Florissant, MO Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Peddler permit fee
- $25
- Solicitor permit fee
- $10
- Issuance
- Within 7 days of complete application
- Hours
- Daylight only, no Sundays
- Exempt
- Charities and nonprofits skip the permit
- No-soliciting sign violation
- Prosecuted as trespass
Summary
Florissant requires anyone going door-to-door to sell goods or solicit donations to get a permit from the Director of Finance first: $25 for peddlers, $10 for solicitors, with a criminal-history check, mandatory display of the permit, and activity limited to daylight hours on any day except Sunday.
No person shall act as a peddler within the City without first obtaining from the Director of Finance or his duly authorized representative a permit to conduct such activity within the City. ... For a peddler a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) which shall, unless such permit is in the meantime revoked, entitle the permit holder to conduct bona fide peddling activities within the City. ... A permit shall entitle the permit holder to conduct peddling or solicitation activities within the City on any day of the week, excluding Sunday, during daylight hours only. ... No peddler, solicitor or canvasser shall: 1. Enter upon any private property where the property has clearly posted in the front yard a sign visible from the right-of-way (public or private) indicating a prohibition against peddling, soliciting and/or canvassing.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4989395; v43 updated 2026-05-26; through 05-26-2026).
Full Breakdown
Chapter 605, Article VI separates three categories of door-to-door visitors. A 'peddler' tries to sell a good or service at a resident's home without an invitation; a 'solicitor' seeks donations for a charitable, religious, civic or political cause, or hands out commercial flyers for an off-site event; a 'canvasser' promotes a political or ideological cause or distributes non-commercial handbills. 235 requires any peddler to obtain a permit from the Director of Finance before working in the City, and the same permit requirement carries through the Article to solicitors.
237 sets the fee at $25 for a peddler and $10 for a solicitor. 243 must include the applicant's name and address, a description of the activity, date and place of birth, and a list of any infractions, offenses, misdemeanors or felony convictions from a law enforcement agency. 245 the City must issue the permit within seven days unless the applicant has a felony or moral-turpitude misdemeanor conviction, is judged incapable of running a legitimate operation, or made a false statement on the application. 233, though they still must follow the daylight-hours limit.
260 requires the permit to be worn visibly on the outer clothing while working. 273 bars entering any property posted with a 'no soliciting' sign or ringing a doorbell where a similar sign is posted on the door.
Violations & Fines
A violation of Article VI, including ignoring a posted 'no soliciting' sign, is prosecuted as a trespass under the City's general trespass ordinance and carries the same penalty as any other trespass violation under Section 605.275; trespass in the second degree is charged as an infraction under Chapter 210.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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