Pasco, WA Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- License required
- Before any door-to-door solicitation
- Filed with
- City Clerk
- Background check
- WSP and FBI fingerprint check for covered licenses
- License term
- One year, renewable within 10 days
- Appeal deadline
- 5 days after suspension/revocation/denial
- Exempt categories
- Religious, charitable, political solicitors
Summary
Pasco requires anyone acting as a solicitor within the city to first obtain a license under PMC 5.65.020. Applicants file with the City Clerk, undergo a Chief of Police character investigation and, for many license types, a state and federal criminal history check.
5.65.020 License required. It is unlawful for any person to act as solicitor within the City without having first obtained a license issued pursuant to this chapter. [Code 1970 § 5.08.020; Code 1954 § 3-8.08.] ... 5.65.010 Solicitor defined. "Solicitor" means any person who goes from house to house or from place to place in the City selling or taking orders for or offering to sell or take orders for goods, wares and merchandise for present or future delivery or for services to be performed immediately or in the future...
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 4837, passed May 4, 2026).
Full Breakdown
65 PMC defines a solicitor as any person who goes house to house or place to place selling, taking orders for, or offering goods, wares, merchandise, or services, whether or not they carry samples or collect advance payment. 020 makes it unlawful to act as a solicitor in the City without a license issued under the chapter. 040). 35 PMC. 070); if unsatisfactory, the Clerk denies the license, and if satisfactory, the Clerk issues it upon payment of the fee and filing of any required bond. 080); otherwise the renewal request is treated as a new application. 120). 130).
Violations & Fines
The City Clerk may suspend or revoke a solicitor's license, or refuse to renew it, for fraud or false statements in the application or while conducting business, any violation of Chapter 5.65, conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude, or conducting business in a manner that breaches the peace or endangers public health, safety, or welfare (PMC 5.65.090). Revocation is self-executing and effective immediately upon mailed or delivered notice. A denied, suspended, or revoked applicant may appeal to the City Council within five days of the order by filing written notice with the City Clerk (PMC 5.65.100).
Frequently Asked Questions
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