Bossier City, LA Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)

Anyone peddling in the city, defined by reference to R.S. 47:342(8), must obtain a license costing $100.00 under Sec. 74-1. That license requirement is separate from Sec. 74-3, which bars solicitors, peddlers, hawkers, itinerant merchants, or transient vendors from going onto private residences to solicit orders or sell goods unless the owner or occupant requested or invited the visit. The section carves out two exemptions: sales or order-taking for milk, dairy products, vegetables, poultry, eggs and other farm and garden produce where already authorized by law, and solicitation of orders for utilities, including cable television.

A related provision, Sec. 74-4, separately targets aggressive personal solicitation in public places, such as blocking a person's path, persisting after a refusal, or using threatening language during a solicitation; a violation of that section carries a fine of not more than $500.00 or imprisonment for not more than 60 days, or both. The peddler license and residential-soliciting rules are enforced citywide by the Bossier City Police Department, which can issue citations to unlicensed peddlers and to solicitors who canvass homes without invitation outside the exempted categories.

Businesses planning door-to-door sales campaigns, including seasonal fundraising drives that are not run by a nonprofit under the separate garage-sale exemption, should secure the Sec. 74-1 license before sending representatives into residential neighborhoods.