Rancho Cucamonga, California: door-to-door solicitor permit

• The answer: Yes — a Solicitation Permit for each rep before any commercial door-to-door solicitation (9.31.020(A)).
• Where it comes from: The Finance Director issues the permit and identification card; the Rancho Cucamonga Police Department does the fingerprinting and criminal records check (9.31.020(C), (E)).
• Fee: $179 for a new Solicitation Permit ($119 to renew), covering investigation and the identification card required under RCMC Chapter 9.31, per the city's Master Fee Schedule. The city also charges a flat-rate business tax of $50 a year (or $10 a day) on peddlers and persons soliciting, canvassing or taking orders (Municipal Code § 5.04.350).
• Hours you may knock: Sunrise to sunset — it is unlawful to solicit at any residence from sunset in one day to sunrise the next (9.31.010(D)).
• What the rep carries: The identification card issued by the Finance Department's business license division, plus a valid driver's license or other photo ID, shown to any prospective customer or officer on request (9.31.020(F)).
• What takes the time: Two passport photos, fingerprinting by the Rancho Cucamonga Police Department, and a criminal records check on the applicant (9.31.020(C)).
• Code: Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Code, Chapter 9.31, Solicitation, § 9.31.020 (Noncharitable solicitation) and § 9.31.010 (general restrictions).
• Worth knowing: No person under 16 may solicit unless accompanied by an adult (9.31.010(E)). Aggressive solicitation — blocking, following or using threatening language — is separately banned in any public place (9.31.010(C)).
• Read it yourself: Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Code Chapter 9.31 · City of Rancho Cucamonga Master Fee Schedule (July 1, 2026) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: The current LiveScan/DOJ fingerprint fee, which is charged in addition to the $179 permit fee; Whether the $50/year flat-rate business tax under § 5.04.350 is billed separately from the $179 Chapter 9.31 permit fee, or only one applies. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________