Nicholasville, KY Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)

Section 17-24(a) defines door to door sales as going from dwelling unit to dwelling unit, or from business to business, in Jessamine County selling or taking orders for goods, wares and merchandise or services, whether or not the seller carries a sample or collects advance payments. Section 17-24(e) gives transient merchant the same meaning as KRS 365.650. Section 17-33(a) requires a transient merchant to have filed a completed transient merchant application with the division of revenue at least ten (10) days prior to conducting business, as required by KRS 365.655.

Section 17-33(c) sets the age rule: a transient merchant must be eighteen (18) years or older, or, if between the ages of fourteen (14) and seventeen (17), inclusive, must submit proof of a valid work permit. Conduct rules follow. Under § 17-33(d), a transient merchant conducts himself or herself in an orderly and lawful manner. Under § 17-33(e), no entry into a home, residence, apartment complex or business under pretenses other than those directly connected with the business. Under § 17-33(h), all orders must be in writing in duplicate, stating the name as it appears on the license and the address of both the transient merchant and any employer, the terms of the order and the amount paid in advance, and one copy goes to the purchaser.

Door to door sales are barred before 9:00 a.m., after 8:00 p.m., on Sundays and on state or national holidays under § 17-33(b). Section 17-31 lists activities needing no Article IV permit, including newspaper carriers, delivery of goods pursuant to an agreement reached before the vendor's arrival, and vending solely for a bona fide, properly licensed nonprofit organization.