Burnsville, Minnesota: door-to-door solicitor permit

• The answer: Yes — registration with the police department, one per person: every solicitor and everyone working for or assisting a registrant registers separately (3-4-2, 3-4-11). The code defines a solicitor as someone going door to door taking orders for goods, wares or merchandise for future delivery (3-4-1); the city's permit page describes a solicitor as taking orders for goods/services delivered on a later date.
• Where it comes from: The Burnsville Police Department, which issues a registration card after a criminal history background check (3-4-4, 3-4-7). Applications are online, linked from the city's Solicitors, Peddlers, Transient Merchants & Mobile Vendors page.
• Fee: $126 registration fee, per the city's 2026 Fees & Charges schedule and its solicitor FAQ, which calls it an annual fee. It is not refunded if registration is denied (3-4-5). Solicitors taking orders for goods shipped from out of state, not bought by the solicitor first, are exempt from the fee (3-4-5).
• Hours you may knock: No entering a home to sell from half an hour after sundown, but no later than 8:00 P.M., until 9:00 A.M. the next day, unless the owner or occupant expressly invited you (3-4-9).
• What the rep carries: Identification worn conspicuously showing the rep's name and the company (3-4-8). The city's page says it must be City-issued identification, visible at all times.
• What takes the time: A sworn statement with a 2x2 color photo, a criminal history background check authorization, and the last two cities worked; the card issues only after the investigation clears the registrant and everyone working for them (3-4-4, 3-4-6, 3-4-7). No processing time is published.
• Code: Burnsville City Code, Title 3 — Business Regulations, Chapter 3-4 — Peddlers; Solicitors; Transient Merchants (3-4-1 to 3-4-13), on the city's municipalcodeonline.com host, which shows no codified-through date.
• Worth knowing: No entering premises with a "Peddlers Or Solicitors Prohibited" sign or similar, and no staying when told to leave (3-4-9). Registrations run by calendar year and expire December 31 (3-4-10).
• Read it yourself: Burnsville City Code, Chapter 3-4 — Peddlers; Solicitors; Transient Merchants · City of Burnsville — Solicitors, Peddlers, Transient Merchants & Mobile Vendors · City of Burnsville FAQ — How do I get a Solicitor's Permit? · City of Burnsville — 2026 Budget, Fees & Charges Schedules (PDF) · checked 23 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down:

• How many business days the police background check usually takes
• Whether a rep selling internet or other services, not goods, falls under the solicitor registration
• Whether the police issue the City identification or the company supplies it

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