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Soliciting & Door-to-Door in Georgia (2026)

53 rules on the books across Georgia, 31 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.

Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions

Solicitor Permits

Permits required for door-to-door salespeople and canvassers, including background check requirements and permitted hours of operation.

Georgia: statewide

StatewideHeavy Restrictions

Georgia requires charitable organizations and paid solicitors to register annually with the Secretary of State before…

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Bartow County

Significant Restrictions

Anyone who peddles door to door in unincorporated Bartow County, from selling goods to taking service orders, must…

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Chatham County

Significant Restrictions

Anyone who peddles, sells door-to-door, or solicits contributions in unincorporated Chatham County needs a license or…

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Cherokee County

Significant Restrictions

Anyone soliciting orders house to house in unincorporated Cherokee County needs a permit from the license bureau first…

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Cobb County

Significant Restrictions

Door-to-door salespeople in unincorporated Cobb County must apply, pass a police background check, and hold a permit…

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Columbia County

Significant Restrictions

Columbia County requires anyone peddling goods door to door, or soliciting magazine and subscription sales, to hold a…

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Columbus

Significant Restrictions

Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County's consolidated government) requires anyone soliciting money, goods, or sales…

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DeKalb County

Significant Restrictions

Anyone whose work takes them door to door in the residential areas of unincorporated DeKalb County, whether selling…

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Dunwoody

Significant Restrictions

Dunwoody requires a city permit before anyone engages in door-to-door soliciting for a commercial, for-profit…

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Fayette County

Significant Restrictions

Anyone canvassing, peddling or selling door-to-door in unincorporated Fayette County must register with code…

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Forsyth County

Significant Restrictions

Anyone going door-to-door in unincorporated Forsyth County to solicit orders for goods or services must first get a…

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Fulton County

Significant Restrictions

Anyone selling, soliciting, or canvassing door to door in unincorporated Fulton County must first register with the…

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Gwinnett County

Significant Restrictions

Anyone canvassing or soliciting door-to-door in unincorporated Gwinnett County without an invitation must first get an…

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Hall County

Significant Restrictions

Anyone canvassing, peddling, or soliciting door to door in unincorporated Hall County needs a $100 permit, a background…

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Henry County

Significant Restrictions

Henry County requires every door-to-door canvasser or solicitor working the unincorporated area to register with the…

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Houston County

Significant Restrictions

Before selling anything door-to-door or in person in unincorporated Houston County, a transient vendor, solicitor or…

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Marietta

Significant Restrictions

Anyone soliciting sales door-to-door in Marietta residences must first obtain a $100.00 city permit good for six…

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Rockdale County

Significant Restrictions

In unincorporated Rockdale County, a charitable organization that wants to solicit money from drivers at intersections…

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Roswell

Significant Restrictions

Roswell, Georgia requires a police-issued permit before anyone conducts commercial door-to-door soliciting, and…

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Walton County

Significant Restrictions

Anyone selling products or soliciting money door-to-door in unincorporated Walton County must obtain a permit and a…

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Warner Robins

Significant Restrictions

Warner Robins requires a police-approved permit before anyone solicits orders, subscriptions or sales door-to-door…

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Whitfield County

Significant Restrictions

Door-to-door solicitors, canvassers and peddlers in unincorporated Whitfield County must register and get a $40 permit…

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Acworth

Some Restrictions

Anyone canvassing or soliciting orders door-to-door in Acworth must register with the city clerk before knocking on a…

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Atlanta

Some Restrictions

Door-to-door sellers in Atlanta must get a city permit before knocking on doors, show ID stating who they represent…

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Augusta-Richmond County

Some Restrictions

Augusta-Richmond County requires anyone applying for a peddler or solicitor permit to file a signed application in…

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Carroll County

Some Restrictions

Carroll County requires anyone selling goods, taking sales orders, or soliciting door-to-door in the unincorporated…

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Clayton County

Some Restrictions

Anyone going door to door in unincorporated Clayton County to sell, solicit donations or canvass must first obtain a…

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Decatur

Some Restrictions

Anyone going residence to residence in the City of Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia to sell merchandise, solicit orders…

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Johns Creek

Some Restrictions

Johns Creek requires anyone soliciting sales door-to-door for profit to first obtain a city permit, valid no more than…

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Macon Bibb County

Some Restrictions

Anyone going door-to-door in Macon-Bibb County to sell goods, take orders, solicit donations, or hand out commercial…

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Sandy Springs

Some Restrictions

Anyone selling goods, services or subscriptions door-to-door for profit in Sandy Springs must first get a city permit…

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South Fulton

Some Restrictions

South Fulton makes it unlawful to solicit or call on residences door-to-door for commercial purposes without a permit…

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No-Knock Registry

Programs that let homeowners register to opt out of door-to-door solicitation, and the penalties for solicitors who ignore the list.

Cobb County

Significant Restrictions

In unincorporated Cobb County, a door-to-door salesperson cannot cross the threshold without the occupant's express…

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Marietta

Significant Restrictions

Marietta bars door-to-door solicitation before 10:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m. standard time (8:00 p.m. daylight time)…

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Acworth

Some Restrictions

Posting a "Solicitors, peddlers, salesmen prohibited" sign at an Acworth home makes it a nuisance for any peddler…

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Atlanta

Some Restrictions

Atlanta bars door-to-door solicitors from entering any home posted with a "No Peddlers" or "No Solicitors" sign, and…

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Chatham County

Some Restrictions

Posting a No Soliciting sign carries legal weight in unincorporated Chatham County. Sec. 16-314(5) makes it a violation…

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Clayton County

Some Restrictions

A visible 'no solicitation,' 'no peddling' or 'no trespassing' sign at a Clayton County residence legally bars any…

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Columbia County

Some Restrictions

Columbia County limits permitted solicitors to 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and runs no formal no-knock registry. A posted…

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Decatur

Some Restrictions

Decatur, Georgia bars door-to-door sellers, order-takers, canvassers and charity solicitors from ringing a doorbell or…

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DeKalb County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated DeKalb County requires a solicitor's permit for door-to-door sales and bans the activity between 9:00…

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Fayette County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Fayette County bars canvassers, solicitors, peddlers and door-to-door salespeople from calling at any…

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Forsyth County

Some Restrictions

Posting a 'no soliciting' sign at a Forsyth County home legally bars any solicitor or canvasser from knocking, under…

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Fulton County

Some Restrictions

A conspicuous no-soliciting sign at a home in unincorporated Fulton County legally bars door-to-door solicitors under…

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Gwinnett County

Some Restrictions

Canvassers and solicitors in unincorporated Gwinnett County can't knock between 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. Monday through…

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Hall County

Some Restrictions

Hall County limits door-to-door solicitation to 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. weekdays with no Sunday or holiday calls, bars…

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Henry County

Some Restrictions

Henry County makes it unlawful under Code of Ordinances § 3-3-46(2)(e)(4) for any canvasser or solicitor to solicit or…

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Johns Creek

Some Restrictions

Posting a written 'no solicitors' sign makes it an unlawful nuisance for door-to-door solicitors to ring the bell in…

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Macon Bibb County

Some Restrictions

Macon-Bibb County bars door-to-door solicitation between 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m., on Sundays, and on federal or state…

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Roswell

Some Restrictions

Roswell, Georgia makes it a nuisance for a solicitor to knock or ring a doorbell once a resident has posted a sign…

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Sandy Springs

Some Restrictions

Sandy Springs bars door-to-door solicitors and canvassers from working any residential property that posts a visible…

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Walton County

Some Restrictions

Permitted door-to-door sellers in unincorporated Walton County may not contact residents before 9:00 a.m. or after 8:00…

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Whitfield County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Whitfield County limits door-to-door canvassers, solicitors and peddlers to the hours of 9:00 a.m. to…

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