Montgomery, AL Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Solicitor license fee
- $1,000.00 per license
- Agent registration fee
- $12.00 per worker
- Issuing office
- City license and revenue division
- Governing section
- City Code § 16-107(a)(4)g
- License category
- Transient/itinerant business
Summary
Montgomery treats door-to-door selling and soliciting as a transient business license category with a $1,000.00 annual license tax, one of the steepest license classes in the fee schedule. Every agent working under that licensed solicitor also has to register individually and pay a $12.00 fee.
(4)Transients or itinerants. Each person, firm, or corporation doing business in the city whereby said person, firm, or corporation does not have a permanent location within the city and whereby said business is transient or itinerant, the license tax is fixed as follows: ... g.Door to door sales/solicitor: $1,000.00. All persons working for a licensed door to door solicitor or acting as an agent must register with the revenue department as a transient worker and pay a $12.00 registration fee.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 27).
Full Breakdown
City Code § 16-107(a)(4) sets the license tax schedule for transients or itinerants, people or businesses operating in Montgomery without a permanent local location. 00 registration fee. 00 per vendor, showing the door-to-door category is priced as a substantial standalone business license rather than a minor add-on. Chapter 20, Article I separately regulates the conduct of door-to-door canvassers, peddlers and solicitors once licensed, and § 20-7 confirms that nothing in that conduct chapter relieves anyone of the duty to hold the required business and transient license under Chapter 16 before going door to door.
Violations & Fines
Operating as a door-to-door solicitor or peddler in Montgomery without first purchasing the $1,000.00 license, or working as an unregistered agent for a licensed solicitor without paying the $12.00 registration fee, is a business-license violation enforced by the city license and revenue division, subject to the Chapter 1 general penalty of $1.00 to $500.00 in fines, up to six months in jail or hard labor, or both, under § 1-6.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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