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

Homestead regulates peddlers, solicitors and canvassers under City Code Secs. 16-341 through 16-358 (Article XIV). Before going door-to-door with anything for sale, or telephone-soliciting orders, an operator must get a license from the code enforcement/licensing department. Sec. 16-342 makes it unlawful to engage in the business without first obtaining the license, and requires a police background check before issuance; if the police department will not sign off, the city council itself decides whether to grant it. A city identification card is issued with every license, and Sec.

16-352 requires the badge, carrying the holder's name and photo, to be worn conspicuously on the outer garment the entire time the person is soliciting. The application under Sec. 16-343 must list the applicant's name and address, the purpose and dates of the activity, corporate officers if incorporated, a police-taken photograph, and fingerprints. Sec. 16-345 sets a $35 fee for the background-check investigation the police chief conducts on every applicant. Businesses already holding a city or Miami-Dade County business tax receipt and operating from a fixed location in the city are exempt under Sec.

16-347, unless the receipt was obtained mainly to cover door-to-door soliciting. Sec. ; working outside that window is unlawful regardless of licensure. Sec. 16-350 requires solicitors to disclose their identity, the entity represented, the sales purpose, the goods or services offered, and how proceeds are distributed, before asking the resident anything else, and Sec. 16-351 voids any contract taken in violation. The city council may revoke a license under Sec. 16-353 for fraud, a moral-turpitude conviction, or breach-of-peace conduct, with a right of appeal to the council within 14 days under Sec. 16-355.