Hawthorne, CA Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Solicitor license fee
- $150/year or $10/day
- Blanket license fee
- $150/yr plus $10/yr per solicitor
- Door-to-door curfew
- 7-8 p.m. to 9 a.m., residential zones
- Non-resident bond
- $500 surety bond required
- Approving authority
- Chief of police investigation required
- Max misdemeanor penalty
- $1,000 fine and/or 6 months jail
Summary
Hawthorne requires anyone soliciting or canvassing door to door to buy a license, submit fingerprints and a photo for police vetting, and stop knocking after 7 or 8 p.m. in residential zones without an invitation.
A. Every person engaging in the business of soliciting or canvassing shall pay a license fee of one hundred fifty dollars per year or ten dollars per day. ... D. It is unlawful for any person to engage in any form of door to door solicitation in any residential zone between the hours of seven p.m. Standard Time or eight p.m. Daylight Savings Time every day and nine a.m. the following day, except upon express invitation or consent of the resident to be solicited.
Full Breakdown
56 licenses peddlers, solicitors and itinerant merchants separately. 030(C)). the following day, unless the resident being solicited expressly invites or consents to it. 040 requires the applicant's home and local address, a description of the goods sold, employer credentials if applicable, a 2-inch by 2-inch photograph taken within 60 days, fingerprints and thumbprints, two property-owner references or equivalent character evidence, disclosure of any prior criminal or ordinance convictions, and a physician's statement dated within 10 days certifying the applicant is free of contagious disease. 050 sends every application to the chief of police for a background and moral-character investigation before the director of licensing and code enforcement can approve or deny it.
080(A) guaranteeing refunds and delivery of purchased goods. 100 requires every solicitor to carry a registration card issued by the chief of police, worn on the outer garment, showing name, address, thumbprint, photograph, the licensed activity and the license expiration date. 110.
Violations & Fines
Soliciting without the license, ignoring the door-to-door curfew, or wearing a registration card not issued to you is a code violation. Section 1.20.010 makes any Hawthorne Code violation a misdemeanor by default, punishable by a fine of up to $1,000 and up to six months in county or city jail, or both, with each day of continued violation charged as a separate offense; the city attorney or prosecutor may instead pursue it as an infraction or civil administrative citation under Section 1.20.030.
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