Georgetown, TX Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit required
- Before any door-to-door sales/solicitation
- Issuing office
- Police Services Records Section
- Fee
- $15 individual / $25 group
- Permit term
- 90 days from issuance
- Issuance time
- Within 5 working days
- Exempt
- Newspaper carriers, farmers, religious/political
- Violation
- Class C misdemeanor
Summary
Anyone going door-to-door or business-to-business in Georgetown to sell goods or solicit orders needs a permit from the Police Services Records Section before starting, under City Code Section 6.16.020. Applicants submit fingerprints and a criminal history check, pay a $15 or $25 fee, and receive a permit valid 90 days. Newspaper carriers, farmers, and religious or political canvassers are exempt from the permit itself.
Sec. 6.16.020. - Permit—Required. It is unlawful for any peddler or solicitor to engage in business within the City without first obtaining a permit from the City of Georgetown Police Services Records Section.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 32 | Unified Development Code: Supplement 15).
Full Breakdown
16 covers two categories: 'peddlers,' who sell goods for immediate delivery house-to-house or business-to-business, and 'solicitors,' who take orders or collect funds for future delivery. 020 makes it unlawful for either to operate in the City without first obtaining a permit from the Georgetown Police Services Records Section. 040 must include the applicant's name, address, birth date, physical description, fingerprint or thumbprint, a Texas Department of Public Safety criminal history check, and either a driver's license number or Social Security number with government-issued photo ID, plus a description of every vehicle used and a full list of goods or services offered.
060 waives the fee for anyone soliciting for a philanthropic, charitable, political or religious organization, or engaged in interstate commerce. 140. 090. 070 for an incomplete application, an outstanding warrant, or a qualifying prior conviction, with denial appealable in writing to the Chief of Police.
Violations & Fines
Working as a peddler or solicitor without the required permit, or violating any provision of Chapter 6.16, is a Class C misdemeanor under Section 6.16.150, punishable by a fine up to the maximum allowed by law. The Chief of Police may also suspend and confiscate a permit for a documented complaint or law violation under Section 6.16.110, and a revoked permit bars the holder from obtaining a new one for one year under Section 6.16.120(E).
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Sources & Official References
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