Green Bay, WI Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)

Section 10-271 makes a permit mandatory for solicitation, defined broadly enough to cover any uninvited door-to-door sales or donation pitch; eight narrow activities are exempted under Section 10-272, including deliveries to regular customers, wholesale sales, buyer-requested home visits, court-ordered sales, bona fide auctions, and direct sales by charitable organizations or permanent merchants, though none of those exemptions covers direct sales conducted on a sidewalk. To apply, Section 10-273 requires a sworn application to the City Clerk, government-issued photo ID, and, where applicable, a Brown County Health Department retail food permit or a Wis.

52 seller's permit. 00 per the City Fee Schedule. The Police Department reviews every application first and can deny it if any information is false or the applicant has a conviction substantially related to solicitation activity; the City Clerk then issues the permit without further review. Section 10-277 layers on conduct rules: a solicitor must identify themselves and their affiliation and disclose what they're selling before saying anything else, must carry and display the permit plus photo ID at all times, may not call at any address posted "No Soliciting," "No Peddlers" or similar language, must comply with the Wisconsin Consumer Act (Wis.

ch. except by appointment. Street solicitation is banned outright except for IRS Section 501(c)(3) organizations holding a special event permit, limited to once a year, three consecutive days, daylight hours only, with a hold-harmless agreement filed first.