Ceres, CA Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- License required for
- canvassing for charitable contributions
- Issuing office
- Stanislaus County consumer affairs office
- ID card
- must be shown to each solicited person
- Curfew
- no solicitation 9 p.m.–9 a.m.
- General peddler ordinance
- §5.04.310 removed from Code
Summary
Anyone canvassing Ceres door-to-door or business-to-business for charitable contributions needs a solicitation license, must display an identification card to each person approached, and cannot solicit between 9 p.m. and 9 a.m.
For any person to conduct a charitable solicitation campaign on the streets or in any public place or by house-to-house, or by business-to-business canvass in the City, without having a valid charitable solicitation license issued pursuant to this chapter.B.For any person to utilize, in any manner whatever, any premises or facilities located in the City to conduct a charitable solicitation campaign without having a valid charitable solicitation license issued pursuant to this chapter. (Ord. No. 2020-1057, § 1, 3-23-2020)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Municipal Code: Supplement 4).
Full Breakdown
Ceres regulates door-to-door and business-to-business solicitation only for charitable campaigns: Municipal Code section 5.24.030 makes it unlawful to canvass the City for charitable contributions without a license from the Stanislaus County office of consumer affairs. Applicants file a sworn application plus a financial statement of prior-year fundraising and expenses; a license can be denied to anyone convicted of fraud, theft, or obtaining money by false pretenses. Licensed solicitors must carry an identification card naming the soliciting agency and show it to every person solicited, and charitable canvassing or phone solicitation is banned between 9:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. The City's older general peddler ordinance, section 5.04.310, has been removed from the Code.
Violations & Fines
Soliciting charitable contributions door-to-door without a license, or without showing the required ID card, is unlawful under sections 5.24.030 and 5.24.140; the coordinator may deny, suspend, or revoke a license, and code enforcement may cite violators.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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