Denver, Colorado: door-to-door solicitor permit

• The answer: Yes — a peddler’s license, and every rep gets their own. Door-to-door selling is named in the definition of “peddler,” whether or not anything is delivered at the time of sale (47-16), and a rep working for a company “shall individually obtain a peddler’s license” (47-17(a), 47-26). Selling only to business accounts is not peddling (47-16(b)(2)).
• Where it comes from: The Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection, 201 W. Colfax Ave., Dept. 206. Applications go through Denver’s online Permitting and Licensing Center.
• Fee: The city’s new-application page lists the license fee as $50. The code sets a $25.00 application fee plus the yearly peddler license fee (32-101). The city page shows the $25 application fee and a $16.50 fingerprint fee under the peddler sponsor heading, so confirm what a standard adult rep is charged at checkout. The state CBI background check is bought separately.
• Hours you may knock: No door-to-door sales at residences from one-half hour after sunset until 8:00 a.m. the next day (47-18(d)).
• What the rep carries: The license card, attached to clothing and visible to the public whenever peddling, and shown on demand to an inspector, an officer or the person being solicited (47-32). The city says the badge goes on the outermost clothing and the emailed license, or a clear picture of it, is carried too.
• What takes the time: A CBI background check completed within the past seven days, a government ID, a headshot that meets badging criteria, and the city’s criminal history form. The city says it tries to do an initial review within seven business days, longer if police review is needed. On approval the rep gets a temporary badge valid for 10 calendar days while the permanent badge is mailed. A rep must be 18 (47-29(a)(1)).
• Code: Denver Revised Municipal Code Chapter 47, Article II, Peddlers, 47-16 to 47-32, and fees at 32-101. Municode shows the version dated Aug 17, 2026 as current.
• Worth knowing: A posted sign or any visible indication that solicitation is not wanted is binding, and so is being told to leave (47-18(c)). For anything delivered later, the rep must hand over a signed written receipt with name, address, phone, description, delivery date, amount paid and balance due (47-18(b)). Licenses renew yearly.
• Read it yourself: Denver Revised Municipal Code Chapter 47, Article II · Denver Revised Municipal Code 32-101, Peddlers (fees) · City and County of Denver, New peddler application · City and County of Denver, Peddler guidelines · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether a standard adult peddler pays the $25.00 application fee and the $16.50 fingerprint fee, or only the $50 license fee; How long police review is adding right now; Whether the two character reference forms named in the guidelines are still required in the online application. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________