Peddler/Solicitor Registration

All peddlers and solicitors operating within Newberg city limits must be registered with the city. Registration is free; however, all peddlers and solicitors must be covered by a current City of Newberg business license.

Registration

All peddlers/solicitors and street vendors shall register individually with the city prior to engaging in any activities defined in NMC 5.15.050 the registration shall be filed with the city on a form supplied by the city. Registrations will be accepted only during normal city business hours. Failure to provide complete and accurate information may result in a violation of this section and immediate revocation and/or denial of registration. Registrants must provide the following information:

• Personal identification including date of birth, driver’s license number and/or other appropriate identification.
• Copies of any state or county licenses which are required to operate or conduct activities proposed by the registrant.
• A statement which confirms the registrant has no previous criminal history, including conviction or incarceration for a crime such as theft, burglary, robbery, fraud, deceit, or any other crime of violence, within the 10-year period prior to the date of registration.
• For peddlers and solicitors whose method of sale is to travel door-to-door, the applicant must sign a form provided by the City that authorizes the City to conduct a criminal history background check for arrests, warrants, convictions, incarcerations and/or dispositions of charges that include but are not limited to theft, burglary, robbery, fraud, deceit, or any crime of violence within a ten (10) year period prior to the date of registration. The registrant will be deemed ineligible if the criminal history background check shows any of the above except for arrests and past warrants for arrests, which will be reviewed on an individual basis for determination of eligibility.
• Previous sales history in the community within the 10-year period prior to the date of registration.
• A description of the goods or services offered for sale.

Term of Registration

A peddler, solicitor or street vendor registration is valid for a period of six months. After six months, re-registration is required before further business can be conducted.

A peddler is defined as "a person, or persons, traveling from place to place selling and delivering at the same time".
A solicitor is defined as "a person, or persons, traveling from place to place, not carrying goods, but taking orders for future delivery, or soliciting for money or other things of value".

Peddlers and solicitors must adhere to the following rules:
* Limit hours of operation to only those hours between 9am and 9pm.
* Not enter uninvited into a private building, structure or room.
* Not enter uninvited upon private property that is posted "no soliciting" or with a similar sign.
* Within 30 seconds after beginning the conversation with a potential customer:
- Provide identification of both the person and whom the person represents;
- Explain the purpose of the person's call;
- Provide a description in commonly understood terms of the goods or services offered for sale; and
- Inquire whether the person being solicited is interested in listening to a sales presentation and immediately discontinue the solicitation if the person being solicited gives a negative response.
* During the course of the solicitation, state the total cost of the goods or services offered for sale and the number, timing, and amount of installment payments if payment on an installment basis is available to the person being solicited.
* Peddlers and solicitors may not operate within the Old Fashioned Festival Zone during that Festival (during the last full weekend of July), unless authorized by the festival.  See  http://www.newbergoregon.gov/sites/default/files/ordinances/2500-2749/Ord2717.pdf