Elko County, NV Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)

Chapter 6-1 of the Elko County Code is titled Business Licenses, Mountain City, and it applies inside the unincorporated Town of Mountain City, not countywide and not in the incorporated cities of Elko, Carlin, Wells or West Wendover. Under § 6-1-1, "Town Board" means the Board of County Commissioners of Elko County, "Clerk" means the County Clerk, and "Sheriff" means the Sheriff of Elko County. A "solicitor" is any agent or canvasser who travels from place to place or house to house taking orders, making demonstrations, or soliciting advertising, future services, subscriptions or memberships.

Section 6-1-12(F) sets the process. The applicant files a sworn written application on a Clerk form with the Sheriff or Chief of Police. The form asks for the applicant's name and description, permanent and local addresses, the goods to be sold, the employer if any, the length of time the business is wanted, where the goods are made and how they will be delivered, two 2 inch by 2 inch photographs taken within sixty days, fingerprints, two character references from property owners of the County, and any criminal convictions. A $25.00 fee is paid to the Clerk at filing to cover the investigation. If the Sheriff or Chief of Police finds character or business responsibility unsatisfactory, the application is endorsed disapproved with reasons and no license issues. If it is satisfactory, the Clerk issues and delivers the license.

Each licensee receives a badge reading "Solicitor's License" with the license number, worn on the front of the outer garment while soliciting and handed back to the Chief of Police or Sheriff at the end of the visit. A denied applicant has fourteen days to appeal to the Town Board, whose decision is final. The Town Board can revoke a license after notice and hearing for fraud, a code violation, a conviction involving moral turpitude, or soliciting in a way that threatens public health, safety or welfare. Peddlers, who sell with immediate delivery, instead obtain a Clerk license at $5.00 per month for periods under one month or $25.00 for a yearly license. Section 6-1-9(B) exempts persons limited to taking orders for future delivery from businessmen in the Town.