Flint, Michigan: 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: Not confirmed. The City Clerk's Licensing Division issues a peddler license — it is on the city's FY27 Master Fee Schedule — but the code chapter that says who counts as a peddler, and whether door-to-door order-taking needs the license, could not be read: the city's code host blocked automated reading. For the full list of questions, use the City Clerk Call Sheet.
• Where it comes from: The Licensing Division of the Flint City Clerk's Office, 1101 S. Saginaw St., 2nd Floor, 201-C. The city's Licensing page says a business license applicant must come in person for the first application, with identification.
• Fee: The FY27 Master Fee Schedule (City Clerk, Licensing) lists Peddler Processing Fee $15.00 and Peddler Yearly $191.00. The 6-month, 3-month, 1-month and daily peddler lines are also each $191.00. Peddler w/ Vehicle is $248.00. The schedule does not say whether the fee is per rep or per company.
• Hours you may knock: Not read. The code chapter was blocked, and the city's Licensing page does not list door-to-door hours.
• What the rep carries: Not read. The code chapter was blocked.
• What takes the time: Not read from the code. The Licensing page says the first application is made in person at the Licensing Division, with identification, and that all licenses are annual and renewed each year.
• Code: Flint Code of Ordinances, hosted on American Legal Publishing (linked from the city's Charter and Code page). The peddler chapter and section numbers were not read.
• Worth knowing: The Licensing page says license years run January 1 through December 31, or May 1 through April 30 of the following year, depending on the license.
• Read it yourself: City of Flint Master Fee Schedule (FY27), adopted (PDF) · City of Flint — Licensing · City of Flint — City Charter and Code of Ordinances · checked 22 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down:

• Whether a door-to-door rep taking orders for a service (such as fiber internet) needs the peddler license, and whether it is per rep or per company
• Why the yearly, 6-month, 3-month, 1-month and daily peddler lines are all $191.00, and which one a sales team should buy
• What hours door-to-door sales are allowed, and the code section
• Whether a background check, fingerprints or a badge are required, and how long approval takes

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