Glendale, Arizona: door-to-door solicitor permit

• The answer: Yes — a special regulatory license, for the rep and for the company. Both “peddler or solicitor” and “peddler or solicitor business” are on the list in 21-2, and taking orders place to place for future services is in the definition (21-1). Each rep also gets a city photo identification card (21-42(a)).
• Where it comes from: The Tax and License Division, Licensing Office, 5850 West Glendale Avenue. The city posts a Peddler Solicitor Individual Packet and a Peddler Solicitor Business Packet.
• Fee: Not published. The code says application and license fees “shall be set by resolution” and adds a fingerprint processing charge set by administrative order (21-22). Neither application packet prints a dollar amount, and the city's Business Licenses, Application Packets and Instructions pages print no special regulatory fee. The code's only fee appendix is a community development schedule with no licensing fees. Application and fingerprinting fees are nonrefundable (21-22(c)).
• Hours you may knock: Chapter 21 sets no knocking hours for peddlers or solicitors. Nothing in 21-1 to 21-47 gives a start or stop time.
• What the rep carries: The special regulatory license on the rep’s person (21-27) and a valid peddler or solicitor identification card with a current photo, shown on request to a customer, police officer or licensing official (21-42(a)).
• What takes the time: A full set of fingerprints for a state and federal criminal records check (21-22(b)), taken at an outside fingerprinting agency per the packet, plus an in-person photo at the Tax and License Division for the ID card. The applicant must be at least 18 per the packet. The code sets no number of days.
• Code: Glendale City Code Chapter 21, Article I, Special Regulatory Licenses: 21-1, 21-2, 21-21 to 21-27, 21-42, 21-43. Municode shows the version dated May 21, 2026 as current.
• Worth knowing: Everything expires December 31 and must be renewed by January 31, license and ID card both (21-23, 21-42). Working unlicensed adds a penalty of fifty percent of the annual license fee (21-23(c)). The company may not let an employee or contractor work until that person has shown it a valid license and ID card, and must re-verify by January 31 each year (21-43).
• Read it yourself: Glendale City Code Chapter 21, Article I · City of Glendale Regulatory Applications and Forms · Peddler Solicitor Individual Packet · Glendale City Code, Appendix B (fee schedule, no licensing fees) · City of Glendale, Application Packets · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: The application fee, the annual license fee and the fingerprint fee for a peddler or solicitor, individual and business; How long the background check is taking right now; Whether the city enforces any knocking hours or a no-soliciting sign rule outside Chapter 21. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________