Moore County, NC Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)

S. 105-53, that once authorized the tax before the state repealed it. Section 9-62(b) defines conducting business 'within the county' broadly enough to cover a peddler who has no fixed location there: it reaches anyone who solicits business within the county limits or picks up or delivers goods or services there, whether personally or through an agent. Section 9-63(a) requires the peddler to apply to the tax collector for the required license no less than 30 days before the tax is due, on a form stating the applicant's name and business type, where the business is conducted, a mailing address, and whether a state occupational board licenses the business.

The tax collector can refuse or revoke a license under Section 9-63(b) for a material misrepresentation or a refusal to provide the information needed to compute the tax, though the applicant has a right to a conference to contest that decision under Section 9-63(c). Section 9-62(f) requires a separate license and separate tax payment for each place of business, and Section 9-62(e) bars any refund if the peddler stops operating during the license year.