Killeen, TX Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)

Chapter 20's peddler ordinance defines an "itinerant vendor, merchant, or peddler" in Section 20-26 as anyone who goes door to door or place to place selling goods, wares, services or merchandise, carving out mobile food vendors with a state license and vendors at city-hosted events. Section 20-27 makes it unlawful to sell or take orders anywhere in the city without complying with the article, and Section 20-41 requires a permit from the police department before engaging in the business at all. The application under Section 20-42 must include the applicant's name, address, a description of the goods, the applicant's fingerprints, a photograph, a statement of any prior criminal convictions, and the business's state sales tax permit number. Section 20-44 lets the police department deny a permit based on a conviction that directly relates to the peddling business, weighing factors including the seriousness of the crime and evidence of rehabilitation, and Section 20-49 allows revocation after notice and a hearing for fraud, a violation of the article, or a disqualifying conviction.

On the resident's side of the transaction, Texas Penal Code Section 30.05 backs up a homeowner's right to keep peddlers off the property entirely. A person commits criminal trespass if they enter or remain on property without effective consent after having notice the entry was forbidden, or after receiving notice to depart and failing to leave; notice includes a sign posted at the entrance reasonably likely to be seen, or oral communication from the owner. A first trespass conviction is a Class B misdemeanor, escalating to a Class A misdemeanor if the person carries a deadly weapon or the trespass occurs in a habitation.