North Little Rock, Arkansas: door-to-door solicitor permit

• The answer: Yes — a door-to-door peddlers license from the City Clerk, and residents are told to call the city about anyone going door to door without a current City ID badge. The city's Business License Fee Schedule says a Door-to-Door Peddlers license is required once someone knocks on doors or makes any physical contact with residents, and it is charged per peddler, so one per rep. The code requires a permit before anyone does business as a peddler (74-35).
• Where it comes from: The City Clerk's Office, 300 Main Street (City Hall); the fee schedule says to contact the clerk for the peddlers application package and that all peddlers are subject to police approval. Under the code the chief of police investigates and the clerk delivers the permit (74-36, 74-42, 74-44). The code also requires the city business/privilege license first (74-38).
• Fee: The Business License Fee Schedule (revised 10-11-2021) lists peddlers on foot (code 217) at 75.00 per peddler, good for 90 days only, no proration, plus a 6.00 investigation fee per peddler (code 217A) — the schedule prints the amounts without a dollar sign. The code sets the investigation fee at $6.00 (74-40). The schedule says it is for general information and to get a final quote from the clerk.
• Hours you may knock: Per the City Clerk's door-to-door page: no peddling between sunset or 8:00 p.m., whichever comes first, and 9:00 a.m. the next morning, and none on Sundays, except by appointment with or invitation from the customer. The Municode copy of the code (74-3) still reads 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. with no sunset rule.
• What the rep carries: A current City ID badge, per the City Clerk's door-to-door page. The permit shows the rep's name, address and photograph, and must be shown to anyone who asks (74-45, 74-47).
• What takes the time: A sworn application in duplicate with a 2-by-2 photo taken within 60 days, employer credentials, conviction history, the last five cities worked, and a driver's license shown to the clerk (74-36, 74-39). The chief of police has one week to finish the investigation (74-42). The business/privilege license needs a zoning certificate first, per the clerk's Business Licenses page.
• Code: North Little Rock Municipal Code, Chapter 74 — Peddlers and Solicitors (74-1 to 74-49). The city links to Municode, which shows the code codified through Ord. No. 7866, enacted Oct. 9, 2006 (Supplement No. 20); the city says the code is being updated. A peddler is defined by reference to the state transient and itinerant merchant statutes (74-1).
• Worth knowing: The City Clerk posts a public list of current door-to-door peddlers with each permit's expiration date. Handing out door hangers or flyers without knocking needs no peddlers license, per the fee schedule. No soliciting or selling on a public street or in the strip beside it (74-37).
• Read it yourself: City of North Little Rock — Current Door to Door Peddlers (City Clerk) · City of North Little Rock — Business License Fee Schedule (xlsx, revised 10-11-2021) · City of North Little Rock — Business Licenses and Taxes · North Little Rock Code, Chapter 74 — Peddlers and Solicitors · North Little Rock Code of Ordinances — landing page · checked 23 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down:

• Whether the 75.00 per-peddler, 90-day fee on the 2021 fee schedule is still current, and what the business/privilege license costs an out-of-town sales company
• Which ordinance set the sunset-or-8:00 p.m. hours rule, since the Municode copy of 74-3 does not show it
• How many days approval usually takes from a complete application to the City ID badge

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