Glendale, AZ Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- License required
- Special regulatory license, City Code § 21-2
- ID card expires
- December 31 each year
- Renewal deadline
- January 31 following year
- Late/no-license penalty
- 50% of annual license fee
- Minimum age
- 18 years old
- Max suspension
- 60 days (§ 21-24)
- General penalty
- Class 1 misdemeanor (§ 1-7)
Summary
Glendale requires anyone peddling goods door-to-door or soliciting orders in the city to hold a special regulatory license and carry a photo identification card issued by the tax and license manager. Operating without one is unlawful, and applicants face fingerprinting, a background check, and a good-moral-character review.
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in any business activity as an auctioneer, consignment dealer, fortune teller, herb dealer or herb doctor, junk dealer, pawnshop operator, peddler or solicitor, peddler or solicitor business, private towing carrier or second-hand dealer within the city without first having obtained a special regulatory license pursuant to this article. ... The tax and license manager shall issue to each peddler or solicitor an identification card containing a current photograph of such licensee. Each identification card shall expire on December 31 of the year in which it is issued, and the peddler or solicitor shall obtain a new identification card by January 31 of the following year by presenting himself or herself to the tax and license division for photographing.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 115).
Full Breakdown
City Code § 21-2 makes it unlawful to work as a peddler or solicitor within Glendale without first obtaining a special regulatory license under Chapter 21, Article I. Under § 21-42, the tax and license manager issues each licensee a photo identification card that expires December 31 each year (renewed by January 31), and the licensee must carry it at all times while working and display it on request to police or anyone considering doing business with them. Applicants who use a vehicle must submit a photo of it, and stationary peddlers or solicitors must submit a copy of their contract with the property owner where they intend to operate.
No peddler or solicitor may work in a city park or in city property within the downtown redevelopment area without a separate park vending permit, and no one's setup may block pedestrian walkways, fire lanes, required parking, driveways, or a driver's line of sight (§ 21-42). To qualify at all, § 21-3 disqualifies applicants under 18, anyone convicted of a felony involving dishonesty, deceit, theft, assault or sexual misconduct within the past five years, and anyone whose license was previously denied or revoked within the last six months.
Section 21-4 requires the chief of police to run a criminal history check and fingerprint and photograph every applicant as part of a good-moral-character investigation. Fees are set by council resolution and applicants must also cover the cost of state and federal fingerprint processing (§ 21-22); none of these fees are refunded if an application is withdrawn or denied. Licenses run on a calendar year and must be renewed by January 31 (§ 21-23); a late renewal or operating before obtaining a license triggers a penalty equal to 50 percent of the annual license fee on top of the fee itself.
The tax and license manager can suspend a license for up to 60 days or revoke it for loss of good moral character, a disqualifying felony conviction, false statements in required records, or any other violation of Article I (§ 21-24), with a right to an informal hearing and further appeal to a hearing officer (§ 21-25).
Violations & Fines
Operating as a peddler or solicitor without the required special regulatory license, or continuing after a license lapses, triggers a penalty of 50 percent of the annual license fee in addition to the fee itself (§ 21-23). Because Article I sets no specific criminal penalty, the general penalty in § 1-7 applies: violations of the City Code are Class 1 misdemeanors under state law, with each day of continued violation a separate offense, and the tax and license manager may also suspend a license for up to 60 days or revoke it outright (§ 21-24).
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