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Soliciting & Door-to-Door in Boulder, CO (2026)

2 verified soliciting & door-to-door rules for Boulder, Colorado, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

Verified from official government sources

Solicitor Permits

Anyone selling goods or services door-to-door in Boulder must first obtain an itinerant merchant license from the city manager under Section 4-10-3. The license costs a $50 application fee, a $51 license fee per twelve-month period, and $10 per person for a background check. Nonprofits exempt under 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3) get a perpetual, fee-free license if they register their sales staff each drive.

Boulder Door-to-Door Solicitor License Requirement

Some Restrictions

Boulder Revised Code § 4-10-3

(a)No person shall sell merchandise or services or solicit orders for the sale and future delivery of merchandise or services on a door-to-door basis in the city without first obtaining a license from the city manager under this chapter.(b)Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to apply to any person engaged in the business of selling and delivering goods or services directly to residents of t...

No-Knock Registry

Boulder Revised Code Section 4-10-2 bars anyone, other than a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, from going to a private residence to sell goods or take a prepayment order for later delivery unless the resident first requested or invited the visit. The rule targets fraud in prepayment sales rather than general uninvited solicitation, and Boulder has no separate citywide Do-Not-Knock registry.

Boulder Bars Uninvited Prepayment Door Sales

Heavy Restrictions

Boulder Revised Code § 4-10-2

No person in the city other than a nonprofit organization exempt from federal income tax under 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3) shall go to any private residence to sell goods or services or solicit orders for the sale of goods or services for delivery at any subsequent time when such person requires a prepayment from the purchaser, without having been requested or invited to do so by the owner or occupant ...

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Soliciting & Door-to-Door in Boulder County