Peddler's Licenses
- The word "peddler" as used in this chapter means any person, whether a resident of this city or not, traveling from place to place, from house to house, or from street to street for the purpose of selling or soliciting for sale of goods, wares, merchandise, or services, including food and beverages, and shall also mean and include any person transacting a temporary business within the city.
- The phrase "temporary business" as used in this chapter means the sale of goods, wares, merchandise, or services, including food and beverages, sold by a person, business, or other entity for fewer than 90 days within any period of 12 consecutive months, or from a car, truck, other motor vehicle, trailer, or any structure other than a permanent building.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the following:
- Solicitations, sales or distributions made by charitable, educational, or religious organizations which have registered with the city finance department.
- Traveling salespersons doing business exclusively with retail merchants, manufacturers, jobbers or public officials.
- Persons selling jams, jellies, vegetables, fruits, or flowers grown or produced by them and not purchased by them for resale.
- Bona fide garage, rummage, yard, or moving sales which do not occur at the same location more than four times per year, for more than four days each time.
All peddlers must operate in accordance with all provisions and restrictions as defined in City Ordinance Section #29. Please be sure to review the full ordinance requirements. The full ordinance may be downloaded as a PDF from the link on the right side of this page.
Citizens should call the Sioux Falls Police Department at 367-7000 (non emergency) to report questionable peddler activity, or if a peddler will not show you his license.
Please contact Lorie Hogstad in the City Finance Department at (605) 367-8082 or lhogstad@siouxfalls.org to find out if a peddler is registered. The office hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
