Aiken County, SC Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)

Aiken County Code Section 13-11 makes it unlawful to go onto private property in the unincorporated county to peddle goods, wares, merchandise, or services, or to solicit money, without being invited by the owner or occupant and without first registering with the Aiken County Clerk of Court and obtaining a license under Article II of Chapter 13. Section 13-12 spells out the registration: the solicitor's name, address, date of birth, Social Security number, redacted from the public file once feasible, driver's license number, a description of every vehicle used including tag number, and the name and address of the employing company or organization.

No one may solicit until the State Law Enforcement Division completes a criminal history check on the applicant, at the applicant's expense. Once the Clerk of Court is satisfied and the Section 13-15 fee is paid, a license issues that is valid only through December 31 of that calendar year; the fee is one hundred dollars, dropping to fifty dollars for licenses obtained after July 1. , Monday through Saturday, meaning Sunday door-to-door solicitation is barred outright regardless of licensing. Section 13-11(c) makes it a separate offense to enter property posted No Soliciting or to refuse to leave after the owner or occupant asks.

Section 13-13 exempts IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) charitable, religious, and political organizations from registration, background checks, and the fee, but even exempt groups remain bound by the no-soliciting-sign rule. The article applies only in the unincorporated county; anyone soliciting inside North Augusta, Aiken, or another incorporated town must get that municipality's own permit under Section 13-11(d).