Solicitors and Peddlers

Soliciting in the City of Lino Lakes is allowed as long as the solicitor has obtained a permit issued by the city. Salespeople are required to have a copy of the permit with them and available to present to the person answering the door when asked. The city does not endorse any products or services, please do your research before purchasing any product or contracting for a service. 

View the current list of active permitted solicitors/peddlers.

While federal regulations prohibit the city from banning door to door sales, as individual property owners, you can post a sign or plaque in a conspicuously posted location, stating in effect that no peddlers or solicitors are allowed. The sign must have letters a minimum of one-half inch high. It is as misdemeanor to solicit at a property with a no solicitor/peddler sign. 

Solicitors can not sell before 9 a.m. or one-half hour past sunset unless a previous appointment has been made. Even with a permit it is a misdemeanor to remain on the property of another when requested to leave or to otherwise conduct business in a manner a reasonable person would find obscene, threatening, intimidating or abusive. 

To report a concern about a solicitor or peddler please contact the police department non-emergency number at 763-427-1212.

There are exemptions to the licensing requirements for persons doing business by appointment, those selling at wholesale their goods to retail, wholesale, professional or industrial establishments, regular route service, persons selling only farm products they have grown themselves, school aged children selling items for fundraisers, those soliciting on behalf of charitable, religious, patriotic, philanthropic, or otherwise non-profit purpose. Professional fundraisers working on behalf of an otherwise exempt person or group shall not be exempt from the licensing requirements of this chapter. No license shall be required of any person going from door-to-door when the activity is for the purpose of exercising that person's state or federal constitutional rights such as the freedom of speech, press, religion and the like.

If you would like to apply for a solicitor permit, complete this application.