Door-to-door solicitation in Shreveport requires an annual permit for both the company and each individual solicitor, costing $100.00 and backed by a criminal background report. Sex-offender and recent violent-crime registrants are barred.
Municipal Code § 42-277 makes it unlawful for a solicitor, peddler, hawker, itinerant merchant, or transient vendor to approach an uninvited private residence without a permit held by both the company and the individual. The application requires business and applicant contact details, a product description, a criminal background report, activity dates, hours, locations, staffing, and vehicle information. The permit issues within ten business days of submission or the applicant is told why not. Charitable and religious solicitation is handled separately under Article X, which requires police registration ten days in advance.
Violations draw the § 1-14 general penalty of up to $1,000.00, 60 days, or both, plus permit suspension or revocation by the city council and future permit ineligibility.
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