North Las Vegas, Nevada: door-to-door solicitor permit

• The answer: Yes. A permit and a license, per person. The police chief signs the permit after an investigation; the finance side then issues the license with the rep's photo on it (5.48.010, 5.48.040). Anyone going house to house taking orders for goods or future services is a "solicitor" (5.48.020).
• Where it comes from: North Las Vegas Municipal Code Chapter 5.48, Solicitors and Canvassers. Applications are sworn and filed with the director of finance, the city treasurer or the city manager's designee (5.48.030). The chapter is old text carried over from the prior code, so check the current process with Business License.
• Fee: The code has two fee provisions. The general schedule says: "Solicitor. For each solicitor, two hundred dollars ($200.00) annually" (5.02.270). Chapter 5.48 sets a semi-annual fee by gross sales, from one hundred dollars ($100.00) where semi-annual sales are four thousand dollars ($4,000.00) or less up to two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) semi-annually, paid for each person soliciting (5.48.050). Arithmetic: $100.00 x 2 = $200.00 a year at the lowest tier. Add a police investigation fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per applicant (5.48.050(C)). Ask which schedule the city bills.
• Hours you may knock: Not published. Chapter 5.48 sets no knocking hours.
• What the rep carries: The license, which carries the rep's name, address and photograph. It must be shown at the request of any citizen, and police are told to ask for it (5.48.040, 5.48.100, 5.48.110).
• What takes the time: Fingerprints, a 2x2 photo taken within sixty days, two Clark County property owners as character references (or other evidence of good character), and a police investigation (5.48.030, 5.48.040). Non-residents, and residents working for a firm based outside Nevada, must file a surety bond of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) approved by the city attorney (5.48.090). No processing time is published.
• Code: North Las Vegas Municipal Code 5.48.010 to 5.48.170 and 5.02.270. Municode shows the online version as "Aug 21, 2026 (current)."
• Worth knowing: Knocking at a home posted "no peddlers" or similar words is unlawful unless a household member invited the rep (5.48.160). Chapter 5.48 licenses run on quarterly periods starting January, April, July and October and expire at the end of the quarter (5.48.150). A sworn estimate of gross sales is required before the license issues (5.48.060).
• Read it yourself: North Las Vegas Municipal Code Chapter 5.48, Solicitors and Canvassers · North Las Vegas Municipal Code 5.02.270 · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Which fee does Business License actually charge a door-to-door rep: $200.00 annually (5.02.270) or the gross-sales schedule in 5.48.050? Are there set hours for door-to-door soliciting anywhere in city rules? How long does the police investigation take, and can reps work while it is pending? Is the $1,000.00 bond per rep or per company? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________