Norman, Oklahoma: door-to-door solicitor permit

• The answer: Yes — a Solicitor/Peddler permit. 'It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in outdoor selling on private property in the nature of peddling street vending or soliciting...without first obtaining a permit' (NCC 20-2903), and a solicitor is defined as anyone who goes 'house to house, place to place, street to street, soliciting sales or taking orders for the sale of goods, wares or merchandise...for future delivery or for services to be performed in the future' (NCC 20-2901).
• Where it comes from: The City Clerk's office issues the permit (NCC 20-2904, 20-2906).
• Fee: $100 for a 30-day door-to-door permit plus $50 for each additional seller on that permit; $200 for a 60-day permit plus $100 per additional seller; $20 for a one-day permit. 'Thirty day door-to-door permit is $100. Each additional seller, operating under one thirty day permit shall pay a fee of $50.00. Sixty day door-to-door permit is $200. Each additional seller, operating under one sixty day permit shall pay a fee of $100...One day permit is $20,' per the city's own Solicitor/Peddler license requirements sheet. The code itself only says the fee is 'as provided in the City fee schedule' (NCC 20-2909).
• Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., or sunset if earlier. 'Door-to-door peddlers and solicitors may only operate from the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. or sunset, whichever is earlier' (NCC 20-2902).
• What the rep carries: Each seller submits a photo with the application (NCC 20-2904(a)), and the issued permit 'shall be prominently displayed at the applicant's selling location' (NCC 20-2906(f)).
• What takes the time: Each seller needs an Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation criminal history report dated within 30 days of the application, plus a bond payable to the City — $1,000 for a one-day permit, $10,000 for a 30-day or 60-day permit (NCC 20-2904). The Clerk has up to seven days to approve or deny, and must issue an approved permit within three more days, but no permit may be used until at least 48 hours after issuance (NCC 20-2904, 20-2906(b)).
• Code: Norman City Code, Chapter 20, Article 20-XXIX — Solicitors and Peddlers (NCC 20-2901–20-2910).
• Worth knowing: 'No peddler or solicitor shall enter any premises...where the owner or occupant...has indicated his desire not to be contacted...by the placing of a "NO SOLICITORS" sign,' and doing so 'shall constitute a trespass upon private property' (NCC 20-2902). Applicants with a past conviction for murder, manslaughter, kidnapping, robbery, rape, arson, burglary or grand larceny go to a three-person Review Board before a permit is granted (NCC 20-2904(b)(4)).
• Read it yourself: Norman City Code NCC 20-2901–20-2910, Solicitors and Peddlers · City of Norman, Requirements to Receive a Solicitor's/Peddler's License · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does the $10,000 bond need to be a fresh bond each blitz, or can a returning company reuse one still within its one-year term? Can the City Clerk issue permits for more than one seller under a single application, or does the office want individual applications per rep even though the fee schedule bills them as 'additional sellers'? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________