Victorville, 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 Solicitor, meaning each individual rep, must register. "Every Solicitor must register with the Business License Division of the City, apply for, and obtain a business license, and pay the required business license fee... prior to doing business in the City." (16-7.09.010(a)).
• Where it comes from: The City's Business License Division, with fingerprinting/live-scan handled by the Business License Division or the Police Department (16-7.09.010(b)).
• Fee: Not published in the code text: "The amount of business license fee to be paid to the City by any person seeking any business license listed in Article 6 of this Chapter shall be as set forth in the master fee schedule adopted by City Council resolution." (16-7.05.020(a)). The dollar figure itself was not located in the time available.
• Hours you may knock: Eight a.m. to seven p.m. in residential areas — "Solicitation in residential areas shall be prohibited between the hours of seven p.m. and eight a.m." (16-7.09.020(b)).
• What the rep carries: An identification and registration card bearing the rep's name, the company represented, and their photograph. "It shall be carried on the person of the Solicitor and shall be displayed to all residents or businesses at the beginning of the period of solicitation." (16-7.09.010(b)).
• What takes the time: Fingerprinting/live-scan for a background check, and two photographs, required of each individual solicitor (16-7.09.010(b)); the city's own out-of-city solicitor checklist confirms "a Live Scan/Fingerprinting is required and a Solicitor Permit must be issued" and asks for two 2"x2" passport-style photos per person. Each new solicitor added to an established company must be separately fingerprinted (16-7.09.010(c)(4)).
• Code: Victorville Municipal Code Title 16, Chapter 7, Article 9 — Specially Regulated Business, Solicitors (16-7.09.010–16-7.09.030), plus 16-7.05.020 (fee) and 16-7.06.120 (Solicitors business classification).
• Worth knowing: "No Solicitor shall ring the bell or knock on the door of any residence, dwelling, apartment, or business establishment... whereon a sign is posted bearing the words 'No Solicitors'." (16-7.09.020(a)). Every order taken must be written up in duplicate showing terms and any amount paid in advance, with a copy given to the buyer (16-7.09.020(c)).
• Read it yourself: Victorville Municipal Code Article 9, Specially Regulated Business - Solicitors · Victorville Municipal Code 16-7.06.120, Business Classifications - Solicitors · Victorville Municipal Code 16-7.05.020, Business license fee · City of Victorville, Out-of-City Solicitors/Peddlers Business License Requirements (PDF) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: What is the current business license fee for a Solicitor under the master fee schedule referenced in 16-7.05.020? How long does the live-scan background check typically take before a registration card is issued? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________