Clovis, 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: Partly found. Clovis' code has no dedicated peddler, canvasser or door-to-door solicitor permit chapter — Chapter 5.25 (Solicitation) only bars aggressive/abusive solicitation, median solicitation without a permit, and ignoring a posted "No Soliciting" sign. Every business operating in the city, including a door-to-door sales rep, still needs the City's general Business Registration, and the city's own Business Licenses page says businesses doing "mobile and/or street vending" must get Police Department clearance before that registration is completed.
• Where it comes from: Clovis Municipal Code Chapter 5.25 (Solicitation) for the sign and conduct rules; Business Registration is handled by the Finance Department, with Police Department clearance required first for mobile/street vending businesses.
• Fee: No solicitor-specific fee is published. The general Business Registration fee is based on estimated gross receipts, with a minimum of $76 for a qualifying home-based business under $5,000 in gross receipts, per the city's Business Licenses page — not a per-rep solicitor fee, and no separate police-clearance fee for vending businesses was found.
• Hours you may knock: Not published. Chapter 5.25 sets no knocking-hours restriction for door-to-door solicitation.
• What the rep carries: Not published — no ID-card or badge requirement was found for commercial door-to-door solicitation specifically.
• What takes the time: Not published in the code. The city's own page says businesses involving "mobile and/or street vending" must contact the Police Department and obtain clearance before completing the Business Registration application, but does not describe what that clearance process involves.
• Code: Clovis Municipal Code Chapter 5.25, §§ 5.25.01–5.25.08 (Solicitation).
• Worth knowing: A posted "No Soliciting" sign bars hawking goods, services or merchandise at that house, and a sign prohibiting either soliciting or peddling is read to prohibit both (5.25.03).
• Read it yourself: Clovis Municipal Code Chapter 5.25 Solicitation · City of Clovis Business Licenses · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether a door-to-door sales rep counts as "mobile and/or street vending" and needs Police Department clearance before Business Registration; The cost and turnaround time of that Police Department clearance if it applies; Whether there are any knocking-hours rules for door-to-door solicitation. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________