Carson, California: door-to-door solicitor permit

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 plus a regulatory permit. The city's Schedule of Regulatory Permit Fees lists "Solicitor" and "Principal Solicitor" among the business types requiring a permit, both under Carson Municipal Code sections 63148 to 63148.6. The code text itself could not be read.
• Where it comes from: The City of Carson Revenue Division (Business License Division), Finance Department. When a regulatory permit is required, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department License Detail form is completed and attached to the business license application.
• Fee: The permit fee column shows 50.00 for Solicitor and 50.00 for Principal Solicitor (63148-63148.6). That is on top of the business license, whose tax was not read. Permits renew every year with the business license; a permit not renewed within 2 months of the license expiration date draws a 50% penalty.
• Hours you may knock: Not read. The municipal code (codepublishing.com and eCode360) blocked the reader, and the city's own pages publish no knocking hours.
• What the rep carries: Not published on the pages that could be read.
• What takes the time: The Sheriff's Department License Detail form goes with the application; the city's pages publish no processing time or background-check rule for solicitors.
• Code: Carson Municipal Code, sections 63148 to 63148.6 (Solicitor, Principal Solicitor), per the city's Schedule of Regulatory Permit Fees. Charitable solicitation is separate (63148.7-63148.28).
• Read it yourself: City of Carson — Schedule of Permit Fees · City of Carson — Business License (Revenue Division) · checked 21 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down:

• Whether each rep needs a Solicitor permit and the company a Principal Solicitor permit, or only one of them
• The business license tax for a door-to-door sales company on top of the 50.00 permit fee
• What hours sections 63148 to 63148.6 allow for knocking, and whether reps must carry an ID card
• How long the Sheriff's Department review takes

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