Flagstaff, Arizona: door-to-door solicitor permit

• The answer: Yes — a city business license, plus a separate transient merchant approval for the dates, times and areas you will work (3-01-001-0005). A solicitor is anyone who goes uninvited from residence to residence offering to sell any service or goods, and solicitors are transient merchants (3-01-001-0001). A single business license may be issued to a transient merchant, subject to approval of the dates, times and areas of business (3-01-001-0002(B)).
• Where it comes from: The City's License Administrator, designated by the City Manager (3-01-001-0001); the fee sits with the Management Services Division (3-10-001-0008).
• Fee: Business license – annual $8; renewal $8; transient merchant approval $0 (3-10-001-0008). Operating without a license adds a failure-to-obtain penalty of 50% of the fee, plus the fee for each year or part of a year worked unlicensed (3-01-001-0006(C), 3-10-001-0008).
• Hours you may knock: No ringing a doorbell or knocking in the course of business before 8:00 a.m. or after 8:00 p.m. (3-01-001-0010(B)).
• What the rep carries: A copy of the transient merchant approval referencing the business license, kept on hand and shown on request of the City, a law enforcement officer or any citizen (3-01-001-0008).
• What takes the time: The supplementary information — the specific days and locations, and a photo ID card of the license holder — must be filed at least one business day before working (3-01-001-0005). The application asks whether the applicant was convicted of any crime other than a petty offense in the past five years (3-01-001-0004(A)(7)). No processing time is published.
• Code: Flagstaff City Code, Title 3, Chapter 3-01 — Business License Regulations (3-01-001-0001 to 3-01-001-0013), and Chapter 3-10 — User Fees (3-10-001-0008, last amended by Ord. 2026-11, 05/19/2026). The Code Publishing host shows no currency statement.
• Worth knowing: No knocking at any building posted "no peddlers," "no solicitors" or similar wording (3-01-001-0010(A)). The license runs one year from the first day of the month you start (3-01-001-0006(A)).
• Read it yourself: Flagstaff City Code, Chapter 3-01 — Business License Regulations · Flagstaff City Code, Chapter 3-10 — User Fees (3-10-001-0008 License Fees) · checked 22 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down:

• Whether each rep needs his or her own business license, or the company's single license covers every rep
• Whether the transient merchant approval must list every rep by name
• How long the license and the transient merchant approval take to issue

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