Hialeah, Florida: door-to-door solicitor permit

• The answer: Yes. A city license for "direct sales," which the code defines as house-to-house or door-to-door sales to consumers (18-310). The company applies, and every agent or salesperson gets a police background check. To get the city license you must first hand over a copy of the state home solicitation permit.
• Where it comes from: Hialeah Code of Ordinances, Chapter 18, Article VI, Peddlers, Solicitors, Itinerant Vendors. The license comes from the business tax division (18-310).
• Fee: The business tax schedule lists "Other Direct Selling Establishments. Direct retail house-to-house or party plan" at 150.00, plus 15.00 for each agent, associate, salesperson or canvasser, in dollars (86-43, class 454390). The schedule prints the amounts without a dollar sign. The police background check is paid by the applicant for each person (18-310); no amount is published.
• Hours you may knock: The code sets no knocking hours. Article VI was read in full and has no time-of-day rule for door-to-door sales.
• What the rep carries: For direct sales the code names no badge. A licensed peddler or itinerant vendor, meaning someone delivering goods on the spot, must display a city identification card with a license number on their person (18-305). Each commercial vehicle used in direct sales gets a windshield sticker (18-310).
• What takes the time: The state home solicitation permit comes first, because the city wants a copy of it (18-310). Then a police background check on each agent or salesperson, and proof of payment of state sales tax (18-310). No processing time is published.
• Code: Hialeah Code of Ordinances 18-301 to 18-311 and 18-336 to 18-340; business tax schedule at 86-43. Municode shows the code as "Codified through Ordinance No. 2025-057, enacted June 24, 2025. (Supp. No. 44)," online content updated November 11, 2025.
• Worth knowing: Section 18-340(a), titled "Door-to-door soliciting," makes it unlawful to "solicit chattels or anything of value, including monies or personal property, in any residential section in the city." It sits with the charity rules and dates to 1982, but the words are broad. Ask the business tax division how it applies to a licensed sales crew before you knock. No minors under 14, and ages 14 to 18 need letters from a parent and the school principal (18-310). Separate from the city: Florida law makes it unlawful to conduct a home solicitation sale without a state home solicitation sale permit, applied for with the clerk of the circuit court for the county (F.S. 501.022). The statute lists exclusions, including sales by sample, catalog or brochure for future delivery. Read it against how your reps sell.
• Read it yourself: Hialeah Code of Ordinances Chapter 18, Article VI, Peddlers, Solicitors, Itinerant Vendors · Hialeah Code of Ordinances Chapter 86, Taxation and Fees (86-43 schedule) · Florida Statutes 501.022 · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does 18-340(a) stop a licensed direct sales crew from knocking in residential areas, or is it applied to donations only? What does the police background check cost per rep, and how long does it take? Is the 15.00 per agent charged for every rep on the crew, and does each rep get anything to carry? Are there any hours the city enforces for door-to-door sales? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________