Palm Coast, FL Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- License required before selling
- Sec. 35-163(a), door-to-door or place-to-place
- Background check
- Level II FDLE check via CWCS/CAPS
- License term
- Up to 12 months
- ID badge
- Worn and visible at all times
- Denial grounds
- Moral turpitude, fraud, unpaid business tax
- Unlicensed soliciting penalty
- Per F.S. § 501.055 and ch. 775
Summary
Door-to-door solicitors and peddlers in Palm Coast must get a license from the City Manager before going house to house, per Sec. 35-163(a). Applicants submit a sworn application with fingerprints and a Level II FDLE background check, pay an administrative fee, and receive a license valid for up to 12 months.
Except as hereinafter provided, all solicitors desiring to sell or offer for sale any goods, wares, merchandise, services or property, door-to-door or place-to-place except to businesses and commercial establishments in the City shall first obtain a license issued by the City Manager, or designee, via application to the City Manager, or designee, for such license. ... Solicitation licenses shall be issued for a specified period not to exceed 12 months from the date of issuance. The license identification badge issued to licensee shall be worn by the licensee at all times while soliciting and shall be visible to residents.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 44 | Land Development Code: Supplement 18).
Full Breakdown
Sec. " Subsection (b) lists the required application contents: the applicant's full name, date of birth, race and sex, permanent and local residence addresses, employer's name and address, two recent 2-by-2-inch color photos, a statement of any criminal convictions or pleas, and a complete set of fingerprints. Subsection (c) requires a Level II background check through the FDLE Civil Workflow Control System: the applicant completes the Civil Applicant Payment System online forms, reports to the Sheriff's Office for fingerprinting, and personally pays the fingerprinting fee.
055; fraud on the application; failure to obtain a required county or municipal business tax receipt; or failure to comply with the division. Subsection (f) requires the City to notify applicants by certified and regular mail, and gives a denied applicant 30 days to appeal to the City's Hearing Officer through the City Clerk. Subsection (h) caps the license at 12 months and requires the ID badge to be worn and visible at all times while soliciting. 022(b).
Violations & Fines
Soliciting door-to-door without a license is punished under F.S. § 501.055 and F.S. ch. 775 per Sec. 35-171(a). Violating any other provision of the licensing division, including failing to exhibit the license badge on demand under Sec. 35-166, is a misdemeanor under Sec. 35-171(b): up to $1,000 and 60 days in jail. The City Manager may suspend a license up to 90 days, and the Hearing Officer may revoke it after notice and a hearing.
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Sources & Official References
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