Nassau County, FL Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)

Nassau County Code § 18½-79(a) makes it unlawful to conduct a home solicitation sale in the county, as that term is defined in § 18½-77, without first obtaining a valid home solicitation sale permit. Section 18½-78 spells out what the application must contain: full name, date of birth, race and sex, permanent and local residence addresses, employer's name and address, two recent color photographs, a sworn statement disclosing any prior conviction or guilty/nolo plea and its punishment, and a complete set of fingerprints taken by an authorized law enforcement agency.

The clerk of the circuit court forwards those fingerprints to the state department of law enforcement and a copy of the application to the county sheriff's office, and the sheriff must report any criminal justice information back to the clerk within 60 days of receiving the fingerprints. The clerk may revoke, suspend or deny a permit if the applicant has been convicted of, or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to, a crime involving moral turpitude, fraudulent or dishonest dealing, illegal drug sale or use, or a violation of Florida's deceptive trade practices statutes, or if the permit was obtained by fraud or misrepresentation.

Section 18½-79(b) excludes several categories from needing a permit at all: solicitors invited onto the premises by the resident, telephone solicitors making unsolicited calls consummated entirely by phone, minors working under the supervision of an adult who holds a valid permit (provided the minor carries ID naming their supervisor and permit number), and solicitors for religious, charitable, scientific, educational or veterans' organizations holding a state sales tax exemption certificate.