code: Warren City Code, Chapter 24 (Peddlers, Solicitors and Transient Merchants), Article II (Peddlers, §§ 24-16–24-37), Article IV (Transient Merchants, §§ 24-71–24-102), Article V (Route Salespersons, §§ 24-111–24-131), Article VI (Charitable Solicitations, §§ 24-146–24-156), and Chapter 18 (Licensing) § 18-18 for fees — all hosted on Municode Library.
• Worth knowing: Whichever license applies, minors face separate rules under Article VII: no peddling, soliciting, or canvassing during school hours (unless legally excused), none after sunset or 8:00 p.m. (whichever is earlier), and none at a wind chill or temperature of 15°F or below (§ 24-161, § 24-162). An honorably discharged veteran with 180+ days of active duty, or a service-connected disability, can sell their own goods without a fee under state law (MCL 35.441), cited at § 24-129(b).
• Read it yourself: Warren City Code, Chapter 24: Peddlers, Solicitors and Transient Merchants · Warren City Code § 18-18, Fee and Insurance/Bond Schedule · City of Warren, Peddler Business License Application (PDF) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether a for-profit door-to-door fiber sales rep is licensed as a Peddler, a Route Salesperson, or something else entirely — the code text does not cleanly say; What hours apply to that license, since Route Salespersons (unlike Peddlers) have no stated hours section; Whether the $1,000 bond is per individual rep or can be posted once for the company. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a solicitor registration rather than a paid license. The city defines a solicitor as someone who takes orders for goods or services for future delivery, which is most fiber, solar and pest work.
• Where it comes from: City of Minneapolis business licensing
• Fee: No fee is charged for a solicitor’s registration.
• Hours you may knock: No official source stating them was reached.
• What the rep carries: The city-issued ID card, carried and displayed while working.
• Code: City business licensing
• Worth knowing: The peddler category sitting next to it is a different license with a different application. Registering the team as the wrong one wastes a week.
• Read it yourself: Solicitor licensing · checked 4 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: The permitted hours; The registration term; How long the ID card takes. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — each individual door-to-door salesperson must register with the city clerk and carry a signed permit before going house to house; the requirement applies to each person, not just the company (§ 5-14-2(a)).
• Where it comes from: The City Clerk's office issues the permit, after the applicant's information is referred to the police department for investigation (§ 5-14-5(d), § 5-14-6).
• Fee: $75, listed as "Peddlers" on the City Clerk section of Rochester's 2026 Schedule of Fees and Charges. The chapter itself does not print a dollar figure — it says fees are set each year in the city's fee schedule (§ 5-14-5(c)).
• Hours you may knock: 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. — the code makes it unlawful to engage in the regulated activity "between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m." (§ 5-14-2(c)).
• What the rep carries: The signed permit, in the rep's possession while working. Refusing to show it to a city official or police officer is grounds for suspension or revocation of the permit (§ 5-14-2(a), § 5-14-8(4)).
• What takes the time: The police department's investigation of the applicant before the city clerk will register them (§ 5-14-5(d), § 5-14-6).
• Code: Rochester City Code, Chapter 5-14, Door-to-Door Sales and Solicitations (§ 5-14-1 – § 5-14-16). The Municode host shows this chapter current through May 21, 2026.
• Worth knowing: A permit automatically expires 30 days after it is issued, so any campaign running longer than that needs re-registration (§ 5-14-14). The city can suspend or revoke an individual peddler's permit after three or more resident complaints about conduct or about failing to produce a valid permit (§ 5-14-8(9)).
• Read it yourself: Rochester City Code Chapter 5-14 · City of Rochester 2026 Schedule of Fees and Charges · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does the $75 fee cover the full 30-day permit only, or is there a way to register a crew for a longer season without repaying per rep? How long does the police department investigation usually take before a permit is issued? Is the $75 fee charged per individual rep even when several reps work for the same company? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes, if your reps take money up front. A solicitor license is required of anyone going house to house taking orders for future delivery, but the chapter applies “only to solicitors who demand, accept or receive payment or deposit of money in advance of final delivery” (345.01, 345.02). A solicitor doing business by appointment is carved out (345.02). Each rep needs a personal license; none may be shared (345.07).
• Where it comes from: The application is filed with the license inspector, and the license division takes the photo and issues the badge (345.05, 345.06). Solicitor is a Class R license, issued by the director without council approval (310.01).
• Fee: $85.00 for a Solicitor license, per the license fee table in section 310.01, which 310.15 says includes the application fee. The license expires one year from the date of original application (345.04(b)).
• Hours you may knock: Chapter 345 sets no knocking hours.
• What the rep carries: A city badge with a current photo, the license number and the expiration date, worn in a conspicuous place on the outer clothing (345.06).
• What takes the time: A surety bond of $1,000.00 must come with the solicitor application (345.09). The license division takes the rep’s photo at application and again at each yearly renewal (345.05(g)). The application also needs the Minnesota sales tax permit number and proof of workers’ compensation compliance (345.05(h)). The code gives no processing time. The city's license page adds that every applicant and current license holder must come in person to the Department of Safety and Inspections office to finalize the application or renewal and get the badge, and that applications are filed online in the city's PAULIE platform.
• Code: St. Paul Legislative Code, Chapter 345, Peddlers, Solicitors and Transient Merchants (345.01 to 345.11); Chapter 310, Uniform License Procedures (310.01 fee tables, 310.15). Municode shows the version as Aug 21, 2026 (current).
• Worth knowing: A home showing a “NO SOLICITORS” card at the main entrance is off limits: the rep must check for it first and leave at once without disturbing the occupant, and knocking in defiance of the card is declared a nuisance (345.11). That rule covers every peddler, solicitor or merchant, licensed or not. Charitable, religious, political and educational canvassing registered with the state, and newspaper delivery orders, are exempt from the chapter (345.03).
• Read it yourself: St. Paul Legislative Code Chapter 345 · St. Paul Legislative Code Chapter 310, Uniform License Procedures (fee tables) · City of Saint Paul, Peddlers, Solicitors and Transient Merchants · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether a rep who signs a customer up with no payment or deposit at the door needs the solicitor license; Whether the bond is per rep or one bond can cover a company’s crew; How long the license division takes to issue the license and badge; Whether any other city rule limits the hours for knocking. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: Unclear. The city's former commercial-solicitation permit, § 94-2, was repealed outright in 2020 ('Ord. No. 2020-26(1), § 1, adopted October 13, 2020, repealed § 94-2, which pertained to commercial solicitation'), and Chapter 94's remaining articles (Transient Peddlers, Transient Vendors) are written around street peddling and short-duration retail operations rather than a rep knocking door-to-door. A business running a temporary sales campaign in the city for less than six months in a year may fall under the Transient Vendor License (§§ 94-76–94-85), but the code does not clearly say whether an individual door-to-door rep needs one personally.
• Where it comes from: If the Transient Vendor License applies, it is filed with the Municipal Tax Collector (§§ 94-77, 94-79).
• Fee: For a Transient Vendor License: $250.00 with the application, plus a bond of the lesser of $2,000.00 or 5% of the wholesale value of the merchandise or services offered. 'Each applicant for a transient vendor license shall include a license fee of $250.00 with the application...The applicant shall also execute a cash bond or a surety bond...in an amount that is the lesser of either $2,000.00 or five percent of the wholesale value of any merchandise or service to be offered for sale' (§ 94-82(a)). Renewal is $25.00 (§ 94-83(b)).
• Hours you may knock: The code sets no clock-time or sunset/sunrise restriction for commercial door-to-door solicitation anywhere in Chapter 94 as currently codified.
• What the rep carries: Not published for an individual door-to-door rep. A licensed Transient Vendor must post, at its place of business, its state sales tax number and transient vendor license number in letters at least one inch tall (§ 94-84) — a fixed-location requirement, not obviously written for someone knocking on doors.
• What takes the time: A Transient Vendor License expires 90 days after issuance and is not transferable (§ 94-83(a)); the applicant must designate a city-resident registered agent for service of process (§ 94-81(a)).
• Code: Jackson City Code, Chapter 94 — Peddlers and Solicitors. Article I (§§ 94-1–94-2, § 94-2 repealed 2020), Article II — Transient Peddlers (§§ 94-36–94-41), Article III — Transient Vendors (§§ 94-76–94-85).
• Worth knowing: The Transient Vendor article exempts 'sales made by a seller at residential premises under an invitation issued by the owner or legal occupant of the premises unless the sales are made by a transient vendor or his agent at the premises' (§ 94-78(a)(10)) — worded as a double exception, and worth reading with the clerk before assuming it helps or hurts a fiber crew.
• Read it yourself: Jackson City Code Chapter 94, Peddlers and Solicitors · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: The former commercial-solicitation permit (§94-2) was repealed in 2020 — is there any current city requirement for an individual door-to-door sales rep, or does only the business-level Transient Vendor License (Article III) apply? Does the $250 Transient Vendor License cover one company for the whole crew, or is a separate license needed per rep? Are there any city-set hours for door-to-door commercial sales, even if not written into Chapter 94? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a Solicitor's Permit, per rep. 'It shall be unlawful for any solicitor or canvasser...to engage in such business within the corporate limits of the city without first obtaining a permit' (§ 13-227(a)). The city's own page describes it as issued 'to an individual traveling "door-to-door" in residential neighborhoods with the intent to take orders for sale of goods, wares and merchandise...or services to be furnished or performed in the future.'
• Where it comes from: The Business License Administrator in the city's Finance Department, at the Business License Office, 701 East Broadway (§§ 13-228, 13-229).
• Fee: $20.00 application fee per solicitor, plus a separate criminal-background-check fee ($17 for a Missouri records check, more for out-of-state). 'The application shall be accompanied by a fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) plus a fee to cover costs incurred by the department of finance in obtaining the criminal record check' (§ 13-228(b)); 'The fee for a Missouri records check is $17,' per the city's own Solicitors Permits page. The business itself must also hold a separate city Business License before the solicitor's permit is issued.
• Hours you may knock: Not published. Neither the Solicitors and Canvassers article (§§ 13-226–13-235) nor the city's separate uninvited-solicitation nuisance ordinance (§ 16-161) sets a clock-time or sunset restriction for commercial door-to-door sales.
• What the rep carries: The permit card issued by the Business License Administrator, showing 'solicitor's permit,' the permit period and the permit number; 'solicitors and canvassers are required to exhibit their business permit cards at the request of any citizen' (§§ 13-230, 13-231). The city's page adds that the picture-I.D. permit card carries the city logo, the solicitor's photo, name and issue date.
• What takes the time: A criminal record check from the applicant's home state, obtained by the Business License Office after the applicant signs a disclosure/authorization form, plus a business-and-moral-character investigation before the permit is approved or denied (§ 13-229).
• Code: Columbia City Code, Chapter 13, Article VIII — Solicitors and Canvassers (§§ 13-226–13-235); the separate nuisance rule at § 16-161, Uninvited solicitation by peddlers, etc.
• Worth knowing: A posted 'No Soliciting' notice on a private residence is 'prima facie evidence' that solicitors were not invited, and being on that property uninvited to sell 'is hereby declared to be a nuisance...and is hereby prohibited' (§ 16-161(a)–(b)) — this nuisance rule is separate from, and in addition to, the permit requirement in Chapter 13.
• Read it yourself: Columbia City Code §§ 13-226–13-235, Solicitors and Canvassers · Columbia City Code § 16-161, Uninvited solicitation by peddlers, etc. · City of Columbia, Solicitors Permits · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Are there any city-set hours for door-to-door commercial solicitation, even though none are written into Chapter 13 or §16-161? What is the current out-of-state criminal-records-check fee referenced in §13-228(b)? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: No general door-to-door solicitor permit is in the Kansas City code. The house-to-house licenses on the books are all tied to a product: the peddler license for anyone who peddles wares, goods or merchandise “from house to house” (40-133), the hawker or huckster license for farm products (40-108), a magazine subscription agency and agent license (40-119), and a “Vacuum cleaners, house-to-house salesman” license (40-162). None of them names a rep who only takes orders for a service. The old hawking and peddling rules in Chapter 50 were repealed in 2006 (editor’s note, 50-2 to 50-5). What still applies to everyone: the posted-sign rule (50-172) and the city’s general business license. A team that only takes orders for a service should confirm with the Business License Office which license, if any, applies.
• Where it comes from: Licenses under Chapter 40 are city business licenses; the chapter puts them under the commissioner of revenue. The code section does not name a counter for peddlers.
• Fee: Peddler license, on foot: the schedule reads “Per year .....62.50” per person, and the same figure for nonresidents, in advance. Using a vehicle: “The $32.00 license fee” per vehicle per year, not prorated (40-133).
• Hours you may knock: The code sets no knocking hours. Chapter 40 and Chapter 50 were read and neither carries a clock time for solicitors.
• What the rep carries: Not stated for solicitors. Chapter 40 has a general display-of-licenses section (40-21); ask what a peddler on foot must show.
• What takes the time: Not published. The peddler section lists no background check, bond or processing time.
• Code: Kansas City Code of Ordinances 40-133 (Peddler); 40-108; 40-119; 40-162; 4-35; 50-172 (Solicitation prohibited); editor’s note at 50-2 to 50-5. Municode shows the version dated Jun 25, 2026 as current.
• Worth knowing: A “No Solicitation” or “No Solicitors” sign posted at the front door makes any solicitation there unlawful (50-172). The section has no exemption for licensed sellers. Leave-behinds have their own rule: no commercial handbill may be left on premises posted “No Trespassing,” “No Peddlers or Agents” or “No Advertisement” (4-35). Product-specific licenses: magazine subscription agency “per year .....$100.00” plus each agent “per year .....$2.50” (40-119); vacuum cleaner house-to-house salesman “Per year, for each salesperson .....$ 25.00” (40-162).
• Read it yourself: Kansas City Code 40-133, Peddler · Kansas City Code 50-172, Solicitation prohibited · Kansas City Code 50-2 to 50-5, Reserved (editor’s note) · Kansas City Code 40-108, Hawker or huckster · Kansas City Code 40-119, Magazine subscription agency and agent · Kansas City Code 40-162, Vacuum cleaners, house-to-house salesman · Kansas City Code Chapter 4, Article II, Handbills · City of Kansas City, Business License page · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does a rep who only takes orders for a service (no goods in hand) need the 40-133 peddler license or any other license? Which office issues the peddler license, and how long does it take? Does the city enforce any knocking hours? What must a rep carry at the door? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: Yes. Anyone soliciting or selling door-to-door for compensation must register with the Director of Finance before soliciting (§ 86-2), and a paid solicitor or demonstrator must hold a business license as a solicitor (§ 70-84).
• Where it comes from: The Finance Department, Licensing Division, issues the license (Chapter 70), and registration under the Public Solicitations chapter is filed with the Director of Finance (Chapter 86).
• Fee: $15.00 for each solicitor or 'demonstrator-solicitor' working for a distributor that sells door-to-door (§ 70-84(65), (67)); if the rep does not fit a more specific category, the catch-all 'solicitation agency' rate is $25.00 for the agency plus $15.00 for each solicitor (§ 70-84(125)).
• Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. The code bars knocking on doors or otherwise disturbing residents 'between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m.,' whether the solicitor is licensed or not (§ 86-7).
• What the rep carries: City-issued identification, which 'shall be carried by the licensee or agent...so that it is available at all times while the licensee is soliciting in the city' (§ 86-37).
• What takes the time: A soliciting supervisor must file a $5,000.00 surety bond with the application (§ 86-35); a professional solicitor's application requires two recent photographs and disclosure of any felony, misdemeanor or ordinance conviction (§ 86-32).
• Code: Springfield City Code, Chapter 86 — Public Solicitations (§§ 86-1–86-44), and the license-fee schedule at § 70-84.
• Worth knowing: A property posted 'No Peddlers' or 'No Solicitors' at the entry may not be entered by any solicitor, licensed or not (§ 86-6).
• Read it yourself: Springfield City Code Chapter 86, Public Solicitations · Springfield City Code § 70-84, business and occupational license fee schedule · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Chapter 86 defines 'public solicitation' as sales made 'on the direct or implied plea that such solicitation or sale is for charitable, educational, fraternal, civic, patriotic, religious or philanthropic purposes' — does a purely commercial, for-profit sales rep (e.g. fiber, solar) fall under this chapter at all? Which business-license category applies to a door-to-door fiber or telecom sales rep — Distributor (§70-84(65)/(67)), Solicitation agency (§70-84(125)), or another? Is the $5,000 soliciting-supervisor bond (§86-35) required for a commercial sales team's local manager? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. Each “drummer, solicitor, or canvasser” needs a license from the License Collector, per individual. The definition covers anyone going place to place taking orders for goods or “for service to be furnished or performed in the future” (8.06.452).
• Where it comes from: The License Collector of the City of St. Louis issues the certificate of license and the badge (8.06.452).
• Fee: Per rep, in the code’s own words: “One dollar per day, ten dollars per month, fifteen dollars per year.” Moving a license to another employee of the same company costs “a fee of one dollar” (8.06.452). The code prints these in words, not figures; confirm the current charge with the License Collector.
• Hours you may knock: The code sets no knocking hours for commercial solicitors. The 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. rule in Chapter 8.84 (8.84.070) applies to charitable street solicitation permits, not door-to-door sales.
• What the rep carries: The certificate of license inside the badge the License Collector provides, carried on the person at all times while working and shown to any police officer or city tax official who asks (8.06.452).
• What takes the time: The bond. Each applicant must “give bond in the sum of one thousand dollars with an acceptable surety,” plus an application listing home addresses for the last five years, the products sold and the principal’s name (8.06.452). No processing time is published.
• Code: Revised Code of the City of St. Louis 8.06.452 (Drummer, solicitor, or canvasser); 8.06.552 and 8.06.562 point magazine agents and transient solicitors to the same section. Municode shows the version dated Jun 17, 2026 as current.
• Worth knowing: A licensed St. Louis merchant or manufacturer that buys licenses for its reps gets a credit for that amount on the occupational part of next year’s license tax, if it surrenders the reps’ licenses and receipts with the return (8.06.452).
• Read it yourself: St. Louis Revised Code 8.06.452, Drummer, solicitor, or canvasser · St. Louis Revised Code Chapter 8.84, Solicitations · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: What is the current license charge per rep, and is it still the amount in 8.06.452? What surety bond form do you accept, and can one bond cover a whole crew? How long from application to badge? Does the city enforce any knocking hours or a no-soliciting sign rule? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a peddler permit for each rep. “Peddler” includes canvassers and solicitors going house to house taking orders or offering services to be performed in the future (5.36.020). Permits are nontransferable, so one permit does not cover a crew (5.36.060).
• Where it comes from: Lincoln City Clerk. The Clerk takes the application and issues the permit after the Chief of Police approves it (5.36.030, 5.36.040).
• Fee: A nonrefundable permit fee of twenty-five dollars, paid to the City Clerk when the application is filed (5.36.030). The code lists no separate badge or fingerprint charge.
• Hours you may knock: 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m on any day of the week, unless the prospective customer asked for the call (5.36.080).
• What the rep carries: The permit. The rep must show it to any police officer, or to the occupant of any home approached, on request (5.36.090).
• What takes the time: The police investigation. The application needs a two-inch by two-inch photograph taken within sixty days and the applicant's fingerprints, and it goes to the Chief of Police before the Clerk can issue anything (5.36.030, 5.36.040). A felony or moral-turpitude conviction within ten years is a denial (5.36.050). The code posts no processing time.
• Code: Lincoln Municipal Code Chapter 5.36, Peddlers (5.36.010 to 5.36.140).
• Worth knowing: A permit runs only to the date on it and never more than one year (5.36.100). Violations are a misdemeanor, and each day counts as a separate offense (5.36.140).
• Read it yourself: Lincoln Municipal Code Chapter 5.36 · Lincoln City Clerk, Applications and Permits · City of Lincoln Peddler Permit Application (PDF) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: How long does the police investigation take? Where are fingerprints taken, and is there a separate charge? Is the permit fee still the amount in 5.36.030? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a peddler's permit for each rep, plus a photo identification badge for anyone going door to door. The code's “peddler” covers a person going dwelling to dwelling taking orders or offering to furnish or perform services, so it reaches service sales, not just goods (19-89(2)). Permits are nontransferable (19-89(6)).
• Where it comes from: Permits and inspection division of the Omaha Planning Department. Door-to-door applications are referred to the Omaha Police Department for investigation (19-89(3), (4)).
• Fee: An occupation tax set by how long the permit runs. The schedule in 19-89(21) reads: one week $15.00, one month 30.00, six months 50.00, one year 75.00, plus an additional 10.00 for photo identification (the code prints the dollar sign on the first line only). The first week's tax and the photo fee are not refunded if the application is denied.
• Hours you may knock: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., any day of the week, unless the prospective customer asked for the call (19-89(8)).
• What the rep carries: The permit, shown on request to any police officer, city inspector or prospective customer, and the photo identification badge, carried at all times (19-89(4)(d), (9)).
• What takes the time: The police investigation. A door-to-door application goes to the police department, which checks the statements on it and disapproves anyone convicted within the past ten years of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude (19-89(4)(a)). The code posts no processing time.
• Code: Omaha Municipal Code 19-89, Peddlers. Municode shows the code codified through Ordinance No. 44760, enacted August 4, 2026 (Supp. No. 100, Update 2).
• Worth knowing: 6:00 p.m. is an early cutoff, so plan Omaha routes around it. Nobody under 16 gets a permit without a state employment certificate (19-89(5)).
• Read it yourself: Omaha Municipal Code 19-89 · Omaha Municipal Code, currency statement · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: What is the current processing time for a door-to-door peddler permit? Is the fee schedule in 19-89(21) still the amount charged today? Can a manager file applications for the whole crew at once? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. A door-to-door solicitor or peddler license, per person. Every natural person 18 or older needs one before peddling or soliciting, and each rep files in person (4.12.020, 4.12.040).
• Where it comes from: Henderson Municipal Code Chapter 4.12, Door-to-Door Solicitors, Peddlers and Canvassers. The license is issued by "the division," which the code defines as the business operations division of the finance department (4.04.010).
• Fee: $25.00 per rep, paid when the application is filed, and the general application fee is waived (4.12.030). The fee schedule puts it at $25.00 semiannually for each door-to-door solicitor or peddler (4.05.237).
• Hours you may knock: No knocking between 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. (4.12.110). The rule covers canvassers, peddlers and solicitors alike.
• What the rep carries: The license, in the rep's possession at all times while working, shown on request to any prospective customer, business license officer or police officer (4.12.070). The code does not mention a badge.
• What takes the time: Not much. An in-person application with proof of age, address and ID, a ten-year conviction statement and one 2x2 passport photo (4.12.040). The code requires the license to be issued within three business days of hand-delivery of a complete application, and if the city misses the deadline the license is deemed granted (4.12.050). No fingerprinting or bond is in the chapter.
• Code: Henderson Municipal Code 4.12.010 to 4.12.150 (Ord. No. 3067, 9-17-2013) and 4.05.237 (Ord. No. 3291, 10-6-2015). Municode shows the online version as "Sep 15, 2026 (current)."
• Worth knowing: A posted "No Solicitors," "No Peddlers," "No Canvassers" or "No Trespassers" sign bars knocking, and one sign at the entrance of an apartment complex or gated community covers every home inside (4.12.100). Whoever employs or contracts the rep is responsible for the rep's violations, and not knowing about them is no defense (4.12.090). A felony or gross misdemeanor conviction in the past ten years is grounds for denial (4.12.060). Flyers must be fastened to the door so they do not blow away (4.12.130).
• Read it yourself: Henderson Municipal Code Chapter 4.12 · Henderson Municipal Code 4.05.237 · Henderson Municipal Code 4.04.010, Definitions · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does the company also need its own Henderson business license in addition to each rep's solicitor license? Is the $25.00 due again every six months for each rep, and on which dates? Can applications be booked for a whole crew in one visit? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — two separate documents. A peddler or solicitor permit, or an agent solicitation permit, and a work card issued under a different chapter, from a different counter.
• Where it comes from: City of Las Vegas Business Licensing
• Fee: No official source stating it was reached.
• Hours you may knock: No official source stating them was reached.
• Code: LVMC 6.62.020; work card under LVMC ch. 6.86
• Worth knowing: The duty sits on the principal as well as the rep: no principal may authorize an agent to solicit unless that agent holds both documents.
• Read it yourself: Las Vegas Municipal Code · checked 6 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: 6.62.110 — the fee; 6.62.090 — the permit term; 6.62.100 — the bond, which is unusual and worth asking about early; 6.62.120 — the location restrictions; How long a work card takes. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. A permit and a license, per person. The police chief signs the permit after an investigation; the finance side then issues the license with the rep's photo on it (5.48.010, 5.48.040). Anyone going house to house taking orders for goods or future services is a "solicitor" (5.48.020).
• Where it comes from: North Las Vegas Municipal Code Chapter 5.48, Solicitors and Canvassers. Applications are sworn and filed with the director of finance, the city treasurer or the city manager's designee (5.48.030). The chapter is old text carried over from the prior code, so check the current process with Business License.
• Fee: The code has two fee provisions. The general schedule says: "Solicitor. For each solicitor, two hundred dollars ($200.00) annually" (5.02.270). Chapter 5.48 sets a semi-annual fee by gross sales, from one hundred dollars ($100.00) where semi-annual sales are four thousand dollars ($4,000.00) or less up to two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) semi-annually, paid for each person soliciting (5.48.050). Arithmetic: $100.00 x 2 = $200.00 a year at the lowest tier. Add a police investigation fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per applicant (5.48.050(C)). Ask which schedule the city bills.
• Hours you may knock: Not published. Chapter 5.48 sets no knocking hours.
• What the rep carries: The license, which carries the rep's name, address and photograph. It must be shown at the request of any citizen, and police are told to ask for it (5.48.040, 5.48.100, 5.48.110).
• What takes the time: Fingerprints, a 2x2 photo taken within sixty days, two Clark County property owners as character references (or other evidence of good character), and a police investigation (5.48.030, 5.48.040). Non-residents, and residents working for a firm based outside Nevada, must file a surety bond of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) approved by the city attorney (5.48.090). No processing time is published.
• Code: North Las Vegas Municipal Code 5.48.010 to 5.48.170 and 5.02.270. Municode shows the online version as "Aug 21, 2026 (current)."
• Worth knowing: Knocking at a home posted "no peddlers" or similar words is unlawful unless a household member invited the rep (5.48.160). Chapter 5.48 licenses run on quarterly periods starting January, April, July and October and expire at the end of the quarter (5.48.150). A sworn estimate of gross sales is required before the license issues (5.48.060).
• Read it yourself: North Las Vegas Municipal Code Chapter 5.48, Solicitors and Canvassers · North Las Vegas Municipal Code 5.02.270 · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Which fee does Business License actually charge a door-to-door rep: $200.00 annually (5.02.270) or the gross-sales schedule in 5.48.050? Are there set hours for door-to-door soliciting anywhere in city rules? How long does the police investigation take, and can reps work while it is pending? Is the $1,000.00 bond per rep or per company? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. All for-profit peddlers and for-profit solicitors must be licensed by the city (5.12.030). "Peddle or solicit" covers selling or soliciting orders for goods or services by going from place to place (5.12.011). It sits in Title 5, the privileged license title, so a police background check comes with it.
• Where it comes from: Reno Municipal Code Chapter 5.12, Peddlers, Solicitors and Temporary Merchants. The license comes from City of Reno Business Licensing; the background check is run by the Reno Police Department Work Applicant Unit.
• Fee: The city's FY 2026/2027 Adopted Fees list "Peddler (Quarterly)(5.12)" at $ 72.00 and a "Privileged" application processing fee of $ 65.00. The Reno Police Work Applicant Unit fee schedule (July 1, 2026) lists "SOLICITOR" and "VENDOR / PEDDLER" at $ 127.00 each for the background and fingerprinting, no work card required. Neither schedule says whether the $ 72.00 is per rep or per company. Ask.
• Hours you may knock: Solicitation or peddling "shall be made only during the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m." and that includes phone solicitation (5.12.020(3)).
• What the rep carries: Not published. Chapter 5.12 does not say what a rep must carry or wear. A vehicle used in the work must show the business name and address in lettering visible from at least 20 feet (5.12.020(8)).
• What takes the time: The police background: Nevada statewide and FBI nationwide checks plus fingerprinting, per the Work Applicant Unit fee schedule. No processing time is published.
• Code: Reno Municipal Code 5.12.011, 5.12.020, 5.12.030 (Ord. No. 4765, 7-8-97; Ord. No. 5313, 2-26-02). Municode shows the Administrative Code online version as "Jun 22, 2026 (current)."
• Worth knowing: No knocking where "No Peddlers," "No Solicitors" or "Day Sleeper" signs are clearly posted, residential or commercial (5.12.020(4)). Reps over 16 may work in groups of no more than two (5.12.020(6)). The code splits "local" and "non-local" peddlers by whether the person or business holds a Washoe County-area business license or residence (5.12.011), so ask whether that changes the fee.
• Read it yourself: Reno Municipal Code Chapter 5.12 · City of Reno Business Licensing, FY 2026/2027 Adopted Fees (PDF) · Reno Police Department Work Applicant Unit Fee Schedule, July 1, 2026 (PDF) · City of Reno, New Business License Information · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Is the $72.00 quarterly peddler license per rep or per company, and does each rep need the $127.00 police background? Does the $65.00 privileged application processing fee apply to a peddler/solicitor license? Is there a different fee or process for a non-local peddler? What must a licensed rep carry in the field, and how long does approval take? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a canvasser/solicitor permit, per person. 'No person...shall canvass, solicit, distribute circulars or other matter, or call from house to house, in the city, without first having reported to and received a written permit' (§ 5.28.010). A canvasser or solicitor is defined as 'a person selling goods, wares, merchandise and/or services' door-to-door (§ 5.28.020), and the chapter separately exempts political, religious, charitable and philanthropic canvassing (§ 5.28.110(B)) — so this chapter is the commercial-sales rule.
• Where it comes from: The License Inspector, Central License Bureau, Division of Revenue, Department of Finance (§§ 5.28.010, 5.28.040).
• Fee: $35.00 for a first permit, $100.00 to renew. 'The fee for such permit shall be thirty-five dollars ($35.00) in order to cover the cost of processing the application. Renewals of permits for the same applicant shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00)' (§ 5.28.060(A)).
• Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. 'No person shall canvass within the city except between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.' (§ 5.28.070).
• What the rep carries: The permit, with a 2-inch by 2-inch photo attached, to be 'exhibit[ed]...to the license inspector, to any police officer or other person, including those being solicited, upon request' (§ 5.28.080).
• What takes the time: Fingerprinting is required before a permit is issued, along with an application listing name, address, age, height, weight, place of birth, marital status, residence history, any prior arrest or conviction, and employer (§ 5.28.050). Permits expire every December 31 regardless of issue date, so they must be renewed annually (§ 5.28.100).
• Code: Elizabeth City Code, Chapter 5.28 — Canvassing and Soliciting (§§ 5.28.010–5.28.130).
• Worth knowing: 'Solicitors and canvassers are prohibited in the special improvement district' — a defined downtown zone (§ 5.28.130(A)). A bona fide trainee accompanied by a licensed canvasser does not need their own application or fee, but only for their first 30 days with that employer (§ 5.28.060(B)).
• Read it yourself: Elizabeth City Code Chapter 5.28, Canvassing and Soliciting · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Where exactly does the special improvement district boundary fall (§5.28.130), so the team knows which blocks are off-limits? Does the $35/$100 fee apply per individual rep, or can one permit cover a team under a single application? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a canvasser license for each rep. The definition covers anyone going house to house taking orders for goods or for services to be performed in the future (245-11, 245-12). The application is sworn, personal to the individual, and carries that person's photograph and fingerprints.
• Where it comes from: The application is filed with the City Treasurer. The Chief of Police investigates and signs the permit before the license is issued (245-14, 245-15).
• Fee: $2.00, listed in the city's fee chapter as “Investigation of applicant for canvasser license” (160-1(AA)(4)). That is the only canvasser charge in the schedule. The $250.00 per year peddler's license in the same list is for peddlers who carry goods for sale, not order-takers.
• Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. No person may canvass in the city outside those hours (245-19).
• What the rep carries: The license, with the rep's photograph on it, shown to any police officer or any other person on request. It is surrendered to police headquarters when it expires (245-19, 245-20).
• What takes the time: The police character investigation. The application needs a 2 x 2 inch photograph taken within sixty days, fingerprints, and the names of at least two Hudson County property owners as references, or other evidence of good character (245-14(A)(7), (8)). The code posts no processing time.
• Code: Jersey City Code Chapter 245, Article III, Canvassers and Solicitors (245-11 to 245-21); fee in 160-1(AA). Municode shows the code covering ordinances through 25-054, adopted May 7, 2025 (Supp. No. 52).
• Worth knowing: Jersey City runs a no-knock registry kept by the City Clerk. The Clerk hands the current list to each licensee, but it is on the rep to have the latest one before knocking (245-20.1(E), (F)). Knocking a listed address is a minimum fine of one hundred dollars and permanent revocation of the license (245-20.1(G)). Annual licenses all expire December 31 (245-18).
• Read it yourself: Jersey City Code Chapter 245 · Jersey City Code 160-1, Fee schedule · Jersey City Code, currency statement · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Is the $2.00 investigation fee in the fee chapter still the amount charged? How long does the police investigation take? Where are fingerprints taken, and is there a separate charge? How does a rep get the updated no-knock list each month? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a written permit from the Chief of Police, per person. “No person shall canvass or solicit without first obtaining a written permit therefor from the Chief of Police” (8:7-11(a)). Canvassing covers going house to house taking orders for goods for future delivery “or for services to be furnished or performed in the future” (8:7-10), so it reaches service sales.
• Where it comes from: The Chief of Police, Newark Division of Police. The application is on the Chief's form; the fee is paid to the Department of Public Safety (8:7-12). Revised General Ordinances, Title VIII, Chapter 8:7, Article 2, Canvassers and Solicitors.
• Fee: $500, paid at filing to the Department of Public Safety to cover the investigation. It applies per calendar year and is not prorated (8:7-12(d)). Each applicant files an application, so read it as per rep. The city's own “Public Solicitation” license page shows “Price: $0” with no scope stated; it does not match the code, so confirm the amount before you file.
• Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on each weekday, and only during the period written on the permit (8:7-16). The section names no weekend hours.
• What the rep carries: The permit, carried at all times and prominently displayed on the lapel or on a neck chain (8:7-16). The permit has the rep's photograph attached and shows the employer, the goods or services, and the effective and expiration date and hour (8:7-15).
• What takes the time: File at least 14 days before the start date so the Chief of Police can investigate; the Chief may waive that when the investigation can be done sooner (8:7-12(c)). Each applicant is fingerprinted by the Division of Police and brings two recent photographs (8:7-13). The Chief may ask for an employer letter certifying the rep is authorized (8:7-12(b)). No bond is mentioned.
• Code: Revised General Ordinances of the City of Newark, Title VIII, Chapter 8:7, Article 2, Canvassers and Solicitors, 8:7-10 to 8:7-20. Every section shows “amended 9-2-2020 by Ord. No. 6PSF-D.”
• Worth knowing: Newark keeps an online No-Knock Registry. No person may canvass or solicit a registered premises (8:7-11(b)); the list is made available when the permit is issued, and it is on the rep to have the most up-to-date list before knocking (8:7-17(c)). The permit is surrendered to police when it expires (8:7-14). Labor, charitable, religious, civic and political canvassers are exempt (8:7-19).
• Read it yourself: Newark Revised General Ordinances, Chapter 8:7, Article 2: Canvassers and Solicitors (eCode360) · City of Newark, Public Solicitation license page · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Is the $500 fee in 8:7-12(d) charged per rep, and is it still the current amount? Can the 14-day filing lead be shortened for a crew arriving on short notice? Where does a permit holder get the current No-Knock Registry list? Is any weekend knocking allowed, or weekdays only? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a registration certificate. 'No person shall engage in the activity of a canvasser or solicitor in the City without first registering with the Director of Public Safety' (§ 367-3), and a canvasser/solicitor is defined to include a person who goes door to door 'selling or taking orders for or offering to sell...goods, wares, merchandise or any article...or for services to be performed in the future' (§ 367-1).
• Where it comes from: The Director of the Department of Public Safety (or, in his absence, the Chief of Police) issues the registration (§§ 367-1, 367-3).
• Fee: $25 per registrant. 'All applicants for registration shall pay a fee of $25' (§ 367-5B).
• Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday. 'The hours of operation for canvassers and solicitors shall be limited to the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday' (§ 367-7A).
• What the rep carries: The registration certificate, worn on the outside of the clothing. 'The registration certificate shall be worn and displayed at all times on the outside portion of the clothing worn by the registrants' (§ 367-6).
• What takes the time: Two 2-inch by 2-inch photographs of each solicitor, plus disclosure of any prior crime, misdemeanor or disorderly-persons conviction, on the application (§ 367-4). The certificate is valid for no more than 30 days, so it must be renewed for a longer campaign (§ 367-7C).
• Code: Paterson City Code, Chapter 367, Article I — Canvassing and Soliciting (§§ 367-1–367-10).
• Worth knowing: The Director of Public Safety may disapprove an application for 'reported unethical business practices,' a prior conviction, or an unsatisfactory character/business-responsibility investigation, with an appeal to the City Council (§ 367-8).
• Read it yourself: Paterson City Code § 367-1 – § 367-10, Canvassing and Soliciting · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Is the $25 fee per solicitor, or one fee that covers the whole registered crew? Can the 30-day certificate be renewed back-to-back for a longer blitz, or is there a waiting period? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. It is unlawful to conduct any business solicitation without a valid permit in the rep’s possession (13-3-1-3), and a Category B permit is the one that covers private residences (13-3-1-2). “Solicitation” includes making appointments, interviews and demonstrations that lead to a sale. The permit is per person: the code defines the applicant as an individual, and the city’s application asks for the applicant’s name, date of birth and employer. The city’s FAQ says the same: a Vendor/Solicitation Permit if “soliciting at private residences.”
• Where it comes from: The Planning Department’s business license office. The city says to submit solicitation applications and pay at 600 2nd St NW, ground floor.
• Fee: $10 per applicant, nonrefundable, paid with the application (13-3-1-9). The city’s business license pages and the application form print no fee, so confirm the amount at the counter. The application also asks whether your City of Albuquerque business registration fee is current.
• Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to sunset under a Category B (residential) permit (13-3-1-10(B)). The Albuquerque Police Department’s Door-to-Door Solicitation sheet says the same.
• What the rep carries: The permit, which carries the holder’s name, address and photograph. It must be carried whenever the rep is soliciting and shown to the public on request (13-3-1-12(A)). Permits are nontransferable.
• What takes the time: The city has ten calendar days from receipt of the application to grant or deny the permit (13-3-1-11). The application needs a New Mexico gross receipts tax number and proof of city business registration, two passport-size photographs, a sworn declaration of no solicitation-crime conviction in the past ten years for the applicant and the employer, and a declaration that the applicant is 18 or older (13-3-1-6). The form also carries a Zoning Department sign-off. The permit is good for a maximum of one year and is not renewed automatically (13-3-1-12).
• Code: Albuquerque Code of Ordinances (ROA 1994), Chapter 13, Article 3, Part 1, Business Solicitations, 13-3-1-1 to 13-3-1-99: permit required (13-3-1-3), exemptions (13-3-1-4), application (13-3-1-6), Category B (13-3-1-8), fee (13-3-1-9), hours (13-3-1-10), permit carried (13-3-1-12). American Legal’s host shows the code current through Ordinance 2026-010, passed 4-6-2026.
• Worth knowing: No soliciting at a home where the occupant says so orally or in writing; a sign near the entrance reading “No Trespassing,” “No Peddlers,” “No Advertisements” or similar is enough (13-3-1-8). Exempt from the permit: state-licensed real estate and insurance agents who carry the state license, and anyone 17 or under (13-3-1-4). The H-1 Historic Old Town zone has its own rules (Part 2), and the city’s application says solicitation there is prohibited. One permit per category per person per year (13-3-1-12(E)).
• Read it yourself: Albuquerque Code 13-3-1, Business Solicitations (definitions, permit required, exemptions, application) · Albuquerque Code 13-3-1-8, Category B permit · Albuquerque Code 13-3-1-9, Permit fee · Albuquerque Code 13-3-1-10, Hours of solicitations · Albuquerque Code 13-3-1-11, Authorization or denial of permit · Albuquerque Code 13-3-1-12, Visibility of permit; duration · American Legal, Albuquerque overview (currency statement) · City of Albuquerque, Business License FAQs · Application for License for Business Solicitation Permit (PDF) · Albuquerque Police Department, Door-to-Door Solicitation (PDF) · City of Albuquerque, Business License Information · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether the Category B permit fee is still $10 per rep, and any company-level fee; Whether the company needs a City business registration before its reps can apply; How the office defines sunset for the day; How long the permit actually takes once the application and photos are in. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes for selling goods — a peddler license per person, plus a badge worn while working. The code bars anyone from selling goods, wares or merchandise "by going from house to house soliciting purchases or otherwise" without a license from the Commissioner of Permit and Inspection Services (316-1). The section names goods, wares and merchandise only; it says nothing about a rep who sells a service at the door and carries no goods, so put that question to the Office of Licenses. The city issues it as the Mobile Peddler License.
• Where it comes from: The Office of Licenses, Permit and Inspection Services, 301 City Hall. Its license applications page posts the Mobile Peddler application and links Chapter 316 as the code requirements.
• Fee: $75.00 per person — the "Peddler of any other product" personal license in the city's fee chapter (175-1, under 316-11), and the same figure on the city's application form. A vehicle used to peddle is a separate $63.00 license in the fee chapter; the city's form instead prints $150.00 "With Conveyance". $75.00 plus $63.00 comes to less than the form's $150.00, so the form and the code do not match on the vehicle price. The license expires April 30 (316-12).
• Hours you may knock: Not before 7:00 a.m. nor after 7:00 p.m., and not at any time on Sunday (316-8). The section is worded for peddling "on the public grounds of the City"; the city's application form states the same limits for every mobile peddler as Monday through Saturday, 7:00AM to 7:00 PM, no Sundays.
• What the rep carries: A badge furnished by the Commissioner, worn at all times when peddling, and returned when the license expires (316-3(B)). A licensed vehicle carries a metal "Licensed Peddler" plate.
• What takes the time: A police background check from Buffalo Police Headquarters, a copy of a government photo ID, a New York State tax ID certificate, and a sworn, notarized application.
• Code: City of Buffalo Code Chapter 316, Peddling and Soliciting: 316-1 license required, 316-2 application, 316-3 badges and plates, 316-6 restricted areas, 316-8 hours, 316-11 fees, 316-12 expiration. Fees are in Chapter 175 (175-1).
• Worth knowing: No licensee may peddle inside the downtown territory and the other streets listed in 316-6(A). The city's form also bars peddling in or near city parks, playgrounds, schools, city markets and commercial business districts. The fee chapter lists a $52.50 "license for house-to-house selling" against 316-19, but 316-19 itself is the license to hand out product samples on the street or from house to house, not a sales license.
• Read it yourself: City of Buffalo, Mobile Peddler License application · City of Buffalo, License Applications & Code Requirements · Buffalo Code Chapter 316, Article I General Licensing Provisions · Buffalo Code Chapter 316, Article II License Fees and Expiration · Buffalo Code Chapter 175 Fees · Buffalo Code Chapter 316, Article IV Distribution of Samples · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does Chapter 316 require a license for a rep who takes orders for a service door to door and carries no goods? Do the 7 to 7, no-Sunday hours in 316-8 apply to knocking on doors at homes, or only to public grounds? With a vehicle, is the total the $75.00 plus $63.00 in the fee chapter, or the $150.00 on the form? How long does the police background check take? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: No door-to-door license was found. The Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) publishes every license it issues, and none of them is a solicitor, peddler or door-to-door sales license. The closest one, the General Vendor License, is tied to public space: the Administrative Code defines a general vendor as a person who sells or offers goods or services "in a public space," and public space as publicly owned property such as sidewalks, roadways and parks (20-452(b), (d)). A private doorstep is not in that definition. The city's own door-to-door sales rule is a disclosure rule, not a license (6 RCNY 5-49).
• Where it comes from: DCWP's license application list, Administrative Code 20-452, DCWP rule 6 RCNY 5-49, Door-to-Door Sales, and the city's NYC311 door-to-door sales page. The industry-specific license you may still need (home improvement contractor, for example) is on the same DCWP list.
• Fee: None found for knocking itself, because no door-to-door license is listed. The fees for any trade license on DCWP's list are on that license's own checklist.
• Hours you may knock: Not published. The city's door-to-door sales rule (6 RCNY 5-49) was read in full and sets no knocking hours, and the city's pages give none. The rest of the Administrative Code was not searched for an hours rule.
• What the rep carries: Nothing is named to carry. The rule is about what the rep says: a seller in a door-to-door sale must, during the initial contact, clearly state that the purpose of the visit is to make a sale (6 RCNY 5-49). NYC311 adds that the salesperson must give a general description of the goods, and a customer filing a complaint is asked for a receipt with the name and address of the business.
• Code: NYC Administrative Code 20-452 (general vendor definitions) and Rules of the City of New York, Title 6, 5-49 (Door-to-Door Sales). American Legal shows the Charter and Administrative Code "Current through Local Law 2026/147, enacted September 12, 2026" and the Rules "Current through rules effective September 19, 2026."
• Worth knowing: A Council bill to ban commercial knocking at homes posting a no-solicitation sign, Int 0593-2024, was never enacted. The Council's record shows it "Filed (End of Session)" on 12/31/2025.
• Read it yourself: Rules of the City of New York, Title 6, 5-49 Door-to-Door Sales · NYC Administrative Code 20-452, Definitions (general vendors) · NYC Charter, Administrative Code and Rules, currency statement · DCWP, Apply for a Business License (full license list) · NYC311, Door-to-Door Sales Complaint · NYC Business, General Vendor License · DCWP, Consumer Protection & Licensing Laws · NYC Council, Int 0593-2024 · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does any city law or DCWP rule set hours for door-to-door sales in the five boroughs? Does my product (home improvement, energy, security) need its own DCWP or state license before reps sell it at the door? Does DCWP treat selling in apartment hallways or on stoops as general vending in a public space? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a solicitor's license from the City of Rochester, procured three days before starting work (62-2(B)). The code's definition of a solicitor covers selling or soliciting orders for goods or services, home improvement included, "by going from house to house, whether by appointment, referral, uninvited solicitation, route sales or party plan" (62-1). The rep works under the license and wears a license or identification badge issued by the City Clerk (62-6(A)(1)).
• Where it comes from: The City Clerk's licensing office at City Hall, 30 Church Street. The Rochester Police Department runs the background check and the Chief of Police can deny on it (62-2(E)). The clerk's Permits and licenses page lists the solicitor's license and says to pick up the application at the clerk's office.
• Fee: The code publishes no fee line for a house-to-house solicitor with no vending unit. Every solicitor fee in 62-3 is tied to a truck, trailer or cart: $330 for a vending truck or vending trailer license and $250 for a vending cart license outside the three vending districts, each of which "shall include a solicitor's license." Identification badges are $24 each with the first one per license free, application materials cost a nonrefundable $7 credited toward the license fee, and a lost license or badge is $10 (62-3). Which figure a door-to-door crew pays is a question for the clerk. Licenses expire December 31 and are not prorated.
• Hours you may knock: Chapter 62 sets no hours for house-to-house soliciting. The only clock times in the chapter are for vending trucks parked on the street.
• What the rep carries: The license or identification badge issued by the City Clerk, prominently displayed on the person (62-6(A)(1)). A license holder is responsible for anyone working under a badge issued on his license.
• What takes the time: Consent to a Rochester Police Department background check, a sworn application, a New York State sales tax certificate of authority or proof of exemption, and proof of not less than $1,000,000 comprehensive/general liability insurance naming the city as an additional insured for the whole license period (62-2, 62-4). An out-of-state company also files proof of an agent for service of process (62-5). The license has to be in hand three days before work starts. No processing time is published.
• Code: City of Rochester Municipal Code, Chapter 62, Commercial Travelers, Solicitors and Special Events, amended in its entirety 4-20-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-95; fee section amended 7-18-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-202 and 7-20-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-233. Hosted on eCode360.
• Worth knowing: An eligible veteran holding a certificate under New York General Business Law § 32, or a disabled veteran under § 35, is exempt from the fees (62-3(G)).
• Read it yourself: Rochester Municipal Code Ch. 62 · City of Rochester, City Clerk, Permits and licenses · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: What is the license fee for a rep who sells house to house with no truck, trailer or cart? Is the license per company with a badge for each rep, or does each rep need his own license? Does the $1,000,000 liability insurance requirement apply to door-to-door crews? Are there set hours for house-to-house sales anywhere in the city code? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a Solicitor's License for the company, plus a badge for each assistant/rep who goes door to house or business to business (§ 9-138).
• Where it comes from: The Department of Finance (Central Permit Office) issues the license and runs a criminal background check on every solicitor and assistant (§ 9-140).
• Fee: $350 per year for the company's Solicitor's License, plus $100 for each assistant's badge — the license holder's own badge is included at no extra charge (§ 9-142.1, § 9-142.5, § 9-142.6).
• Hours you may knock: No business in a residential neighborhood between 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 a.m. the next morning — in effect, the door is open 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (§ 9-143.1). A separate, looser rule bars business in any street between 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.
• What the rep carries: A badge with the license number, the rep's name and photo, and the expiration date, worn in a conspicuous place while doing business — no licensee may work without it (§ 9-142.5, § 9-142.6).
• What takes the time: A criminal background check on every solicitor and assistant, screened against specific felony (past 5 years) and misdemeanor (past 2 years) convictions before a license is approved (§ 9-140(7)).
• Code: Syracuse Revised General Ordinances, Ch. 9, Art. 12, Solicitors (§ 9-137 – § 9-144).
• Worth knowing: The city keeps a "No Solicitors" list at the Central Permit Office; entering a property posted with a "No Solicitors" sign is unlawful whether the rep is licensed or not (§ 9-143.2).
• Read it yourself: Syracuse Revised General Ordinances, Chapter 9, Article 12 — Solicitors · City of Syracuse Central Permit Office — Solicitors License Instructions · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: How many business days the background check adds before a license is issued; Whether a change in the crew's assistant roster mid-season needs new applications or can be added to the existing license; Whether the 9 p.m.-to-8 a.m. streets rule or the 6 p.m.-to-10 a.m. residential rule governs a suburban residential block. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a Commercial Solicitation license, per rep. The code makes it unlawful to act as a solicitor without a license in force (20-3), and a solicitor is anyone going house to house taking orders for goods or for services to be performed in the future (20-1). The city's form says licenses "are issued to individuals, not companies." On top of the license, a licensed rep working house to house must register at the police precinct station for that area on each day he works (20-21(A)).
• Where it comes from: The Office of Licensing / Consumer Protection Bureau, 20 South Broadway, 10th Floor. The city posts the Commercial Solicitation Application.
• Fee: $23.50 license fee, non-refundable, per the city's current application. The code set the solicitor's license at $19.50 and has it increase 5% annually (20-6(D)), so the form is the number to go by. A lost license or badge is replaced for $12 (20-5(A)).
• Hours you may knock: No knocking prior to 10:00 a.m. or after 8:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and none at any time on a Sunday, New Year's Day, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day or Christmas Day (20-21(B)). The city's form says Sundays and federal holidays.
• What the rep carries: The license itself, shown on demand (20-5(B)). The form says it carries the rep's picture and the company's information and must be displayed or provided when asked.
• What takes the time: A notarized application, two passport-sized photographs taken within 30 days, the company's New York State Certificate of Authority and business certificate, a driver's license or DMV ID, a company-issued employee ID, an employment verification signed by the owner, and consent to a background check. The form also asks for the rep's name, location and dates and times to be given to the precinct and the Consumer Protection Bureau two business days before any home solicitation. No processing time is published.
• Code: City of Yonkers Code, Chapter 20, Article I, Hawking, Peddling and Commercial Soliciting (20-1 to 20-9) and Article IV, Home Solicitations (20-20 to 20-22), on eCode360. Article I's license and fee sections were last amended 2-22-2022 by Ord. No. 1-2022.
• Worth knowing: A "no solicitation" or "no soliciting" card at the main entrance means leave without disturbing the occupant (20-22). Any order with money taken in advance must be in writing, in duplicate, with a copy left with the buyer (20-8). The form lists a Home Improvement/Excavation License as a prerequisite for those solicitations.
• Read it yourself: Yonkers Code Ch. 20 Art. I (20-1 to 20-9) · Yonkers Code Ch. 20 Art. IV (20-20 to 20-22) · City of Yonkers, Commercial Solicitation Application · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: How long does the background check and license take after a complete application? Does each rep register at the precinct in person every day, or can a manager register the crew? Is the $23.50 fee due again at each yearly renewal, and what is next year's figure? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a peddler/solicitor's permit, per rep. It is unlawful to sell or solicit orders for goods or services door to door in Cary without one, unless the resident asked for the visit (20-3(b)). When an employer applies, each rep files his own sworn application and "a separate permit shall be issued for each applicant" (20-3(c)(10)). The permit runs 60 days and can be renewed without limit.
• Where it comes from: The Cary Police Department, 120 Wilkinson Avenue, takes the application in person. The fee is paid first at the Finance Department in Town Hall, 316 N. Academy Street, and the receipt goes in with the application. The form is linked from the police Records page as the TOC Solicitor Permit Application.
• Fee: A non-refundable $50.00 Solicitor Permit Fee for each peddler/solicitor, paid to the Town of Cary Finance Department, per the police department's application checklist (Form #610, revised 7/2024). The code section itself names no fee. The rep also pays an online company for his own national criminal background check; the town says those fees vary.
• Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. during eastern daylight time, and 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. during eastern standard time (20-3(b)(1)).
• What the rep carries: The permit issued for that rep, carried and displayed at all times while soliciting so it is clearly visible (20-3(b)(2)). The town attaches a copy of the ordinance to each issued permit.
• What takes the time: Two current passport photos, a copy of a U.S. driver's license or other government photo ID, the Finance Department fee receipt, and a national criminal background check report the rep orders himself; a Wake County or state-only check is not accepted. The code says the police chief should act within 72 hours of a complete application (20-3(d)(2)). The form says most applications are processed within 3 business days, and large submissions may take a week or longer.
• Code: Town of Cary Code of Ordinances, Sec. 20-3, Peddlers and solicitors, last amended by Ord. No. 2022-Code-04 (9-22-2022), on American Legal Publishing.
• Worth knowing: A felony conviction or no-contest plea in the last ten years, or a theft, fraud or moral turpitude misdemeanor in the last five, means no permit (20-3(d)(1)). Soliciting without a permit, or in violation of the section, is a criminal misdemeanor (20-3(j)). Renewals must be filed by the expiration date or they are processed as new applications (20-3(e)).
• Read it yourself: Cary Code of Ordinances Sec. 20-3 · Town of Cary, Peddler/Solicitor Permit checklist and application (Form #610) · Town of Cary Police, Records · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Is the $50.00 fee charged again at each 60-day renewal? Can a manager drop off applications for the whole crew, or must each rep appear in person? Does the town keep a no-solicitation list or enforce No Soliciting signs by ordinance? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: No door-to-door solicitor permit appears in the Charlotte City Code. The only door-knocking chapter is Peddlers (Chapter 6, Article VIII), and it defines peddling as selling goods on foot or from a vehicle with the article handed over instantly on payment (6-431). A rep who signs up service for later install is not described by that definition. A rep who carries and hands over product is a peddler and needs "a proper license to peddle" (6-432).
• Where it comes from: The license in 6-432 is the old city privilege license, issued by the revenue collector under Chapter 13. The code does not name any office that registers order-taking solicitors.
• Fee: No solicitor fee exists in the code. Chapter 13 still prints a privilege license tax line, "Peddlers cash or money order .....$25.00" (13-76), but the state statute that authorized city privilege license taxes, G.S. 160A-211, reads "Repealed by Session Laws 2014-3, s. 12.3(a), effective July 1, 2015." Ask the city whether anything is still collected.
• Hours you may knock: For peddling in residential zones: unlawful "between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m."; while daylight saving time is in effect, "from 9:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m." (6-438). The code sets no separate hours for order-taking solicitors.
• What the rep carries: A peddler must keep the license and show it to any lawful officer on demand (6-432). Nothing is prescribed for order-taking reps. No one may claim to be approved by or affiliated with the city, the state, the chamber of commerce or the Better Business Bureau when they are not (15-21).
• What takes the time: Nothing in the code: no background check, fingerprinting, bond or badge for solicitors.
• Code: Charlotte City Code Chapter 6, Article VIII, Peddlers (6-431 to 6-439); Chapter 13, Licenses (13-76); 15-1 (handbills); 15-21 (misrepresentation by salespersons). Municode shows "Version: Mar 9, 2026 (current)".
• Worth knowing: A peddler may not hold any spot within one block or 300 feet for more than 30 minutes in any 24-hour period (6-437). Flyers left at a home must be handed to the occupant, put behind the outer door, fixed to the doorknob, or wrapped on the porch so they cannot blow around (15-1). Article VIII violations carry a civil penalty "not to exceed $500.00" (6-439).
• Read it yourself: Charlotte City Code Ch. 6, Art. VIII, Peddlers · Charlotte City Code Ch. 13, Licenses · Charlotte City Code Ch. 15, Art. I · N.C. G.S. 160A-211 · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does the city require anything of a rep who takes orders door to door and delivers nothing on the spot? Is any peddler license or fee still issued or collected now that G.S. 160A-211 is repealed? Does the city enforce posted "No Soliciting" signs under any ordinance, or only as trespass? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: No door-to-door solicitor permit appears in the Durham City Code. Chapter 54, Sales and Solicitations; Business Regulation, has one solicitation article and it covers only "Sales and Solicitations in the Street Right-of-Way" (Article II, 54-25 and following). The code does still print an old peddler privilege license tax (30-263), but it defines a peddler as someone who travels with an inventory of goods and "delivers the identical goods carried with him or her" — not a rep taking orders for a service — and the city's own memo says the privilege license tax "has been repealed." What still applies: no loose advertising bills or circulars left in yards or on vehicles (26-114).
• Where it comes from: No office issues a solicitor permit under the code.
• Fee: None. The code creates no door-to-door permit, so there is no fee to publish. The peddler tax amounts still printed in 30-263 are for the privilege license tax the city says was repealed in July 2015, and they were for sellers carrying goods.
• Hours you may knock: The code sets no knocking hours.
• What the rep carries: Nothing prescribed by the code for door-to-door reps.
• What takes the time: Nothing in the code: no background check, bond or badge.
• Code: Durham City Code Chapter 54, Articles I and II (54-1 to 54-192); 30-263 (peddlers, itinerant merchants, privilege license tax); 26-114 (handbills). Municode reads "Codified through Ordinance No. 16560, enacted October 20, 2025. (Supp. No. 36)".
• Worth knowing: Do not leave loose flyers: it is unlawful to place "any loose bills or circulars of an advertising nature" on streets, sidewalks, adjacent yards or vehicles (26-114). Do not sell from the street or sidewalk: Article II restricts sales activity in the street right-of-way (54-88, 54-91). The city's own roadside solicitation memo says of street sales that permits are no longer required and that the old privilege license tax "has been repealed." That memo is about streets, not doorsteps.
• Read it yourself: Durham City Code Ch. 54, Sales and Solicitations; Business Regulation · Durham City Code, table of contents · City of Durham memo: Roadside Solicitation Rules · Durham City Code Ch. 30, Art. V, Privilege License Taxes (30-263 peddlers) · Durham City Code 26-114, Distribution of handbills · Municode search of the Durham code (peddler) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Is the peddler license in City Code 30-263 still issued or enforced, given the 2015 repeal of the privilege license tax? Does the city require any registration for commercial door-to-door sales that is not in the City Code? Does Durham enforce posted "No Soliciting" signs under any ordinance, or only as trespass? Does the police department want advance notice when a sales team works a neighborhood? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a solicitor permit, per rep. It is unlawful to go uninvited to a private residence as a solicitor or peddler to solicit orders without first getting a permit from the city (15-16(d)). When an employer files, there is a separate sworn application for each solicitor. The code defines a solicitor as someone selling subscriptions or "goods or wares on behalf of a third party"; whether a service sold at the door falls inside that wording is a question for the collections office.
• Where it comes from: The collections division of the Finance Department, 433 Hay Street, takes the Application for Solicitor/Peddler/Seasonal Merchant. The police department runs the criminal background check and the chief of police or his designee approves or denies (15-16(e), (g)).
• Fee: $25.00 application fee for a Solicitor Permit, alarm solicitors included, and $5.00 for a three-month renewal made before expiration, per the city's FY26 fee schedule. The permit itself lasts three months (15-16(i)).
• Hours you may knock: No soliciting after 9:00 p.m. or before 9:00 a.m., unless arranged beforehand with the consent of the owner, lessee or manager of the property (15-16(n)).
• What the rep carries: The permit, carried at all times while soliciting and shown to any citizen or police officer who asks (15-16(k)).
• What takes the time: A criminal history background check on every applicant, a fingerprint card, and 2½-inch by 2½-inch photographs made within one year. An application missing any required item is denied on the spot (15-16(e), (g)). No processing time is published. Alarm solicitors also show a North Carolina Alarm System Licensing Board license, registration card or pending registration paperwork (15-16(f)).
• Code: City of Fayetteville Code of Ordinances, Chapter 15 Licenses, Sec. 15-16, Soliciting in Private Residences and on Streets and Sidewalks, last amended by Ord. No. S2023-003 (03/13/2023). The code is hosted on enCodePlus.
• Worth knowing: A permit does not let a rep onto a property where the owner, resident or tenant has posted a reasonably discoverable notice that solicitors are not permitted (15-16(l)). A conviction for a felony, trespassing, damage to property, larceny, perjury, assault or a crime of moral turpitude within the last five years means the permit is denied (15-16(g)).
• Read it yourself: Fayetteville Code Sec. 15-16 · City of Fayetteville Fee Schedule (FY26) · City of Fayetteville, Application for Solicitor/Peddler/Seasonal Merchant · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does a rep selling a service at the door, such as internet or pest control, need the solicitor permit? How long does the police background check take? Is the fee still $25.00 under the fiscal year 2027 fee schedule? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. Every person who goes place to place taking orders for goods or services to be delivered later "shall obtain a business permit" (13-202(a)). Anyone who solicits or sells door to door at private residences must apply and pass a criminal background history check reviewed by the chief of police (13-202(d)). It is per person: the permit is "a personal privilege" and cannot be transferred (13-191).
• Where it comes from: The City's Collections Division, Room 11, UG Level, Melvin Municipal Office Building, 300 W. Washington St., or the online application on the city's Business Permit page. In the code, applications go in writing to the city manager or his designee on the city's form, and a solicitor must give the name and address of the company represented and a description of what is being sold (13-185).
• Fee: No fee. The city's Business Permit page says commercial solicitors "must obtain a business permit at no cost to them" and "There is no cost for the business permit nor are there any assessed penalties." The code sets no permit fee either. The cost is the bond: "five hundred dollars ($500.00)" before a solicitor permit issues, rising in steps of at least $250.00 if undelivered orders through one solicitor pass $500.00 (13-202(c)).
• Hours you may knock: Sunrise to sunset only: door-to-door reps "shall only conduct this activity between sunrise and sunset" (13-202(e)). No clock times are given.
• What the rep carries: The permit itself, displayed on the chest, "hanging from a lanyard or clipped to their garment," so the name, type of permit and expiration date are visible (13-190).
• What takes the time: The criminal background history check, reviewed by the chief of police or designee, and the bond, which must be approved by the city attorney (13-202(c), (d)). The code gives no processing time. Permits run to June 30 and renew by July 1 (13-183, 13-187). The city's page says the permit must be in hand no later than the first day of business.
• Code: Greensboro Code of Ordinances Chapter 13, Article V, Business Permits for Commercial Soliciting, Peddling, Itinerant Merchants, Mobile Food Vending, and Massage (13-181 to 13-204). Municode reads "Codified through Ordinances of June 16, 2026. (Supp. No. 133, Update 1)".
• Worth knowing: A rep is ineligible with, in the last ten years, two or more violations of the chapter or a conviction for assault, communicating threats, a sexual offense or abuse involving a minor, a sexually violent offense, or illegal use of weapons (13-202(d)). A solicitor engaged in interstate commerce is not covered by the permit requirement but still has to "secure a business permit appropriately marked to show such an exemption" (13-202(b)). Reps may not enter a home without express consent and must leave at once when asked (13-202(e)).
• Read it yourself: Greensboro Code Ch. 13, Art. V (13-181 to 13-204) · City of Greensboro, Business Permit · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: How long does the police background check take? Is the $500 bond per rep or per company, and what bond form does the city attorney accept? Does a fiber or solar rep count as interstate commerce and get the exempt-marked permit? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: No door-to-door solicitor permit appears in the Raleigh City Code. Part 12 (Licensing and Regulation), Chapter 2, Article A, General Regulations, is entirely reserved (12-2001 to 12-2020), and Part 13 (Offenses) has no residential solicitation section. What the code does regulate is the public right-of-way: it is unlawful "to solicit or attempt to solicit business of any kind on the streets or sidewalks of the City" (12-1026(a)).
• Where it comes from: No office issues a solicitor permit under the code. The annual peddler permit in 12-1024 is for vending in the streets, not for knocking on doors.
• Fee: None published for door-to-door sales, because the code creates no permit for it. The street peddler permit fee is "as set forth in the City of Raleigh Fee Schedule" (12-1024(b)(1)); that is a different activity.
• Hours you may knock: The code sets no knocking hours.
• What the rep carries: Nothing prescribed by the code for door-to-door reps.
• What takes the time: Nothing in the code: no background check, bond or badge for door-to-door reps.
• Code: Raleigh City Code 12-1024 (street peddlers), 12-1026 (soliciting business on streets or sidewalks), 12-1027 (subscriptions). Municode reads "Codified through Ordinance No. (2025) 802, enacted October 21, 2025. (Supp. No. 69)".
• Worth knowing: Keep the pitch on the customer's property, not on the sidewalk: 12-1026 makes street and sidewalk solicitation of business a misdemeanor that can also draw a civil penalty. Selling publication subscriptions on streets, sidewalks or in city parks is separately unlawful (12-1027).
• Read it yourself: Raleigh City Code Part 12, Ch. 1, Art. B (12-1024, 12-1026, 12-1027) · Raleigh City Code Part 12, Ch. 2, Art. A (reserved) · Raleigh City Code Part 13, Offenses · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does the city require any registration for commercial door-to-door sales that is not in the City Code? Does Raleigh enforce posted "No Soliciting" signs under any ordinance, or only as trespass? Does the police department want advance notice when a sales team works a neighborhood? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a permit from the chief of police, per person. It is unlawful to go onto any private property or residence in the city “to solicit or canvass for orders and sales for goods and merchandise or services of any character” without first getting the permit (4-108(a)). Services are covered, not just goods. The only carve-out is for brokers and traveling salesmen selling to merchants and businesses.
• Where it comes from: The chief of police, Wilmington Police Department, on a written application form provided by the city (4-108(b)). The permit sits in Chapter 4, Article III of the city code, under a heading about sales on public property, which is easy to miss.
• Fee: Not published. Section 4-108 sets no fee, and the Police Department chapter of the city's FY27 fee schedule lists no solicitation permit fee. That chapter does list police fingerprinting at “Up to two fingerprint cards: $15”; whether permit applicants pay it is not stated.
• Hours you may knock: Not published. Section 4-108 sets no knocking hours, and no other section of the city code sets hours for solicitors.
• What the rep carries: The permit, at all times when soliciting or canvassing in the city, shown on request to any police officer or any person solicited (4-108(c)).
• What takes the time: A written application for each rep (employer, work history for the preceding year, what is being sold, personal description), plus “credentials and other evidence of good moral character and identification,” including fingerprinting, and an investigation by the chief of police before the permit issues (4-108(b)–(c)). No processing time is published.
• It expires: Not later than the thirty-first of May following issuance (4-108(c)), so every permit runs out on the same date each year.
• Code: Wilmington Code of Ordinances, Chapter 4, Article III, Sec. 4-108, Permit for sale of goods and services generally (Code 1962, §§ 23-4—23-7). Municode shows the code as codified through Ordinance No. O-2026-31, enacted June 16, 2026 (Supp. No. 42).
• Worth knowing: The chief of police revokes a permit for any violation of the city code by the holder, or of anything stated in the application (4-108(d)). A violation of Chapter 4 carries a civil penalty, and each day a violation continues after notice is a separate offense (4-1). No police or licensing page on wilmingtonnc.gov mentions this permit, so call the Police Department for the form.
• Read it yourself: Wilmington Code of Ordinances, Chapter 4, Article III (Sec. 4-108) · Wilmington Code of Ordinances, Chapter 4, Article I (Sec. 4-1) · City of Wilmington FY27 Adopted Fee Schedule, Chapter IX Police Department Fees (scanned PDF, printed page 53) · Wilmington Police Department — Forms · Wilmington Code of Ordinances, Chapter 6 — Offenses—Miscellaneous · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Where does a rep get the Sec. 4-108 solicitation permit application, and is it still being issued? What is the permit fee, and is the $15 police fingerprinting charge on top of it? How long does the background investigation take before the permit issues? Are there any knocking-hour limits the police enforce? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a door-to-door commercial solicitation license, plus a city-issued photo identification badge for every rep working under it (38-34(d)). The license is issued in the applicant's name and lists every authorized solicitor and supervisor; each of them is background-checked.
• Where it comes from: The City revenue collector issues the license and badges. The Winston-Salem Police Department reviews each criminal history check and tells the Revenue Department who is eligible (38-34(d), (g)(4)).
• Fee: "An application fee of $25.00" goes in with the application (38-34(f)(3)). The code ties the fee to the application, not to each rep. Renewal is $25.00 and a replacement badge is $25.00 (38-34(i)(3), (j)(2)).
• Hours you may knock: No door-to-door solicitation "Before 9:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m. or sunset, whichever occurs first" (38-34(m)(4)). That limit applies to commercial and noncommercial solicitors alike.
• What the rep carries: The identification badge, displayed "on the front of his/her person and on the outside of his/her clothing at all times," and a copy of the license to show any officer, customer or prospect who asks (38-34(n)).
• What takes the time: Apply at least 15 business days before you want to start; the city decides within 15 business days of a complete application (38-34(f)(1), (h)). Every rep and supervisor needs a criminal background check, a physical description and a photo taken within the last six months (38-34(f)(1)g, (g)). Adding a rep later: badge within five business days of a written request (38-34(i)(3)).
• Code: Winston-Salem City Code 38-34, the "Winston-Salem Door-to-Door Solicitation Ordinance," and 38-28 (peddling hours). Municode reads "Codified through Ordinance No. 25-0471, enacted January 5, 2026. (Supp. No. 102)".
• Worth knowing: No solicitor of any kind may enter or stay on premises posted "no solicitation" or "no trespassing" (38-34(c)). The license is good for one fiscal year; renew at least 30 days before it expires, with fresh background checks (38-34(j)). The application asks for the last three cities or counties where you worked and proof of good standing with the North Carolina Secretary of State (38-34(f)(1)). A violation is a class 3 misdemeanor with a fine of not more than $500.00 (38-34(r)).
• Read it yourself: Winston-Salem City Code 38-34, Door-to-door solicitation · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Is the $25.00 application fee per company license, or charged again for each rep's badge? Who runs the background check and is there a separate charge for it? Which dates does the city's fiscal-year license run from and to? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: Yes — a solicitations permit, plus a sub-permit for each individual rep. 'It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit or act as a peddler within the corporate limits of the city of Fargo without first obtaining a solicitation permit. If the applicant is a firm, corporation, association, club, partnership, society or other organization, each individual who is employed by or acting on behalf of such organization shall be required to obtain a sub-permit' (§ 25-0502).
• Where it comes from: The City Auditor issues the permit and sub-permits, on approval of the Chief of Police and the city's five-member Solicitations Board (§§ 25-0503, 25-0504, 25-0507(B)).
• Fee: The code sets no dollar figure; it only says 'fees for the solicitations permit and sub-permits shall be as established by resolution of the board of city commissioners and shall be payable at the city auditor's office' (§ 25-0507(C)). That fee resolution was not found on a primary city page in this session.
• Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. 'There shall be no solicitation upon any premises prior to 9:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m., local time, of any day, other than upon prior invitation of the occupant of any such premises' (§ 25-0510(F)).
• What the rep carries: The solicitations permit (or a duplicate), which 'shall be carried at all times by the solicitor and shall be exhibited when requested to do so by any police officer or any person contacted' (§ 25-0510(A)).
• What takes the time: The Solicitations Board investigates the application and must find the applicant has 'good character and reputation for honesty and integrity' and has not engaged in fraud before authorizing issuance (§§ 25-0505, 25-0506). Permits and sub-permits expire 90 days after issuance unless the Board sets a different term (§ 25-0507(D)).
• Code: Fargo Municipal Code, Chapter 25, Article 25-05 — Peddlers and Solicitors (§§ 25-0501–25-0512).
• Worth knowing: The permit requirement does not apply to 'solicitations conducted by persons who have a permanent residence or permanent place of business in Cass County, North Dakota, or Clay County, Minnesota' (§ 25-0502(H)) — so a crew based outside that two-county area is not exempt. A posted 'NO SOLICITORS' sign at least 3 by 4 inches bars entry without invitation (§ 25-0510(E)); at most two reps may work the same premises at once (§ 25-0510(G)); and the same premises may not be solicited more than once for the same goods or services in a six-month period without a fresh invitation (§ 25-0510(H)).
• Read it yourself: Fargo Municipal Code Article 25-05, Peddlers and Solicitors · City of Fargo Business & Occupational Licensing · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: What is the current dollar fee for the solicitations permit and for each individual sub-permit, per the city commission's fee resolution under §25-0507(C)? How long does Solicitations Board review typically take before the 90-day permit term starts running? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a rep must register credentials with the city before going door-to-door "seeking for profit to obtain orders for the purchase of goods, wares, merchandise, foodstuffs or services" (111.360(A), 111.362).
• Where it comes from: The License and Assessments Clerk (111.363(A)).
• Fee: Thirty-five dollars per applicant, to cover examination, registration and issuance of the stamped credential (111.363(B)).
• Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. while daylight saving time is in effect, 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. the rest of the year (111.361); the registration itself is also not valid between sunset and 9:00 a.m. (111.363(E)).
• What the rep carries: The stamped credential, worn prominently on the person at all times while peddling, and shown on request to any owner or occupant (111.367).
• What takes the time: Registration is approved within five business days of a complete application, unless the applicant gave false information or has a disqualifying conviction (111.363(C)).
• Code: Akron Codified Ordinances, Title 11, Article 21A — Door to Door Peddling and Solicitation (§§ 111.360–111.367).
• Worth knowing: A property with a posted "No Solicitors" card, decal or sign (at least 2"x3", letters at least 1/3 inch) may not be knocked on without a prior invitation — doing so is a separate violation (111.364, 111.365). Anyone convicted of theft, fraud, burglary, a violent offense or a sex offense within the last five years is barred from registering (111.363(G)). A rep under 18 needs a parent, guardian or employer to co-sign the application (111.363(F)).
• Read it yourself: Akron Codified Ordinances, Article 21A — Door to Door Peddling and Solicitation · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether the $35 registration fee is per rep or covers a team, and how it is paid; How long the registration is valid — the code ties expiration to "the close of the current calendar year or six months, whichever is later," which needs the current date to interpret. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: It depends on what the rep does at the door. A peddler, meaning anyone who goes "from door-to-door" selling or carrying goods for sale, needs a peddler license and an identification card from the city treasurer (839-1-P, 839-5). But the chapter says it does not apply to "Bona fide sales of goods, wares or merchandise by samples for future delivery" (839-3(b)), and the peddler definition lists goods and commodities, not services. The code has no separate solicitor or canvasser permit.
• Where it comes from: The city treasurer issues the license and the numbered photo identification card. A company can apply on behalf of each rep; the license is then in the company's name and carries the rep's name and ID card number (839-9).
• Fee: "The minimum license fee for engaging in the trade or business of peddler shall be $150 for a minimum period of one year" (839-7), one license per peddler. Moving an ID card to a different rep costs $15.00, and a lost card costs $25 to replace (839-9, 839-10).
• Hours you may knock: Chapter 839 sets no door-to-door knocking hours. Its only clock rule is for street sales on public property (839-11(p)), and its residential time limit is for selling from vehicles (839-15).
• What the rep carries: The identification card "shall be worn conspicuously and affixed to the outer garment of the peddler at all times" (839-5).
• What takes the time: Two photographs of each peddler taken within 30 days before applying (839-9). The city's application form is sworn before a notary and asks for each person's arrests and convictions. The code gives no processing time and does not mention a background check.
• Code: Cincinnati Municipal Code Chapter 839, Peddlers and Itinerant Vendors; Chapter 827, Consumer Sales and Contracts. Municode reads "Codified through Ordinance No. 0223-2026(Emer.), effective June 17, 2026. (Supp. No. 48, Update 4)".
• Worth knowing: Cincinnati has its own home solicitation sale rule for credit sales made at the buyer's residence: the buyer can cancel "until midnight of the third business day" after signing, and the agreement must carry a "BUYER'S RIGHT TO CANCEL" statement (827-3, 827-5). Peddling without a license is a third-degree misdemeanor and goods are forfeited on conviction (839-99).
• Read it yourself: Cincinnati Municipal Code Ch. 839, Peddlers and Itinerant Vendors · Cincinnati Municipal Code Ch. 827, Consumer Sales and Contracts · City of Cincinnati Peddler's License Application (PDF) · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does a rep who only signs up services or takes orders for later delivery need the peddler license? Is the $150 peddler fee in 839-7 still the amount the Treasurer charges? How long does the Treasurer take to issue the license and ID card? Does the city enforce posted "No Soliciting" signs under any ordinance? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a street vendor's license, one per person. Cleveland's code defines street vending to include "soliciting another to purchase, for present or future delivery, any goods, wares, merchandise, subscriptions, services" done "door-to-door on residential property" (675.01(a)(2)). No person may vend anywhere in the city without the license, and a company's license does not cover its agents or employees (675.02(a)). The city's own Licenses & Permits page lists no license under the name solicitor or peddler; on that page the street vendor entries are the ones that apply.
• Where it comes from: The Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses, Department of Finance, takes the application and issues the license and ID card (675.02(b), 675.03(a)).
• Fee: $60.00 a year per person, covering August 1 through July 31 (675.02(d)). A lost ID card is $10.00 to replace (675.03(c)). Separate location permits exist for vending on streets, sidewalks and private property (675.04); a mobile vending permit outside downtown is $100.00 (675.08(b)). The code does not say plainly whether a door-to-door rep needs one of those permits on top of the license.
• Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. The code bars vending door-to-door on residential property between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. (675.09(g)).
• What the rep carries: A laminated identification card with the rep's photograph, worn while vending, and the license itself kept on the person at all times while vending (675.03(a)).
• What takes the time: Two photographs taken within thirty days before the application, and the application form (675.02(b), (c)). The sections read name no background check, fingerprints or bond for a door-to-door vendor; the conviction rules in 675.09(n) apply only to frozen dessert vendors.
• Code: Codified Ordinances of Cleveland, current through legislation passed September 1, 2026: Chapter 675 Street Vendors — 675.01 definitions and scope, 675.02 license and fee, 675.03 ID card, 675.04 permits, 675.09(g) door-to-door hours.
• Worth knowing: Chapter 675 does not apply to "bona fide sales of goods, wares ... or merchandise by samples for future delivery" or to sales to dealers by commercial travelers (675.01(b)). Chapter 682 (Itinerant Vendors) is a separate license for selling goods from temporary quarters, not for door knocking (682.01, 682.02).
• Read it yourself: City of Cleveland, Division of Assessments & Licenses: Licenses & Permits · Cleveland City Council: Charter & Codified Ordinances (links to the code host) · Cleveland Codified Ordinances 675.01 Definitions; Chapter Scope · Cleveland Codified Ordinances 675.02 Street Vendor's License Required; Application; Fee · Cleveland Codified Ordinances 675.03 License issuance and ID card · Cleveland Codified Ordinances 675.04 Permits Required · Cleveland Codified Ordinances 675.08 Mobile vending permit outside the Central Business District · Cleveland Codified Ordinances 675.09 Regulations Governing Vendors · Cleveland Codified Ordinances 682.01 (Itinerant Vendors) · Cleveland Codified Ordinances, overview and currency statement · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does a door-to-door rep need a permit under 675.04 in addition to the street vendor's license, and which one? Does the 675.01(b) exemption for sales by sample for future delivery cover reps who sign up customers for a service? How long does the license and ID card take to issue? Does the city keep a do-not-knock list or enforce No Soliciting signs? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — two licenses. Every rep needs a commercial sales license to peddle, solicit or canvass (523.02(a)), and the company that puts reps in the field needs a commercial sales promoter's license (523.02(b)). The definition covers going from address to address selling goods or services on private property "whether or not the material is actually delivered at the time of sale" (523.01(b)).
• Where it comes from: The License Section of the Department of Building and Zoning Services (523.01(l)). The city's Commercial Sales Information Sheet gives the office as 4252 Groves Rd, open 8:00 AM – 3:30 PM Monday to Friday.
• Fee: By code: commercial sales license "One hundred fifty ($150.00) dollars" a year, commercial sales promoter "Three hundred ($300.00) dollars" a year, or a four-month commercial sales license for $75.00 (523.06). The city's information sheet adds, per rep: Application $20.00, BCI Background Check $32.00, Identification Card $5.00.
• Hours you may knock: No door-to-door work in residential zones "between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m." (523.14(a)).
• What the rep carries: The city identification card, displayed "in a prominent manner so it is visible to the public," and shown on demand to any license officer, police officer or customer (523.11). Licenses and ID cards cannot be transferred (523.10).
• What takes the time: A BCI background check for each rep; if it is run at another WebCheck agency the results must be mailed straight to the License Section. The application is sworn before a notary or a License Section agent. Neither the code nor the sheet gives a processing time. Convictions within seven years for a sex offense, drug trafficking, an offense of violence, theft or fraud are grounds for refusal (523.07).
• Code: Columbus City Codes Chapter 523, Commercial Sales License (523.01 to 523.99), last amended by Ord. No. 0768-2024. Municode shows "Version: Jun 30, 2026 (current)".
• Worth knowing: A posted "no peddling", "no soliciting" or "no canvassing" sign bars entry onto that property (523.14(d)). 523.14(g) also requires express written permission from the property owner to sell on private property, and the city sheet lists "Private Property Written/Signed Permission" as required "if selling items on private property"; ask how the License Section applies that to door-knocking. A State of Ohio Transient Vendor's License is required only if selling taxable items. Working unlicensed is a third-degree misdemeanor (523.99).
• Read it yourself: Columbus City Codes Ch. 523, Commercial Sales License · City of Columbus Commercial Sales Information Sheet and Application (PDF, 11-2025) · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: How long does a commercial sales license take from application to ID card? How does the written-permission rule in 523.14(g) apply to knocking on residential doors? Does each rep pay the $20.00 application fee, or only the first application from a company? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: No door-to-door solicitor license was found in Dayton's code. The only peddler license (Chapter 112, Division 6, Hawkers, Peddlers, and Hucksters) covers a person making retail sales of goods "upon the streets of the city" who "carries his goods with him" and sells on the highways or public grounds (112.90, 112.91). It does not reach a rep going house to house taking orders for a service, and the code has no solicitor, canvasser, transient-merchant or home-solicitation chapter. What still applies at the door: the handbill rules (110.14, 110.15) and the rule against soliciting on private property after being told not to (137.16). If in doubt, use the City Clerk Call Sheet.
• Where it comes from: No office issues a door-to-door permit. The street peddler license in Division 6 comes from the City Accountant (112.91), and it is for selling goods on the streets.
• Fee: None for door-to-door sales of a service — there is no license category for it. The street peddler license, which is for goods carried and sold on the streets, is $25.00 for up to six months (112.91).
• Hours you may knock: Not set. No section sets knocking hours for commercial door-to-door sales. Chapter 137's soliciting rules (137.16) are about places, not hours, and define "solicit" as seeking money or an item of value immediately.
• What the rep carries: Not published.
• What takes the time: Not published.
• Code: Dayton Revised Code of General Ordinances: Chapter 112, Division 6, Hawkers, Peddlers, and Hucksters (112.90–112.102, street sales of goods); Chapter 110, Advertising (110.14–110.16, handbills); Chapter 137, Public Order (137.16, place of soliciting).
• Worth knowing: Flyers and door hangers are where Dayton bites. It is unlawful to throw or deposit handbills or other advertising matter "in or upon any yard, doorstep, porch" (110.14), and unlawful for a person distributing handbills to ring the doorbell or knock to call the resident to the door to receive them (110.15). Separately, 137.16(A)(6) bars soliciting on private property "after an owner, lessee, resident, or agent thereof has given notice to the solicitor that he or she is not permitted to solicit on that property" — though that section defines "solicit" as seeking money or an item of value immediately, which reads like panhandling rather than a signed order for later service.
• Read it yourself: Dayton Code of Ordinances, Chapter 112 — Businesses (full division list) · Dayton Code, Division 6 — Hawkers, Peddlers, and Hucksters · Dayton Code, Chapter 137 — Public Order · Dayton Code, Chapter 110 — Advertising, Division 1 (handbills, 110.14–110.16) · Municode search of the Dayton code (solicitor) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does the City Accountant treat a rep taking orders for a service door to door as a "peddler" under 112.90, or is that license only for goods sold on the streets? Is any other registration required for a commercial door-to-door sales team (fiber, security, pest, roofing)? Does 110.15 (no ringing the doorbell to hand out advertising matter) get applied to sales reps who knock to pitch and also leave a flyer? Are any knocking hours enforced? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a license. No person may engage in "Direct Solicitation" without first getting a license and paying the fee (745.02(a)). Direct Solicitation means soliciting or selling goods or services at the home or residence of the buyer, and it does not cover a sale where the buyer made the first contact (745.01(c)).
• Where it comes from: Toledo Municipal Code Chapter 745, Peddlers, in Part 7, Business Regulation. Licenses under Part 7 are issued under the Department of Finance, Division of Taxation and Treasury (701.02). The city's Business Licenses page posts its application forms by name and none is labeled peddler or solicitor, so ask Treasury for the form.
• Fee: $50.00 per year for a person traveling on foot; $100.00 per year for a person traveling with a vehicle propelled by power (745.02(a)). The code defines "Person" to include a corporation as well as an individual (745.01(d)), so it does not say in plain words whether each rep pays. No license fee is prorated (701.07(b)).
• Hours you may knock: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. October through March, and 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. April through September (745.02(b)). The section lists no day-of-week exception.
• What the rep carries: Chapter 745 names no badge or ID card. Ask Treasury what the rep is issued and must show.
• What takes the time: Any investigation. Where a license needs another department to check the character or fitness of the applicant, that department reports back to the Director of Finance within ten days (701.04(a)). Chapter 745 itself lists no background check, fingerprinting or bond. 745.02(a) also points to Chapter 1313, which was not read.
• It expires: March 31 each year, unless the code says otherwise (701.07(a)).
• Code: Toledo Municipal Code 745.01 (Definitions), 745.02 (License required; fee; hours of business), 745.99 (Penalty), all Ord. 141-19, passed 4-2-19; 701.02, 701.04 and 701.07 (general licensing). The host shows the code as complete to June 30, 2026.
• Worth knowing: A violation is a fourth-degree misdemeanor and each day is a separate offense (745.99). Chapter 745 has no "No Soliciting" sign rule or registry; its cross references point to the general trespassing section (541.05) and to Ohio's home solicitation sales law (R.C. 1345.21 et seq.).
• Read it yourself: Toledo Municipal Code Chapter 745, Peddlers · Toledo Municipal Code 745.01 · Toledo Municipal Code 745.02 · Toledo Municipal Code 745.99 · Toledo Municipal Code 701.02 · Toledo Municipal Code 701.04 · Toledo Municipal Code 701.07 · Toledo code overview (currency statement) · City of Toledo: Business Licenses (Division of Treasury) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Is the $50.00 license per rep or per company? Which application form covers Direct Solicitation under Chapter 745, and what does Chapter 1313 add? Is there a background check, and what ID does the rep carry? Does the city enforce "No Soliciting" signs under any section? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: Yes — a peddler's license, per company, with a city-issued photo ID for each rep. 'Peddler' is defined as 'any person, firm, or corporation...who engages in business from house to house, place to place, street to street, soliciting sales or taking orders for the sale of goods, wares or merchandise (including...tangible or intangible personal property of any nature, including insurance)' (§ 7-3(a)), and 'the owner of the business shall be responsible for acquiring the license...In addition, the city will issue a photo I.D. for each salesman' (§ 7-3(b)).
• Where it comes from: The city's business licensing office, under Chapter 7, Article I of the code (§ 7-3(c)).
• Fee: The code does not state a dollar figure: 'each peddler shall pay a license fee as set forth in the Manual of Fees adopted by the city council for each company' (§ 7-3(e)). The city's Manual of Fees is published only as a flip-book document that this session could not read as text, so the dollar amount is not sourced here.
• Hours you may knock: The code sets no clock-time restriction. Current § 7-3 has no hours subsection, consistent with the city's own news post explaining that a solicitor with a valid permit 'is legally allowed to work within the community' subject only to 'No Soliciting' signs and a verbal order to leave — no time-of-day limit is mentioned.
• What the rep carries: The peddler's license and the city-issued photo ID, which 'must be readily available, and must be shown to any member of the public or to any agent or employee of the city' on demand (§ 7-3(b)). The city's own guidance to residents repeats: 'Door-to-door solicitors are required to have a city-issued permit, which must be readily available when you ask to see it.'
• What takes the time: The application requires a valid Oklahoma Tax Commission sales-tax number, the name and local address of the person managing the business locally, a description of the goods and method of sale, and a photo of each seller (§ 7-3(c)). Permits are valid up to 60 days and may be renewed, up to a maximum of 180 days total in a calendar year (§ 7-3(e)).
• Code: Broken Arrow City Code, Chapter 7, Article I, § 7-3 — Door-to-door peddler solicitation; restrictions, registration, penalties.
• Worth knowing: A license 'does not exempt or except the possessor thereof' from the city's general trespass ordinance (§ 7-3(d), cross-referencing § 16-62(a)). A permitted solicitor who ignores a posted 'No Trespassing'/'No Solicitation' sign or a resident's verbal order to leave can be reported for trespassing, per the city's own guidance page — the police department says it 'cannot issue a trespassing citation for your property without your assistance' from the resident. A separate handbill ordinance recognizes 'No Peddlers or Agent' and 'No Soliciting' signs posted at a neighborhood entrance as valid no-contact notice (§ 16-20(c)). Violating § 7-3 is punishable by a fine of up to $500 (§ 7-3(h)).
• Read it yourself: Broken Arrow City Code § 7-3, Door-to-door peddler solicitation · Broken Arrow City Code Chapter 16, Offenses—Miscellaneous (§16-20 handbills) · City of Broken Arrow, "Door to door sales, what to know" · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: What is the current peddler's license fee per company in the city's Manual of Fees under §7-3(e)? Is there a city-run 'no-knock' or do-not-solicit registry beyond individually posted signs? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a Solicitor/Peddler permit. 'It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in outdoor selling on private property in the nature of peddling street vending or soliciting...without first obtaining a permit' (NCC 20-2903), and a solicitor is defined as anyone who goes 'house to house, place to place, street to street, soliciting sales or taking orders for the sale of goods, wares or merchandise...for future delivery or for services to be performed in the future' (NCC 20-2901).
• Where it comes from: The City Clerk's office issues the permit (NCC 20-2904, 20-2906).
• Fee: $100 for a 30-day door-to-door permit plus $50 for each additional seller on that permit; $200 for a 60-day permit plus $100 per additional seller; $20 for a one-day permit. 'Thirty day door-to-door permit is $100. Each additional seller, operating under one thirty day permit shall pay a fee of $50.00. Sixty day door-to-door permit is $200. Each additional seller, operating under one sixty day permit shall pay a fee of $100...One day permit is $20,' per the city's own Solicitor/Peddler license requirements sheet. The code itself only says the fee is 'as provided in the City fee schedule' (NCC 20-2909).
• Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., or sunset if earlier. 'Door-to-door peddlers and solicitors may only operate from the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. or sunset, whichever is earlier' (NCC 20-2902).
• What the rep carries: Each seller submits a photo with the application (NCC 20-2904(a)), and the issued permit 'shall be prominently displayed at the applicant's selling location' (NCC 20-2906(f)).
• What takes the time: Each seller needs an Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation criminal history report dated within 30 days of the application, plus a bond payable to the City — $1,000 for a one-day permit, $10,000 for a 30-day or 60-day permit (NCC 20-2904). The Clerk has up to seven days to approve or deny, and must issue an approved permit within three more days, but no permit may be used until at least 48 hours after issuance (NCC 20-2904, 20-2906(b)).
• Code: Norman City Code, Chapter 20, Article 20-XXIX — Solicitors and Peddlers (NCC 20-2901–20-2910).
• Worth knowing: 'No peddler or solicitor shall enter any premises...where the owner or occupant...has indicated his desire not to be contacted...by the placing of a "NO SOLICITORS" sign,' and doing so 'shall constitute a trespass upon private property' (NCC 20-2902). Applicants with a past conviction for murder, manslaughter, kidnapping, robbery, rape, arson, burglary or grand larceny go to a three-person Review Board before a permit is granted (NCC 20-2904(b)(4)).
• Read it yourself: Norman City Code NCC 20-2901–20-2910, Solicitors and Peddlers · City of Norman, Requirements to Receive a Solicitor's/Peddler's License · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does the $10,000 bond need to be a fresh bond each blitz, or can a returning company reuse one still within its one-year term? Can the City Clerk issue permits for more than one seller under a single application, or does the office want individual applications per rep even though the fee schedule bills them as 'additional sellers'? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. A peddler license from the Supervisor of Licenses, per person (39-31). “Peddler” covers anyone going house to house making retail sales “for future delivery or for services to be furnished or performed in the future” (39-16), so an order-taking rep is inside it.
• Where it comes from: The Supervisor of Licenses issues it; the fee is paid to the City Treasurer; the Police Department takes the photographs and fingerprints (39-31, 39-32, 39-33).
• Fee: $30.00 peddler’s permit application fee per applicant, non-refundable, per the General Schedule of Fees (60-39-1; 39-33). Paying by card adds a 2.7 percent service fee. The state criminal history report is bought separately from the OSBI; the city code does not give its price.
• Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. each day in residential zoning districts, unless the resident agreed to an appointment at another time (39-18).
• What the rep carries: The license or authorized evidence of it, displayed at all times while working (39-38). A license or badge may not be used or worn by anyone but the person it was issued to (39-37).
• What takes the time: Three things. A current Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation criminal history report dated no more than 30 days before the application, photographs and fingerprints taken by the OKC Police Department, and proof the rep or the employer is registered with the Oklahoma Tax Commission or exempt (39-32). The Supervisor of Licenses then has seven business days to approve or disapprove (39-34(d)).
• Code: Oklahoma City Municipal Code Chapter 39, Article II (39-16 to 39-41); fee at 60-39-1. Municode shows the version dated Jul 14, 2026 as current.
• Worth knowing: A “No Peddlers,” “No Trespassers” or “No Trespassing” sign makes the knock a trespass (39-19). Peddlers may not do business in any public right-of-way (39-17). Violations carry a fine up to $750.00 plus costs, and every act of peddling without a license is a separate offense (39-21).
• Read it yourself: Oklahoma City Municipal Code Chapter 39, Peddlers, Outdoor Sellers, Etc. · Oklahoma City General Schedule of Fees 60-39-1 · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: When does the license expire (39-36 points to 26-11), and what does renewal cost? Where and when does the Police Department take photographs and fingerprints for peddler applicants? Is there any charge beyond the application fee, such as a badge? Can the employer file for a whole crew at once? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: No door-to-door solicitor permit was found in the Tulsa code. The city regulates the knock instead: its “Door to Door Solicitation” ordinance sets hours, a sign rule and a leave-when-asked rule, and creates no license (Title 27, Chapter 29). Title 21 (Licenses) has no chapter for solicitors or peddlers going house to house; its Outdoor Sellers license is for retail sales at a fixed outdoor location (Title 21, Section 2000 and 2008) and its Mobile Vendors chapter is food vending.
• Where it comes from: Nothing to pull for the door knock itself. City licenses in general are issued by the Director of Finance (Title 21, Section 103).
• Fee: None found. The Door to Door Solicitation chapter sets no fee and no license.
• Hours you may knock: 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. in residential zoning districts, unless the occupant gave a specific invitation or appointment. The rule covers anyone “taking orders for any goods, merchandise or services” (Title 27, Sections 2902 and 2903).
• What the rep carries: Nothing is required by the chapter. It has no badge or ID rule.
• What takes the time: Nothing at the city level: no application, background check or bond appears in Chapter 29.
• Code: Tulsa Revised Ordinances Title 27, Chapter 29, Sections 2900 to 2904 (Ord. No. 26660, 3-15-2012). Municode shows the version dated Aug 26, 2026 as current.
• Worth knowing: A posted sign such as “No Soliciting,” “No Solicitation,” “No Trespassing” or “Keep Out” makes the knock an offense, and so does staying after being asked to leave (Section 2903). The penalty is a fine of not more than $1,200.00 and/or up to six months in the City Jail (Section 2904).
• Read it yourself: Tulsa Revised Ordinances Title 27, Chapter 29, Door to Door Solicitation · Tulsa Revised Ordinances Title 21, Licenses · Tulsa Revised Ordinances Title 21, Chapter 1, Section 103, Issuance · Tulsa Revised Ordinances Title 21, Chapter 20, Outdoor Sellers · Tulsa City Council, Door-to-Door Solicitation Rules · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does any city license apply to a company whose reps take orders door to door for a service? Does a company collecting Oklahoma sales tax need anything from the Director of Finance before reps knock? Does the 8-to-7 rule apply outside residential zoning districts? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: No license, permit or registration. The city says so itself: "No license is needed, however there are other commercial solicitor requirements" (City of Eugene Business Licenses page), and the police department's tip sheet says "There are no registration requirements for door-to-door solicitors in Eugene." Eugene regulates a "commercial solicitor" — anyone who "goes from house to house or place to place, selling or taking orders or offering to sell or take orders for goods or services for present or future delivery" — by conduct rules instead (EC 3.005, 3.845).
• Where it comes from: No licensing office is involved; the requirements are self-executing under the city's Uniform Business Practices chapter.
• Fee: None. There is no license, so no license fee applies (EC 3.845–3.847).
• Hours you may knock: Not set. The Commercial Solicitor sections (3.845–3.847) set no knocking hours, and the Chapter 4 (Offenses) section list has no soliciting-hours section — only handbill rules (4.045–4.075), noise and trespass.
• What the rep carries: An identification card showing the rep's name, address, telephone number and photograph — plus the employer's name, address and phone number if employed — shown at the request of any person (EC 3.845(b)).
• What takes the time: Not applicable — there is no license application or background-check process to wait on.
• Code: Eugene Code, Chapter 3 — Commercial Solicitor (§§ 3.845–3.847); definition at § 3.005; handbills at §§ 4.045–4.075.
• Worth knowing: Each order for goods or services must be put in writing, with one copy given to the purchaser, showing the rep's name and address, the employer's name and address, the order terms, and any amount paid in advance — and a receipt must be given on request (EC 3.845(c)–(d)). The employer is strictly liable for a rep's violations of this chapter (EC 3.847(a)). Door hangers: no handbill may be left at premises posted "No Trespassing," "No Peddlers or Agents," "No Advertisement" or similar, or where you have been asked not to, or where yesterday's handbill is still sitting there (EC 4.060).
• Read it yourself: Eugene Code § 3.845 — Commercial Solicitor, Requirements · Eugene Code § 3.847 — Commercial Solicitor, Responsibilities of Solicitor Employer · Eugene Code § 3.005 — Business Regulations, Definitions · City of Eugene, Business Licenses (Commercial Solicitation) · Eugene Police, Door-to-Door Solicitors tip sheet (PDF) · Eugene Code §§ 4.045–4.075, Advertising and Noise Making (handbills) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does the city enforce any hours for door-to-door sales under its noise or trespass rules? Does the company owe the city payroll tax registration or anything else just for sending reps into Eugene? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: No door-to-door permit was found in Portland City Code. The city's own code search returns no results for “solicitor” or “peddler,” and its results for “door-to-door” and “soliciting” contain nothing on sales at homes. Title 7, Business Licenses, and Title 14, Public Order and Police, have no chapter on solicitors, peddlers or canvassers. Chapter 7.03, Temporary Businesses, licenses only amusement ride operators, temporary structure vendors, promoters, production companies, seasonal vendors and special events vendors (7.03.030) — not door-to-door reps. What still applies: the company's own registration under the Business License Law (Chapter 7.02), which is a business tax, not a per-rep permit.
• Where it comes from: No issuing office, because the code sets up no solicitor permit. The general Business License Law (Chapter 7.02) is a business tax on anyone doing business in the city, not a solicitor permit.
• Fee: None for knocking. The code sets no solicitor permit and so no permit fee. The company's own business tax under Chapter 7.02 is a separate matter from door-to-door work.
• Hours you may knock: Not set. No section of Portland City Code fixes hours for residential door-to-door sales.
• What the rep carries: Nothing city-issued. The code requires no badge or permit for door-to-door sales.
• Code: Portland City Code Title 7 (Business Licenses) and Title 14 (Public Order and Police), chapter lists; Chapter 7.02, Business License Law (7.02.220, Presumption of Doing Business).
• Worth knowing: A company is presumed to be doing business in Portland, and subject to the Business License Law, if it is “delivering goods or providing services to customers within the City” (7.02.220(B)). That is the company's registration, not a per-rep permit. Soliciting for business is barred in city parks and pedestrian plazas (20.12.020, 17.43.030), which does not reach a front porch.
• Read it yourself: Portland code search: solicitor · Portland code search: peddler · Portland City Code Title 7, Business Licenses · Portland City Code Chapter 7.02 · Portland City Code Title 14, Public Order and Police · Portland City Code Chapter 7.03, Temporary Businesses · Portland code search: itinerant · Portland code search: hawker · Portland code search: transient merchant · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does the city require anything of door-to-door sales reps that is not in the City Code? Is the company registered for the Portland Business License Tax? Do any neighborhoods or HOAs the crew will work post their own rules? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Not readable yet: the city’s rules could not be read from a primary source on the date shown. Use the call sheet.

• The answer: No city door-to-door license was found. Salem's license chapter lists the ten businesses that need a city license — accessory short-term rental, automobile racetrack, dealer in used merchandise, mobile food unit, night club, short-term rental, special events, street vendor, tree trimmer, vehicle for hire agency (30.010) — and a “street vendor” is only someone who travels “upon public sidewalks in a commercial zone” offering goods for sale (30.005), not a rep knocking on homes. No chapter of the Salem Revised Code covers peddlers, solicitors or canvassers, and the code sets no knocking hours or no-soliciting-sign rule. Nothing city-issued was found that applies to the knock itself. Confirm with the City Clerk Call Sheet.
• Where it comes from: Checked against Salem Revised Code Chapter 30 (Licenses), the chapter lists of Title III, Title VII and Title VIII, Chapter 95 (Miscellaneous Offenses), and the city's own “Determine if You Need a Business License” page.
• Fee: Not published — no license category exists to attach a fee to.
• Hours you may knock: Not published — no code section sets knocking hours.
• What the rep carries: Not published.
• What takes the time: Not published.
• Code: Salem Revised Code Chapter 30, Licenses (30.005, 30.010) and Chapter 95, Miscellaneous Offenses — neither addresses door-to-door sales. Municode shows the code as codified through Ordinance No. 4-26, adopted April 10, 2026.
• Worth knowing: Confirm directly with the City of Salem Permit Application Center whether door-to-door commercial sales fall under the general business license instead.
• Read it yourself: Salem Revised Code, Chapter 30 — Licenses · City of Salem — Determine if You Need a Business License · Salem Revised Code, Chapter 95 — Miscellaneous Offenses · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Is any city permit, registration or business license required at all for a commercial door-to-door sales rep in Salem? If not licensed by the city, is there a police-department registration or notification process instead? Are there local knocking-hour restrictions enforced under a state or county rule even without a city ordinance? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a solicitor's license is required before going door to door, for each individual solicitor, unless the person already holds a City business privilege license or is only selling to businesses (§ 437-1).
• Where it comes from: The Department of Finance issues the license, after the Chief of Police investigates the applicant's business and moral character (§ 437-3, § 437-4).
• Fee: $50 per calendar year, nonrefundable, per the Department of Finance's application fee (§ 437-5A).
• Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. (§ 437-1B).
• What the rep carries: A license card reading "Licensed Solicitor," carried at all times while soliciting and shown to any citizen who asks (§ 437-6, § 437-7).
• What takes the time: A Police Department investigation of the applicant's business and moral character before the license is approved (§ 437-4A).
• Code: Allentown City Code, Chapter 437, Article I, Solicitors and Canvassers (§ 437-1 – § 437-14).
• Worth knowing: All licenses expire December 31 of the year issued, no matter when in the year they were bought (§ 437-12). "Canvassers" (survey, opinion, religious, political or noncommercial door-to-door activity) are a separate, unlicensed category under this chapter — that exemption does not cover for-profit sales (§ 437-2, § 437-3D).
• Read it yourself: Allentown City Code Chapter 437, Article I · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does the $50 fee cover one rep for the whole team, or does each rep on the crew need a separate $50 license and investigation? How long does the Chief of Police's background investigation typically take? Is there a separate photo or fingerprinting step, or is the license card issued straight after the investigation? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: It depends on what the rep carries. The Philadelphia Code has no solicitor or canvasser chapter; the tables of contents of Title 9 (businesses) and Title 10 (individual conduct) list none. But the Street Vendor section reaches house-to-house selling of goods: a street vendor is any person going "from place to place, house to house or street to street" carrying goods, wares or merchandise and offering them for sale, or taking orders and delivering later, and the term includes any "peddler" (9-203(1)(a)). That person needs a street vendor license from the Department of Licenses and Inspections (L&I), per person (9-203(2)). The section is written around goods; it does not name a rep who only signs up customers for a service. Every company also needs a Commercial Activity License, per company, including one based outside the city.
• Where it comes from: L&I issues both. Street vendor license: Philadelphia Code 9-203. Company license: L&I's Commercial Activity License page. L&I's own business license lists (other businesses, vending and street sales, activity) show no solicitor, canvasser or door-to-door license.
• Fee: Street vendor license under 9-203: a non-refundable application fee of twenty dollars ($20), credited toward the annual fee if the license issues, and an annual license fee of three hundred thirty dollars ($330) (9-203(3)(b)). Commercial Activity License: the city's page says there is no cost, and it does not need to be renewed. No separate door-to-door fee exists in the code sections read or on L&I's list.
• Hours you may knock: No residential knocking hours were found. The only general clock rule in 9-203 bars vending "between twelve midnight and seven a.m." (9-203(7)(l)); the other hours in the section are for named streets and districts. L&I's pages give no knocking hours.
• What the rep carries: A licensed street vendor carries the license on his person and wears the L&I identification badge conspicuously on the right breast of the outer garment; the license bears the vendor's photograph (9-203(2)(a), (4)). Nothing in the sections read names what a service-sales rep must carry.
• What takes the time: For the street vendor license: a physical description, proof of identity and address, two photographs, a description of what is sold and the employer's name and address (9-203(3)(a)). The license runs the calendar year, January 1 to December 31 (9-203(2)(b)). No fingerprints, background check or bond appear in the section. The Commercial Activity License needs a city tax account (Business Income and Receipts Tax ID) first and the company must be current on city taxes; online, it is issued automatically.
• Code: Philadelphia Code 9-203, Street Vendors; L&I cites 19-2602 for the Commercial Activity License. American Legal's host says the electronic code "is current through August 19, 2026."
• Worth knowing: If a rep hands out flyers or door hangers, L&I lists a separate Handbill Distribution License "to hand out flyers, circulars, or other paper advertisements." Its terms were not read.
• Read it yourself: Philadelphia Code 9-203, Street Vendors · Philadelphia Code Title 9, table of contents · Philadelphia Code Title 10, table of contents · The Philadelphia Code, currency statement · City of Philadelphia, Get a Commercial Activity License · City of Philadelphia, Other businesses (license list) · City of Philadelphia, Get a Vendor-on-Foot License · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does L&I require a 9-203 street vendor license for a rep who only signs customers up for a service at the door and carries no goods? Does the Philadelphia Code set hours for commercial door-to-door sales at homes beyond the midnight to seven a.m. vending ban? Does a team leaving door hangers need the Handbill Distribution License, and what does it cost? Does a no-soliciting sign or list have legal force in the city? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. Pittsburgh licenses door-to-door sellers as peddlers under its Vending License. The code defines a peddler as a vendor working without a vehicle or unit and adds: "Any person who solicits orders for delivery at a later date shall be deemed a peddler" (719.02(d)). A vendor is anyone who "sells or offers goods, services, wares or merchandise," and no person may be a vendor "on public or private property" without a valid license from the License Officer (719.02(g), 719.04(a)). The license belongs to the business and cannot be transferred; its employees are listed on it, registered again at each yearly renewal, and added by amending the license (719.04(b), 719.06, 719.07(d)).
• Where it comes from: The Department of Permits, Licenses, and Inspections (PLI), through the OneStopPGH portal or counter. The rules are PLI's Vending Rules and Regulations, March 2026, which expand on Chapter 719, Vendors and Peddlers, of the Pittsburgh Code.
• Fee: Vending License, new and renewal: $135.00 plus a $2.00 technology fee, total $137.00, per the city's vending page ($135.00 + $2.00 = $137.00). The code sets no dollar amount; it says license fees follow 701.07 and "The vendor must pay a fee for each vendor employee listed" (719.12). The per-employee amount is not on the city's vending page. The page says updated vending program fees will be reflected in a revised fee schedule.
• Hours you may knock: The code sets no clock times; it says authorized operating hours are set by the License Officer and published in the program rules (719.08(i), 719.09(b)). The rules say: on the street and sidewalk, peddlers may not operate between 8:00pm and 8:00am in residential areas, or between 12:00am and 6:00am in nonresidential areas (Rules, Permitted Operating Hours). The same paragraph says vendors on private property may operate at any hours if all regulations are followed.
• What the rep carries: Proof of a valid license, displayed in a conspicuous place on the vendor's apparel and visible to police, inspectors and the public (719.04(c)). The rules add that copies of all PLI approved permits and licenses, including the Vendor License, must be prominently displayed (Rules, Posted Permit). No badge is mentioned.
• What takes the time: A City of Pittsburgh Tax Compliance Letter from the Department of Finance, the name and contact information of every employee, a description of the business, and the rest of the business license paperwork (719.07). The code asks for no fingerprints, background check or bond. Peddlers are exempt from the general liability insurance requirement (Rules), but the code's employee definition says workers compensation insurance is required for any vending employee (719.02(b)). The license runs one (1) year (719.06). No processing time is published.
• Code: Pittsburgh Code Title 7, Chapter 719, Vendors and Peddlers, 719.01 to 719.18, read on eCode360. The chapter's history note runs through Ord. No. 35-2025, eff. 11-19-2025, and 719.10 shows an amendment by Ord. No. 37-2025, eff. 12-18-2025.
• Worth knowing: No peddler may stay more than fifteen (15) minutes in one location, then must move at least two hundred fifty (250) feet (719.09(a)); the rules repeat it and say peddlers may move freely in residential areas. Vending without a valid license is a summary offense (719.15). The vendor answers for its employees' violations (719.06).
• Read it yourself: Pittsburgh Code Chapter 719, Vendors and Peddlers (eCode360) · City of Pittsburgh, Vending (PLI) · City of Pittsburgh, Vending Rules and Regulations, March 2026 · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: What is the fee for each employee listed on a Vending License (719.12)? Does PLI treat a rep selling a service contract (internet, solar, pest control) at the door as a peddler under Chapter 719? Do the 8:00pm to 8:00am residential hours apply on a customer's porch, or only on the street and sidewalk? How long does a Vending License take to issue once the Tax Compliance Letter is in hand? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Not readable yet: the city’s rules could not be read from a primary source on the date shown. Use the call sheet.

• The answer: No door-to-door permit was found in the Providence Code of Ordinances. The old Peddlers and Hawkers article (former Chapter 14, Article IX) was repealed in 2015 and replaced with an article that licenses only vendors selling goods or food "from a temporary location" — a vehicle, pushcart or table — or in a vendor market (14-169, 14-170). It does not reach a rep going house to house taking orders. None of the other seventeen articles of Chapter 14 (Licenses) covers solicitors, canvassers or itinerant merchants, and Chapter 16 (Offenses) has only the aggressive-solicitation rule (16-20). State law lets Providence license "hawkers and peddlers" by ordinance, but the state's own definitions of those words cover street and cart sellers, not door-to-door order-taking (R.I. Gen. Laws 5-11-1.1, 5-11-18). Confirm with the Board of Licenses before you knock; use the City Clerk Call Sheet.
• Where it comes from: No issuing office is named for door-to-door sales, because no ordinance sets up a permit for it. The Board of Licenses (licensing@providenceri.gov) issues the city's business licenses, including the mobile vendor license. State law (R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-11-18(b)(5)) authorizes the City Council to license hawkers and peddlers by ordinance.
• Fee: Not published — no current city ordinance section was found to set one for door-to-door commercial sales.
• Hours you may knock: Not published — no current city ordinance section was found to set hours for door-to-door commercial sales.
• What the rep carries: Not published.
• What takes the time: Not published.
• Code: Providence Code of Ordinances, Chapter 14, Article IX (repealed and replaced 2015 — now Vendors, not door-to-door); R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-11-18.
• Worth knowing: Providence Code § 16-20 bans "aggressive" solicitation (following, blocking, touching, continuing after a no) in public places — written for panhandling, but its language is broad enough that a manager should have reps avoid that conduct anywhere in the city.
• Read it yourself: Providence Code of Ordinances, Chapter 14, Article IX — Vendors · Providence Code of Ordinances, Chapter 16 — Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions, Article I · R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-11-18 — Local licensing, fees, persons exempt · Providence Code of Ordinances, Chapter 14 — Licenses, Article I (In General) · R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-11-1.1 — Hawkers, peddlers and door-to-door salespersons defined · City of Providence Board of Licenses · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Is any permit, registration or business license currently required for a commercial door-to-door sales rep (fiber, security, pest, roofing) in Providence? If so, which office issues it, what does it cost, and are there set knocking hours? Does the Board of Licenses treat Chapter 14, Article IX (Vendors) as covering door-to-door reps in practice, even though its text is about selling from a vehicle, cart, table or vendor market? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. Anyone peddling in the city -- defined to include taking orders for goods or for services to be performed in the future -- must hold a peddler's permit, and each rep working for a company must individually obtain their own permit (§ 17-107(1)).
• Where it comes from: The application goes to the Chief of Police; the City of Charleston Revenue Collections Division investigates, sets the business license fee, and issues the permit and license together (§ 17-107(2)–(3)).
• Fee: The code sets no fixed dollar figure. "The fees, if any, for a peddler's permit... shall be set by city council" (§ 17-103), and the revenue collections director separately determines the annual business license fee from the applicant's anticipated volume of sales (§ 17-107(3)).
• Hours you may knock: 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. -- peddling is unlawful "between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m." (§ 17-94(1)).
• What the rep carries: The peddler's permit itself, on their person, at all times while peddling (§ 17-105).
• What takes the time: The application requires a recent head-and-shoulders photo, a criminal-history statement, and a civil-judgment (fraud/deceit) statement; the police chief and revenue collections director then investigate and must issue or deny the permit within 7 days (§ 17-107(2)–(3)).
• Code: Code of the City of Charleston, ch. 17, art. V (§§ 17-91–17-107).
• Worth knowing: A posted "No Trespassing," "No Peddlers," or "No Solicitors" sign makes soliciting that property unlawful (§ 17-97). Peddling is barred entirely in several districts -- the Market District, South of Broad, King Street District, Waterfront Park District, Aquarium District, and Marion Square -- and within 50 feet of an ATM, church, school, library, hospital, funeral home, bank, hotel, or outdoor dining area (§ 17-102). Reps may never approach a moving vehicle (§ 17-95).
• Read it yourself: Charleston Code of Ordinances ch. 17, art. V - Peddlers, Charitable Solicitors, Palmetto Artisans, Buskers, Panhandlers, and Vendors · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: What is the current dollar amount council has set for the peddler's permit fee? What business license fee will apply to our anticipated sales volume, and how is it calculated? How quickly can multiple reps on one team get their individual permits processed together? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: Yes. The city's business license code has its own NAICS classification for "Peddlers, Solicitors, Canvassers, Door-To-Door Sales," so a company selling door-to-door must hold a business license under that classification (ch. 11, art. II, § 11-32, Schedule item 9.41).
• Where it comes from: The City of Columbia's business license official issues it, under Code of Ordinances, ch. 11, art. II (§§ 11-31, 11-32).
• Fee: Under the "Regular activities" tier of NAICS 454390 (Peddlers, Solicitors, Canvassers, Door-To-Door Sales), the minimum on the first $2,000 of gross receipts is $50.00, plus $3.00 per $1,000 (or fraction) over $2,000 -- non-resident rates apply since a door-to-door company has no permanent location in the city (§ 11-32, Schedule item 9.41).
• Hours you may knock: Not published. No clock-time restriction on door-to-door canvassing was found in the Peddlers and Solicitors article; a separate late-night vending rule exists but applies only to franchised sidewalk carts, a different category (§ 11-259).
• What the rep carries: The business license itself: "A transient or non-resident shall carry the license upon his person or in a vehicle used in the business readily available for inspection by any authorized agent of the municipality" (§ 11-38(a)).
• What takes the time: Not published: no background-check, fingerprinting, or processing-time language appears in the sections read for the peddler/solicitor/canvasser classification.
• Code: Code of Ordinances, City of Columbia, ch. 11, art. II, §§ 11-31, 11-32 (NAICS 454390 schedule item 9.41), 11-38 (carry requirement); art. VII (Peddlers and Solicitors), div. 1, § 11-211.
• Worth knowing: Selling, bartering, or exchanging goods in or near a city park, playground, pool, or place of amusement owned or operated by the city is separately unlawful (§ 11-211). Columbia's Peddlers and Solicitors article otherwise only regulates charitable solicitation (div. 2, out of scope here) and franchised sidewalk vending carts (div. 3), not door-to-door commercial reps.
• Read it yourself: Columbia Code of Ordinances, ch. 11, art. II - Business and Professional Licenses · Columbia Code of Ordinances, ch. 11, art. VII - Peddlers and Solicitors · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Are there city-set knocking hours for door-to-door commercial sales, even though none appear in the code? Is a background check or individual solicitor ID required for reps working under a company's business license? Is the NAICS 454390 business license required per company only, or does each rep need to carry their own copy? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: Yes. The city's business license code has its own NAICS classification for "Peddlers, Solicitors, Canvassers, Door-To-Door Sales," so a company doing this kind of selling must hold a business license under that classification (§ 10.5-40, item 9.4).
• Where it comes from: The City of North Charleston's business license office issues it, under Code of Ordinances, ch. 10.5, art. II (§§ 10.5-16, 10.5-40).
• Fee: Under the "Regular activities" tier of NAICS 454390 (Peddlers, Solicitors, Canvassers, Door-To-Door Sales), the minimum on the first $2,000.00 of gross receipts is $55.00, plus $1.60 per $1,000.00 (or fraction) over $2,000.00 -- and non-resident rates apply since a door-to-door company has no permanent location in the city (§ 10.5-40, item 9.4).
• Hours you may knock: Not published. No clock-time restriction on door-to-door canvassing hours was found in the business license chapter, the offenses chapter, or the streets/sidewalks chapter.
• What the rep carries: Not published for this classification specifically. A separate section (§ 10.5-22) requires anyone peddling goods to hold the state hawkers-and-peddlers license under S.C. Code § 40-41-10, which is carried per state law, but no city-issued rep ID or badge requirement was found.
• What takes the time: Not published: no background-check, fingerprinting, or processing-time language appears in the sections read.
• Code: Code of Ordinances, City of North Charleston, ch. 10.5, art. II, § 10.5-16 (license required) and § 10.5-40 (NAICS 454390 rate schedule, item 9.4).
• Worth knowing: Applicants selling on private property must provide the property owner's written authorization for that location (§ 10.5-40, item 9.4). A separate, unrelated "Transient Merchant" permit process exists for vendors selling from a fixed site/stand, not for door-to-door reps (§ 10.5-23).
• Read it yourself: North Charleston Code of Ordinances, ch. 10.5, art. II - Business Licenses · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Are there city-set knocking hours for door-to-door commercial sales, even though none appear in the code? Is a background check or individual solicitor ID required for reps working under a company's business license? Does the NAICS 454390 business license need to be renewed annually, and is it per company or does each rep need one too? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. The city defines a PEDDLER as anyone going door-to-door or street-to-street "for the purpose of selling or soliciting for sale of goods, wares, merchandise or services," and it is unlawful to engage in that business without first getting a permit (§ 117.001, § 117.020). The permit is per person — each individual peddling door-to-door needs a separate permit, whether acting for themselves or as an agent or representative of a company; the permit cannot be issued to the company itself unless it runs a fixed-location temporary business (§ 117.028).
• Where it comes from: The application is investigated by the police chief or a designee, who runs a background check before a permit is granted (§ 117.022).
• Fee: $35 application fee per applicant before a permit is issued or even considered (§ 117.027). Each peddler must also file a $1,000 surety bond with the application, covering claims or damages from fraud, deceit, or other conduct in the business (§ 117.023).
• Hours you may knock: No peddling door-to-door between 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. the following morning, unless the resident has a specific appointment or invitation — so 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. without one (§ 117.006).
• What the rep carries: The permit itself, displayed prominently on the peddler's person at all times while working (§ 117.029).
• What takes the time: Applicants must submit to being photographed by the police chief's office (§ 117.026), and the police chief's background investigation checks for active warrants and a list of disqualifying convictions — sex offenses, violent crime, burglary, drug distribution, theft or fraud, each with its own five- or ten-year lookback (§ 117.022). Applicants get 15 days to complete the process; an application older than that needs a new fee and a new background recheck (§ 117.021).
• Code: Sioux Falls Code of Ordinances, Chapter 117: Peddlers and Vendors, General Provisions and Permit subchapters (§§ 117.001, 117.002, 117.006, 117.020–117.029), hosted on American Legal's codelibrary.amlegal.com.
• Worth knowing: Charitable, educational, or religious organizations registered with the city are exempt from this chapter, as are traveling salespeople who deal only with retail merchants or manufacturers — but ordinary commercial door-to-door sales to residents is not exempt (§ 117.002). A permit can be denied for "any good cause" beyond the listed convictions (§ 117.022(a)(9)), and a denial can be appealed under the city's administrative code procedure (§ 30.040).
• Read it yourself: Sioux Falls Code of Ordinances, Chapter 117: Peddlers and Vendors · Sioux Falls Code § 117.001 Definitions · Sioux Falls Code § 117.002 Exceptions to chapter · Sioux Falls Code § 117.006 Hours of operation · Sioux Falls Code § 117.020 Required · Sioux Falls Code § 117.021 Application · Sioux Falls Code § 117.022 Investigation, examination of applicant · Sioux Falls Code § 117.023 Bond required · Sioux Falls Code § 117.026 Photographs · Sioux Falls Code § 117.027 Fee · Sioux Falls Code § 117.028 Issuance restricted · Sioux Falls Code § 117.029 Display · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether the $35 fee and $1,000 bond are one-time per permit period or renew annually; How long the police background check and photograph process typically takes once an application is submitted; Whether a company can pre-file paperwork so individual reps' applications move faster during a blitz. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: No door-to-door solicitor or peddler permit was found in the Chattanooga City Code. A search of the code for peddler, solicitor, canvass, itinerant, transient vendor, door to door, house to house and vendor turns up only professional fund solicitors working for charities (Chapter 11, Article XI), sidewalk vendors selling food or flowers from a push-cart (11-371, 11-372), and the handbill rules in the Anti-Litter Code (18-151 to 18-155). None of them licenses a rep going house to house taking orders for a service. What still applies: the handbill rules (no flyers or door hangers at a home posted "NO PEDDLERS OR AGENTS" or similar, 18-154), and the city's general business license — the city's Business Licenses page says additional permits may be required and lists a Transient Vendor Permit, which under the state definition does not cover selling from a brochure for future delivery.
• Where it comes from: No office issues a door-to-door permit because the code does not create one. The general business license and the city's Transient Vendor Permit are handled by the Office of the City Treasurer, 101 E 11th Street, per the city's Business Licenses page.
• Fee: None for door-to-door sales, because there is no door-to-door permit. For the general business license the city's page says "Initial business tax registration only $15" and that a Hamilton County business license is needed as well.
• Hours you may knock: Not set. No section of the code sets knocking hours for residential door-to-door sales. Chapter 25 only restricts "soliciting anything whatsoever" inside privately owned business-office buildings after the owner says to leave (25-16).
• Code: Chattanooga City Code, Chapter 11 (Businesses, Trades and Occupations) — Article XI Professional Fund Solicitors and Article XII Sidewalk Vendors (11-371 to 11-376); Chapter 18, Article VIII Anti-Litter Code (18-151 to 18-155, handbills); Chapter 25 (25-16). Municode reads "Codified through Ordinance No. 14374, enacted June 16, 2026. (Supp. No. 40)".
• Worth knowing: Door hangers and flyers are regulated even though knocking is not. A commercial handbill may not be left at a home posted "NO TRESPASSING", "NO PEDDLERS OR AGENTS", "NO ADVERTISEMENT" or similar, or where anyone there asks you not to (18-154); at an unposted home it must be handed over or secured so it cannot blow away (18-155); never on vehicles (18-152) or vacant premises (18-153). Tennessee's own Transient Vendor's License (T.C.A. § 67-4-702), administered by the Hamilton County Clerk, explicitly excludes reps who sell by sample, brochure, or catalog for future delivery, and excludes sales made after the resident invited the seller — the core of a fiber door-to-door pitch — from that state license ("'Transient vendor' does not include any person selling goods by sample, brochure, or sales catalog for future delivery, or to sales resulting from the prior invitation to the seller by the owner or occupant of a residence."). That license is aimed at out-of-state businesses selling merchandise from a temporary storefront, tent, or similar premises, not at door-to-door reps.
• Read it yourself: Chattanooga City Code, Chapter 11: Businesses, Trades and Occupations (master cross-reference) · Chattanooga City Code § 25-16, Soliciting—In business buildings · City of Chattanooga, Permits & Applications (full listing) · Hamilton County Clerk, Transient Vendor's License · Chattanooga City Code Chapter 11, Article XII, Sidewalk Vendors · Chattanooga City Code Chapter 18, Article VIII, Anti-Litter Code (handbills, 18-151 to 18-155) · City of Chattanooga, Business Licenses · Municode search of the Chattanooga code (peddler) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether the City Treasurer treats a company's door-to-door reps selling a service for future delivery as needing the city's Transient Vendor Permit, or only the general business license; Whether the general business license is per company or has to list each rep; Whether any hours are enforced for residential door-to-door sales by police policy. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. The city defines PEDDLER to include anyone going house to house or place to place selling or offering goods, wares, merchandise, or services, and the word "expressly includes solicitors" (§ 5-201). It is unlawful to engage in that business without a peddler's permit (§ 5-202). The permit is per person — every individual conducting peddler activities needs their own permit, "even though two (2) or more such persons may be employed by, or acting on behalf of, the same business organization" (§ 5-203(a)).
• Where it comes from: Applications go to the city's Department of Finance and Revenue, but the Chief of Police (or a designee) reviews and approves or denies every application before the permit is issued (§ 5-203, § 5-204).
• Fee: $165 non-refundable administrative processing fee per applicant, per year (§ 5-203(d)).
• Hours you may knock: Daylight hours only, Monday through Saturday. The code bars peddler activity "from dusk of one day through dawn of the next day," citing National Weather Service sunset/sunrise times, and states the intent is that "door-to-door sales occur only during daylight hours" (§ 5-214(a)).
• What the rep carries: The permit itself, displayed on the rep's person at all times while peddling and shown to any officer on request (§ 5-207); the city also issues a separate license alongside the permit for use while peddling (§ 5-206).
• What takes the time: A recent 2x2 inch photo, a copy of state or federal ID, a description and license plate for any vehicle used, and a copy of the actual sales order form the rep will use with customers all go in the application (§ 5-203(c)). The applicant must attest they are not a registered sex offender and are not under any court order restricting them from peddling. The Chief of Police must approve or deny within 10 business days, and denies anyone with a felony conviction for violence, burglary, theft, or fraud within the past 10 years (§ 5-204).
• Code: Clarksville City Code, Title 5, Chapter 2 (Peddlers), §§ 5-201 through 5-214, hosted on Municode Library.
• Worth knowing: A permit does not override a posted sign — leaving promptly is mandatory once a resident posts "no peddling," "no solicitation," "no trespassing," or similar wording, or simply tells the rep to leave; ignoring either is a trespass and a civil violation of the chapter (§ 5-214(b)). Bona fide non-profit, charitable, religious, patriotic, veteran, and school organizations are exempt from the whole chapter, but ordinary commercial sales are not (§ 5-202.5). A permit can be revoked for any violation of the chapter, and once revoked a permittee must wait at least 6 months before reapplying (§ 5-211, § 5-213).
• Read it yourself: Clarksville City Code, Chapter 2: Peddlers · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether the $165 fee can be paid once for the team or is charged individually to each rep; How long the Chief of Police's 10-business-day review typically takes in practice during a busy season; Whether Sunday is treated as excluded from door-to-door sales entirely, since § 5-214 only names Monday through Saturday. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: No stand-alone permit. The city code has a whole division devoted to exactly this — "Regulation of Solicitation Other Than Charitable, Patriotic, Philanthropic or Eleemosynary" — and defines solicitation to include "seeking to obtain orders for the purchase of goods, wares, merchandise or services" door to door (§ 16-441). That division sets conduct rules — hours, posted-sign limits, no fraud — but does not require a permit, registration or license before a rep knocks (§§ 16-441–16-446).
• Where it comes from: No issuing office, because no permit is required for this activity. (The city's charitable-solicitation division, a separate part of the same chapter, does route through the police chief and Tennessee's charity registration — that division does not apply to commercial sales.)
• Fee: None. The division that regulates commercial door-to-door solicitation (§§ 16-441–16-446) sets no permit and so sets no fee for it.
• Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. local time “of any weekday” — and no solicitation at any time on a Sunday or on a state or national holiday (§ 16-446). The section does not mention Saturday by name.
• What the rep carries: Not specified. This division sets no badge, ID, or permit-display requirement for commercial solicitors.
• What takes the time: Nothing — there is no application, background check, or processing step, because no permit is required.
• Code: Knoxville City Code, Chapter 16 (Licenses and Miscellaneous Business Regulations), Article XI (Solicitations), Division 3, §§ 16-441 through 16-446; Chapter 7 (Cable Television) § 7-12(g); hosted on Municode Library.
• Worth knowing: A resident can bar solicitors outright by posting a "No Solicitors" sign at least 3 by 4 inches at the main entrance, and entering after seeing one is unlawful (§ 16-444). A rep must also leave any premises immediately if the owner or occupant asks (§ 16-443), and may not use any plan or statement that disguises the visit as something other than a sales call, or misrepresent the goods, services, or the buyer's cancellation rights (§ 16-445). The division exempts anyone visiting on a previous appointment or invitation from its solicitation definition entirely (§ 16-441). Separately, Knoxville's Vendor Licensing page states that all occupations and businesses conducted within city limits must be properly licensed and the license publicly displayed (City Code § 16-1 et seq.) — worth checking with the clerk if the company itself needs a general business license, even though door-to-door solicitation has no permit of its own. Cable TV exception: where a cable television franchisee uses salesmen to solicit subscribers door to door, the cable chapter requires each salesman to wear a city-issued identification badge on outside clothing and the franchisee to register the salesmen with the director of public safety (§ 7-12(g)). That rule is written for cable franchisees only; ask whether the city applies it to your provider.
• Read it yourself: Knoxville City Code, Article XI, Division 3 (§§ 16-441–16-446) · City of Knoxville, Vendor Licensing Requirements (PDF) · Knoxville City Code § 7-12, Cable Television, Miscellaneous provisions · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether the badge and public-safety registration in City Code § 7-12(g) (cable franchise door-to-door salesmen) applies to reps selling for our provider, and who issues the badge; Whether a general City of Knoxville business license (City Code § 16-1 et seq.) is expected for an out-of-town company before its reps start knocking; Whether Knox County's separate peddler/solicitor license (outside city limits) would apply to any addresses just outside the city line; Whether the police department wants any advance notice of a door-to-door sales campaign even though no permit is required. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: No city door-to-door permit was found. Memphis has two chapters that use the word “solicitor,” and neither fits a rep selling at a front door. Chapter 6-36 folds solicitors and canvassers into “itinerant vendor/peddler,” but only for selling on public streets, highways or rights-of-way from a temporary or transient location, and it asks for a state business license under T.C.A. title 67, chapter 58 (6-36-1, 6-36-2). Chapter 6-64 is a permit for charitable, religious, educational or benevolent solicitation only (6-64-1). The city Permits Office does not list a solicitor or peddler permit among the licenses it processes.
• Where it comes from: No city office issues a door-to-door permit that could be found. The license that 6-36-2 points to is a state-law business license (T.C.A. title 67, chapter 58), not a city solicitor permit. Ask the Shelby County Clerk where it is issued.
• Fee: None found for knocking. The city code sets no door-to-door permit fee.
• Hours you may knock: Not published. No section of the Memphis code that could be found sets hours for residential door-to-door sales.
• Code: Memphis Code of Ordinances Chapter 6-36, Itinerant Vendors and Peddlers (6-36-1 to 6-36-6); Chapter 6-64, Public Solicitation. Municode shows the code codified through Ordinance No. 5965, enacted December 16, 2025 (Supp. No. 32).
• Worth knowing: If a crew also works sidewalks or events, Chapter 6-36 bars itinerant vendors within 200 feet of listed areas, including the downtown loop, the Beale Street historic district and the Elvis Presley Estate (6-36-5). Chapter 6-36 cites the state transient vendor law, T.C.A. 62-30-101 et seq.; whether it reaches your product is a question for the county clerk.
• Read it yourself: Memphis Code Chapter 6-36 · Memphis Code Chapter 6-64 · City of Memphis Permits Office · Memphis Code, currency statement · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does Memphis or Shelby County require any permit for door-to-door sales of a service at homes? Does each rep need anything beyond the company's Tennessee business license? Are there set hours for residential solicitation? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: No door-to-door permit is in the Murfreesboro code. The city once had a whole chapter on Solicitations (Chapter 27); the code's own editor's note says it "was deleted in its entirety" effective 12-02-94, and the chapter now reads Reserved. The section the city's FAQ points to, 21-5.3 Unlawful Solicitations, is a panhandling rule: it defines solicitation as a request "for an immediate donation of money or other thing of value," so it does not reach a rep selling a service. What still applies is the ordinary business license: the city says state law requires all businesses inside the city limits to get one from the City and Rutherford County.
• Where it comes from: Murfreesboro City Code Chapter 27 (Reserved), Section 21-5.3 and Section 18-2, which levies the Tennessee Business Tax Act in the city. Business licenses come from the city's Finance and Tax department, per its Business Licenses page.
• Fee: No solicitor permit, so no permit fee. For the business license the city's page says: "The initial license is $15 and is payable to the city and county." It lists an exception for a business that does not gross $3,000 annually in receipts. The page does not say how it treats an out-of-town company with reps in the field.
• Hours you may knock: The code sets no knocking hours for commercial door-to-door sales. The "after sunset and before sunrise" ban in 21-5.3(C) applies only to solicitation as that section defines it, a request for a donation. The noise article bars yelling or shouting while "hawking, peddling, or otherwise advertising or selling goods or services" in a residential area at any time (21-108); that is a noise rule, not a curfew.
• What the rep carries: Nothing city-issued is named in the code for a door-to-door sales rep.
• What takes the time: No background check, bond or processing time is published, because there is no solicitor permit.
• Code: Murfreesboro City Code Chapter 27 (Reserved, editor's note); 21-5.3; 21-108; 18-2. Municode shows the version dated Apr 24, 2026 as current.
• Worth knowing: The city's Legal Department FAQ answers "What are the City's laws about panhandling and solicitation?" by pointing to 21-5.3. That section's severability clause says it is not intended to reach any demand for payment for goods or services that does not meet its donation-based definition of solicitation.
• Read it yourself: Murfreesboro City Code Chapter 27, Reserved (editor's note) · Murfreesboro City Code 21-5.3, Unlawful solicitations · Murfreesboro City Code, Chapter 21 (21-108 noise) · Murfreesboro City Code 18-2, Privilege tax · City of Murfreesboro, Business Licenses · City of Murfreesboro, Legal Department FAQ · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does an out-of-town company whose reps take orders door to door need the City and Rutherford County business license before they start? Does the city ask door-to-door sales crews to register with or notify the Police Department? Does the city enforce any hours for residential door-to-door sales? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — and it is two documents. The company holds a permit; every individual carries an ID badge.
• Where it comes from: Metro Clerk’s solicitor center
• Fee: $50 company permit; $63 for the badge application and background check; $20 for the badge itself.
• Hours you may knock: No official source stating them was reached.
• What the rep carries: The badge, conspicuously displayed on the front of the person at all times while soliciting. On the front, not in a pocket.
• It expires: Company permits run two years.
• Code: Metro Code 6.64
• Worth knowing: Metro keeps a no-solicitation list of addresses where residents have asked that commercial solicitation be prohibited.
• Read it yourself: Metro Clerk solicitor center · checked 4 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: The permitted hours; How long the background check takes; How the no-solicitation list is supplied. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. It is unlawful to solicit within the City without first obtaining a permit from the City License Officer (the City Secretary), unless exempted by state or federal law (§ 28-2, § 28-11).
• Where it comes from: The Office of the City Secretary, acting as City License Officer.
• Fee: $50.00 for a 30-day original permit (or $100.00 for a 1-year permit, local businesses only), plus $30.00 for each additional solicitor beyond the applicant, per the city's own Solicitation Permit Application form. The code itself (§ 28-15) says only that fees are "determined from time to time and placed on file in the office of the City License Officer."
• Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. — solicitation at private residences is unlawful between 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. unless the property owner has posted otherwise or given a prior invitation (§ 28-4).
• What the rep carries: The permit itself, conspicuously displayed to the front and visible to whomever the rep is speaking with the whole time they solicit (§ 28-12).
• What takes the time: The application requires a valid state driver's license or photo ID and a criminal-history release, and the city's own form says processing can take up to five business days. The code (as amended by Ord. No. 27-2026, effective 4-9-26) requires the City License Officer to issue the permit within ten business days unless grounds for denial exist (§ 28-14, § 28-17). The 30-day permit expires 30 days from issuance (§ 28-19).
• Code: Abilene Code of Ordinances, Chapter 28 — Solicitations (§ 28-1 through § 28-31).
• Worth knowing: It is unlawful to solicit where the owner has posted "no solicitation" at the entry, or to use any entrance to a residence other than the front door (§ 28-5). A violation is a Class C misdemeanor with a fine up to $500 (§ 28-31). A permit can be denied for a felony or relevant misdemeanor conviction, a falsified application, being a registered sex offender, or a permit revocation within the past three years (§ 28-21).
• Read it yourself: Abilene Code of Ordinances, Ch. 28 — Solicitations · City of Abilene — Solicitation Permit Application form (PDF) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether an out-of-town company qualifies for the $100 one-year permit or is limited to the 30-day $50 permit (the form limits the annual option to businesses headquartered inside city limits); Whether the $30 per-additional-solicitor fee is paid once per crew or must be renewed with each new 30-day permit cycle. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — every individual who goes door to door peddling for consideration must register with the Amarillo Police Department before starting (14-6-57).
• Where it comes from: Amarillo Municipal Code, Chapter 14-6, Article IV, Door to Door Sales. Registration is done in person at the Amarillo Police Department, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (14-6-57).
• Fee: $15.50 per individual registration. A local youth organization registering as a group instead pays a single $15.00 fee (14-6-58(a)(5), 14-6-58(b)(2)).
• Hours you may knock: 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Central Time or Central Daylight Time as applicable — no entering the property of a residence outside that window (14-6-60).
• What the rep carries: A copy of the registration and the government-issued photo ID used to register, shown immediately on request of a peace officer or a resident the peddler has contacted (14-6-59).
• What takes the time: None of it is slow by design — the police department issues the registration the same day it receives a completed application and fee. The application asks for full legal name, date of birth, physical description, Social Security number, driver's license/ID number, and any Class B misdemeanor or higher conviction or deferred adjudication history; a registration is good for 30 days (14-6-57, 14-6-58(a)).
• Code: Amarillo Municipal Code, Chapter 14-6, Article IV, §§ 14-6-55 through 14-6-62. Municode's version banner on the chapter page reads "VERSION: JUL 17, 2026 (CURRENT)," codified through Ordinance No. 8226.
• Worth knowing: The registration is denied or revoked for certain disqualifying histories — parole/probation/deferred adjudication in the last 10 years for offenses like sexual assault, armed robbery, kidnapping, burglary, Class A+ assault, Class A+ weapons violation or felony theft; current sex-offender registration; or known street-gang affiliation (14-6-58(f)). The registration lasts only 30 days, so it must be renewed for any blitz longer than a month (14-6-57).
• Read it yourself: Amarillo Municipal Code, Chapter 14-6, Article IV, Door to Door Sales · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does a 30-day registration renew automatically or does each rep have to walk back into the police department in person every month? Is there a company-level registration on top of each individual rep's, or is the $15.50 the entire cost per rep? Does the department require the criminal-history disclosure in writing at the counter, or is a background check run separately? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a door-to-door selling license, per person, worn where the public can see it, plus an orange reflective safety vest. It covers anyone selling "personally, by agent or as the agent of another" (1.02), and it covers merchandise and services (1.01).
• Where it comes from: The Police Chief issues it (1.03). The city says applications are available in Police Records at the Ott Cribbs Public Safety Center, 620 W. Division St.
• Fee: $10.00 per applicant, paid when the application is filed with the Police Chief (1.04). The license is good for one year (1.05).
• Hours you may knock: Not before 9:00 a.m. and not after dusk, and not at any time on a federally designated holiday, unless the occupant invited you first (1.14). The chapter gives no clock time for dusk.
• What the rep carries: The license, with the rep's photo on it, attached or hung on the salesperson so it is visible, and an orange reflective safety vest. Missing either one is its own offense (1.08). The license is not transferable (1.09).
• What takes the time: The Police Chief has ten business days to issue after a complete application (1.05). The application is sworn and needs a government ID, three character and business references, a full criminal-record statement, the last three cities worked, two 2 inch by 2 inch photos taken within six months, and the principal's credentials if the rep is an agent (1.03). Fingerprints were removed from the application by Ord. 20-032 in 2020.
• Code: Arlington City Code, Door-to-Door Selling Chapter, Article I (Sections 1.01 to 1.17), published by the City Secretary. The chapter's own cover says "Amended by Ordinance No. 20-032 (June 30, 2020)".
• Worth knowing: A "No Solicitation" or "No Soliciting" sign of at least twelve square inches near the main entrance makes it an offense to knock or ring (1.10). A conviction for a crime involving moral turpitude bars a license (1.05). Suspension or revocation of a licensee's license automatically takes out the license of all agents of that licensee (1.06, 1.07). Each offense is a fine up to $500 (1.17).
• Read it yourself: Arlington City Code, Door-to-Door Selling Chapter · City of Arlington, Knock Knock: What to Know About Door-to-Door Soliciting in Arlington · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Is the fee still $10.00 per applicant, and is any background check billed separately? How does Police Records define dusk on a given day? Can a company file for a whole crew in one visit, or must each rep appear in person? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: No permit found. Austin's City Code has no peddler, solicitor or canvasser chapter, and Title 4 (Business Regulation and Permit Requirements) lists no door-to-door license. What the code does have is an hours rule for going to a residence door (9-4-22). Confirm with the city before a blitz.
• Where it comes from: Title 9, Prohibited Activities, Chapter 9-4. It is an offense section enforced like any other city offense, not a licensing program, so no office issues anything.
• Fee: None published. The code names no permit for commercial door-to-door sales, so there is no fee to cite.
• Hours you may knock: The code bars a person who "solicits contributions" from going to the door of a residence between 9:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. (9-4-22). The section's wording is contributions; the code sets no separate clock for sales calls.
• What the rep carries: Nothing city-issued. The code names no badge or permit for commercial solicitors.
• Code: Austin City Code 9-4-22, Solicitation Between Certain Hours Prohibited; see also 9-4-13, Solicitation. Municode shows the code as codified through Ordinance No. 20260521-050, effective June 1, 2026 (Supp. No. 174).
• Worth knowing: Section 9-4-13 is the aggressive-solicitation rule. It makes it an offense to keep soliciting within five feet of a person after a negative response, and it defines solicit as asking for an immediate donation or transfer of money "regardless of whether consideration is offered".
• Read it yourself: Austin City Code 9-4-22 · Austin City Code 9-4-13 · Austin City Code Title 4, Business Regulation and Permit Requirements · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does Austin require any permit or registration for for-profit door-to-door sales? Does the city apply the 9:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. residence-door rule in 9-4-22 to sales calls as well as contributions? Is there a city ordinance on No Soliciting signs? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: Yes — anyone who solicits orders or sells door to door in the city without a fixed local address is a "peddler" and must get a permit from the chief of police before soliciting or selling (22-486, 22-516).
• Where it comes from: City of Brownsville Code of Ordinances, Chapter 22, Article IX (Peddlers), Division 2 (Permit). Applications go through the police department; the permit itself is signed by the city secretary (22-516, 22-523).
• Fee: Scaled to how long the permit runs, per the fee table's own figures: $100.00 for one year, 60.00 for six months, 40.00 for three months, 15.00 for one month, 10.00 for one week, 5.00 for one day (22-520).
• Hours you may knock: Not published. Article IX sets no clock-time restriction on door-to-door peddling; the city's noise ordinance sets separate "quiet hours" for sound levels (Chapter 46, Article III) but that is not a soliciting-hours rule.
• What the rep carries: The permit, displayed on request of any person; failing to show it is a misdemeanor (22-525).
• What takes the time: Fingerprinting and a photograph, taken by the chief of police at the time of application and kept on permanent file, plus a $2,000.00 surety bond that must be furnished before a permit issues (22-518, 22-519).
• Code: Brownsville Code of Ordinances, Chapter 22, Article IX, §§ 22-486 through 22-526.
• Worth knowing: A peddler may not go onto a private residence's premises at all unless the owner or occupant requested or invited it, and must leave immediately if told to (22-487, 22-488). The bond covers final delivery of goods ordered and 30 days of product-defect protection for the customer (22-519).
• Read it yourself: Brownsville Code of Ordinances, Chapter 22, Article IX — Peddlers · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: What hours is door-to-door commercial solicitation actually allowed — is there an unwritten police department rule? Does the police department process fingerprinting same-day, or does it add days to onboarding a new rep? Is the $2,000 bond per individual rep or can one company bond cover the whole team? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: No permit, license or registration is required. Carrollton repealed its peddler/solicitor permit requirement; the code's own note on Chapter 113 says the former chapter "pertained to peddlers and solicitors" before it was rewritten by Ordinance 4057, adopted 2/25/2022. The current chapter regulates how and when a rep may solicit, but sets no application, permit or license. The chapter defines a solicitor as anyone who "sells or offers to sell goods, services, publications, or subscriptions" or engages in personal commercial sales, peddlers and hawkers included (§ 113.02), so the hours and sign rules bind every commercial rep even with no permit.
• Where it comes from: No licensing office — there is nothing to apply for. The chapter is enforced by the Carrollton Police Department as a misdemeanor offense (§ 113.06).
• Fee: None. The code establishes no permit, so there is no fee to pay or fee schedule to check.
• Hours you may knock: Monday–Friday: 9:00 a.m. to the earlier of sunset or 8:00 p.m. Saturday–Sunday: 10:00 a.m. to the earlier of sunset or 8:00 p.m. No solicitation at all on federal holidays (§ 113.04(A)).
• What the rep carries: Not published. The chapter sets no badge, ID or permit-carrying requirement for commercial solicitors.
• What takes the time: Not applicable — there is no application or background-check process to complete.
• Code: Carrollton City Code, Chapter 113 — Solicitors (§ 113.01 through § 113.06), as amended by Ordinance 4057, § 1, adopted 2/25/2022.
• Worth knowing: It is unlawful to solicit at a residence posted with a sign reading "NO SOLICITORS," "NO SOLICITATION," "NO SOLICITING" or similar language (§ 113.04(E)), to continue after someone says no, or to remain after being told to leave (§ 113.04(G)). Solicitation is also barred within 25 feet of ATMs, banks, fuel pumps, transit stops and similar locations (§ 113.04(B)).
• Read it yourself: Carrollton City Code, Ch. 113 — Solicitors · Carrollton City Code, Title XI, Business Regulations (chapter list) · Carrollton Police Department, No Solicitation Signs · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether a general city business license is still expected for a door-to-door sales operation even though Chapter 113 has no solicitor permit; Whether the police department keeps any voluntary registry or courtesy notification for door-to-door crews. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. Anyone 14 or older soliciting an occupant at a residence must first register and get a City-issued identification badge — a certificate of registration is required before any home solicitation (§ 8-184(a)(1), § 8-209).
• Where it comes from: Filed with the City Manager or designee, on the City-issued application form.
• Fee: $50.00 nonrefundable registration fee plus a $10.00 identification badge fee for the initial 30-day registration ($25.00 plus the $10.00 badge fee to renew), per the City's fee resolution adopted under § 2-117. The code itself (§ 8-210(b)) only says a nonrefundable fee and badge fee, set under § 2-117, is due with the application. The most recent fee resolution located was adopted August 12, 2021 — worth confirming it hasn't been superseded.
• Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., every day Monday through Sunday, with no home solicitation at all on any federally observed holiday (§ 8-185(a)).
• What the rep carries: The City-issued identification badge, worn prominently on the clothing, plus the certificate of registration kept on the person — both must be shown on request to the City, police, code enforcement, or the resident (§ 8-211(c)).
• What takes the time: A signed consent for a criminal history report on every applicant and solicitor (§ 8-210(a)(11)); the City must then issue the certificate within three business days of receiving the application unless a disqualifying conviction or other listed problem applies (§ 8-211(a)). The certificate expires 30 days after issuance and can be renewed if applied for within that 30-day window (§ 8-210(f)).
• Code: College Station Code of Ordinances, Chapter 8, Article V, Divisions 1–2 — Home Solicitation and Home Solicitor Registration (§ 8-180 through § 8-213).
• Worth knowing: It is unlawful to solicit a residence displaying a sign reading "NO TRESPASSING," "NO PEDDLERS," "NO ADVERTISEMENTS," "NO SOLICITATION," or "NO HANDBILLS," or to approach any entrance but the primary one (§ 8-184(a)(3)-(4)). Registration can be denied for certain violent, sexual, weapons, theft or fraud convictions within set look-back periods (§ 8-211(a)(2)).
• Read it yourself: College Station Code of Ordinances, Ch. 8, Art. V — Home Solicitation, Itinerant Vendors and Texas A&M University Ticket Reselling · City of College Station — Resolution adopting fees, rates and charges (Aug. 12, 2021) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether the $50 registration fee and $10 badge fee (from the August 2021 fee resolution) are still current; Whether the badge fee is charged once per registration or once for each individual solicitor listed on it. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a permit for the business, plus a city identification card for every individual doing home solicitation. The permit is worn "attached or hung" on the rep so it is visible (38-5). It applies to a peddler or commercial solicitor "without a permanent business establishment within the city" going house to house (38-2).
• Where it comes from: Filed as a sworn application with the city manager or designee (38-6). The city's Vendor Application (Form DSD-1022, with a Commercial Solicitor box) is a Development Services form, 2406 Leopard St.
• Fee: $120.00 per year for the permit (38-9(b)), plus $10.00 for each rep's identification card, paid by the permittee; replacement cards are $10.00 each (38-9(d)). So a company pays $120.00 once a year, plus $10.00 for each rep it puts on doors. Any state, federal or third-party background report fees are on the applicant on top of that (38-7). Interstate-commerce solicitors taking orders for future delivery get a certificate of registration instead, for $25.00 (38-4).
• Hours you may knock: Not before 9:00 a.m. or after 6:00 p.m. during standard time, and not before 9:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m. during Daylight Savings Time, without a prior invitation from the occupants (38-16(1)).
• What the rep carries: The permit, attached or hung on the rep and visible to the public (38-5), and the city identification card, shown to any person who asks (38-16(5)).
• What takes the time: A criminal history check on the applicant and every individual representative (38-7(b)); anyone who lived outside Texas in the last five years needs a fingerprint-based check (38-7(a)(2)). The application also calls for proof of general liability insurance of $1,000,000.00 naming the city as additional insured (38-7(a)(8)), a state sales tax certificate if applicable, and photo ID for every rep. Once the application is complete the city has five working days to issue or deny (38-12).
• Code: Corpus Christi Code Chapter 38, Article I (38-1 to 38-25). Municode shows the code as codified through Ordinance No. 033940, enacted June 2, 2026 (Supp. No. 44).
• Worth knowing: No soliciting at any residence or business with a "No Soliciting" or "No Trespassing" sign posted (38-16(7)). The interstate-commerce certificate of registration and its ID cards last only ninety days (38-4(c)); the regular permit lasts one year (38-9(a)). The applicant is responsible for every rep's compliance, whether employee, agent or independent contractor (38-7(a)(6)), and must report added reps within five days (38-7(c)). Permits are suspended in a declared emergency or disaster for goods or services useful to the relief (38-13).
• Read it yourself: Corpus Christi Code Chapter 38, Article I · City of Corpus Christi Vendor Application, Form DSD-1022 (Rev. 10/2025) · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Which track applies to us: the $120.00 permit or the $25.00 interstate-commerce certificate of registration? What the background check costs per rep and how long the fingerprint-based check takes; Whether the $1,000,000.00 liability insurance is required for door-to-door solicitors or only for vendors. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a certificate of registration, under a chapter the city actually titles Home Solicitations.
• Where it comes from: City of Dallas
• Fee: $50, nonrefundable.
• Hours you may knock: Not before 9 a.m. or after sunset, Monday through Saturday. Never on a Sunday. Never on ten named holidays.
• What the rep carries: The identification badge displayed prominently on the clothing, the certificate on the person, and both produced on request.
• It expires: One year after the date of issuance.
• Code: Dallas Code 42-7; 42-8; 42-13 (Ord. 29245, eff. 4-22-14)
• Worth knowing: A six-day week with ten dead days in it, and the approach is confined to the front or main entrance.
• Read it yourself: Dallas Code 42-7 · Dallas Code 42-8 · Dallas Code 42-13 · checked 5 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: The processing time; Whether the certificate is per rep or per company. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — every home solicitor or itinerant merchant must get an individual permit from the city before soliciting or selling door to door (16-91).
• Where it comes from: Denton Code of Ordinances, Chapter 16, Article III (Solicitors and Itinerant Merchants), Division 2 (Permit). Applications are filed with the police chief and the permit is issued by the Denton Police Department, 601 E. Hickory Street, Suite E (16-93, 16-94).
• Fee: $20.00 per applicant, cash, paid with the application — the code itself says the amount is set by city council and on file with the city secretary; the police department's own application form states the number (16-93(b)(j)).
• Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to the earlier of dusk or 9:00 p.m., Monday through Friday; 10:00 a.m. to the earlier of dusk or 9:00 p.m. on Saturday or Sunday. Dusk means 30 minutes after sunset (16-73).
• What the rep carries: The permit card (name, permit number, expiration date) and a driver's license or state ID, shown on request of any person demanding it (16-95).
• What takes the time: The application asks for identity, employer, vehicle description, proposed solicitation location, and other cities worked in the past 12 months, plus a criminal-history screen (no conviction/probation/deferred adjudication within the code's lookback windows for homicide, kidnapping, sexual, assaultive, robbery, burglary, felony theft, fraud, weapons, and drug offenses). The chief must issue or deny within 5 working days of a complete application and fee. A solicitor's permit runs a maximum of 30 days; an itinerant merchant's, 14 days (16-93, 16-94).
• Code: Denton Code of Ordinances, Chapter 16, Article III, §§ 16-71 through 16-96.
• Worth knowing: A resident can post a weatherproof "No Solicitors" or "No Handbills" card (letters at least two-thirds of an inch tall) near the main entrance; a rep who sees it must leave without knocking (16-75). Soliciting is banned outright, permit or not, on a named list of major Denton streets and rights-of-way including I-35, University Drive/Highway 380 and Loop 288 (16-96). After a permit expires, the same solicitor cannot reapply for the same business/location for 30 days (16-93(b)(l)).
• Read it yourself: Denton Code of Ordinances, Chapter 16, Article III — Solicitors and Itinerant Merchants · Denton Police Department, Solicitor and Itinerant Merchant Permit Application · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Is the $20 permit fee (from the current application form) still current, and is it per rep or does it cover a team? Can a company pre-clear a roster of reps, or does each one have to apply in person at the police department? Does the 30-day cap on a solicitor permit mean the whole team re-applies monthly during a blitz? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a vendor or solicitor license, per person. The code covers the principal and every "agent, servant or employee" (5.15.020). A solicitor is anyone taking orders for merchandise delivered later; a vendor includes anyone carrying merchandise "from house to house" and selling on the spot (5.15.010).
• Where it comes from: The city's permit official, at the Business Licensing Center in Planning & Inspections (One-Stop Shop). Out-of-town applicants are also referred to the chief of police (5.15.030).
• Fee: Annual, per person, set in the code in words (5.15.040): itinerant (non-resident) vendor or solicitor, one hundred dollars per year; a vendor or solicitor using a private motor vehicle for the business, seventy dollars per year; every other person, forty dollars per year. A two-day temporary license for an itinerant is twenty dollars (5.15.070). The city's licensing pages do not list the vendor license fee, so confirm the current figure.
• Hours you may knock: Chapter 5.15 sets no knocking hours.
• What the rep carries: The license itself. The licensee "shall carry his license with him" and show it to any inspector or police officer who asks; it is not transferable (5.15.050).
• What takes the time: Proof of a Texas limited sales and use tax permit, or that you applied for one, is part of the application (5.15.030). For reps who do not reside in El Paso, the chief of police may require fingerprinting and periodic reports (5.15.030). The license runs one year from issuance (5.15.060).
• Code: El Paso City Code Chapter 5.15, Vendors and Solicitors (5.15.010 to 5.15.100). Municode shows the code as codified through Ordinance No. 019889, enacted June 23, 2026 (Supp. No. 95, Update 4).
• Worth knowing: Read 5.15.095 before you plan a neighborhood: it says vending or soliciting "shall be on premises which are zoned for retail sales". Ask the licensing office how that applies to residential door-to-door work. "Itinerant" means you do not reside in El Paso, and reside means thirty straight days in the city before applying (5.15.010). Anyone "engaged wholly in interstate commerce" is listed as exempt (5.15.090). Each act of soliciting without a license is a separate offense (5.15.100).
• Read it yourself: El Paso City Code Chapter 5.15, Vendors and Solicitors · City of El Paso, City Issued Licenses · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: The current license fee for a non-resident solicitor, and whether it matches 5.15.040; How 5.15.095 (premises zoned for retail sales) applies to residential door-to-door sales; Whether the police fingerprint every out-of-town rep, and how long that takes; Any city hours for door-to-door sales. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — register with Development Services, not the police. There is no registration fee.
• Where it comes from: Development Services Department
• Fee: No registration fee is charged.
• Hours you may knock: Not before 9 a.m., and not after 7 p.m. standard time or 8 p.m. daylight time, unless at the occupant’s request.
• What the rep carries: The registration certificate, carried while vending.
• It expires: 180 days from the date of issuance.
• Code: City Code 20-141 to 20-145 (Ord. 15245, 9-17-2002; Ord. 21674-03-2015)
• Worth knowing: Forty minutes from Dallas, and almost nothing about it matches Dallas: a different department, no fee, a different clock, and a six-month expiry that a spring hire runs into in the fall.
• Read it yourself: Fort Worth Code 20-143 · Door to door permits · checked 5 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: The processing time; Whether a renewal restarts the 180 days. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: No permit right now. The codified ordinance still has a permit on the books (22-71), but the city's police page says: "As of August 2016, the City suspended the requirement of individuals soliciting funds or distributing any commercial handbills to obtain a permit." In the code, "solicit funds" includes selling or taking orders for goods or services at a residence (22-59). The rest of the article still applies.
• Where it comes from: The Frisco Police Records Division's Solicitation Permits page, which posts Solicitation Ordinance No. 08-07-67 and amending Ordinance No. 14-05-25. The codified version is Chapter 22, Article III, Peddlers and Solicitors, on eCode360; permit applications go to the city police department (22-72).
• Fee: None while the permit requirement is suspended. On the books, the code sets "a nonrefundable application fee of fifty dollars ($50.00)" with each permit application (22-73); it only attaches to a permit application, and the city says it is not requiring one.
• Hours you may knock: Monday to Friday: not before 9:00 a.m. and not after the earlier of dusk or 9:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday: not before 10:00 a.m. and not after the earlier of dusk or 9:00 p.m. Dusk means thirty minutes after sunset. An invitation from the occupant is the only exception (22-92(b)(2); Ord. 14-05-25, Section 4).
• What the rep carries: A valid driver's license or other valid, official photo identification, and a copy of the valid state sales tax certificate if applicable (22-91). The city's page says both are still required even with the permit suspended. The code also lists the city permit itself, which is the part the city has suspended.
• What takes the time: Nothing to process while the permit is suspended. On the books, the police department decides an application within ten business days, and a permit runs for the time requested, up to six months (22-74).
• Code: Frisco Code of Ordinances, Chapter 22, Article III, Peddlers and Solicitors: Division 1 (22-58, 22-59), Division 2, Permits (22-71 to 22-76), Division 3, Solicitation (22-91 to 22-95). Source ordinances: Ordinance No. 08-07-67 as amended by Ordinance No. 14-05-25. The host says the code includes legislation through Ord. No. 2026-08-50, adopted August 4, 2026.
• Worth knowing: A weatherproof card at or near the main entrance, at least three by four inches, reading "no advertisements", "no solicitation" or "no handbills" puts that home off limits, and the code tells every person to check the premises for one first (22-94). A rep working under someone's direction must have a supervisor who can reach the location within ten minutes of a police request (22-92(b)(10)). Selling on a public sidewalk or road needs the city manager's permission (22-93(d)). The city directs all solicitation complaints to the police non-emergency line.
• Read it yourself: Frisco Police, Solicitation Permits · Frisco Ordinance No. 08-07-67 (Solicitation Ordinance) · Frisco Ordinance No. 14-05-25 (amendment) · Frisco Code 22-58, 22-59 (Division 1) · Frisco Code 22-71 to 22-76 (Division 2, Permits) · Frisco Code 22-91 to 22-95 (Division 3, Solicitation) · Frisco code table of contents (currency statement) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Is the August 2016 permit suspension still in effect today? If the suspension ends, is the $50 application fee per rep? Does the city want any notice before a crew works a neighborhood? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. A commercial home solicitation permit from the Chief of Police, in the rep's own name: "No person shall engage in a commercial home solicitation without having a valid, current written permit" (26.51(A)). The code defines commercial home solicitation as "a solicitation at a residence for the purpose of selling or offering to sell goods, services or realty," in person or by door-to-door advertisements (26.50). The city's application lists every rep, each with a photo.
• Where it comes from: The Police Records Unit, 1891 Forest Lane. The city's Solicitation Permits page has the application.
• Fee: $20 including the first person; people 2 to 9 are $15 per person; 10 or more are $10 per person, per the city's Solicitation Permits page and application. The code's Master Fee and Rate Schedule (10.85) lists $20.00 for "Commercial home solicitations and distributions" and ties the $15.00/person and $10.00/person group rates to commercial home distribution groups (26.54(C)); the city page applies the same group rates to solicitation permits. The fee is nonrefundable (26.51(C)).
• Hours you may knock: Tied to the sun, not the clock. It is unlawful to solicit "at an unreasonable time," and the code's words are that a time is presumptively unreasonable "if it occurs more than thirty minutes before sunrise and more than thirty minutes before sunset" (26.53(D)). That is the code's own wording; ask the police how they read the evening limit. The clock hours in the same subsection, 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., apply to door-to-door flyer distribution, not in-person sales.
• What the rep carries: The permit, on the rep's person. It is unlawful to solicit "without carrying the permit required by this article on his or her person while so engaged or to display a permit issued in the name of another person" (26.51(F)). To apply, each rep needs a driver's license or official ID and a recent passport-size photo.
• What takes the time: The Chief of Police has ten working days from receipt to issue the permit or say why the application falls short (26.51(D)); the city's page says up to 10 business days. Each rep fills out a sworn, notarized page with criminal history questions. Registered sex offenders and people with certain recent burglary, theft, trespass or criminal mischief convictions are ineligible (26.53(F)).
• Code: Garland Code of Ordinances, Chapter 26, Article V, Home Solicitations (26.50 to 26.54); fee at Chapter 10, Article VII, 10.85. The host says the code includes legislation through Ord. No. 7697, adopted August 17, 2026.
• Worth knowing: A weatherproof card at least three by four inches reading "No Solicitors", "No Solicitation" or "No Solicitations" at or near the main entrance makes it unlawful to knock unless the occupant asked for the visit in advance (26.53(A), (B)). If the person at the door clearly does not want to listen, the rep must end the pitch and leave promptly (26.53(E)). A permit lasts for the solicitation period on it or one year, whichever is less (26.51(G)); a revocation lasts 18 months (26.52). Juveniles under 16 must be actively supervised by an adult who holds a current solicitor's permit, per the application.
• Read it yourself: City of Garland, Solicitation Permits · City of Garland, Solicitation Permit Application · Garland Code Chapter 26, Article V (26.50 to 26.54) · Garland Code 10.85, Master Fee and Rate Schedule · Garland code table of contents (currency statement) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: How do the police read the evening limit in 26.53(D): thirty minutes before sunset, or after? Do the $15 and $10 group rates apply to a sales crew, or only to flyer distribution groups? Is a separate permit card issued to each rep on a group application? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — an itinerant vendor/peddler permit is required before going door to door for a for-profit company with no fixed location in the city (20-4, 20-21).
• Where it comes from: Chapter 20, Article II (Itinerant Vendors, Merchants and Peddlers). The application goes to the city's "regulatory authority" — any municipal officer or department the city manager appoints to administer the chapter (20-1, 20-21); the code does not name a specific office by title.
• Fee: $50.00 a year, paid in advance, cash — nonrefundable and not prorated (20-25).
• Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday. No knocking or doorbell-ringing at all on Sunday, New Year's Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day or Christmas Day (20-40).
• What the rep carries: The permit itself, issued as a certificate, kept visible by the public at all times while conducting business, and shown on request to any city officer or citizen (20-22, 20-24).
• What takes the time: The application must be filed at least 48 hours before soliciting begins; the regulatory authority must notify the applicant of a denial within 48 hours of receiving it. The code names no background check or fingerprinting step (20-21, 20-29).
• Code: Grand Prairie Code of Ordinances, Chapter 20, Article II, §§ 20-21 through 20-40.
• Worth knowing: A resident can post a weatherproof "NO SOLICITORS" card (letters at least 1 inch tall) near the main entrance; a rep who sees it must leave the property without knocking (20-36). The permit is good for one year from issuance and cannot be transferred to another person (20-23, 20-27).
• Read it yourself: Grand Prairie Code of Ordinances, Chapter 20 — Peddlers and Solicitors · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Which office actually issues the Chapter 20 permit (city secretary, police, code enforcement)? Does the fiber/solar/pest sales rep count as an "itinerant vendor" or "peddler" under 20-1, or does the city treat that differently? Is a background check or ID badge required in practice, beyond what Chapter 20 states? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

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• The answer: Not published. Houston's Code of Ordinances has no chapter that licenses commercial door-to-door sales. We read the full chapter list and searched the code for solicitor, peddler, canvasser, itinerant and door-to-door; nothing came back that covers a rep selling at a residence. Confirm with the city before you knock, using the City Clerk Call Sheet.
• Where it comes from: Two chapters come close and neither fits. Chapter 22 (Street Vendors) covers selling from a truck, cart, lot or rented space on non-residential property (22-1). Chapter 36, Article V covers solicitation of funds for a charitable purpose only (36-71). Both are run by Administration & Regulatory Affairs at the Houston Permitting Center.
• Fee: None published for commercial door-to-door sales, because the code names no permit for it.
• Hours you may knock: The code sets no knocking hours for commercial sales. The only solicitation hours in the code are in the charitable chapter (36-72), which does not cover for-profit sales.
• Code: Chapter 22, Street Vendors and Chapter 36, Article V, Solicitation of Funds for Charitable Purposes. Municode shows the code as codified through Ordinance No. 2026-0709, adopted August 12, 2026 (Supp. No. 93, Update 1).
• Worth knowing: The street vendor definition is tied to a truck, cart, vehicle, lot or rented space on non-residential property (22-1). The charitable chapter's definition of soliciting funds is tied to a charitable purpose (36-71).
• Read it yourself: Houston Code of Ordinances, Chapter 22, Street Vendors · Houston Code of Ordinances, Chapter 36, Article V · Houston ARA Regulatory Permitting, Charitable Solicitation · Houston ARA Regulatory Permitting, Street Vendors · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does Houston require any permit or registration for for-profit door-to-door sales at residences? Are there city hours for commercial door-to-door sales? Does the city enforce No Soliciting signs under any ordinance? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

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• The answer: No solicitor or peddler permit was found in Irving's current code. The code's table of contents lists no peddler, solicitor or canvasser chapter. Chapter 27 used to cover solicitations and handbills; the editor's note says so, and the chapter is now Pedestrian Clear Zones (Ordinance 2023-10833). The code does not say in words that no permit is needed, so confirm with the city using the City Clerk Call Sheet.
• Where it comes from: Irving's Code of Civil and Criminal Ordinances on eCode360, which states it includes legislation adopted through August 27, 2026. The city's Police Forms + Applications page lists no solicitor permit application.
• Fee: Not published. The current code has no solicitor or peddler permit, so it sets no fee.
• Hours you may knock: Not published. The current code sets no knocking hours for door-to-door sales.
• Code: Irving Code of Civil and Criminal Ordinances; Chapter 27, Pedestrian Clear Zones (27-1 to 27-4), with the editor's note on the former solicitations and handbills chapter.
• Worth knowing: Chapter 27 now makes it an offense to stop, stand, sit or walk in a designated pedestrian clear zone at listed major intersections (27-3). That is a roadway rule, not a doorstep rule.
• Read it yourself: Irving Code of Civil and Criminal Ordinances (eCode360) · Irving Code Chapter 27, Pedestrian Clear Zones · Irving Police Forms + Applications · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does Irving require any permit or registration for for-profit door-to-door sales now that the old Chapter 27 is gone, and which office handles it? Whether the city enforces any knocking hours for solicitors; Whether a posted No Soliciting sign is enforced by the city. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

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• The answer: Yes — no one may engage in business in the city as an itinerant vendor, merchant or peddler, including door-to-door selling, without a permit from the police department (20-41).
• Where it comes from: Killeen Code of Ordinances, Chapter 20, Article II (Itinerant Peddlers, Merchants, Etc.), Division 2 (Permit). Applications are filed with the police department, which issues the permit (20-42, 20-45).
• Fee: 75.00 per permit, per year (the fee schedule's Amount column carries no currency symbol, but the schedule is denominated in dollars), per the city's current Comprehensive Fee Schedule; the code itself only says the fee is paid in cash in advance "as provided in the adopted fee schedule" (20-43).
• Hours you may knock: Not published. Chapter 20, Article II sets no clock-time restriction on itinerant/peddler door-to-door sales; the separate Article III (solicitation from public rights-of-way, i.e. standing in the road) is a different activity and not covered by this card.
• What the rep carries: The permit, displayed conspicuously on or about the person at all times, visible to whomever the holder is speaking with (20-48(a)).
• What takes the time: Fingerprints and a photograph are required with the application, along with a statement of any prior criminal convictions; the police department can deny the permit if a conviction directly relates to the peddler's business (20-42, 20-44). All annual permits expire December 31 of the year issued regardless of issue date (20-47).
• Code: Killeen Code of Ordinances, Chapter 20, Article II, §§ 20-26 through 20-50.
• Worth knowing: Itinerant vendors cannot locate on a long list of named Killeen streets and roadways, including FM 439, Fort Hood Street, Business Highway 190, Central Texas Expressway, and several others (20-30(d)). A permit cannot be transferred or assigned to another person (20-46).
• Read it yourself: Killeen Code of Ordinances, Chapter 20, Article II — Itinerant Peddlers, Merchants, Etc. · City of Killeen FY 2026 Fee Schedule · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Is there an hours-of-solicitation rule the police department enforces even though it's not in Chapter 20? Does the $75/year fee cover one rep, or is there a separate company-level fee? How long does fingerprinting and the criminal-history review typically take before the permit issues? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

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• The answer: Not published. Laredo's Code of Ordinances has no peddler, solicitor or canvasser chapter for commercial door-to-door sales. We read Chapter 18 (Licenses, Permits and Miscellaneous Business Regulations) and searched the code for solicitor, peddler, itinerant and house to house; nothing covers a rep selling at a residence. The city's Permit Applications/Requirements page lists a Vendors Permit, but its application is for a private premises vendor at one described property, not a rep going door to door. Confirm by phone with the City Clerk Call Sheet.
• Where it comes from: Two parts of the code come close and neither fits. Chapter 18, Article II permits a "private premises vendor" at one described location, with the property owner's permission on file (18-4, 18-5). Chapter 21, Article XII (Aggressive Solicitation) defines solicit as asking for an immediate donation, not a sale (21-251). The city's Vendors Permit application asks for the address of the location, a recorded deed, a site plan and the owner's signature. Chapter 18, Article V (new business registration) is a site-based registration that ends in a certificate of occupancy (18-21 to 18-24).
• Fee: None published for commercial door-to-door sales, because the code names no permit for it.
• Hours you may knock: The code sets no knocking hours for commercial sales. The sunset-to-sunrise rule in 21-252 sits in the donation-solicitation article.
• Code: Laredo Code Chapter 18, Article II, Regulation of Private Premises Vendors and Chapter 21, Article XII, Aggressive Solicitation. Municode shows the code as codified through Ordinance No. 2026-O-92, adopted May 4, 2026 (Supp. No. 23, Update 3).
• Worth knowing: Article XII also makes it unlawful to solicit "on private property, unless the solicitor has permission from the owner or tenant" (21-253), but that article's definition of solicit is a request for a donation (21-251).
• Read it yourself: Laredo Code Chapter 18, Article II, Private Premises Vendors · Laredo Code Chapter 21, Article XII, Aggressive Solicitation · City of Laredo Building Development Services, Permit Applications/Requirements · City of Laredo Application for Private Premises Vendors Permit (PDF) · Laredo Code Chapter 18 (full chapter, incl. Article V New Business Registration) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does Laredo require any permit or registration for for-profit door-to-door sales at residences? Are there city hours for commercial door-to-door sales? Does the city treat a door-to-door rep as a private premises vendor under Chapter 18, Article II? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a permit per company (with a per-additional-person add-on), issued by the department of community development, before anyone "peddles" or "solicits" door to door (§ 7-26, § 7-27).
• Where it comes from: City of Lewisville Department of Community Development; applications go through MGO Connect.
• Fee: A base fee of 40.00, plus 10.00 for each additional person, per the city's fee schedule (listed there without a dollar sign, but in the same dollar-amount column as every other fee on the page). The code itself just says a fee "set out in section 2-201" (now the separately published fee schedule) is due for each solicitor or peddler, plus a fee for each agent or employee (§ 7-30).
• Hours you may knock: Sunset to 8:00 a.m. is off-limits — no entering property, knocking or otherwise disturbing residents in that window, licensed or not (§ 7-37).
• What the rep carries: The permit, to be exhibited on request to a prospective customer, city employee or police officer (§ 7-34). A sponsor of under-18 sellers must also give each seller a visible badge or ID naming the sponsor and the individual (§ 7-28(d)).
• What takes the time: The permit is good for six months from issuance (§ 7-33; also stated as "valid for six months" on the fee schedule).
• Code: Lewisville Code of Ordinances, Chapter 7, Article II — Itinerant Merchants (§ 7-26 through § 7-42).
• Worth knowing: It is unlawful to enter premises posted "No Peddlers," "No Solicitors," or similar words at the entry (§ 7-36). A permit can be denied for a year after an earlier denial unless the applicant shows the reason no longer applies (§ 7-32(a)(4)).
• Read it yourself: Lewisville Code of Ordinances, Ch. 7, Art. II — Itinerant Merchants · Lewisville Code of Ordinances § 2-201 — Fee schedule · City of Lewisville — Fee Schedule (PDF, eff. 07/06/2026) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether the $40 base fee applies once per company visit or must be repaid every six months per crew; Whether a state sales-and-use tax permit number is required on the application for every rep or just the company (§ 7-29(f)). Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes, for door-to-door sales of goods — a peddler license, one per person, plus a city photo ID (8.12.032, 8.12.037). The code defines a peddler as someone who goes door to door to sell or take orders for goods, and defines goods as tangible chattels (8.12.031). It does not say whether a rep selling only a service is covered; ask the city.
• Where it comes from: Lubbock Code of Ordinances, Chapter 8, Article 8.12, Peddlers and Solicitors, Division 2, Business License. The license comes from the city manager or a designated representative, after the chief of police approves the application (8.12.032, 8.12.037). The police department enforces the division (8.12.034). The City Secretary's permit list shows a Charitable Solicitation Permit and no peddler license, so it is not issued there.
• Fee: $50.00 per person for a thirty-day license. No license runs longer than 30 days, and one license covers one person only (8.12.039).
• Hours you may knock: Not published. Article 8.12 sets no knocking hours, and no city page we read states any.
• What the rep carries: The city photo ID worn on outer clothing where the customer can see it. The license, the photo ID and identification of and authorization from the company, shown on demand to police, the city or the person at the door (8.12.040).
• What takes the time: A police investigation of each applicant, capped at three business days (8.12.037). The application asks for a social security number, birth date, a state driver's license or other government ID, a description of the goods, and a Texas sales tax permit where sales tax applies (8.12.036). Then the photo ID. No bond is mentioned. The license has to be renewed every 30 days; a business that will operate more than 30 consecutive days can apply to the city manager for an exemption, decided within fifteen days (8.12.071 to 8.12.073).
• Code: Lubbock Code of Ordinances, Article 8.12, Division 2, Business License (8.12.031 to 8.12.073). The host shows the code dated 2026-07-28.
• Worth knowing: A license holder who enters or stays on a property after being told entry is forbidden or to leave commits an offense, and a conviction automatically revokes the license (8.12.035). Reps must give each customer a written statement of the manufacturer and distributor, where service is available, and any warranties (8.12.041). Commercial travelers selling to resellers and charitable solicitation are outside this division (8.12.033). The article has no No Soliciting sign or registry rule.
• Read it yourself: Lubbock Code of Ordinances, Article 8.12, Division 2, Business License (eCode360) · Lubbock Code of Ordinances, Article 8.12, Division 1, Generally (eCode360) · Lubbock Code of Ordinances, Article 8.12, Division 3, Solicitations in Municipal Buildings, Etc. (eCode360) · City of Lubbock, City Secretary, Permits · City of Lubbock, City Charter & Code of Ordinances · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether a rep who sells only a service (no goods) needs the Article 8.12 peddler license; Which office takes the peddler license application today, and whether the fee is still the code's figure; Whether the city enforces any knocking hours; How the over-30-days exemption works for a sales team working a multi-week campaign. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: Likely yes, though the chapter is written mainly for vendors selling from a stand or space rather than pure door-to-door. McAllen's Code defines "itinerant vendor" broadly as anyone conducting temporary or transient business in the city "selling or offering for sale any goods or merchandise, or exhibiting for sale or exhibiting goods or merchandise for the purpose of taking orders for the sale thereof," and requires a license before doing so (78-26, 78-41). The code does not spell out a separate door-to-door home-solicitation permit or hours rule the way most peer cities do.
• Where it comes from: McAllen Code of Ordinances, Chapter 78 (Peddlers and Solicitors), Article II (Itinerant Vendors), Division 2 (License). Applications go to the city secretary (78-42).
• Fee: $100.00, paid before the license issues (78-44).
• Hours you may knock: Not published. Chapter 78 sets no clock-time restriction on soliciting or selling.
• What the rep carries: The license itself, which must be displayed prominently and conspicuously wherever the sale is conducted (78-48). The code writes this as a premises-display requirement, not a wearable badge, which does not map cleanly onto door-to-door work.
• What takes the time: A $2,000.00 surety bond, filed with the city secretary before the license issues, conditioned on paying damages from any fraudulent, wrongful or illegal act in the conduct of the business, and running for the life of the license plus two years after (78-43). The application must be filed at least 10 days before the contemplated sale begins (78-42).
• Code: McAllen Code of Ordinances, Chapter 78, Article II, §§ 78-26 through 78-49; see also Article I, §§ 78-1 through 78-7 (outdoor display and sale permits, a related but separate $100.00 permit for open-air/seasonal sales at a location).
• Worth knowing: A license lasts only as long as the sale runs, and never more than 120 days from issuance, then it must be renewed (78-47). It is not transferable and authorizes only the one person who obtained it, though that person may have helpers assist (78-46).
• Read it yourself: McAllen Code of Ordinances, Chapter 78, Article II — Itinerant Vendors · McAllen Code of Ordinances, Chapter 78, Article I — In General · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does the Chapter 78 itinerant vendor license actually apply to a rep who only knocks on doors and never sets up a display or premises? Is there an unwritten department policy on solicitation hours, since the code sets none? Is the $2,000 bond required per individual rep, or can one company bond cover the whole team? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. A solicitor's permit from the Police Department, per rep: "Each person engaged in peddling or soliciting or selling" door to door must have one, and it is personal to the applicant (78-3(a)). Each rep also gets a city identification card.
• Where it comes from: McKinney Code of Ordinances Sec. 78-3, Permits. Permits come from McKinney Police Records, 2200 Taylor Burk Dr.; the city's Solicitor's Permit page has the application packet.
• Fee: $35.00 non-refundable application fee for each applicant named on the application, plus $15.00 for each identification card issued, per the city's application packet. The code's fee schedule (Appendix A, Sec. 78-3) lists the same 35.00 and 15.00.
• Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to sunset, Monday through Saturday. No soliciting at a private residence after sunset or before 9:00 a.m., and none on Sunday, New Year's Day, Fourth of July, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving or Christmas Day (78-5). Sunset is the National Weather Service time for the city.
• What the rep carries: The identification card carried and the permit displayed on the person in plain view (78-3(h)). The rep must identify himself as a salesman on approach and show the permit on request (78-3(i)).
• What takes the time: A police background check on every person listed (78-3(e)); the code says the permit is issued within ten days after a complete application is filed, and the city's page says to allow up to 10 business days. The application must be notarized, with two photos, five references, a driver's license copy and an employer letter for each rep. The packet also asks for a $5000 cash bond per applicant, a $5,000 Surety Bond, or a liability insurance certificate naming the city; the code requires the $5,000.00 cash bond from anyone taking deposits or writing contracts for future delivery or future services (78-3(o)).
• Code: 78-3 (permits, fee, background check, bond), 78-4 (prohibited locations and conduct), 78-5 (times), Appendix A (fees). Municode shows the code as codified through Ordinance No. 2022-12-145, enacted December 20, 2022 (Supp. No. 37), and flags Chapter 78 as amended by Ordinance No. 2025-09-090, which only adds Sec. 78-9 on aggressive panhandling.
• Worth knowing: Permits last for the time requested, not to exceed six months (78-3(f)). A residence showing a "NO SOLICITORS" card or sign is off limits (78-4(a)(3), 78-4(c)(6)). The permit holder must stay inside the city limits while the crew works and answer a city call within ten minutes (78-3(k)). More than one misconduct complaint against a company's solicitors can get the permit revoked immediately (78-3(l)(3)). Franchised utilities and people licensed by the state register with the police instead and pay no fee (78-3(n)(1)).
• Read it yourself: McKinney Code Sec. 78-3, Permits · McKinney Code Sec. 78-5, Times when soliciting prohibited · McKinney Code Sec. 78-4, Prohibited location, activities and conduct · McKinney Code Appendix A, Schedule of Fees · McKinney Police, Solicitor's Permit · City of McKinney, Solicitor's License / Permit packet · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Will the city take a surety bond or insurance certificate in place of the cash bond for every applicant, as the packet says? Does a fiber or utility contractor working for a franchise holder count as exempt under 78-3(n)(1)? Are the 35.00 and 15.00 fees still current, given the packet is dated 4/6/17? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a home solicitor must carry a valid solicitor's permit issued by the city manager before engaging in any home solicitation transaction (8-226, 8-211).
• Where it comes from: Mesquite Code of Ordinances, Chapter 8, Article III, Divisions 2 and 3 (Permit to Solicit; Home Solicitations). The written application goes to the police chief; the city police department issues the permit (8-212).
• Fee: $35.00 per application, per the city's Comprehensive Fee Schedule (Appendix D, Article XIII, Police). Chapter 8 itself only says the application "shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee" and points to the fee schedule (8-212(b)(h)).
• Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday. No knocking at all on Sunday, New Year's Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day or Christmas Day (8-227).
• What the rep carries: The solicitor's permit itself and a valid driver's license or state ID, shown on request of any police officer, code enforcement officer, potential consumer, or any other person (8-211).
• What takes the time: The application requires identity and employer information, vehicle details, and a criminal-history screen (no conviction, probation, or deferred adjudication within the code's lookback windows for homicide, kidnapping, sexual, assaultive, robbery, burglary, felony theft, fraud, weapons, or drug offenses). The city police department must issue the permit within 10 working days of a complete, truthful application. A permit is good for one year (8-212, 8-213).
• Code: Mesquite Code of Ordinances, Chapter 8, Article III, §§ 8-195 through 8-230. Municode's version banner reads "VERSION: MAY 4, 2026 (CURRENT)."
• Worth knowing: A resident can post a weatherproof "NO SOLICITORS" card (at least 3 inches by 4 inches, letters at least two-thirds of an inch tall) near the main entrance; a rep must check for it and leave without knocking if it's posted (8-230). Youth organizations such as Scouts and school groups are exempt from Article III entirely, which does not apply to for-profit commercial sales (8-211(d)(3)).
• Read it yourself: Mesquite Code of Ordinances, Chapter 8, Article III — Solicitors, Vendors and Outdoor Sales · Mesquite Code of Ordinances, Appendix D — Comprehensive Fee Schedule, Article XIII, Police · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Is the $35 solicitors license per individual rep, or does one application cover a company's whole team? Does a consumer's 3-business-day right to cancel (8-228) apply to a fiber/utility service contract signed at the door? Is there a separate business/company-level registration on top of each rep's individual permit? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. It is unlawful to act as a peddler in the city without a license from the police department; each individual peddler must have their own license (§ 5-3-3(A)).
• Where it comes from: The Chief of Police / Midland Police Department.
• Fee: $4.00 per license, meant to cover the city's cost of processing the application (§ 5-3-5). A peddler whose goods or services never exceed a $20.00 asking price or donation is exempt from the license and fee entirely (§ 5-3-3(B)).
• Hours you may knock: 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. most of the year; from November 1 through April 1, the cutoff moves earlier, to 7:30 p.m. (§ 5-3-8).
• What the rep carries: The license and the identification badge issued with it, on the rep's person at all times while peddling, and shown on request to anyone solicited or to a police officer (§ 5-3-10(A)).
• What takes the time: A police-department photograph is taken as part of the application, and a statement of any felony or moral-turpitude misdemeanor conviction is required (§ 5-3-4). The chief of police must approve or deny within six days of receipt; if there is no decision by then, the applicant can demand a temporary permit in writing (§ 5-3-6). The license expires six months from issuance and can only be renewed by a new application (§ 5-3-7).
• Code: Midland Municipal Code, Title V, Chapter 5-3 — Peddlers (§ 5-3-1 through § 5-3-15).
• Worth knowing: It is unlawful to ring a doorbell, knock, or otherwise call attention to yourself at a residence displaying a "no peddlers," "no solicitors," or similar sign visible to the public (§ 5-3-9). A revoked license bars reapplying for three months from the revocation date (§ 5-3-11(D)). Maximum fine for a violation is $500 (§ 5-3-13).
• Read it yourself: Midland Municipal Code, Title V, Ch. 5-3 — Peddlers · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether the $4.00 fee and six-day review window are still current, since the chapter dates to a 2004 ordinance; Whether a rep who is denied and reapplies after a correction needs a fresh photograph and background statement. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: No permit, license or registration is required. Chapter 90 defines a peddler as anyone who goes to a residence uninvited "for the primary purpose of attempting to sell a good or service," and "sell" includes orders for future payment or delivery (§ 90-1) — so a rep taking orders for a service is covered by the chapter. But the chapter (as amended by Ordinance No. 2024-65, adopted September 9, 2024) only sets conduct rules: posted-sign rule, noise, street use and daylight-only hours. It sets no application, permit or fee for commercial door-to-door sales.
• Where it comes from: No licensing office — there is nothing to apply for. The chapter is enforced as a Class C misdemeanor (§ 90-4).
• Fee: None. The code establishes no permit, so there is no fee or fee schedule to check.
• Hours you may knock: "True daylight" only — 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset. Peddlers and solicitors may not solicit funds, demonstrate, or sell during the hours of darkness (§ 90-3(2)(e)-(f)).
• What the rep carries: Not published. The chapter sets no badge, ID, or permit-carrying requirement for peddlers or solicitors.
• What takes the time: Not applicable — there is no application or background-check process to complete.
• Code: New Braunfels Code of Ordinances, Chapter 90 — Peddlers, Solicitors, Canvassers, and Mobile Food Units (§ 90-1 through § 90-5), as amended by Ordinance No. 2024-65, § 4-5, adopted 9-9-2024.
• Worth knowing: It is unlawful to solicit on premises with a posted notice such as a "No Solicitors" sign (§ 90-2). No shouting, horns, bells, or sound-amplifying devices to attract attention (§ 90-3(1)); no stationary location, no operating in a congested area, and no selling from a vehicle on a street (§ 90-3(2)). A violation is a strict-liability Class C misdemeanor, fined up to $500 per day (§ 90-4).
• Read it yourself: New Braunfels Code of Ordinances, Ch. 90 — Peddlers, Solicitors, Canvassers, and Mobile Food Units · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether the city's general business-license chapter (Chapter 18) requires anything beyond Chapter 90 for a door-to-door sales operation; Whether the police department keeps any voluntary courtesy-notification registry for door-to-door crews. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. A rep who makes personal contact at a residence to sell a good or service is a "peddler" under the code, and no person may act as a peddler in the city without first getting a permit (§ 4-6-1, § 4-6-9(a)).
• Where it comes from: Application is filed with the city's billing and collection department; the police department investigates and issues the photo-ID permit card (§ 4-6-9(g), (i), (k)).
• Fee: $120.00 per 90 days for a peddler permit (§ 4-6-9(d)(1)). Sales at a set price or requested donation of $20 or less per unit are exempt from the fee, but that carve-out does not fit an ongoing service sale like door-to-door fiber.
• Hours you may knock: 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. — a peddler may not enter another's property outside those hours without an express invitation (§ 4-6-9(m)(5); also § 4-6-6(a)).
• What the rep carries: The police-issued photo identification permit card, worn on the outer clothing or otherwise displayed so it is reasonably visible to anyone approached (§ 4-6-9(k)).
• What takes the time: The police department investigates the truth of the application; the permit must be issued within 24 business hours of a completed application unless the applicant has a disqualifying felony or moral-turpitude misdemeanor conviction within the past seven years or gave false information (§ 4-6-9(g)). A permit runs 5 to 90 days (§ 4-6-9(e)).
• Code: Odessa City Code, Article 4-6 — Peddlers and Itinerant Vendors (§ 4-6-1 through § 4-6-9).
• Worth knowing: It is unlawful to enter property posted with a "no soliciting"/"no solicitors" sign in the front yard or on the door, or to use any entrance but the front or main one (§ 4-6-9(m)(1)-(3)). A permit can be denied for a felony or moral-turpitude misdemeanor conviction within the past seven years (§ 4-6-9(g)(1)-(2)). Violations are a misdemeanor with a fine up to $500, each day a separate offense (§ 4-6-9(o)).
• Read it yourself: Odessa City Code, Art. 4-6 — Peddlers and Itinerant Vendors · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether a multi-rep crew can be permitted and billed together at the billing and collection department, or each rep applies individually; Whether a 90-day fiber blitz that runs longer needs a fresh $120 permit at the 90-day mark. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — an itinerant vendor's license is required before selling, offering for sale, or taking orders for goods or merchandise in the city, including door to door (25-11). The code explicitly carves door-to-door sales out of its property-permission and premises-display rules while still holding it to the license (25-12(10), 25-16(b)).
• Where it comes from: Pasadena Code of Ordinances, Chapter 25 (Peddlers, Solicitors and Itinerant Vendors), Article II (License). The application goes to the building official (25-12).
• Fee: $50.00 for the itinerant vendor's license, plus $5.00 for each additional agent or employee selling under that license — not prorated (25-15(a)).
• Hours you may knock: 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. It is unlawful to sell or solicit between 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., licensed or not (25-18).
• What the rep carries: The license and a city-issued identification card, both carried on the person at all times while selling (25-16(c), 25-21).
• What takes the time: A $1,000.00 surety bond — one bond can cover an applicant's whole team of agents or employees rather than one per person — plus proof of identity at application. A license lasts as long as the sale is continuously held in the city, up to a maximum of 90 days (25-14, 25-13, 25-17).
• Code: Pasadena Code of Ordinances, Chapter 25, §§ 25-1 through 25-27.
• Worth knowing: A resident can post a "No Peddlers Allowed" sign; going onto that property uninvited is a nuisance and a misdemeanor (25-19). Anyone convicted of violating the chapter is barred from getting a license for one year (25-20).
• Read it yourself: Pasadena Code of Ordinances, Chapter 25 — Peddlers, Solicitors and Itinerant Vendors · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Is the $5.00-per-agent add-on fee still current, or has the fee schedule changed since the 2003 ordinance? Does one $1,000 company bond actually cover an entire door-to-door sales team, or does the building official require more per rep in practice? How long does the building official typically take to process an itinerant vendor license application? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a peddler's permit from the city secretary, before any door-to-door selling, soliciting, or taking orders for goods or services (§ 22-1, § 22-4).
• Where it comes from: The Office of the City Secretary.
• Fee: $75.00 per month for the primary permit holder, for a term of up to three months, plus $5.00 per month for each assistant listed on the permit, also up to three months (§ 22-9).
• Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. until one-half hour before sunset. No peddling at all on Sundays except by a specific appointment with, or invitation from, the customer (§ 22-19).
• What the rep carries: The permit (or, for an assistant, a nontransferable identification badge or sticker), attached to the outer clothing and easily recognizable while peddling, shown on request (§ 22-15, § 22-21).
• What takes the time: Fingerprinting and photographing by the Pearland Police Department at the time of application (§ 22-8), a $1,000 bond covering delivery and defects (§ 22-10), and service-of-process paperwork naming the Texas Secretary of State as agent (§ 22-7). The city secretary must issue the permit within a reasonable time, not to exceed ten business days, once everything checks out (§ 22-13).
• Code: Pearland Code of Ordinances, Chapter 22 — Peddlers (§ 22-1 through § 22-26).
• Worth knowing: It is unlawful to enter premises posted "No Peddlers Allowed," "No Solicitations Allowed" or similar words (§ 22-17). The permit is void for peddling from a permanent structure, outdoor display, vacant lot, parked vehicle or public property — the ordinance assumes true door-to-door work (§ 22-2). Two permit revocations within 24 months bars a new permit for a year (§ 22-24).
• Read it yourself: Pearland Code of Ordinances, Ch. 22 — Peddlers · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether the permit can be renewed past the 3-month cap for an ongoing blitz, or whether the crew must reapply and pay again; Whether the $1,000 bond can be a single blanket bond covering the whole crew under one surety. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: No solicitor permit in the current code. Plano repealed its old Article IV — Peddlers, Solicitors, Itinerant Vendors, Carnivals, and Job Placement Activities — on September 27, 2021 and replaced it with Handbills, No Trespassing Signs, Itinerant Vendors, and Carnivals (Ord. No. 2021-9-23). The ordinance says the point was "to remove speech-related solicitation regulations on public and private property" and lean on state law instead. The article now in force has no license or registration for going door to door. What still applies: the No Trespassing sign rule with a fine (11-143, 11-144) and the handbill rules (11-142). The "itinerant vendor" permit that remains is for a temporary business set up on a private lot, not for knocking doors (11-141, 11-145).
• Where it comes from: Code of Ordinances Chapter 11, Article IV. The Plano Police permits page lists alarm permits, metal recyclers and taxicab/limousine permits only; nothing for solicitors.
• Fee: None for door-to-door sales; the code names no permit for it. The only fee in the article is for an itinerant vendor or carnival set up on private property, which is a stand or lot business, not knocking doors (11-145).
• Hours you may knock: The article sets no knocking hours. The only clock times in it are set-up and operating hours for itinerant vendor sites and carnivals (11-145).
• What the rep carries: Nothing city-issued. The code names no badge or permit for door-to-door reps.
• Code: Plano Code of Ordinances Chapter 11, Article IV (11-141 to 11-145). Municode shows the code as codified through Ordinance No. 2025-10-2, adopted October 13, 2025 (Supp. No. 153).
• Worth knowing: It is unlawful to go onto a residential premises uninvited and ring the bell or knock if a no trespass(ing) sign is posted at or near the main entrance; the sign only has to be weatherproof and at least three inches by four inches (11-143). Violations are a misdemeanor with a fine not exceeding $500.00, each day separate, and no proof of mental culpability is required (11-144). Handbills left at a residence must be handed over or secured so they do not blow around, and not left at all where a no trespass(ing) sign is posted (11-142).
• Read it yourself: Plano Code of Ordinances Chapter 11, Article IV · Plano Police Department, Police Permits · City of Plano ordinance repealing and replacing Chapter 11, Article IV (City Council agenda attachment, passed September 27, 2021) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Confirm no registration is needed for for-profit door-to-door sales since Ord. No. 2021-9-23; Does the city enforce any hours for door-to-door sales? Does a No Soliciting sign count the same as a No Trespassing sign under 11-143? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. A rep making personal contact with residents to sell a good or service is a "peddler," and it is unlawful to act as a peddler without an identification card from the police department (§ 28-19, § 28-20).
• Where it comes from: The Round Rock Police Department, 2701 N. Mays Street.
• Fee: $50 flat per permit (per rep), per the city's own solicitor/peddler ID card page. The code itself only says the fee is set by council resolution (§ 28-22).
• Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. — a peddler, solicitor or canvasser may not enter upon another's property outside those hours (§ 28-31(a)(4)).
• What the rep carries: The identification card, worn on the outer clothing so it is visible (§ 28-29).
• What takes the time: The city allows 48 hours to review the application; the code separately gives the city 16 business hours to finish a background investigation before the card must be issued (subject to later revocation) (§ 28-23, § 28-24). The card is valid 90 days from issuance (§ 28-22).
• Code: Round Rock Code of Ordinances, Chapter 28 — Peddlers and Solicitors (§ 28-19 through § 28-32).
• Worth knowing: It is unlawful to remain on property posted with a "no soliciting" or "no solicitors" sign, or to use any entrance but the front/main entrance (§ 28-31(a)(1)-(2)). The city's own page warns some HOAs separately bar door-to-door sales even with a valid card.
• Read it yourself: Round Rock Code of Ordinances, Ch. 28 — Peddlers and Solicitors · City of Round Rock — Solicitor, Peddler and Canvasser Identification Cards · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether the $50 fee is charged per rep even when several reps from the same company apply together; Whether the criminal-history/IdentoGO check can be done in another city and transferred. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — and the category decides the price. A rep taking orders for later delivery is a canvasser; a rep selling goods off his person is a peddler.
• Where it comes from: Applied for through the San Antonio Police Department, then Finance
• Fee: Canvasser $60. Foot peddler $120. Truck peddler $180. A separate background-check fee applies.
• Hours you may knock: No official source stating them was reached.
• What takes the time: The sworn application is filed with the police department at least five days before the first contemplated sale. Police clear the applicant first; only cleared applicants go on to Finance.
• It expires: One year from the date of purchase.
• Code: City Code ch. 16, art. IX
• Worth knowing: Picking the wrong category costs three times the canvasser fee.
• Read it yourself: Peddler application (PDF) · checked 4 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: The permitted hours; The background-check fee; What identification a rep must display. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a "peddler" (someone who makes personal contact with a resident at their residence, without a prior invitation, to sell a good or service) must have a permit before going door to door on private property (13-357, 13-361). A pure canvasser, by contrast, is not required to have a permit (13-361).
• Where it comes from: Waco Code of Ordinances, Chapter 13, Article IX, Division 1 (Prohibited Activities and Outdoor Vending). The application is filed at the city secretary's office, which issues the permit within three business days absent a disqualifying issue (13-362).
• Fee: $25 application fee, due before the city secretary's office begins processing the application. The code itself only says "the city council will set the fee" (13-370); the $25 figure is on the city's own online application form.
• Hours you may knock: One hour after sunrise to one hour before sunset — unless the property owner has posted a different rule (13-364).
• What the rep carries: The permit, worn on the outer clothing or otherwise displayed to be reasonably visible to anyone approached; refusing to show it on request is unlawful (13-367).
• What takes the time: A photograph (at least 2" by 2") or government-issued ID for each rep, date and place of birth, a sworn statement of no disqualifying criminal history (homicide, kidnapping, sexual, assaultive, robbery, felony burglary/theft/fraud/weapons against a person contacted while peddling, public indecency, felony drug offenses), and — for a peddler specifically — the name and address of the company ("principal") and a copy of its Texas sales tax license. The city secretary must issue or deny within three business days (13-362, 13-363).
• Code: Waco Code of Ordinances, Chapter 13, Article IX, Division 1, §§ 13-356 through 13-374.
• Worth knowing: A resident can post a "No Soliciting"/"No Solicitors" sign (front yard, at least 1 square foot, letters at least 2 inches tall) or a door/entranceway sign or sticker — both bar peddlers and canvassers alike, and a rep who enters after seeing one is violating the chapter (13-358). A permit is valid for one year or the requested term, whichever is shorter, and is not transferable between people (13-365, 13-366).
• Read it yourself: Waco Code of Ordinances, Chapter 13, Article IX, Division 1 — Prohibited Activities and Outdoor Vending · City of Waco, Application — Peddler or Door-to-Door Solicitation Permit · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Is $25 still the current application fee, and is it per individual rep or per company? Can a company submit one application covering a whole team's photos/IDs at once, or does each rep apply separately? Does the city secretary's office process applications faster than the 3-business-day maximum during a short blitz? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a certificate, plus a photo ID badge worn on the person.
• Where it comes from: The Licensing Officer, through Provo 311 Customer Service. The ID is verified in person, so a rep goes to the counter even after applying online.
• Fee: $72 per solicitor plus $10 for the identification badge — $82 per rep — per the city’s Consolidated Fee Schedule. This card said $76 until 13 September 2026, quoting a city page that no longer loads.
• Hours you may knock: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mountain, and the section binds a solicitor whether licensed or not (6.09.190).
• What the rep carries: The badge, worn prominently, showing the photograph and the expiry (6.09.110).
• What takes the time: A BCI check dated within 180 days goes in with the application — or an equivalent check from the applicant’s home state if the applicant is not a Utah resident. A complete application gets a same-day answer on a temporary certificate, which lasts up to 25 days while the city decides on the annual one (6.09.080; 6.09.100).
• Code: Provo Code 6.09.060; 6.09.100; 6.09.110; 6.09.190. Current through Ord. 2026-17, passed 9 June 2026.
• Worth knowing: The best-documented city in this set. The full Provo page lists the seven things each rep brings to the counter, including two pieces of paperwork the company can supply instead of each rep.
• Read it yourself: Provo Code 6.09.060 · Consolidated Fee Schedule · City solicitor permit page · checked 13 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Where the badge photograph is taken; Current turnaround on an out-of-state background check. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a city permit, and the ordinance is unusually direct about carrying it while soliciting.
• Where it comes from: Salt Lake City Business Licensing
• Fee: Not published by the city.
• Hours you may knock: No official source stating them was reached.
• What the rep carries: The permit itself, on the person, while engaged in face-to-face solicitation (5.64.130).
• What takes the time: Applicants obtain a BCI report from Utah Criminal Identification and submit it with the application. That queue is the long pole, not the counter visit.
• Code: SLC Code 5.64.130; exemptions at 5.64.150
• Read it yourself: The ordinance · City business licensing · checked 4 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: The fee, and whether it is per company or per rep; The permit term; The permitted hours; How long the BCI report is currently taking. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a certificate.
• Where it comes from: City licensing officer, 435-627-4000
• Fee: Not published by the city.
• Hours you may knock: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mountain (3-2B-19, Ord. 2006-09-003).
• What the rep carries: A city badge, for which the applicant supplies a passport-style photograph (per the city’s checklist).
• What takes the time: A BCI background check dated no more than 180 days before the application. Two documents say slightly different things and the stricter one is the one the counter uses: the code accepts “an original or a copy” (3-2B-2; 3-2B-7.G), while the city’s own application checklist asks for an “Original Background Check … Must include the cover page and seal.” Send the original with its cover page. Last summer’s check will not do either way.
• Code: St. George Code 3-2B-2; 3-2B-6; 3-2B-7; 3-2B-19
• Worth knowing: The checklist wants each applicant listed in the format {Your personal name} @ {Company Name}, and says the application file becomes a public record — though the BCI check itself stays protected.
• Read it yourself: St. George Code 3-2B-6 · St. George Code 3-2B-19 · Residential Solicitation License Checklist (PDF) · checked 6 September 2026, re-read 10 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: The fee; The term; How long the review takes once the BCI check is in. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes — a certificate, and it is separate from Salt Lake City’s next door.
• Where it comes from: Licensing Department, 801-963-3290
• Fee: Not published by the city.
• Hours you may knock: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mountain (17-4-119).
• What the rep carries: The photo badge, displayed prominently while soliciting (17-4-111).
• Code: WVC Code 17-4-106; 17-4-111; 17-4-119 (Ord. 18-24, enacted 19 June 2018)
• Worth knowing: The city publishes no processing time either — only that there are other requirements to meet before the license can be issued. It does state, in its own words, that a Solicitor’s License is only valid inside West Valley City. A Utah badge is not a Utah badge.
• Read it yourself: WVC Code 17-4-106 · Types of business licenses · checked 6 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: The fee; The term; The processing time; What the other requirements are. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. Anyone traveling house to house taking or attempting to take orders for goods, subscriptions or "services to be furnished or performed in the future" is a "canvasser or solicitor" and needs a certificate of registration before working (9-10-21, 9-10-22).
• Where it comes from: Alexandria City Code Title 9, Chapter 10, Article B, Solicitation for Noncharitable Purposes. The application goes to the city police department; the certificate is issued by the chief of police (9-10-23, 9-10-26).
• Fee: $10, paid to the director of finance before the application is even considered, to cover the cost of the police investigation (9-10-24). No separate fee for the certificate itself is stated.
• Hours you may knock: Not published. Article B sets no clock-time or sunset limit on when a canvasser or solicitor may work.
• What the rep carries: The certificate, at all times while soliciting, and it must be shown on request to any householder or law enforcement officer (9-10-30). The certificate itself carries the holder's name and photo, the employer's name, and the issue and expiration dates (9-10-27).
• What takes the time: The applicant is photographed and fingerprinted by the police department (9-10-23(b)-(c)), and the chief of police runs a background investigation before deciding (9-10-25). The certificate is due within 16 days of filing unless denied (9-10-26(a)). A $1,000 surety bond must also be filed with the chief of police before the applicant can work (9-10-29).
• Code: Alexandria City Code 9-10-21 through 9-10-34 (Title 9, Chapter 10, Article B).
• Worth knowing: The certificate is good for one year at most, is not transferable, and automatically expires the moment the holder changes employers, so a rep who switches companies needs a new certificate (9-10-28). A certificate can be denied to anyone with a felony or moral-turpitude conviction, more than one misdemeanor, or a prior conviction for fraud in soliciting (9-10-26(a)).
• Read it yourself: Alexandria City Code Title 9, Chapter 10, Article B · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Are there any locally observed knocking hours even though none are written in Article B? Does the $10 fee cover the full cost, or are there additional fees (bond premium, photo/fingerprint fee) collected at the police department? How is the $1,000 surety bond typically obtained, and can a company file one blanket bond covering its whole sales crew? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes: a door-to-door vendor permit from the Police Department, and every rep needs their own. The code says a separate permit must be obtained by each person, whether or not they are an employee or agent of a business (58-2 b). It covers anyone going from one home to another offering goods or services, or soliciting information related to them (58-2 a).
• Where it comes from: Chesapeake City Code section 58-2, Door-to-door vendors, in Chapter 58, Article I. The Police Department takes the application and issues the permit.
• Fee: $20.00 per applicant, payable to the city police department when the application is filed. It covers administrative and investigation costs and the photograph, and it is not returned if the permit is refused (58-2 c 8). Replacement identification cards are $5.00 (58-2 c 9).
• Hours you may knock: 8:00 a.m. to sunset (58-2 e).
• What the rep carries: The registration or identification card issued with the permit, with the rep's photo and the issue and expiration dates on it. Carry it while selling and show it to anyone who asks (58-2 f).
• What takes the time: The police review. The application gives the rep's criminal record with written consent for the department to pull criminal history, plus two written personal references (58-2 c). If reps take payment or a deposit before final delivery, a bond goes in with the application: $500.00 for one applicant, or a single company bond figured at $400.00 times the number of agents, subject to police approval (58-2 d). The code gives no processing time.
• Code: Chesapeake City Code 58-2 (Code 1970, 21A-02; Ord. of 12-20-83, amended through Ord. No. 24-O-060, 6-11-24). Municode showed the code as "Version: Jun 4, 2026 (current)" on the day checked.
• Worth knowing: The permit comes first: it has to be in hand before the city issues the business license (58-2 h). It runs 12 months from the date of issuance (58-2 e). Selling door to door without one is a class 1 misdemeanor; other violations of the section carry a fine of not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00 (58-2 i). A felony, or a misdemeanor involving fraud, misrepresentation or moral turpitude, is grounds to refuse or revoke (58-2 g).
• Read it yourself: Chesapeake City Code section 58-2, Door-to-door vendors · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: How long does the police review take from application to card? Where is the application filed, and does each rep have to appear in person for the photograph? Is there a No Soliciting sign rule that binds permit holders? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. Anyone who goes house to house or place to place selling or taking orders for goods, merchandise or future services needs a solicitor's permit before working, if payment is demanded, accepted or received in advance of final delivery (31-16, 31-17).
• Where it comes from: Hampton City Code Chapter 31, Article II, issued by the director of public safety (31-36).
• Fee: $20.00 for the permit (31-39). A renewal, for the same 30-day term, costs $4.50 (31-43).
• Hours you may knock: Not published. Chapter 31 sets no clock-time or sunset limit for commercial solicitors.
• What the rep carries: The solicitor's permit, in his possession at all times, and must show it on request to any police officer, purchaser or person being solicited (31-44).
• What takes the time: The applicant is photographed and fingerprinted (31-38), and the director of public safety runs "such investigation as reasonably appears necessary" before issuing (31-40). The permit is good for 30 days only, then must be renewed (31-42).
• Code: Hampton City Code 31-16, 31-17, 31-36 through 31-46 (Chapter 31, Article II, Divisions 1-2).
• Worth knowing: No entry is allowed onto property posted with a sign forbidding solicitors (31-22). Orders must be written up in duplicate, with a copy given to the purchaser (31-20). A permit is denied to anyone convicted of a crime or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, or whose permit was previously revoked (31-40). Article II is titled "Nonresident Commercial Solicitors," but the operative sections apply to any person acting as a solicitor with no residency test given in the definitions read.
• Read it yourself: Hampton City Code Chapter 31, Article II · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Are there set knocking hours in practice even though none are written in Chapter 31? Does the Article II title ("Nonresident Commercial Solicitors") mean residents of Hampton are exempt from the permit? Is a background check beyond fingerprinting and photographing required before the permit is issued? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: No solicitor permit. Newport News used to have one: Chapter 36 of the City Code "pertained to solicitors," and the code's own editor's note says Ord. No. 7417-17, adopted October 10, 2017, repealed it. The chapter now reads Reserved. What is left is the business-license chapter's peddler and itinerant merchant license (23-50), and its definition of a peddler is someone who "shall carry from place to place any goods, wares or merchandise and offer to sell or barter the same" (23-3). A rep taking orders door to door for a service, carrying no goods, is not described by that definition. A separate "direct seller" tax category (23-45) only applies to a seller who lives in the city and whose own annual sales exceed $4,000.00. Confirm with the Commissioner of the Revenue how the city classifies your company.
• Where it comes from: Newport News City Code Chapter 23, Licenses, administered by the Commissioner of the Revenue.
• Fee: If the peddler/itinerant merchant category applies: $325.00 per year (23-50(a)). If the direct-seller category applies and the rep's own sales exceed $4,000.00 a year and the rep lives in the city: $0.20 per $100.00 of retail sales (23-45). No fee for a door-to-door service-sales rep who fits neither category is published.
• Hours you may knock: The code sets no knocking hours. A full-text search of the City Code for solicitor, peddler, canvasser and itinerant found no hours rule, and the chapter that once regulated solicitors (Chapter 36) is repealed.
• What the rep carries: If licensed as a peddler: the license/decal, kept in a convenient place and shown to any police officer or field representative on request (23-9).
• What takes the time: Not published. No background check, fingerprinting or bond for peddlers, itinerant merchants or direct sellers was found in Chapter 23.
• Code: Newport News City Code Chapter 36 (Reserved; repealed by Ord. No. 7417-17); 23-3, 23-9, 23-45, 23-50 (Chapter 23, Licenses); 3-9.
• Worth knowing: Leave-behinds: no commercial handbill may be left on private premises that post "No Trespassing," "No Peddlers or Agents," "No Advertisement" or a similar notice (3-9(b)).
• Read it yourself: Newport News City Code Chapter 23, Licenses · Newport News City Code Chapter 28, Offenses—Miscellaneous · Newport News City Code Chapter 36, Reserved (editor's note) · Newport News City Code 3-9, Distributing handbills on occupied private premises · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does a company rep taking orders door to door for a subscription service (no goods carried) need a peddler license, a business license, both or neither? Since Chapter 36 (Solicitors) was repealed in 2017, does the Police Department still ask door-to-door crews to register or check in? Does the city enforce any hours for residential door-to-door sales? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: No commercial solicitor permit is in the City Code. Chapter 40, Solicitors and Solicitations, has one working article and it covers charitable solicitation only. The "Peddlers Permits" line on the city's Business Permits page (Zoning Department) is the street and sidewalk vendor program: the city's own Vendor Regulations sheet is about pushcarts, stands and mobile vendors vending from a vehicle, not house-to-house sales. What the code does require is a city business license, and it names peddlers and itinerant merchants as needing one even with no fixed place of business (24-25.3).
• Where it comes from: Norfolk City Code Chapter 40 and Chapter 24, Article II-A, Business License Taxes and Fees. Business licenses come from the Commissioner of the Revenue. The city's Business Permits page sends peddler permits to the Zoning Department.
• Fee: The license tax for "itinerant merchants or nonfood peddlers" is $500.00 per year (24-25.9(c)(7)), and the city's Vendor Regulations sheet lists the same figure, "General Vendor - $500.00". State law defines a peddler as someone who carries goods from place to place and sells them (Va. Code 58.1-3717), so whether a rep who only takes orders for a service falls in that class is a question for the Commissioner of the Revenue. There is no solicitor permit fee because there is no solicitor permit.
• Hours you may knock: The code sets no knocking hours for commercial door-to-door sales. A full-text search of the City Code for solicitor, peddler, canvasser, door to door and itinerant found none. The hours on the city's Vendor Regulations sheet are for street vendors.
• What the rep carries: Nothing specified in the chapters read.
• What takes the time: Nothing published: no background check, bond or fingerprinting for door-to-door sellers was found in the chapters read.
• Code: Norfolk City Code 24-25.3, 24-25.9(c)(7) and Chapter 40, Article II (charitable only). Code of Virginia 58.1-3717.
• Read it yourself: Norfolk City Code Chapter 40 · Norfolk City Code Chapter 24, Article II-A · Code of Virginia 58.1-3717 · City of Norfolk Business Permits page · City of Norfolk, Vendor Regulations (revised 10/15/15) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does a rep taking orders door to door for a service (no goods carried) need a city business license as a peddler or itinerant merchant, or nothing? Does the Zoning Department's peddler permit apply to anyone other than street and sidewalk vendors? Does the city enforce any hours for residential door-to-door sales? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: No general door-to-door solicitor permit was found in the Richmond City Code. What the code has is license taxes: a flat license for canvassers who are not salaried or wage employees of a business already licensed in Richmond (26-975), and a peddler's license for anyone carrying goods place to place and selling them (26-986). The one police permit in this area is for a solicitor of orders for books, magazines or periodicals (26-875, 26-975 b).
• Where it comes from: Richmond City Code Chapter 26, Article XV, License Taxes: Division 2, the schedule by business, and Division 1, the general rules. Licenses come from the Department of Finance.
• Fee: Canvassers, $75.00 flat license tax (26-975 a 1). A solicitor of orders for books, magazines or periodicals, $75.00 plus a $35.00 Chief of Police permit (26-975, 26-875 c). A peddler, hawker or huckster on foot, $300.00, paid in one sum and not prorated (26-986 b). A direct seller with total sales over $5,000.00 pays a $30.00 license fee or a tax on sales (26-971). The Department of Finance's BPOL tax page lists the same flat fee, Peddlers $300, and has no canvasser or solicitor line.
• Hours you may knock: Not set for door-to-door sales. The only business hours in the Peddlers article are 7:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. (6-423), and that article defines a peddler as someone carrying goods in a vehicle (6-418).
• What the rep carries: Nothing is named for canvassers. No badge or ID card rule for door-to-door reps was found in the sections read.
• What takes the time: For most crews, only the license application. A books, magazines or periodicals solicitor first needs the Chief of Police permit, which involves evidence of good character and a reasonable investigation by the Chief (26-875 a).
• Code: Richmond City Code 26-869, 26-875, 26-971, 26-975, 26-986; Chapter 6, Article VIII, Peddlers, 6-418 to 6-427. Municode showed the code as "Version: Feb 18, 2026 (current)" on the day checked. The same host lists Ordinance No. 2026-160, adopted 7/27/26, adopting a new City Code, as not yet codified, so section numbers may change.
• Worth knowing: A company with no definite place of business in Richmond must still get a city license if it is classified as an itinerant merchant or peddler (26-869 a 3). The code's Peddlers article points to Virginia's home solicitation sales law, Code of Virginia 59.1-21.1 et seq., as the state rule for sales made at the home. The solicitation limits in Chapter 19 (19-173) are about asking or begging in public places, not knocking on doors.
• Read it yourself: Richmond City Code Chapter 26, Article XV, Division 2 (26-971, 26-975, 26-986) · Richmond City Code Chapter 26, Article XV, Division 1 (26-869, 26-875) · Richmond City Code Chapter 6, Article VIII, Peddlers · City of Richmond Department of Finance, BPOL Tax · Richmond Code of Ordinances, landing page (ordinances not yet codified) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does a for-profit door-to-door crew taking orders for services need any city permit or registration, or only a business license? Which license class does the city put fiber, solar or pest reps in: canvasser, direct seller, or the company's own business license? Are there set hours or a No Soliciting sign rule for residential door-to-door sales? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes: a solicitor permit from the Police Department before anyone sells uninvited at a residence (26-26). The permit holder lists every employee on the application, and each person working under it gets a photo registration or identification card (26-35). The city's form adds that the permit is not valid until the applicant has a business license from the Commissioner of the Revenue.
• Where it comes from: Virginia Beach City Code Chapter 26, Article II, Commercial Solicitations. Apply at the Police Records Unit, Building 11, 2405 Courthouse Drive, using form PD401 from the department's Permits, Record Checks and Fingerprinting page.
• Fee: $40 per the Police Department's form, which says the fee covers the permit, the required background check and the identification card, and is non-refundable. The code builds it from a $20.00 application fee (26-32), a local record check at $ 15.00 (26-33, 27-3) and $5.00 for each identification card (26-35): 20 + 15 + 5 = 40. The department's fee table lists the identification card form PD401-ID at $5.
• Hours you may knock: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. for solicitors, per the Police Department's permit application. Chapter 26 itself sets no hours.
• What the rep carries: The registration or identification card with the rep's photo, carried and prominently displayed while soliciting (26-35 b). Nobody but the permittee may use or wear a permit or badge (26-40).
• What takes the time: The criminal record check. The Police Chief investigates the applicant's record before issuing, and owes a written reason if it runs past fifteen days (26-33). The form wants a signed, notarized PD-150 record request for the applicant and each employee, a letter of conditional hire on company letterhead, and two forms of ID, one a government photo ID. Police take the photo (26-30). The fingerprint and bond sections were repealed in 2016.
• Code: Virginia Beach City Code 26-16 to 26-40 (Ord. No. 1410, 1983; Ord. No. 3480, 2016; Ord. No. 3484, 2017) and 27-3. Municode showed the code as "Version: Jul 21, 2026 (current)" on the day checked.
• Worth knowing: Every permit expires on December 31 of the year it is issued, whenever you bought it (26-36). Knocking at a home with a "No Solicitation" or similar sign is a class three misdemeanor even with a valid permit, class two on a repeat within twelve months (26-26 c). The employer is liable for what the crew does (26-18). Felony, moral turpitude, violent or fraud convictions within seven years are grounds for denial (26-34).
• Read it yourself: Virginia Beach City Code Chapter 26, Peddlers and Solicitors · Virginia Beach City Code Chapter 27, section 27-3 · Virginia Beach Police Department form PD401, Application for Permit · Virginia Beach Police Department: Permits, Record Checks & Fingerprinting · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does each rep pay the full $40, or only the $5 identification card when added to a company permit? How long is the record check running right now? Does a permit bought late in the year still expire December 31? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: No chapter for peddlers, solicitors or canvassers exists in the Bellevue City Code. Title 5, Business Licenses and Regulations, lists only ambulances, dance halls, cabarets, for-hire vehicles, hotels, cable and pawnbrokers — no door-to-door category. The city's own Regulatory Licenses page lists the same set and does not include a peddler or solicitor license either. What does apply is the general business registration required of anyone doing business in the city (4.03.025).
• Where it comes from: Bellevue City Code Chapter 4.03, Tax Administrative Code, administered by the finance department.
• Fee: The code prints $80.00 for the general business registration certificate, and the same section says the director adjusts that fee every January 1 by the cost-of-living change, so the amount charged today is not the printed one (4.03.030). This is not a door-to-door-specific fee — it is the standard registration any business doing more than $4,000 a year of business in the city must carry, per the threshold effective January 1, 2026 (4.03.025). There is no solicitor fee because there is no solicitor license.
• Hours you may knock: Not published. No chapter of the Bellevue City Code sets knocking hours for commercial door-to-door sales; the only "Soliciting" section found (BCC 3.43.280) governs selling inside city parks, a different question.
• What the rep carries: Not published. No badge, permit or ID requirement for door-to-door sales was found.
• What takes the time: Not published. The general business registration (4.03.025-.030) has no background check, fingerprinting or waiting period; it is filed with the finance department.
• Code: Bellevue City Code 4.03.025, 4.03.030 (Chapter 4.03, Tax Administrative Code). Title 5, Business Licenses and Regulations, checked and contains no peddler/solicitor chapter.
• Read it yourself: Bellevue City Code Title 5, Business Licenses and Regulations · City of Bellevue, Regulatory Licenses · Bellevue City Code 4.03.025 and 4.03.030 · Bellevue City Code 3.43.280, Soliciting (parks) · Bellevue City Code Title 10, Chapter 10.06, Miscellaneous Offenses (checked; no solicitation section) · Bellevue City Code Title 9, Health and Safety (chapter list checked) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Is there any police-administered solicitor or canvasser registration outside the municipal code that a door-to-door sales crew must complete? Are there set knocking hours in practice even though none are written in the code? What the general business registration fee is this year after the annual adjustment (the code prints $80.00), and whether it is per company or per rep. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. Anyone who sells or offers to sell services, goods or merchandise at retail by going house to house, place to place, or by indiscriminately approaching individuals is a "solicitor" and needs a license before working (5.07.010, 5.07.020).
• Where it comes from: Kent City Code Chapter 5.07, Solicitors. The application goes to the finance director; the chief of police investigates and approves (5.07.040, 5.07.060, 5.07.070).
• Fee: $10 per calendar year for the company's master solicitor license, plus $2 per calendar year for each individual solicitor listed and certified under that master license — or $5 per calendar year for a solicitor who is not certified under a master license (5.07.030).
• Hours you may knock: Not published. Chapter 5.07 sets no clock-time or sunset limit on when a licensed solicitor may work.
• What the rep carries: The solicitor's license, at all times while soliciting or canvassing, and must show it on request to any police officer or person solicited (5.07.080).
• What takes the time: The chief of police reviews each application for a criminal record, verifies the employer and the applicant's credentials, and confirms the enterprise is lawful before the license issues; no license is issued until that investigation is complete (5.07.060, 5.07.070).
• Code: Kent City Code 5.07.010 through 5.07.130 (Chapter 5.07, Solicitors).
• Worth knowing: The license expires December 31 of the year it was issued, regardless of issue date, so a license bought late in the year still expires that December (5.07.070). Orders must be written up in duplicate, showing the solicitor's name and license number as it appears on the license, with a copy given to the purchaser (5.07.100). A retail installment sale solicited away from the seller's business address can be canceled by the buyer up to midnight of the third day after signing (5.07.120).
• Read it yourself: Kent City Code Chapter 5.07, Solicitors · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Are there set knocking hours in practice even though none are written in Chapter 5.07? How long does the chief of police's investigation typically take before a license is issued? Can one master solicitor's license application cover a whole sales crew, with agents added or removed during the year? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. The company takes out a residential sales license, then gets a residential seller’s agent identification for each rep (6.260.040, 6.260.090). A rep working on behalf of a licensee does not need a separate license of their own (6.260.040(C)). “Residential seller” includes anyone who contacts people at home to sell or to set appointments for a future sale of goods or services (6.260.010).
• Where it comes from: City of Seattle regulatory licensing. The code names “the Director,” and the bond is filed with the City Clerk (6.260.060). The city’s Business Regulations page lists the license.
• Fee: Annual, per the License Fee Ordinance: residential seller $163; residential seller having one or more employees $237; residential seller’s agent card $53 (6.204.030). The company license plus one agent card per rep. The city’s page shows the same $237 and $53 and says half-year licenses are available.
• Hours you may knock: Eight in the morning to nine at night. It is unlawful to “sell before eight (8:00) a.m. or after nine (9:00) p.m. of any day” without the buyer’s specific prior consent (6.260.050(C)).
• What the rep carries: The license or agent license, displayed conspicuously on outer clothing while selling (6.260.100). On contact the rep must at once give their name, company and the product or service, and leave immediately if asked (6.260.110).
• What takes the time: The surety bond and the criminal record check. The bond names the licensee and all agents; the Director sets the amount by assessing risk to the public, so the code gives no figure (6.260.060). The application includes a criminal record check (6.260.070). No processing time is published.
• Code: Seattle Municipal Code Chapter 6.260 (Residential Sales); fees at 6.204.030 (Ord. 125449, 2017). Municode shows the version dated Jul 15, 2026 as current.
• Worth knowing: Licenses and agent licenses all expire May 31 (6.260.030). The license is good only for the product or service endorsed on it (6.260.080). A “no peddlers” or “no solicitors” sign bars the attempt unless the occupant invites it (6.260.050(D)). Every sale of $10.00 or more needs a signed receipt with the city’s three-business-day Notice of Cancellation form attached (6.260.120). Exempt from the license: an agent acting as a peddler on behalf of a regulated utility, and orders filled from outside Washington State (6.260.040(D), (E)).
• Read it yourself: Seattle Municipal Code Chapter 6.260, Residential Sales · Seattle Municipal Code 6.204.030, Residential sellers (fees) · City of Seattle, Business Regulations · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: What bond amount will the Director set for our product, and what bond form do you accept? How is the criminal record check done for out-of-state reps, and who pays for it? How long from application to agent cards in hand? Does our service count as a “regulated utility” under 6.260.040(D)? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. A business registered with the city must also get a separate "itinerant vendor" permit when a person "travels from door to door as the principal means of conducting business" selling any goods, merchandise, service or product (10.40.010). The permit rides on the business registration, so it is per business, not a badge per rep.
• Where it comes from: Spokane Municipal Code 10.40.010. Issued by the City of Spokane Office of Taxes and Licenses, 808 W Spokane Falls Blvd. The city's Business Licenses page links the application and says to apply online through Accela Citizen Access.
• Fee: The city's application form says "No Fee with Proof of Business Registration." The cost is the business registration itself: the code sets the regular and the nonresident registration at $131 per twelve-month period from January 1, 2024, plus a per-person personnel fee, and allows a yearly CPI adjustment (08.02.0206). Confirm this year's figure with Taxes and Licenses.
• Hours you may knock: Not published. Chapter 10.40 sets no knocking hours. The old solicitation section in the penal code, 10.10.027, shows as repealed.
• What the rep carries: A copy of the city license, on the person, shown to anyone who asks (10.40.060).
• What takes the time: Applications must be filed at least three business days before issuance (10.40.030). No background check, fingerprinting or bond appears in the chapter.
• Code: Spokane Municipal Code 10.40.010, 10.40.025, 10.40.030, 10.40.060 and 08.02.0206. Section 10.40.010 shows Ordinance C36863, effective June 10, 2026.
• Worth knowing: A rep must move from a spot next to a residence when asked by someone in charge of it, and may not stand on a public way more than ten minutes in one place (10.40.060). Working without the permit is a civil infraction, each day a separate violation (10.40.025).
• Read it yourself: Spokane Municipal Code 10.40.010 · Spokane Municipal Code 10.40.030 · Spokane Municipal Code 10.40.060 · Spokane Municipal Code 10.40.025 · Spokane Municipal Code 08.02.0206 · Spokane Municipal Code 10.10.027 · City of Spokane Itinerant Vendor Application · City of Spokane Business Licenses page · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: What is the business registration fee this year after the CPI adjustment? Does each rep need a copy of the permit, or one per crew? Does the city enforce any knocking hours for door-to-door sales? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. A door-to-door soliciting license, per person, with a city photo ID card. It is unlawful to solicit door to door without it (6B.170.010), and "soliciting" covers offering goods or services for sale from place to place, including alarm monitoring and subscriptions (6B.170.020). The employer is responsible for licensing every rep (6B.170.070).
• Where it comes from: Tacoma Municipal Code Chapter 6B.170, Sales – Door-To-Door Soliciting. Issued by the Finance Department, Tax & License Division, 747 Market St #220, with Police Department review. The city's Door to Door Soliciting page links the application.
• Fee: $90 per license for a six-month term (6B.170.030). The city's License Fees page lists the same $90. The city's guide also lists a city business license if the rep is a subcontractor; that cost is separate.
• Hours you may knock: Not published. Chapter 6B.170 sets no knocking hours.
• What the rep carries: The city-issued door-to-door soliciting identification card, on the person, shown on request to a resident or public official (6B.170.050).
• What takes the time: Fingerprinting for a state and federal criminal background check on the first application and at least every four years, plus a full-face photo (6B.170.060). All licenses must be obtained ten days before soliciting starts (6B.170.070); the city page says the application must be in at least ten business days ahead. Groups of 4 or more are told to call ahead to apply together.
• Code: Tacoma Municipal Code 6B.170.010 to 6B.170.070. Latest amendment shown on the chapter: Ord. 29045, 2025-07-01.
• Worth knowing: The Director may deny a license for a felony conviction within seven years or certain misdemeanors within three years (6B.170.065). Exempt: people holding a Washington state license that itself required fingerprinting and a background check, for the service being sold (6B.170.040).
• Read it yourself: Tacoma Municipal Code Chapter 6B.170 · City of Tacoma Door to Door Soliciting page · City of Tacoma Business License Fees page · City of Tacoma guide: Sales, Door-to-Door Soliciting · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Are there set hours for door-to-door sales, or a no-soliciting sign rule, outside Chapter 6B.170? How long is the police review running right now? Does each rep also need a city business license, or only subcontractors? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________

• The answer: Yes. A solicitor/peddler permit and license, per person. It is unlawful for any peddler, solicitor or canvasser to work in the city without one (5.50.010), and "solicitor" covers taking orders house to house for goods or for services to be performed later (5.50.020). The city says each rep applies individually, and the company hiring them must hold a city business license.
• Where it comes from: Vancouver Municipal Code Chapter 5.50, Peddlers, Solicitors and Canvassers. The code routes the application through the city clerk with a police chief investigation (5.50.040, 5.50.050); today the city's special licenses page sends the 2026 application to City of Vancouver Business Licensing at City Hall, 415 W 6th St.
• Fee: For 2026 the city charges $20.56 per person for a first-time license and $71.96 for a renewal, nonrefundable. The code's base figures are a $20.00 registration fee that counts as the first year's license fee (5.50.040) and $70.00 per year (5.50.060), both raised every January 1.
• Hours you may knock: Not published. Chapter 5.50 sets no knocking hours.
• What the rep carries: The license, which carries the rep's photograph and signature (5.50.050), shown at the request of any citizen (5.50.070).
• What takes the time: A criminal background check run by the city by email, two 2 x 2 passport-quality photos taken within 60 days, and a police chief investigation before the permit issues (5.50.050). The code also asks for fingerprints and two character references (5.50.040). No processing time is published.
• Code: Vancouver Municipal Code 5.50.010 to 5.50.140. Fee sections last amended by Ord. M-4482, 2024.
• Worth knowing: Every annual license expires December 31 of the year issued, whenever it was bought (5.50.120). The company must hold an active city business license before its reps solicit, per the application form.
• Read it yourself: Vancouver Municipal Code Chapter 5.50 · City of Vancouver Business and Special Licenses page · 2026 Solicitor/Peddler Permit/License Application · checked 19 September 2026