Little Rock, Arkansas: 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. Commercial peddlers, hawkers and anyone selling or offering merchandise or services at retail door-to-door without a permanent place of business in the city must post a bond before starting, and pay the city's peddler license tax (17-127, 17-52).
• Where it comes from: The bond is administered by the Chief of Police (17-127); the peddler license tax is paid under Article II, Business Tax, of the same chapter.
• Fee: A surety bond of at least $500, plus a $5 fee paid to the city to execute it (17-127). Separately, the city's business tax schedule lists 75.00 (dollars) per peddler for peddlers on foot selling dry goods and merchandise (17-52).
• Hours you may knock: Not published. The city's peddler/solicitor article (17-126 through 17-131) sets a bond, charitable-solicitation permits, and bans on soliciting along arterial streets or from street medians, but has no clock-time restriction for house-to-house commercial selling.
• What the rep carries: Not published in the peddlers/solicitors article.
• What takes the time: The bond amount is set by the Chief of Police based on the money or merchandise value involved (17-127); no processing-day figure is published.
• Code: Little Rock Code of Ordinances §§ 17-126–17-131 (Art. V, Peddlers, Solicitors, Canvassers, Etc.) and § 17-52 (Art. II, Business Tax), Chapter 17. Codified through Ordinance No. 22,703, enacted December 16, 2025 (Supp. No. 83).
• Worth knowing: Soliciting on or along major or minor arterial streets is prohibited citywide (17-129); this is separate from house-to-house selling.
• Read it yourself: Little Rock Code §§ 17-126–17-131, Art. V, Peddlers, Solicitors, Canvassers, Etc. · Little Rock Code § 17-52, Schedule of license taxes · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Is a permit or ID badge required in addition to the bond and the $75 peddler license tax, and must it be worn or carried? What hours may a commercial door-to-door rep knock in Little Rock? Does the $75 peddler license tax apply per rep or per company, and how does it interact with the 17-127 bond requirement? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________