Johnson County, KS Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)
Key Facts
- Solicitation hours
- 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- Permit required
- Yes, before soliciting
- Fine range
- $25-$100 per offense
- Nonprofit exemption
- Registered charities/religious groups
Summary
Unincorporated Johnson County requires a sheriff-vetted permit before anyone sells or solicits house to house, and caps door-to-door selling hours to 7 a.m.-8 p.m.
Vendor means any person...who sells or offers to sell food, beverages, goods or merchandise on any public roadway or sidewalk, or from a stand, motor vehicle or from his person, and includes any person who travels from house to house or street to street selling or offering to sell food, beverages, goods or merchandise. ... Itinerant sales activities shall be conducted only between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Resolutions: Supplement 14).
Full Breakdown
The county's itinerant sales ordinance defines a "vendor" to include anyone who travels house to house or street to street selling or offering to sell goods, and bars that activity in unincorporated Johnson County without a permit first issued by the county. Permits require a sheriff's statement that the applicant has no known fraud or consumer-protection convictions, and door-to-door selling is limited to 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Registered religious, charitable, or 501(c)(3) nonprofit solicitors are exempt from the permit requirement.
Violations & Fines
Conducting itinerant/door-to-door sales without a permit, or outside the 7 a.m.-8 p.m. window, is a public offense carrying a fine of $25 to $100 per offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do Girl Scouts or church groups need a permit to go door to door?
Can a solicitor knock on doors after 8 p.m. in unincorporated Johnson County?
Sources & Official References
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