Tulare County, CA Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Food Truck Permits (2026)

" The license application must specify each vehicle by license and registration number, describe on-board storage, and, per section 6-20-2000, include written permission from the property owner and a site plan if the truck plans to park in one unincorporated-county location for more than an hour a day. Section 6-20-2010 requires a copy of the Health Officer's certification that the operation complies with food, health, safety, and sanitation law before the license issues; vendors that plan to stop on a public highway must also sign an indemnification agreement with the County.

The license collector issues a separate license per vehicle and charges a per-vehicle annual fee set by Board of Supervisors resolution under section 6-20-2020, with renewal required every year at the fee then in effect. Section 6-20-1060 requires each truck to display identifying information in contrasting letters on both sides, sized as required by Health and Safety Code section 114299. A community-event exception under section 6-20-1030 exempts operators at events covered by Health and Safety Code section 114295 from the county license. Vendors must display their license on request to any County official or business patron under section 6-20-1050, and this chapter's licensing scheme applies only to trucks operating in unincorporated county territory, not inside Visalia, Tulare, Porterville, or Dinuba.