Taylor, TX Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)

Sec. 20-1 of the Code of the City of Taylor makes it unlawful to solicit funds for home solicitation transactions, or to engage in a home solicitation transaction, without first obtaining a written permit, and separately unlawful to solicit funds for charitable purposes without registering with the city. Sec. 20-2 spells out the non-charitable permit application in detail: the applicant's identity and structure (individual, partnership, corporation, or association), the names and addresses of everyone who will solicit, the solicitation dates and methods, the merchandise or service involved, whether the applicant has solicited in other cities in the past 12 months, and whether the applicant or any of the applicant's solicitors has a felony or moral-turpitude conviction.

Anyone supervising a juvenile solicitor under 17 must be named along with a Social Security number. 00 must be posted to reimburse the city for damages, and a state sales tax permit or exemption proof is required. The chief of police reviews the application, can deny it if it is incomplete or noncompliant, and is separately authorized to deny a permit after running a criminal background check on the applicant. Sec. 20-4 exempts public utilities and franchisees, insurance and real estate salespeople, newspaper distributors, religious and political organizations, and handbill canvassing unrelated to sales.

Permits and registrations expire after the period stated in the certificate or six months, whichever comes first, under Sec. 20-13, and cannot be transferred under Sec. 20-7.