Mesa, AZ Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- License required for
- Taking future-delivery sales or service orders
- Door-to-door requirement
- Full fingerprint submission to AZ DPS/FBI
- License term
- One year, non-transferable
- Renewal deadline
- 45 days before expiration
- 3rd suspension
- Revocation, 1-year reapply bar
Summary
Anyone who sells or takes orders in Mesa for future delivery of goods or services, a "solicitor" under City Code § 5-8-2, must hold a peddler-and-solicitor license before operating. Section 5-8-3(A) makes soliciting without one unlawful, and anyone soliciting door to door must additionally submit fingerprints for a state and federal criminal-history check under Section 5-8-3(E).
SOLICIT: To sell or take orders, or offer to sell or take orders, for any personal property, good, merchandise, ware, or thing for future delivery, or for services to be performed in the future. ... SOLICITOR: A natural person who solicits. ... (A)It is unlawful for a person to peddle or solicit within the City without a valid license. ... (E)An applicant who intends to use the license to peddle or solicit by traveling door to door, whether to residential or commercial locations, must submit, with the application, a full set of fingerprints in the manner prescribed by the Licensing Administrator.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 22).
Full Breakdown
Chapter 8, enacted by Ordinance No. 5621 (5-17-21), defines SOLICIT as selling or taking orders, or offering to sell or take orders, for personal property, goods, or services to be delivered or performed in the future: covering canvassers and sales representatives, distinct from a peddler's on-the-spot sale. § 28-101(77), and a certification disclosing any prior criminal convictions. Section 5-8-3(D) routes every application to the Police Department for a criminal-history review. § 41-1750 and federal law, specifically for anyone who intends to solicit door to door at residences or businesses.
Licenses run one year from issuance, are non-transferable, and confer no exclusive right to solicit at any particular public location. Renewal applications are due 45 calendar days before expiration, and a licensee must report any change to application information within 10 calendar days. The Licensing Administrator can refuse a new or renewal license for incomplete or false applications, unpaid fees, outstanding City debt, or listed convictions such as theft, fraud, or dangerous-drug offenses within the prior ten years.
Violations & Fines
Section 5-8-8 makes it a violation to solicit without a license, to fail to display it on demand, or to submit false application information. A first license suspension in a 24-month period runs up to 14 days with a fine set in the City's fee schedule, a second runs 15 to 30 days with a fine, and a third results in revocation with a one-year bar on reapplying.
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