Pasadena, Texas: door-to-door solicitor permit

• The answer: Yes — an itinerant vendor's license is required before selling, offering for sale, or taking orders for goods or merchandise in the city, including door to door (25-11). The code explicitly carves door-to-door sales out of its property-permission and premises-display rules while still holding it to the license (25-12(10), 25-16(b)).
• Where it comes from: Pasadena Code of Ordinances, Chapter 25 (Peddlers, Solicitors and Itinerant Vendors), Article II (License). The application goes to the building official (25-12).
• Fee: $50.00 for the itinerant vendor's license, plus $5.00 for each additional agent or employee selling under that license — not prorated (25-15(a)).
• Hours you may knock: 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. It is unlawful to sell or solicit between 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., licensed or not (25-18).
• What the rep carries: The license and a city-issued identification card, both carried on the person at all times while selling (25-16(c), 25-21).
• What takes the time: A $1,000.00 surety bond — one bond can cover an applicant's whole team of agents or employees rather than one per person — plus proof of identity at application. A license lasts as long as the sale is continuously held in the city, up to a maximum of 90 days (25-14, 25-13, 25-17).
• Code: Pasadena Code of Ordinances, Chapter 25, §§ 25-1 through 25-27.
• Worth knowing: A resident can post a "No Peddlers Allowed" sign; going onto that property uninvited is a nuisance and a misdemeanor (25-19). Anyone convicted of violating the chapter is barred from getting a license for one year (25-20).
• Read it yourself: Pasadena Code of Ordinances, Chapter 25 — Peddlers, Solicitors and Itinerant Vendors · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Is the $5.00-per-agent add-on fee still current, or has the fee schedule changed since the 2003 ordinance? Does one $1,000 company bond actually cover an entire door-to-door sales team, or does the building official require more per rep in practice? How long does the building official typically take to process an itinerant vendor license application? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________