Largo, Florida: door-to-door solicitor permit

• The answer: Yes — every solicitor registers with the building official and gets a picture-bearing permit card before going onto residential premises (7-216, 7-217). A solicitor is anyone going door to door taking orders for goods for future delivery or for services to be performed in the future (7-215(a)). Each applicant supplies his own photo and background statement, so it is per rep. Soliciting without a permit is prohibited (7-220(d)).
• Where it comes from: The building official; the $10.00 fee is paid to the building department (7-216, 7-218).
• Fee: A fee of $10.00 for investigation and processing (7-218). The same section adds that further license fees, if applicable, follow the occupational license schedule; the business tax schedule in Chapter 22 shows no separate solicitor class.
• Hours you may knock: No soliciting prior to 9:00 a.m. or after 5:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m. during day-light savings time (7-220(f)).
• What the rep carries: The picture-bearing permit card and the business tax receipt or a copy, producible at all times while soliciting (7-217), with the permit prominently displayed on the person (7-222).
• What takes the time: A signed and notarized waiver letting police release records to the building official, a passport-sized photo, physical description, employer, and a statement of any convictions (7-216). A conviction for a crime involving moral turpitude blocks the permit (7-217). No processing time is published. The permit is good for one year (7-217).
• Code: Largo Code of Ordinances, Chapter 7 — Businesses, Article III — Solicitors, Peddlers and Transient Merchants (7-214 to 7-222). Municode shows the code codified through Ordinance No. 2025-07, adopted June 2, 2026 (Supp. No. 18).
• Worth knowing: No entering where a "No Soliciting" sign is displayed, no staying after being asked to leave, no soliciting at rear doors (7-220). Visits at the express request or invitation of the owner or occupant are outside the article (7-221(1)).
• Read it yourself: Largo Code, Chapter 7, Article III — Solicitors, Peddlers and Transient Merchants · Largo Code, Chapter 22 — Taxation and Finance · Largo Code of Ordinances — landing page · checked 22 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down:

• Whether the company or each rep also needs a Largo business tax receipt, and at what amount
• How many business days the permit takes after the notarized waiver is filed
• Which office in the building department takes solicitor applications in person

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