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Jefferson Parish, LA Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)

Some Restrictions
Compiled from the official code textEditor Martyn O'NeillLast verified September 2026

Key Facts

Prohibited hours
8:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m., unless by appointment
Permit issuer
Sheriff's Office sales tax division
Permit fee
$2 per company or sole proprietorship
Violation consequence
Immediate permit revocation, no reapplying
Applies in
Unincorporated parish, including Metairie, Terrytown

Summary

Door-to-door solicitors, peddlers, and canvassers in Jefferson Parish must get a permit from the sheriff's sales tax division before knocking on any door, and even permitted solicitors cannot work between 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. unless the resident set up an appointment. Soliciting during those hours gets a permit revoked outright, and the violator can never get another one.

These county ordinances apply to unincorporated areas of Jefferson Parish. Incorporated cities within the county may have their own rules that take precedence over county-level regulations.

Sec. 22-16. - Hours. Even after the obtaining of the permit, no permittee under this article shall solicit and/or peddle door to door and/or conduct any house to house canvassing or solicitation between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., except as made by appointment. ... Sec. 22-30. - Revocation. Should any person having obtained such a permit, solicit and/or peddle door to door and/or conduct any house-to-house canvassing or solicitation between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., except as made by appointment, the permit shall be revoked and thereafter the solicitor, salesman, saleslady and/or canvasser shall not be able to obtain another permit.

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Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 20 Update 2).

Full Breakdown

Section 22-28 requires anyone conducting house-to-house canvassing, or any salesman or saleslady peddling or soliciting door to door, to first obtain a permit from the sales tax division of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office. Section 22-29 sets the permit fee at two dollars for each partnership, company, corporation, or sole proprietorship applying. , unless the visit was arranged by a prior appointment with the resident. Section 22-30 gives that overnight restriction real teeth: a permit holder caught soliciting, peddling, or canvassing door to door during the restricted hours has the permit revoked on the spot, and that same solicitor, salesman, saleslady, or canvasser is permanently barred from ever obtaining another permit under this article.

The rules sit in Chapter 22's Article II, Division 1, titled Door-to-Door Salesmen, and apply parishwide in the unincorporated areas, including Metairie and Terrytown, where the Sheriff's Office, not a city hall, issues and polices the permits. Article II does not set its own fine for canvassing without ever getting a permit in the first place, so that gap falls back on the parish's general penalty in Section 1-10, up to a $1,000 fine or six months in jail.

Violations & Fines

A permit obtained under this article is revoked the moment its holder solicits, peddles, or canvasses door to door outside the 8:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. window without a prior appointment, and Section 22-30 bars that person from ever getting another permit. Operating without a permit at all violates Section 22-28 and, absent a specific fine listed in Article II, falls back on the parish's general penalty in Section 1-10.

Frequently Asked Questions

What hours are door-to-door solicitors and peddlers banned in Jefferson Parish?
Under Section 22-16, no one holding a solicitor's permit may go door to door, canvass house to house, or peddle between 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. The only exception is a visit the resident specifically arranged ahead of time by appointment; unannounced calls outside those hours are not allowed even with a valid permit.
Do peddlers and canvassers need a permit to knock on doors in Jefferson Parish?
Yes. Section 22-28 requires anyone going house to house selling, canvassing, or soliciting to first get a permit from the sales tax division of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office. Section 22-29 sets the fee at two dollars per company, partnership, or sole proprietor before that permit is issued.
What happens if a solicitor is caught knocking on doors after 8 p.m. in Jefferson Parish?
Section 22-30 revokes the permit immediately. Beyond losing that permit, the same solicitor, salesman, saleslady, or canvasser can never obtain another permit under this article again, making the overnight hours restriction a one-strike rule rather than a fine-and-continue system.

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