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Appendix i Authority - Licensing or Registration This chart provides a summary of the general authority cities have in regulating door-to-door or transient activities. As it is often difficult to classify actual conduct into only one of these classifications, a city should consult its city attorney when such specific assistance is needed. Classification Can Ci equire Can City Require License9 Recristration9 Peddlers ✓ ✓ *While most peddlers are subject to a city's licensing or registration requirements,there are trades or activities that are exempt from local licensing. See Part III—E-Licensing— exemptions. Solicitors No ✓ (For-Profit Operations) *Licensing of for-profit solicitors brings up equal protection and interstate commerce concerns. See Part II—B—Solicitors and canvassers. Transient Merchants ✓ ✓ *Most transient merchants are subject to city licensing or registrations. However, there are activities (i.e.produce stands)that may be exempt from local licensing. See Part III—E- Licensing—exemptions. Canvassers No No (Not-for-Profit Solicitations *The licensing and/or registering of religious,political,or other non-profit canvassers impacts constitutional rights (freedom of speech, freedom of religion, etc.). See Part IV - Constitutional implications. Professional Fundraisers ✓x ✓* (Individuals Paid for Canvassing Activities) *A paid"for-profit"professional fundraiser, compensated for working on behalf of an otherwise exempt group or person, may not be exempt from city licensing or registration requirements since the city is regulating commercial speech, which has less protection from local regulations. However, in practice it is difficult to distinguish professional fundraisers from not-for-profit canvassers. League of Minnesota Cities Information Memo: 12/1/2009 Regulating Peddlers,Solicitors and Transient Merchants Page 26