Apple Valley, California: door-to-door solicitor permit

• The answer: No separate solicitor permit — a Town business license. Peddling or hawking with immediate delivery is prohibited and no license is issued for it; businesses holding a valid Town business license may solicit orders for later delivery (5.02.260). Anyone working for the business without a W-2 from it is treated as an independent business and must get their own Town business license (5.02.010).
• Where it comes from: The Town Treasurer issues the license (5.02.140). The Town page links online applications and renewals through HdL; Town Hall is at (760) 240-7000.
• Fee: Set by the number of employees: $50.00 per year for 0-5, $75.00 for 6-10, $100.00 for 11-15, $150.00 for 16-20, and $200.00 for 21 or more (5.02.250). The Town page shows the same $50 to $200 steps. The code revises all license fees each January 1 by a federal price index (5.02.170).
• Hours you may knock: The code sets no knocking hours.
• What the rep carries: A license holder not operating at a fixed place in the Town keeps the original license on their person at all times while conducting business, and a copy in each vehicle used in the Town (5.02.200).
• What takes the time: The code sets no background check for door-to-door sales. No processing time is published.
• Code: Apple Valley Municipal Code, Title 5, Chapter 5.02 — Business Licenses (5.02.010, 5.02.250, 5.02.260). Municode shows the code codified through Ordinance No. 575, adopted January 27, 2026 (Supp. No. 19, Update 1).
• Worth knowing: The code's "solicitor" definition is the immediate-delivery seller (hawker), which is the banned activity; order-taking for later delivery is what a licensed business may do (5.02.010, 5.02.260). No soliciting by harassing or menacing anyone on a street, sidewalk or other place open to the public (11.20.085).
• Read it yourself: Apple Valley Municipal Code, Chapter 5.02 — Business Licenses · Apple Valley Municipal Code, Chapter 11.20 — Trespassing and Loitering · Town of Apple Valley — Business License · Apple Valley Code of Ordinances — landing page · checked 22 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down:

• Whether each 1099 door-to-door rep needs their own Town business license, and at which fee step
• Whether a rep carrying a copy of the company's license satisfies 5.02.200, or each rep needs an original
• Whether door-to-door sales of services (not goods) for later performance count as soliciting orders under 5.02.260

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