Sandy Springs, GA Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)

Section 26-217 makes it unlawful to engage in commercial door-to-door soliciting without a permit, though the requirement exempts charitable, political and nonprofit solicitation where the proceeds belong to the nonprofit, and exempts government employees on official business. Every permit must show the solicitor's name, employer, photograph and physical description, and expires no later than six months after issuance. To apply, § 26-218 requires the solicitor's address history for the past three years, age, a description of what is being sold, the proposed route and streets to be canvassed, the names of the three most recent communities solicited house-to-house, a description and plate number of any vehicle used, and a disclosure of any past felony or crime-of-moral-turpitude conviction, all submitted under oath along with fingerprinting by the city police department.

No permit issues to anyone convicted of a felony or crime of moral turpitude within the preceding five years, or to anyone whose permit has previously been revoked. Section 26-220 requires solicitors to report any change to their planned route to the city manager's office. , and separately makes fraud or misrepresentation by a licensed solicitor a violation of the article in its own right.