Dougherty County, GA Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Peddler occupation tax
- $50.00 per day operating
- Business license fee
- $50.00 per year
- Enforcing office
- County license inspector
- Exempt activity
- Order-taking with no on-site delivery
- General penalty
- Up to $1,000 fine or 60 days jail
Summary
In unincorporated Dougherty County, peddlers, transient merchants and itinerant vendors must register with the license inspector and obtain a business license like any other business, then pay a flat fifty-dollar occupation tax for every day they conduct business in the county, on top of any employee-based tax that applies.
(2)Peddlers, transients, itinerant merchants or vendors. Peddlers, as defined in Code Section 2-10, and transient, itinerant merchants and vendors, as defined in Code Section 2-10: Flat occupation tax of fifty dollars ($50.00) per day for each day business will be conducted plus an occupation tax based on number of employees, if applicable. ... A traveling salesperson engaged in taking orders for the sale of goods when no delivery of goods is made at the time of taking the order and a merchant, dealer or employee of either, the situs of whose business is outside the county who delivers goods to wholesale or retail customers in the county either on orders previously taken by his salespersons or on orders previously given directly to him by the wholesale or retail customer, are exempted from any license fee or occupation tax.
Full Breakdown
00) annual license fee due at the time of application. 00) for each day business is conducted in the county, in addition to any tax based on number of employees under Exhibit A. The code exempts one narrow category: a traveling salesperson who only takes orders, without delivering goods at the time the order is taken, and any merchant or employee based outside the county who fills those orders later, owes no license fee or occupation tax on that activity. 00-per-day occupation tax function as Dougherty County's entire door-to-door solicitation control; enforcement runs through the license inspector's general authority under § 2-10-2(p) to examine records and collect unpaid amounts, plus the general prohibition in § 2-10-3(b) on operating without registering and paying.
Violations & Fines
Operating as a peddler, transient merchant or itinerant vendor in the county without first registering and paying the license fee and daily occupation tax is unlawful under Dougherty County Code § 2-10-3(b). No specific fine is set for this article, so violations fall under the general penalty in § 2-1-8: up to $1,000.00, up to 60 days in jail, or both, with each day a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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