Aurora, Colorado: door-to-door solicitor permit

• 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 ______________