Solicitor Registration and Hawker or Peddler Permit
All persons in Victoria must register as a solicitor or apply for a hawker/peddler permit if they plan to go door to door to fundraise or sell a product or service.
Application Instructions
Application Instructions
- Apply for a registration or license:
- Pay the associated fees:
- Via credit card by contacting City Hall at 952-443-4210
- Via check by mailing to or dropping off at Victoria City Hall, 1670 Stieger Lake Lane, PO Box 36, Victoria, MN 55386
- $20 per business
- $50 per person
- Hawker only - $100
- Hawker means any person selling any edible goods or products from a vehicle, or pack, going about from place to place, carrying such goods or products for the purpose of sale and delivery.
- Peddler means any person selling any nonedible goods or products from a vehicle or pack, going about from place to place, carrying such goods or products for the purpose of sale and delivery.
- Solicitor means any person going door to door promoting a product/service that will be followed up by representative at a later date.
- Staff will contact you with the final amount due. Fee payment required before application can be processed.
- Licenses cannot be transferred.
- Solicitors need to have their license available either on their person or on their phone when conducting business in Victoria.
- Hawkers and peddlers need to have their license available either on their person or on their phone when conducting business in Victoria.
- Groups of six or more that plan to apply for a registration or license should contact Claudia Ettesvold, City Clerk, 952-443-4216 or cettesvold@ci.victoria.mn.us for more information.
- This permit does not apply to:
- Any sale under court order.
- Any bona fide auction sale.
- A sale at wholesale to a retail dealer.
- The sale of milk or ice.
- The sale of farm or garden products by the person producing same.
- The sale of goods or products by minors wherein the proceeds from the sale go for the support of a nonprofit organization.
- All licenses and registrations expire at the end of the calendar year (December 31).
- Applicants need to apply for a new license or registration for the new calendar year.
- City of Victoria Municipal Code: Article 8-IV Hawkers and Peddlers
- List of Current Permitted Solicitors and Hawkers
- Claudia Ettesvold, Deputy City Clerk, 952-443-4216 or cettesvold@ci.victoria.mn.us