Kyle, Texas: 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: Yes — a Peddlers/Vendors/Solicitors permit, applied for online through the city's CSS Portal. The city's application checklist asks whether the applicant plans to sell door to door in residential neighborhoods, and which ones. The code chapter itself (Chapter 11, Article IV — Peddlers, Solicitors and Vendors) could not be read: the city's code host blocked automated reading. Whether the permit is per rep or per company is not confirmed.
• Where it comes from: The city's Building department lists the fee, and the checklist is posted on its Building Services and Permits page. The checklist has a line for the Police Department to confirm the applicant has no local warrants or outstanding issues.
• Fee: Itinerant Merchant (Solicitor's Permit), Itinerant Vendor License, $200.00 per year, on the city's approved FY 2025-2026 schedule of rates, fines, fees and charges (code section 11-168 listed next to it).
• Hours you may knock: Not read. The code chapter was blocked. The checklist asks the applicant to list its time of operation but states no allowed hours.
• What the rep carries: The checklist has the applicant initial that the permit must be kept on hand at all times while doing business and shown to any city agent or official who asks.
• What takes the time: Uploading to the portal: the checklist, a copy of the applicant's driver's license, the neighborhoods to be worked and a supervisor's name and phone number. A Texas Sales Tax and Use Permit is required if the company takes payment or a deposit before final delivery, and insurance if selling from a vehicle. A police check for local warrants is part of the form. No processing time is published.
• Code: Kyle Code of Ordinances, Chapter 11, Article IV — Peddlers, Solicitors and Vendors (fee at 11-168 per the fee schedule), hosted on eCode360. Sections were not read.
• Worth knowing: The checklist says some neighborhoods and HOAs do not allow soliciting, and the permit does not allow soliciting where it is otherwise not allowed.
• Read it yourself: City of Kyle — Peddlers/Vendors/Solicitors Permit Application Checklist (PDF) · City of Kyle — Approved Fee Schedule FY 2025-2026 (PDF) · City of Kyle — Building Services and Permits · Kyle Code of Ordinances (eCode360) · checked 23 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down:

• Whether the solicitor's permit is issued per rep or once per company, and whether each rep needs a copy
• What hours door-to-door sales are allowed, and the code section
• Whether a fiber or service sale with no payment taken at the door needs the Texas Sales Tax and Use Permit
• How long the permit takes to issue through the CSS Portal

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