Hesperia, California: door-to-door solicitor permit

• The answer: Yes — a business license for peddling or soliciting (5.24.010). The code's "peddling" includes selling merchandise or services from door to door, and "soliciting" means asking people to pay in return for goods or services delivered now or in the future (1.04.050). The city's application form lists the applicant, partners and every other person who will solicit or peddle.
• Where it comes from: Hesperia Municipal Code Chapter 5.24, Peddling, Soliciting and Hawking. Applications go to Building & Safety at City Hall, 9700 Seventh Ave, (760) 947-1311, per the city's Business Center page, which posts the Application for Peddlers License.
• Fee: The City-Wide Fee Schedule for Fiscal Year 2025-26 has no separate peddler or solicitor line. Its Business License section lists: Business License Fee (annual) $50; Administration Fee, New License, $221; Senate Bill 1186 Accessibility Fee $4 per license; and "Department of Justice Review/Process" at current San Bernardino County cost. The schedule does not say whether a crew pays per company or per rep. Veterans and 501(c)(3) organizations are exempt from license fees (5.24.020).
• Hours you may knock: Daylight hours only, and only on the dates written on the license (5.24.050). The code gives no clock times.
• What the rep carries: Chapter 5.24 names no badge or ID. The license itself lists the dates it covers (5.24.050).
• What takes the time: A valid LiveScan clearance from the Department of Justice, prepared within the last 30 days, is required of all applicants (5.24.040(E)). The application also needs a copy of the state sales tax permit, a description of everything to be sold, and the locations, dates and times (5.24.030). The code gives no processing deadline.
• Code: Hesperia Municipal Code 5.24.010 to 5.24.060 (Ord. No. 2019-10, adopted August 20, 2019, which replaced the former chapter in its entirety) and the definitions in 1.04.050, read on Municode.
• Worth knowing: Hawking — drawing attention to goods for sale with displays, signs, horns or signals — is prohibited outright (5.24.060, 1.04.050). The application must state where and when the crew will work, and the license is limited to those dates (5.24.030, 5.24.050).
• Read it yourself: Hesperia Municipal Code Chapter 5.24, Peddling, Soliciting and Hawking · Hesperia Municipal Code 1.04.050 Definitions · City of Hesperia City-Wide Fee Schedule, Fiscal Year 2025-26 · City of Hesperia Application for Peddlers License / Ice Cream and Catering Trucks · City of Hesperia Business Center · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down:

• Does a door-to-door crew need one business license for the company or one per rep, and what is the total at the counter?
• Does every rep need their own LiveScan clearance, and what does the DOJ review cost right now?
• What does the city treat as daylight hours for 5.24.050?
• How long does a peddling or soliciting license take to issue?

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