Queen Creek, Arizona: door-to-door solicitor permit

• The answer: Yes — a town peddler/solicitor license, and every rep needs a town identification card before working (8-2-1, 8-2-7). A solicitor is anyone, or any firm whose agents go, house to house taking orders for goods for future delivery or for services to be performed in the future (8-2-2). Working without the license is also a civil offense under the Offenses chapter (9-2-2).
• Where it comes from: The town's Lead Customer Service Representative (or designee), who is also the inspector of licenses (8-1-6, 8-2-4). A company files a sworn application in duplicate listing every rep who will work the town, and must also meet the general business license rules of Article 8-1 (8-2-4).
• Fee: An investigation fee of twenty-five dollars per agent or representative, paid with the application (8-2-4). On top of that is the town business license (8-1-10): the fee table charges "Peddlers and mobile merchants" $250/calendar quarter or fraction thereof, and a provider of services with no fixed place of business in town $60 for the initial application. The table does not name solicitors, so which line applies to an order-taking rep is not stated.
• Hours you may knock: None found. Article 8-2 (Peddlers, Solicitors and Transient Merchants) and the peddler section of the Offenses chapter (9-2-2) set no knocking hours.
• What the rep carries: The town identification card, shown on request; no rep may start work until the card is issued (8-2-7). A business with no fixed place of business carries the license, and a rep who is one of several may carry a marked copy (8-1-5).
• What takes the time: No license issues until ten working days have passed or the investigation is complete, whichever is longer (8-2-5). For each rep: a 2-inch by 2-inch photo taken within sixty days, two Queen Creek property-owner references or other proof of good character, and a statement of any convictions. The application also asks for a physician's statement or a Maricopa County health card (8-2-4).
• Code: Queen Creek Town Code, Chapter 8, Article 8-1 — Business License (8-1-10) and Article 8-2 — Peddlers, Solicitors and Transient Merchants (8-2-1 to 8-2-13, amended by Ord. 564-15, 2/18/2015); Chapter 9, 9-2-2 (Ord. 764-21, 9/15/2021).
• Worth knowing: No knocking where a "no peddlers," "no solicitors," "no transient merchants" or "no door-to-door salesmen" sign is posted, and leave when asked (8-2-13, 9-2-2). No business within three hundred feet of a public school ground (8-2-8). A company may add reps to its list at any time, but a new rep is not compliant until their ID card is issued (8-2-4). Quarterly license charges fall due on the first day of each calendar quarter (8-1-3).
• Read it yourself: Queen Creek Town Code, Chapter 8 — Business Regulations (Articles 8-1 and 8-2) · Queen Creek Town Code, Chapter 9 — Offenses (9-2-2) · checked 21 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down:

• Which business license line applies to a rep taking orders for a service: the peddler rate or the service-provider rate
• Whether the business license is one per company or one per rep
• Whether the town sets any knocking hours outside the code

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