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Soliciting & Door-to-Door in St. Louis, MO (2026)

2 verified soliciting & door-to-door rules for St. Louis, Missouri, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

Verified from official government sources

Solicitor Permits

Door-to-door solicitors, canvassers, and peddlers in St. Louis must buy a license from the License Collector, $1 a day, $10 a month, or $15 a year, post a $1,000 surety bond, and wear a badge carrying their certificate whenever working the City's streets.

St. Louis Solicitor & Peddler License

Significant Restrictions

St. Louis Revised Code § 8.06.452

"Drummer, solicitor, or canvasser" means any individual, whether a resident of this City or not, traveling by foot, wagon, automobile, motor truck, any other type of conveyance, or calls made by phone, from place to place, or from street to street, taking or attempting to take orders for sale of goods, wares, or merchandise... within this City. The license fee for drummers, solicitors, or canva...

No-Knock Registry

St. Louis recognizes No Solicitors signs as legal notice that solicitation is refused. Commercial solicitors who knock despite a posted sign commit trespass and violate city solicitation ordinances; non-commercial speech remains constitutionally protected but should respect posted notice.

Soliciting: No Knock Rules

Some Restrictions

RSMo § 569.140

569.140. Trespass in the first degree — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of trespass in the first degree if he or she knowingly enters unlawfully or knowingly remains unlawfully in a building or inhabitable structure or upon real property. 2. A person does not commit the offense of trespass in the first degree by entering or remaining upon real property unless the real property is fen...