Bonneville County, ID Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)

Chapter 110, adopted by Ordinance 110-78, defines a PEDDLER as anyone selling goods along a public street without the landowner's consent, exempting newspaper and religious-tract sellers and charitable-organization representatives, and a SOLICITOR as anyone going house to house or place to place taking orders for goods, services or future work. 02 requires a license from the County Clerk before acting as either. 03 requires a written application naming the applicant, the firm represented and the goods or services offered, along with a $1,000 bond from a surety company, two local freeholders, or an equivalent cash deposit, conditioned on completing orders or refunding advance payments; the Clerk can waive the bond if the applicant owns property in the county, lives there, and has a principal place of business there, though the license fee still applies.

The county holds the bond for 90 days after the license expires so a defrauded customer can sue on it. 04 requires the license to show the licensee's name, address, issue and expiration dates and license number, bars transfer of the license, requires it be returned to the Clerk within three days of expiration, and requires anyone working under a licensed peddler or solicitor to be listed with the Clerk and to carry a copy of the license, showing it to any police officer or prospective customer and identifying the purpose of the visit before soliciting at a residence. 50 per quarter.