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Soliciting & Door-to-Door in Long Beach, CA (2026)

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

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Solicitor Permits

Long Beach requires anyone who peddles, going door-to-door selling goods or food, taking orders and delivering on the spot, to hold a City business license under Municipal Code § 3.80.210 before transacting any business, and to pay the peddling tax set by § 3.80.253(L). Chapter 5.66 layers curfew, school-zone and Tidelands restrictions on top of that license.

Long Beach Peddler Business License Required

Some Restrictions

Long Beach Municipal Code § 3.80.210

There are hereby imposed upon the businesses, trades, professions, callings and occupations specified in this Chapter license taxes in the amounts hereinafter prescribed. It shall be unlawful for any person to transact and carry on any business, trade, profession, calling or occupation in the City without first having procured a license from said City to do so and paying the tax hereinafter pre...

No-Knock Registry

Long Beach regulates solicitors and peddlers under LBMC Ch. 5.66. Solicitors must respect 'No Solicitors' and 'No Peddlers' signs posted at residences. Violations are subject to administrative civil penalties under Ch. 9.65.

Long Beach No-Knock & No-Soliciting Rules

Some Restrictions

California Penal Code § 602 (Criminal Trespass — Misdemeanor)

602. Except as provided in subdivisions (u), (v), and (x), and Section 602.8, a person who willfully commits a trespass by any of the following acts is guilty of a misdemeanor: (a) Cutting down, destroying, or injuring any kind of wood or timber standing or growing upon the lands of another. (b) Carrying away any kind of wood or timber lying on those lands. (c) Maliciously injuring or severing ...

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County ordinances apply to unincorporated areas and may supplement Long Beach city rules.

Soliciting & Door-to-Door in Los Angeles County