Pasco, Washington: door-to-door solicitor permit

• The answer: Yes — a Solicitor License from the City of Pasco. The city's application packet asks for a completed application for each applicant, and says you may begin soliciting upon issuance of the license. The city's licensing page points to Pasco Municipal Code 5.65 — Solicitors.
• Where it comes from: City of Pasco Business Licensing (Community & Economic Development, Inspection Services), 525 N 3rd Avenue. The fee is paid at Customer Service and fingerprints are taken at the Pasco Police Department, per the application packet.
• Fee: $150.00 plus $34.75 for the WSP/FBI criminal history check, or $75.00 plus $34.75 if applying after June 30th, per the city's Solicitor License Application. The packet does not print a total.
• Hours you may knock: No soliciting of any type at residences between the hours of nine in the evening (p.m.) and nine in the morning (a.m.), except with the occupant's prior consent (5.70.050, as printed in the city's application packet).
• What the rep carries: Not published on the pages read. The code chapter itself could not be opened.
• What takes the time: Drop off the packet (application, a clear color copy of the driver's license, a company picture ID, and a set of the flyers, order blanks or receipts you will use), then return the following day after 10AM to pay and go to the police department for fingerprinting between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. The license is mailed and emailed after city review; no processing time is published.
• Code: Pasco Municipal Code 5.65 — Solicitors, per the city's licensing page; the application packet reprints sections 5.70.030 to 5.70.070 under the heading "Solicitors". The code host (pasco.municipal.codes) could not be opened, so no currency statement was read.
• Worth knowing: A "No Soliciting" sign applies to commercial solicitors; "No Soliciting of Any Kind" applies to all (5.70.040). Staying after oral notice or a readily visible sign is a misdemeanor (5.70.030).
• Read it yourself: City of Pasco — Solicitor Licenses · City of Pasco — Solicitor License Application (PDF, with PMC excerpts) · checked 22 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down:

• Whether the $150.00 license is per rep, and how long it runs (the June 30th half-price rule suggests a calendar year, but the packet does not say)
• What the rep must carry or wear while soliciting under PMC 5.65
• How many days city review takes after fingerprinting

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