Oklahoma City, OK Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- License required from
- Supervisor of Licenses, § 39-31
- Background check
- OSBI report, dated within 30 days
- Decision timeline
- 7 business days to approve/deny
- Application fee
- Set in Chapter 60, non-refundable
- Appeal path
- License Appeals Board, § 26-17
- Penalty
- Class "b" offense, up to $750 (§ 39-21)
Summary
Anyone peddling door-to-door in Oklahoma City needs a license from the Supervisor of Licenses under Municipal Code Section 39-31 before doing business. Section 39-32 requires a sworn application with the applicant's name, birthdate, Social Security number, description of goods, sales-tax registration, and police-taken photographs and fingerprints, plus an Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation background check no more than 30 days old. The Supervisor must approve or deny within seven business days.
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of peddler within the corporate limits of the City without first obtaining a license from the Supervisor of Licenses.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 5 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
" Section 39-32 spells out what the application must contain: the applicant's full name, description, birthdate, and Social Security number; local and legal address; a description of the goods to be sold and how long the applicant intends to operate; any vehicle to be used; proof of Oklahoma Tax Commission sales-tax registration or exemption; police-taken photographs and fingerprints; the content of any signs to be used; and, if employed by someone else, that employer's name and address. The applicant must also submit an Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation criminal history report "dated no more than 30 days prior" to filing.
Section 39-33 requires an application and investigation fee set in Chapter 60, which is non-refundable regardless of outcome. Section 39-34 gives the Supervisor of Licenses seven business days to approve or deny; grounds for denial include an incomplete application, unpaid fees, failure to verify sales-tax status, noncompliant signage under Article V of Chapter 3, or a finding of "unsatisfactory character or business responsibility," defined to include convictions for offenses like robbery, theft, fraud, moral turpitude, firearm or drug offenses, two or more peddler-article violations within 12 months, or a license revoked in the prior 12 months. A denied applicant may appeal to the License Appeals Board under Section 26-17, per Section 39-35.
Violations & Fines
Peddling without the Section 39-31 license, or with a suspended or revoked one, is a Class "b" offense under Section 39-21: a fine of up to $750.00 plus costs, with every act of unlicensed peddling counted as a separate offense. The Supervisor can also deny or refuse a license outright for an "unsatisfactory character or business responsibility" finding under Section 39-34(e), subject to appeal under Section 39-35.
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