Hanover County, VA Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)

Sec. 21-3 requires anyone entering residential property to solicit to first get a permit from the county administrator. The application must list the applicant's name, addresses, age, date of birth, social security number and physical description verified by photo ID, the goods or services offered, the employer represented, a photo and fingerprints, any prior criminal convictions, the vehicle used, the areas of the county to be worked, and written authorization for a criminal records check by the sheriff. The sheriff investigates every applicant, and Sec.

21-3(c) bars a permit to anyone convicted of a felony or a crime of moral turpitude or violence, anyone whose prior permit was suspended or revoked, or anyone found not of good moral character. A permit is valid for only thirty days from issuance and must be carried and shown on demand. Renewal for an additional eleven months is available if the renewal application is filed within fifteen days of expiration; filing later counts as a brand-new application. Sec. 21-4 sets the processing fee at $20, paid to the treasurer when the application is filed.

Sec. 21-2 exempts invited visitors, identified nonprofit religious, civic, government or charitable canvassers, newspaper subscription sellers, regular-route delivery drivers, farm-product sellers, state-licensed insurance agents, political canvassers, county residents twelve or under, and debt collectors from a different original seller. The county administrator can revoke a permit under Sec. 21-6 for fraud in the application, failure to observe permit conditions, a chapter violation, or a post-issuance felony or moral-turpitude conviction.