Wyoming, Michigan: door-to-door solicitor permit

• The answer: Yes — a general business license from the city that also states the licensee is licensed as a vendor/solicitor (14-71). A vendor/solicitor includes anyone who travels place to place taking or attempting to take orders for goods or services for current or future delivery (14-2). The chapter licenses the business, not individuals (14-3(a)); the company lists every person who will work on its behalf (14-72(a)). The definition excludes sales of cable or other internet or broadband services (14-2).
• Where it comes from: The City Clerk's Office, 1155 28th Street SW. The clerk sends each application to the police chief, fire chief, treasurer, city planner and building official for review before issuing it (14-5). The clerk's Business Licenses page links a "Solicitors Selling a Service or Product" addendum.
• Fee: The code leaves annual fees to council resolution, not prorated for part of a year (14-6(a)). The city's fee schedule, effective 2026, lists Vendor/Solicitor at 50.00 (the schedule prints amounts without a dollar sign). A license not renewed before it expires costs 150 percent of the fee (14-6(b)).
• Hours you may knock: The code sets no door-to-door hours. Chapter 14 (Businesses), Chapter 22 (Charitable Solicitations), Chapter 70 (Streets) and Chapter 50 (Offenses) Articles I through VII were checked; none sets solicitation hours.
• What the rep carries: Article VII sets no badge or carry rule. The general rule is that a license is displayed at the licensee's business location in the city (14-7(f)).
• What takes the time: The multi-department review in 14-5; the police chief checks the applicant and every person named in the application for relevant convictions (14-5(b)(1)). The company also names a responsible contact reachable any time its people are working in the city (14-72(d)). No processing time is published.
• Code: Wyoming Code of Ordinances, Chapter 14 — Businesses, Article I (14-1 to 14-14), Article II (14-21, 14-22) and Article VII — Vendors/Solicitors (14-71, 14-72). Municode shows the code codified through Ordinance No. 15-25, enacted October 20, 2025 (Supp. No. 26, Update 2).
• Worth knowing: Licenses run the calendar year, January 1 to December 31; one issued after November 1 runs through December 31 of the next year (14-7(a)). The city's solicitor addendum says "DO NOT APPROACH HOMES THAT POST NO SOLICITING SIGNS" and limits the dates in a neighborhood to 3 months before resubmitting. Employees of a business licensed under the chapter with a fixed place of operation in the city are not vendor/solicitors (14-2). Separately, the offenses chapter makes it unlawful to solicit — defined to include selling any item — on private property where the occupant has asked you not to or has posted a sign, or within 15 feet of the entrance to a building, including any residence, without the knowledge and consent and/or invitation of the owner or party in control (50-170(b)(1), (8)).
• Read it yourself: Wyoming Code of Ordinances, Chapter 14 — Businesses · Wyoming Code of Ordinances, Chapter 50, Article V — Offenses Against Public Morals (50-170) · City of Wyoming — Fee Schedules · City of Wyoming — Business Licenses · City of Wyoming — Solicitors Selling a Service or Product (PDF) · Wyoming Code of Ordinances, Chapter 70 — Streets, Sidewalks and Other Public Places · Wyoming Code of Ordinances — landing page · checked 22 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down:

• Whether a fiber or internet sales team falls under the broadband exclusion in 14-2 or still needs the vendor/solicitor license
• How 50-170(b)(8) (within 15 feet of a residence entrance without consent) is applied to licensed door-to-door vendor/solicitors
• Whether the 50.00 Vendor/Solicitor fee is on top of the 50.00 general business license or the same license
• How long the multi-department review takes

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