Tucson, AZ Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)

Tucson City Code § 7-26 defines a "peddler" as someone selling merchandise or food products from a temporary, fixed location using a motor vehicle, towed vehicle, pushcart, or display apparatus that can be removed daily, and who is not otherwise licensed under the code. Section 7-27(a) makes it unlawful to operate as a peddler without a license from the director of finance, and § 7-27(b) requires the application to list the applicant's legal name, date of birth, and address; the exact business location; notarized property-owner authorization for private-property sites; a site plan for unimproved or improved lots; department of transportation authorization for right-of-way sites under § 7-29(b); any convictions in the prior 12 months; proof of insurance under § 7-28 for right-of-way or city-property sites; and a Pima County health certificate if selling prepared food.

Licenses are valid one year (§ 7-27(c)), and a lost or stolen license replacement costs $10 (§ 7-27(f)). Section 7-28 requires liability insurance of at least $1,000,000 naming the city as additional insured for any right-of-way or city-property location. absent an exemption under § 7-31, placing signs anywhere but the vehicle, leaving the site uncleaned or without a trash receptacle, or operating outside the licensed peddler operation's boundary. Section 7-30 sets setbacks: no peddler operation may locate within 100 feet of residentially zoned property, within 100 feet of another peddler operation on the same site, or within 20 feet of a curb or right-of-way pavement (reduced to 4 feet in the Downtown and Fourth Avenue Business Zones).

Section 7-32 lets the director revoke a license for uncured violations, convictions tied to the site, or false application information, with a 12-month bar on reapplying.