Millcreek, PA Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)

Chapter 21, Article IV of the Millcreek Township Code, the Transient Merchant Ordinance (adopted 12-3-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-10), is the Township's permit scheme for itinerant sellers. It does not use the words door-to-door or solicitor and does not regulate non-sales canvassing; it covers any business conducted temporarily or for less than 12 consecutive months for the sale of goods, wares or merchandise, at wholesale or retail, from a room, store, vehicle, stand, open lot, tent or other location (§ 21-21C). Section 21-24 bars anyone from engaging in that business, as owner, agent, consignee, employee or independent contractor, resident or not, without a Township license for each person involved. Licensees must carry the license or identification card at all times.

Before issuing a license the Township requires a copy of the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue sales and use tax license (or a certification of exemption) and a copy of every state or federal license the business needs. The application under § 21-25 is sworn and asks for identity, business history, goods offered, the places of sale, vehicle identification, two 2 by 2 inch photographs taken within 60 days, and any misdemeanor or felony record. Every applicant pays the Township's fee for a criminal record check. The Supervisors or their designee investigate character and business responsibility and decide within five business days after receiving the criminal history. Section 21-27 requires a $5,000 surety bond.

The license runs for one month and renews monthly; the fee is set at the maximum authorized by 53 P.S. § 66532(b) for each month or fractional month (§ 21-28). Exemptions in § 21-22 include businesses with a principal place of business in the Township for at least one year, farmers selling their own produce, sales of donated goods for charity, and persons posting a $2,500 bond. The Treasurer can revoke a license for false information or a conviction (§ 21-30).