Yorba Linda, California: door-to-door solicitor permit

• The answer: Yes — a Non-Exempt Solicitation Permit from the City Clerk's Office. The city says commercial solicitors get a permanent ID card once approved and must keep it displayed at all times. Each person helping in the city files a separate supplemental permit.
• Where it comes from: The City Clerk's Office, 4845 Casa Loma Avenue. The application is signed off by both the Orange County Sheriff's Department and the City Clerk's Department.
• Fee: Application fee $119.00, plus a fingerprint fee of $59.00 for a first-time applicant, per the city's permit application. Each assistant files a supplemental permit application at $119.00 each, plus a separate Live Scan fingerprint fee.
• Hours you may knock: No knocking earlier than 8 A.M. or later than thirty minutes after sunset, unless the owner or an adult occupant invited you (5.02.140, as printed on the city's permit application). The rule covers commercial and noncommercial soliciting.
• What the rep carries: The permit and any supplemental permit, along with a valid picture ID, whenever soliciting (5.02.030, as printed on the application). The city's Do Not Knock page says commercial solicitors get a permanent ID card and must keep it displayed at all times.
• What takes the time: Fingerprinting, a full criminal history disclosure (arrests, citations and dismissed or expunged cases included), work history, and sign-off by the Sheriff's Department and the City Clerk. The application also asks for workers' compensation coverage or an exemption, and proof of auto and liability insurance. No processing time is published; the Permits page says to call 714-961-7150 about processing time.
• Code: Yorba Linda Municipal Code, Chapter 5.02 — solicitation, effective October 21, 2010 per the city. Sections cited here (5.02.030, 5.02.080, 5.02.100, 5.02.140) are quoted from the city's permit application; the code itself, hosted on eCode360, could not be read.
• Worth knowing: Yorba Linda keeps a Do Not Knock Registry, updated every thirty days and effective on the first day of each month (5.02.080). No soliciting at a registry address or at any property posting a no-solicitation sign; a sign violation is a misdemeanor and grounds to revoke the permit (5.02.100). The application asks for proof of auto and liability insurance in the amount of $1,000,000.00.
• Read it yourself: City of Yorba Linda — Non-Exempt Solicitation Permit application (PDF) · City of Yorba Linda — Do Not Knock Registry · City of Yorba Linda — City Clerk Permits · Yorba Linda Municipal Code (eCode360 — blocked) · checked 23 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down:

• How long approval takes from filing to receiving the ID card
• How to get the current Do Not Knock Registry list for the month
• Whether the business also needs its own Yorba Linda business license before reps apply

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