Livonia, MI Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- License fee (firm)
- $100 per business
- License fee (individual)
- $25 per employee
- Certification required
- police chief and health officer
- Helper limit
- 1 helper per vehicle
- Street stop limit
- 20 minutes max
- Enforcing agency
- Livonia Police Department, City Clerk
Summary
Anyone who peddles, canvasses or sells door-to-door in Livonia must register with the police department and get a license from the city clerk before starting. The application discloses the seller's name, address, vehicle and the goods being sold, and no license issues without certification from the police chief and health officer.
It is unlawful for any person, either as principal or agent, to engage in business as a peddler or transient merchant in the city without having first obtained a license in the manner provided in this chapter, and paying the fee prescribed in Section 5.03.170 of this code. ... It is unlawful for any person to use the public streets or public places for the purpose of engaging in the business, occupation or pastime of solicitor, canvasser or peddler as hereinbefore defined without having first registered with the police department, paying the fee prescribed in Section 5.03.170 of this code, and obtaining a license to do so as hereinafter provided.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 64 | Zoning: Supplement 3).
Full Breakdown
66 covers any solicitor, canvasser or peddler who goes door-to-door or through public streets and parking lots selling, taking orders for, or offering goods or services, as well as transient merchants who set up temporary retail operations in the city. 020 makes it unlawful to operate as a peddler or transient merchant without a license, and requires the city clerk to check with the treasurer for unpaid personal property tax liens on any auctioned goods before issuing an auction permit. 030 requires solicitors, canvassers and peddlers to first register with the police department and file an application with the city clerk stating their name, residence address, age, the organization they represent, the type of vehicle used, a description of the goods sold, and their method of operation.
040 bars any license from issuing without certification from both the chief of police and the health officer. 060 requires issuance of a nontransferable identification card that must be worn on the outer garment in plain view at all times while working. 070, which caps a licensee at one helper on foot per vehicle. 080 bars noisemaking to attract customers, limits any street stop to 20 minutes, and bars stopping to sell food within 500 feet of an occupied school building while school is in session.
Violations & Fines
Operating as a peddler, canvasser or solicitor without the required license and identification card is a misdemeanor under the citywide penalty in Section 1.12.010, up to a $500 fine and 90 days in jail. The police chief and health officer can also deny certification outright to an unqualified applicant, and the city can revoke a license for violating any provision of Chapter 5.66.
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