Minnetonka, MN Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)

Section 630 of the Minnetonka City Code regulates peddlers, who go from place to place on residential property exhibiting merchandise for sale and delivering articles, and solicitors, who take orders for merchandise or personal services for future delivery or performance. Regulated activity covers only the sale of a product or service. It does not include activities that involve only statements of opinion or belief or that request only a donation. Section 630.015 requires a license and an identification card from the community development department before any regulated activity begins.

Section 630.020 lists six exemptions: wholesale sales to dealers, selling newspapers, selling products of the farm or garden grown or raised by the seller, antique or collectible shows lasting five days or less with two or more sellers, regular route service for perishable daily necessities such as bakery and dairy products, and soliciting money or selling literature for a political, religious or non-profit tax-exempt organization.

Section 630.025 makes a person ineligible if a license or identification card was revoked by the city or another governmental body, or a license was denied, within three years before the application date, if the person violated section 630 within those three years, or if the person was convicted within three years of a crime that adversely reflects on the ability to honestly, safely, or lawfully conduct the activities, unless rehabilitation is shown under Minn. Stat. § 364.03, subd. 3.

The sworn application (section 630.030) lists the proposed activity, dates and hours, the person on whose behalf orders are solicited, up to five prior localities, and each motor vehicle's make, model, year, color and state license number. Two recent photographs, approximately 1½ inches by 1½ inches, are required under section 630.035. Fees are set in section 710, are not prorated for periods under one year, and are waived for individuals taking orders for shipment of goods through interstate commerce.

Within five working days, the police department and community development department investigate, and the director denies in writing when circumstances indicate the person may not honestly, lawfully, and safely conduct the activity. The applicant has ten days to ask in writing to address the City Council.