Medford, Oregon: door-to-door solicitor permit

• The answer: No solicitor permit — the Medford Code has no peddler or door-to-door permit chapter. The company needs a city business license: no person, for himself or as agent or employee of another, shall do business within the city unless the business is licensed (8.015). A person whose only income in the city is a wage, salary or commissions paid by his employer is exempt from the license tax (8.080(3)(d)).
• Where it comes from: The City of Medford, through the City Manager and the Finance Department, on the city's business license application (8.020, 8.030). An applicant based outside the city lists the number of employees who will do business in the city, and the license covers only that number at any one time (8.030(1)(h)).
• Fee: Business license tax, Basic Fee $100.00 a year; a Temporary 60-day License is $40.00 (8.060). There is no per-rep permit fee.
• Hours you may knock: The code sets no door-to-door knocking hours.
• What the rep carries: The code sets no badge or permit-carry rule for door-to-door sellers.
• What takes the time: Only the business license application and tax (8.030, 8.070). No background check, fingerprinting or bond applies to door-to-door sellers. No processing time is published.
• Code: Medford Code, Chapter 8 — Business, Licenses for Revenue (8.005 to 8.080), and Chapter 5 — Offenses (5.282), read from the city's own PDF chapters.
• Worth knowing: A resident may post a "NO SOLICITORS" sign at the principal entrance in letters at least one and one-half inches high, and soliciting there is a violation; "solicit" means going on a residence's premises to sell anything of value uninvited (5.282). Businesses outside the city with no place of business in it are exempt from the license tax, but service businesses that perform services within the city are not (8.080(5)).
• Read it yourself: Medford Code, Chapter 8 — Business (city PDF) · Medford Code, Chapter 5 — Offenses (city PDF) · checked 21 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down:

• Whether an out-of-town company selling a service (fiber, solar, pest) door to door needs a Medford business license, or a Temporary 60-day License for a short campaign
• Whether 1099 or commission-only contractor reps each need their own license
• Whether police apply any knocking-hours rule not written in the code

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