Chandler, AZ Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit required
- before any peddling, soliciting, or canvassing
- Application
- photo, fingerprints, two county references (§20-5)
- Bond
- $1,000 surety bond required (§20-14)
- Term
- one year, quarterly-prorated fee (§20-9, §20-10.1)
- Penalty
- misdemeanor for unpermitted solicitation (§20-16)
Summary
Chandler requires anyone who peddles, solicits, or canvasses house to house within City limits to hold a transient merchant permit before knocking on a single door. Section 20-2 of the City Code makes operating without one unlawful, and even out-of-town employers who dispatch solicitors into Chandler must obtain their own permit.
It shall be unlawful for any transient merchant, or transient merchant business as the same are herein defined, to engage in such business within the corporate limits of the City without first obtaining and maintaining in effect a permit therefor in compliance with the provisions of this chapter. Any person who employs another as a peddler, solicitor, transient merchant or itinerant vendor for sales or to solicit sales within the City must also obtain a permit pursuant to this chapter even though such employer does not enter the City.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 79).
Full Breakdown
The permit obligation in Section 20-2 covers anyone who fits the Chapter's definition of 'transient merchant' in Section 20-1, an itinerant vendor, peddler, solicitor, or canvasser who travels house to house or business to business selling goods, taking orders, or providing an amusement for a fee. Section 20-5 sets a detailed application: applicants must give the Director a photograph taken within sixty days, be fingerprinted, name two reliable Maricopa County residents who can vouch for their character, and disclose any felony or misdemeanor conviction and its punishment.
00) surety bond running to the City before a permit issues, covering judgments for misrepresentation or deception. 1, 100% for a January start, dropping to 25% for an October start, and a late-renewal fee applies if the permit lapses. ' Section 20-3 exempts agricultural producers, newspaper carriers, trade-show sellers, permitted special-event participants, and Chapter 21 mobile food unit operators from this permit scheme; religious, charitable, patriotic, or philanthropic organizations solicit for free under the separate procedure in Section 20-8.
Violations & Fines
Soliciting or peddling in Chandler without a Section 20-2 permit is a misdemeanor under Section 20-16, punishable as set out in Chapter 1. A denied, suspended, or revoked applicant can request a hearing before the Director within ten days of notice, and appeal the Director's decision to the City Manager within a further ten days, under Section 20-15; missing either deadline waives the right to contest it.
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