Kissimmee, Florida: door-to-door solicitor permit

• The answer: Yes — a business tax receipt, applied for by the individual, carried in personal possession while soliciting or peddling (10-489). A solicitor is anyone going house to house taking orders for goods or for services to be performed in the future (10-488). Receipts are not transferable between solicitors and go void when a rep changes employers, so it is one per rep (10-494(b)).
• Where it comes from: The city manager or his designee issues it after a police investigation (10-492(b), 10-493).
• Fee: A nonreturnable $10.00 processing fee per applicant, or $5.00 if the applicant shows he is a resident of the county (10-492(a)). Renewal after 12 months with the same employer and product line is $5.00 in lieu of the annual $10.00 fee if only a local investigation is needed; a lost receipt is reissued for $5.00 (10-494(c), (d)).
• Hours you may knock: No uninvited sales calls before 9:00 a.m. and after 9:00 p.m., and none on Sundays at any time (10-491(3)).
• What the rep carries: The business tax receipt, in personal possession (10-489). At the door, before anything but a greeting, the rep states his name, the company or trade name and what is being sold, and shows identification giving his name and the company (10-496).
• What takes the time: A sworn written application reviewed by the police department, with two character references, a statement of any convictions, and photographs taken by the police department; fingerprints are taken if the rep reports a conviction (10-492(b)). Any conviction, nolo contendere plea or forfeiture other than traffic fines of $50.00 or less blocks the receipt (10-493). No processing time is published.
• Code: Kissimmee Code of Ordinances, Chapter 10 — Businesses and Business Regulations, Article IX — Peddlers and Solicitors (10-488 to 10-497). Municode shows the code codified through Ordinance No. 3113, adopted February 4, 2025 (Supp. No. 5).
• Worth knowing: No entering a residence uninvited where a "no solicitors" sign is posted, no staying after being asked to leave, and no approaching back or side doors (10-491). A company that takes a deposit before delivery files a $1,000.00 surety bond with the city manager first (10-490).
• Read it yourself: Kissimmee Code, Chapter 10, Article IX — Peddlers and Solicitors · Kissimmee Code of Ordinances — landing page · checked 22 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down:

• How many business days the police investigation takes before the receipt is issued
• Whether the company also needs its own city business tax receipt before reps apply
• Whether a fiber or service order with no deposit taken triggers the $1,000.00 bond in 10-490

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