Baltimore County, MD Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)

Baltimore County Code § 21-11-101 requires a license from the Clerk of the Court before a person may hawk, sell, peddle, vend, or offer for sale or rent fruits, vegetables, fish, meat, poultry, oysters, goods, wares, or merchandise or service of any kind, whether on the county's streets and highways or by going house to house on foot or in a vehicle. Farmers and growers selling their own vegetables or perishable farm products, and school-age children engaged in fund-raising, are excused from the license under subsection (b).

An applicant provides the Clerk of the Court with name, address, weight, race, height, and eye and hair color, and pays a per-vehicle fee the County Administrative Officer sets annually under § 21-11-102. Once issued, the license comes with a gum label or metal tag bearing the huckster's license number and expiration date that must stay visibly attached to the right side of the vehicle, and the licensee must carry or display the license whenever a police officer or a customer asks to see it, under § 21-11-103. Licenses run May 1 through April 30 and renew on payment of the same per-vehicle fee under § 21-11-105. or sunset.