Orange, CA Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)

66 requires house-to-house, place-to-place, or street solicitors selling goods, wares, magazines, papers, periodicals or services to apply to the Business Services Coordinator, who confirms all business license and permit fees are paid. The Chief of Police then fingerprints and photographs every applicant, keeps the record on file, and investigates for felony convictions or crimes substantially related to the solicited business; the applicant pays the state's fingerprint-processing fee. 030 bars issuing a certificate to anyone with a felony conviction, a conviction for violating Business and Professions Code Section 17500 (false advertising) or related provisions, or any crime involving moral turpitude, and any such conviction after issuance is grounds for revocation.

Once issued, the solicitor must keep the certificate on their person at all times while soliciting and display it to anyone solicited or to any peace officer on request; the duty extends to anyone who directs or supervises a certificate-holder's soliciting activity. Separate rules in the same chapter let honorably discharged, physically disabled veterans hawk or peddle goods without paying a business tax, but only under a nontransferable 30-day permit renewable on the same terms, with photo identification attached and surrendered if found in anyone else's possession.