The cities of Elkhart and Goshen require door-to-door peddlers and solicitors to register for a permit before canvassing within their limits. Elkhart County does not run a peddler-permit program for unincorporated areas. Religious and political canvassing is protected and exempt.
Solicitor and peddler licensing in Indiana is a city police-power function, so the door-to-door permit you need depends on where you knock. The City of Elkhart and the City of Goshen require commercial solicitors to register, and typically to carry identification, before going door to door within city limits. Elkhart County does not operate a countywide peddler-registration program for unincorporated areas. Purely commercial sales can be regulated, but religious, political, and charitable canvassing is protected speech and cannot be licensed the same way. Soliciting hours are commonly limited to daytime and early evening under the city ordinances.
Soliciting inside a city without the required registration draws a municipal citation and an order to stop; the county issues no peddler-permit citations in unincorporated areas.
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