Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors in Roanoke County, VA (2026)

2 rules for unincorporated Roanoke County, Virginia.

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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Roanoke County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Food Truck Permits

Roanoke County, Virginia (outside the cities of Roanoke and Salem) licenses food trucks as peddlers of "family supplies of a perishable nature" under § 10-45, taxed at $50.00 a year. The commissioner of the revenue won't issue that license until the operator proves they hold the required health department permit.

Food Truck License Requirements in Roanoke County

Some Restrictions

Roanoke County Code § 10-45

Any person who shall carry from place to place any goods, wares, or merchandise and offer to sell or barter the same, or actually sell or barter the same, shall be deemed to be a peddler. Peddlers of family supplies of a perishable nature and peddlers of ice, wood, or coal shall pay for the privilege of engaging in such business a license tax of fifty dollars ($50.00) per year. ... For purposes...

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Sidewalk & Mobile Vending

Roanoke County classifies a food truck as a peddler or itinerant merchant under County Code § 10-45, so operators need a business license from the commissioner of the revenue before they sell. Section 10-45(c) names 'meals from food trucks' as a family supply of a perishable nature, which carries a $50 annual license tax, well below the $250-per-vehicle-per-month tax on general merchandise, but only once the health department permit is on file.

Roanoke County Food Truck Peddler License

Some Restrictions

Roanoke County Code § 10-45

(a)Any person who shall carry from place to place any goods, wares, or merchandise and offer to sell or barter the same, or actually sell or barter the same, shall be deemed to be a peddler. Peddlers of family supplies of a perishable nature and peddlers of ice, wood, or coal shall pay for the privilege of engaging in such business a license tax of fifty dollars ($50.00) per year. ... (c)For pu...

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