Eagan, Minnesota: door-to-door solicitor permit

• The answer: Yes — a city permit, carried by the rep and not transferable (6.36, Subd. 5.A, Subd. 7). A solicitor is anyone going door to door taking orders for goods, merchandise, subscriptions or services for future delivery (6.36, Subd. 3.A). The city's licensing page calls it a Solicitor-Peddler Permit.
• Where it comes from: The city clerk. The clerk sends the application to the chief of police for an investigation and background check, then issues the permit (6.36, Subd. 5.D). Applications are filed online through the city's permit portal, linked from the Licenses & Permits page.
• Fee: $100, non-refundable, per application, per the city's licensing page; the 2026 fee schedule lists Solicitor/peddler/transient merchant at 100.00. The code sets the fee by council resolution (6.36, Subd. 5.C).
• Hours you may knock: No sales activity between 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. (6.36, Subd. 4.I).
• What the rep carries: The permit, shown to any resident or police officer on demand (6.36, Subd. 5.A, Subd. 4.F; 6.05). No badge requirement appears in the section.
• What takes the time: A police investigation with background checks; the permit may issue when the investigation is done or within seven business days of application, whichever is earlier (6.36, Subd. 5.D.1). The application needs a color copy of both sides of a state-issued ID, per the licensing page. A conviction in the past five years for theft, fraud or similar offenses, or more than three complaints in five years, blocks the permit (6.36, Subd. 5.G).
• Code: Eagan City Code, Chapter 6 — Other Business Regulation and Licensing (6.36 Solicitors; 6.05 Carrying or posting). Municode shows the code codified through Ordinance No. 641, 2nd series, enacted December 16, 2025 (Supp. No. 42).
• Worth knowing: No entering property marked with a sign at least four inches by four inches, in print of at least 48 point, saying "No Peddlers, Solicitors or Transient Merchants" or similar (6.36, Subd. 9), and no entering any home showing a sign that prohibits solicitation (6.36, Subd. 4.C). The permit is valid for 364 days (6.36, Subd. 5.E). No claiming the city endorses you because it issued a permit (6.36, Subd. 4.K).
• Read it yourself: Eagan City Code 6.36 — Solicitors · Eagan City Code 6.05 — Carrying or posting · Eagan Code of Ordinances — landing page · City of Eagan — Licenses & Permits (Door-to-door Soliciting License) · City of Eagan — 2026 Fee Schedule, amended 3.17.26 (PDF) · checked 23 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down:

• Whether the $100 is per rep or can cover a company's whole team
• Whether the city issues an ID badge with the permit or only the permit document

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