Longview, 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 door-to-door solicitor permit from the Longview Police Department, under Longview City Ordinance Chapter 67. On the police application the applicant signs that he may not engage in any door-to-door solicitation until he has received the permit. The code chapter itself could not be opened, so who must hold a permit (each rep or the company) is not confirmed.
• Where it comes from: The Longview Police Department, 518 W. South St.; the form is listed as the Vendor/Solicitor Permit Application on the police Forms, Applications and Permits page. It is reviewed by the records supervisor and the chief of police.
• Fee: $10.00 application fee for a new license or a renewal, as printed on the police application form (REC-11, dated 08/2011). The fee in Chapter 67 itself was not read.
• Hours you may knock: Not read: the code chapter could not be opened. The application form has a line "TIMES FOR DOOR TO DOOR SOLICITATION" with 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm already filled in; the form does not say whether that is a city rule or a sample entry.
• What the rep carries: Not read. Chapter 67 could not be opened and the application form does not say what the rep must carry or wear.
• What takes the time: A background investigation, a sworn and notarized application, and disclosure of any pending charge, deferred adjudication or conviction for fraud, theft, burglary, sexual or violent crimes, for the applicant or the employer, plus civil judgments of the same kinds. No processing time is published.
• Code: Longview Code of Ordinances, Chapter 67 (per the application form), hosted on American Legal Publishing, linked from the city's Code of Ordinances page. The chapter could not be opened.
• Worth knowing: The police Outreach Service Team page says POST issues citations to aggressive solicitors when appropriate. For the rules not on this card, use the City Clerk Call Sheet.
• Read it yourself: Longview Police — Application for Door-to-Door Solicitor Permit (PDF) · Longview Police — Forms, Applications and Permits · Longview — Code of Ordinances page · Longview Police — Police Outreach Service Team (POST) · checked 22 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down:

• The permitted knocking hours in Chapter 67, and whether the 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm on the form is a rule
• Whether each rep needs his own $10.00 permit or one permit covers the company
• What the rep must carry or wear, and how long the background check takes

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