Corona, CA Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Permitting authority
- Planning and Development Director
- Permit decision deadline
- 30 calendar days after filing
- Permit term
- Expires automatically after 1 year
- Denied-application refund
- 50% of permit fee returned
- Revocation lockout
- 1 calendar year before reapplying
- Prohibited hours
- 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m.
Summary
Corona requires anyone who solicits door-to-door, whether selling goods, seeking donations, or offering services, to hold a solicitor's permit before knocking on a single door. The Planning and Development Director issues, denies, suspends, and revokes permits under Corona Code of Ordinances Chapter 5.34, and permits expire automatically after one year.
No person shall exercise, practice or engage in any soliciting, as described in § 5.34.020, unless such person obtains a solicitors permit and pays the permit fee, as provided in this chapter.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2025 S-56: Supplement contains: Local legislation passed through Ord. 3423, passed 12-3-2025).
Full Breakdown
Corona Code of Ordinances Sec. 030 makes it unlawful to "exercise, practice or engage in any soliciting" without first obtaining a solicitor's permit and paying the permit fee. To apply, Sec. 02. The Director must issue the permit within 30 calendar days if the application meets the chapter's requirements (Sec. 050); a denied applicant gets a written explanation and a 50% refund of the permit fee. The fee itself is set by City Council resolution (Sec. 060), and each permit is personal, non-transferable, and tied only to the individuals listed on the application (Secs.
070). Permits expire automatically one year after issuance (Sec. 080). The Director can suspend or revoke a permit for false or misleading application statements, failure to comply with the chapter, or soliciting in a manner that breaches the peace or menaces public safety; revocation bars a new permit to that same person for one calendar year (Sec. 090). Sec. 100 exempts political, religious, and charitable canvassing, petition drives, and delivery of goods to regular customers on established routes from the permit requirement. m. (Sec. 09.
Violations & Fines
Soliciting without a permit, or violating any term of an issued permit, is enforceable under Corona Code Chapter 1.08, and Sec. 5.34.180 makes each day a violation continues a separate offense with no requirement to prove knowledge or intent. A revoked permit locks the holder out of reapplying for one year (Sec. 5.34.090(C)), and a denied applicant recovers only half the submitted fee (Sec. 5.34.050(B)).
Frequently Asked Questions
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