Upland, California: door-to-door solicitor permit

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: Yes — every person who wants to solicit in Upland completes a business license application, pays the fees, and gets a City of Upland solicitor's permit and badge at an appointment with the city's inspector, per the city's Solicitor Permits page. The fee is charged per person. Political solicitors are exempt, per the same page.
• Where it comes from: The City of Upland Business License Division (Finance). The appointment covers the City of Upland Solicitor Agreement form, the permit and the badge, and the applicant must consent to a photo; approved solicitors' photos are posted on the city's page.
• Fee: Per the city's Solicitor Permits page: Business License Application Fee $20.00 one time, CA State CasP Fee $4.00 a year, Solicitor Permit Fee $216.00 a year, and Solicitor Permit Badge Fee $50.00 for each 30-day badge, plus business license tax per the tax schedule. The city's Business License Tax Schedule lists solicitors, canvassers and peddlers at $216.00 per year/per person.
• Hours you may knock: Not read. Upland Municipal Code Chapter 5.28 (Solicitors, Canvassers & Peddlers) is on eCode360, which could not be opened, and the city's permit page gives no hours.
• What the rep carries: The City of Upland solicitor's permit and badge. The badge expires 30 calendar days after issue; a new badge can be bought when it expires, but only while the annual solicitor's permit fee is current.
• What takes the time: An in-person appointment with the city's inspector for the Solicitor Agreement form and photo, after the business license application. A badge renewal every 30 days. No processing time is published.
• Code: Upland Municipal Code, Chapter 5.28 — Solicitors, Canvassers & Peddlers, linked from the city's permit page. The chapter itself could not be read, so section numbers and the code's currency statement are not on this card.
• Worth knowing: The city asks residents to report unapproved solicitors to the Upland Police Department non-emergency line, and keeps a public list of approved solicitors on its page.
• Read it yourself: City of Upland — Solicitor Permits (Business Licenses) · City of Upland Business License Tax Schedule (PDF) · City of Upland — Permits & Licenses · checked 22 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down:

• The hours door-to-door solicitors may work under Chapter 5.28
• Whether a company with several reps pays one business license tax plus $216.00 and a $50.00 badge for each rep
• Whether reps are background-checked or fingerprinted, and how long approval takes after the appointment
• Whether the code has a No Soliciting sign or registry rule

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