Johnson County, KS Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit required
- Before any house-to-house selling
- Allowed hours
- 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- Vendor permit length
- Up to 14 consecutive days
- Permits per person/site
- Max 4 per calendar year
- Fine range
- $25.00-$100.00 per offense
Summary
Anyone peddling goods house-to-house in unincorporated Johnson County needs an itinerant sales permit first, with narrow carve-outs for registered nonprofits.
Vendor means any person, including an employee or agent of another, who sells or offers to sell food, beverages, goods or merchandise on any public roadway or sidewalk, or from a stand, motor vehicle or from his person, and includes any person who travels from house to house or street to street selling or offering to sell food, beverages, goods or merchandise... It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct or engage in any itinerant sales, as defined in this article, without first having obtained a permit as required by this article.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Resolutions: Supplement 14).
Full Breakdown
County code defines a "vendor" to include any person who travels house to house or street to street selling goods, beverages, or merchandise, and folds that activity into the itinerant sales permit scheme. Sec. 50-179 bars conducting itinerant sales without a permit. Sales are limited to 7:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m., a vendor's permit runs up to 14 consecutive days, and no more than four permits per year go to the same person or site. Door-to-door solicitations by a registered religious, charitable, or educational 501(c)(3) organization are exempt.
Violations & Fines
Violating the itinerant sales/permit provisions is a public offense carrying a fine of $25.00 to $100.00 per offense; each day or instance can count separately.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do Girl Scouts or church groups need a permit to go door to door?
How long can a peddler's permit last?
Sources & Official References
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