Vanderburgh County, IN Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)

010: groups qualified under IRC § 501(c), Indiana-registered nonprofits, churches, and public or private schools, each of which must also be registered with the Indiana Secretary of State or prove tax-exempt status has been sought. 030, an application must reach the Sheriff five to sixty days before the event, list every organizer's name, address, height, weight, age and Social Security number for a background check, specify the exact intersections and number of solicitors, and include a liability waiver. 040 and may deny a permit if the event would disrupt traffic or emergency vehicles, if organizers have pending criminal complaints or a record involving theft, fraud or moral turpitude, or if the organization is unregistered, fraudulent or not legitimate; review must stay content-neutral toward the solicitor's message.

060 confines solicitation to intersections with a median strip at least four feet wide, bars soliciting after sunset or before sunrise, limits an event to no more than five locations and two days, requires an orange safety vest on every solicitor, and requires one adult supervisor age 21+ for every four solicitors under 18, with nobody under 14 allowed to solicit at all. 050. Because the permit is limited to charitable organizations soliciting from a fixed roadway position, it does not create a licensing path for commercial door-to-door peddlers or salespeople.