Gulfport, FL Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)

1 requires every person or entity covered by § 14-30's door-to-door rule to apply to the police department for a solicitor's badge before starting any sales, order-taking or promotional activity. The application must capture the applicant's name, age, sex, physical description, residence and local address, criminal convictions if any, and employer, plus the type of activity, the general area of the city where it will occur and the anticipated time period, and the applicant must submit to fingerprinting and photographing. The city then issues a plastic or laminated badge bearing the applicant's photo, name and registration number, worn with a clip or pin and displayed prominently in the upper chest area at all times while soliciting.

00 for administrative costs, and the badge is valid for one year unless revoked sooner. 2, conviction of a felony or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, conducting the activity in a manner that breaches the peace or menaces public health or safety, or after complaints from three separate citizens within a twelve-month period. A solicitor whose badge is revoked can appeal in writing to the city clerk within fourteen days for a hearing before the city council, which gets at least ten days' notice and whose decision is final.