Brooklyn Park, MN Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)

30 defines a PEDDLER/SOLICITOR broadly to cover anyone going place-to-place to sell items carried with them or to take orders for later delivery, even without samples or a catalog if that is the real purpose of the visit. 31 exempts wholesalers selling to retailers, established perishable-food delivery routes, farm-or-garden produce sellers, people exercising constitutional speech or religious rights, and professional fundraisers working for an otherwise exempt group. 32 requires the license application at least 30 regular business days before the applicant wants to begin, and it must list the applicant's legal name, all business names used, home and business addresses and phones, a five-year criminal history statement, every city where the applicant peddled in the past two years, a description of what is being sold, valid photo identification, and the vehicle's plate and VIN if one is used.

The Licensing Division has five regular business days to find an application complete or explain what is missing, and denials must be given in writing with reasons and a right to an administrative hearing requested within 14 days; the Hearing Officer's decision is appealable only by a writ of certiorari to the Minnesota Court of Appeals. Licenses run for 30 days, six months, or a year depending on what is issued. 34 sets the same 14-day hearing and certiorari-appeal process for suspending or revoking an active license.