Arvada, Colorado: door-to-door solicitor permit

• 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 ______________