South Bend and Mishawaka require a peddler or solicitor permit to sell door-to-door within their limits; unincorporated St. Joseph County relies on trespass law. Statewide, IC 24-5-10 gives a buyer three business days to cancel a home-solicitation sale.
Solicitor licensing in St. Joseph County is a municipal function: South Bend and Mishawaka register door-to-door sellers under their own peddler ordinances, while unincorporated areas such as Granger have no county solicitor-permit program and instead rely on posted-property and trespass rules. Indiana consumer law protects residents everywhere in the county: the Home Solicitation Sales Act, IC 24-5-10, requires the seller to give written notice of the buyer's right to cancel, and under IC 24-5-10-8 the buyer may cancel before midnight of the third business day after the sale is agreed. A seller who omits the notice extends that cancellation window.
Soliciting in South Bend or Mishawaka without the required permit draws a municipal citation and fine. A seller who denies the statutory cancellation right faces rescission, return of the buyer's payments, and Indiana consumer-protection enforcement.
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