Calaveras County, CA Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing law
- Calaveras County Code Ch. 5.16
- Registration fee
- $0.50 per day, $15 minimum
- License term
- Maximum one calendar quarter
- Application filed with
- County sheriff
- Exemption
- Monthly regular callers exempt
- Default penalty
- Misdemeanor, up to $500 or 6 months
Summary
Anyone without a fixed county business or residence who goes house to house selling merchandise, taking orders or peddling subscriptions must register under Chapter 5.16. The fee is fifty cents per day with a fifteen-dollar minimum, licenses run no longer than one quarter, and each solicitor needs a separate license even if they work for the same company.
A.Every person not having a fixed place of business or permanent residence within the county who sells or solicits, from house to house, orders or subscriptions for merchandise, installation of merchandise, literature or photographs shall pay a registration fee of fifty cents per day, with a minimum fee of fifteen dollars.B.No license may be issued for a period in excess of one quarter. A separate license must be obtained by each solicitor or seller even though employed by the same business. ... B.The fingerprints of the person having the local management or supervision of the applicant's business and the fingerprints of each solicitor or seller if so required by the sheriff's office; ... A.This chapter does not apply to persons, firms or organizations having a regular and continuous business service with regular calls upon residents of the county.B."Regular and continuous" means calling upon residents at least once every month in the normal course of business.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 23 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
16, adopted by Ordinance 376 in 1966 and amended by Ordinance 414 in 1967, applies to transient sellers, not to businesses with a fixed place of business or permanent residence in the county. 010 sets the registration fee at fifty cents for each day of solicitation, with a fifteen-dollar minimum, and caps any single license at one calendar quarter; a separate license is required for every individual solicitor or seller, even when several work for the same employer. 030 requires a sworn written application filed with the sheriff before selling begins, covering the local and permanent address of the person managing the business, the fingerprints of that manager and, if the sheriff requires it, of every solicitor or seller, the areas of the county where sales will occur, a description of the merchandise and its value, copies of any advertising the sheriff asks for, whether the manager has a criminal conviction and its nature, and credentials authorizing the applicant to represent the company.
040 exempts businesses that call on county residents regularly, defined as at least once a month, from the whole chapter. 020 by a fine of up to five hundred dollars, up to six months in jail, or both, unless charged as an infraction.
Violations & Fines
Soliciting without the Section 5.16.010 registration or operating past a license's one-quarter term has no chapter-specific fine; it falls under the code's general penalty at Section 1.24.010, making it a misdemeanor under Section 1.24.020 punishable by up to a five-hundred-dollar fine, up to six months in county jail, or both, unless charged as an infraction instead.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do traveling salespeople need a permit in Calaveras County?
Are my fingerprints required to sell door to door?
Is my regular delivery route or maintenance business exempt?
How long does a solicitor license last?
Sources & Official References
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