Shreveport, Louisiana: door-to-door solicitor permit

• The answer: Yes — an annual permit, and the code says it must be obtained by the company and by the individual solicitor. Without it, going onto a private residence uninvited to sell goods or services is unlawful (42-277(a)).
• Where it comes from: The section says the permit issues under “city permitting requirements” but does not name the office (42-277(b)(1)). The city’s website has no page for this permit that could be found. Ask which counter takes the application.
• Fee: $100.00, paid with the application (42-277(b)(1)). The code does not say whether that is per company or per rep.
• Hours you may knock: 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. when daylight saving time is not in effect, and 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. when it is — second Sunday in March through the first Sunday in November (42-277(b)(2)f).
• What the rep carries: A visible identification badge showing the company name, the rep’s name and photo identification, plus any identifying object the city hands out, displayed on the person (42-277(b)(3), (4)).
• What takes the time: A criminal background report from a local agency or a more comprehensive one goes in with the application. The city has ten business days to issue the permit or say why not (42-277(b)(1), (2)d). The application also wants dates, locations and schedule, number of peddlers per day, a local coordinator or manager, and vehicle details. No permit for anyone on the sex offender registry or convicted within ten years of a crime of violence, an offense against property, or fraud or dishonesty (42-277(b)(7)).
• Code: Shreveport Code of Ordinances, Chapter 42, Article IX, Peddlers, Solicitors and Other Public Vendors, Sec. 42-277, Soliciting a residence without invitation (Ord. No. 92, 2017, 9-12-17).
• Worth knowing: Solicitation must stop immediately on seeing a “no solicitation” sign at the residence (42-277(b)(5)). The city council can suspend or revoke a permit (42-277(b)(6)). The same article has a separate itinerant vendor’s license for temporary businesses selling goods from a location (42-291 to 42-299); ask whether the city applies it to your team.
• Read it yourself: Shreveport Code Sec. 42-277, Soliciting a residence without invitation · checked 18 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Which office takes the Sec. 42-277 door-to-door permit application; Whether the $100.00 is per company or per rep; Which background report the city accepts; Whether the itinerant vendor’s license in 42-291 also applies to a door-to-door team. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________