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

48 rules on the books across Michigan, 29 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.

Ann Arbor

Significant Restrictions

Ann Arbor requires anyone soliciting or peddling door-to-door to obtain a city license first, per Chapter 79, with…

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Battle Creek

Significant Restrictions

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, a person who goes house to house taking orders for future delivery is a vendor…

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Clinton Township

Significant Restrictions

Anyone acting as a transient merchant, peddler, outdoor shopkeeper or commercial solicitor in Clinton Township must…

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Dearborn

Significant Restrictions

Door-to-door commercial solicitors and canvassers in Dearborn must hold a city license before knocking on a single…

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Dearborn Heights

Significant Restrictions

The City of Dearborn Heights requires any peddler, transient merchant, or business doing direct in-person sales…

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Farmington Hills

Significant Restrictions

Farmington Hills requires door-to-door solicitors for charitable, religious, or political groups to register free with…

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Flint

Significant Restrictions

The City of Flint requires solicitors, canvassers and peddlers to get a City Clerk license before going door-to-door…

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Kalamazoo

Significant Restrictions

In the City of Kalamazoo, door-to-door peddlers and transient merchants must get a license from the City Clerk under…

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Kent County

Significant Restrictions

Selling goods or services, vending food or beverages, or soliciting business of any kind on Kent County park property…

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Lansing

Significant Restrictions

Anyone peddling, canvassing, soliciting orders or running a temporary transient-merchant business door-to-door in…

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Livonia

Significant Restrictions

Anyone who peddles, canvasses or sells door-to-door in Livonia must register with the police department and get a…

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Novi

Significant Restrictions

Peddling or soliciting for any cause within the City of Novi requires a permit or license from the city clerk under…

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Ottawa County

Significant Restrictions

Code of Ottawa County § 400.3.1.6(a)(xi) stops anyone on Commission Park Property from peddling or soliciting business…

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Pontiac

Significant Restrictions

Anyone who goes door to door or sells from the streets of Pontiac needs a hawker or peddler license under City Code…

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Rochester Hills

Significant Restrictions

Rochester Hills requires anyone doing business as a peddler, hawker, canvasser, or door-to-door itinerant merchant to…

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Royal Oak

Significant Restrictions

In the City of Royal Oak, City Code § 526-6 bars soliciting for any cause within the City without a City-issued permit…

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Royal Oak Township

Significant Restrictions

In the Charter Township of Royal Oak, no person can solicit without a license approved by the Township Clerk. A license…

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Shelby Village

Significant Restrictions

Shelby requires anyone peddling or soliciting door-to-door to first get a permit from the Village Clerk/Treasurer, good…

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Southfield

Significant Restrictions

Anyone going door to door in Southfield to sell goods, seek donations or solicit for a cause needs a permit from the…

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Warren

Significant Restrictions

Anyone who goes door to door in Warren selling goods, wares or merchandise as a peddler or hawker must first obtain a…

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West Bloomfield

Significant Restrictions

Anyone canvassing door to door in West Bloomfield Township to sell goods or take orders needs a peddler, solicitor or…

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Detroit

Some Restrictions

Anyone running a temporary or transient sales business in Detroit, using a room, building, or structure for under 120…

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Grand Rapids

Some Restrictions

Grand Rapids requires anyone canvassing or peddling door-to-door to hold a transient merchant license from the City…

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Oakland County

Some Restrictions

Oakland County itself has no countywide door-to-door solicitor permit ordinance. Permits are issued at the city…

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Sterling Heights

Some Restrictions

Anyone going door-to-door in Sterling Heights to sell goods, take orders or peddle wares must hold an annual…

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Taylor

Some Restrictions

The City of Taylor, Michigan requires a license before anyone operates a peddling, hawking or vending business on its…

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Troy

Some Restrictions

Troy requires anyone soliciting donations or peddling goods door to door to obtain a permit or license from the City…

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Westland

Some Restrictions

Westland requires anyone soliciting, canvassing, or peddling door to door to get a license from the city clerk before…

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Wyoming

Some Restrictions

In the City of Wyoming, Michigan (Kent County), anyone going door-to-door as a vendor or solicitor must first obtain a…

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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.

Clinton Township

Significant Restrictions

Clinton Township bars solicitors, peddlers and transient merchants from entering or calling on a residence or business…

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Ann Arbor

Some Restrictions

Ann Arbor law bars solicitors and peddlers from entering any property posted with a no soliciting sign and restricts…

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Dearborn

Some Restrictions

Dearborn has no formal no-solicitation registry -- a posted 'No Soliciting' sign or a resident's verbal refusal is what…

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Dearborn Heights

Some Restrictions

Dearborn Heights City Code § 3-23 makes it unlawful to leave a handbill, including from peddlers or agents, on any…

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Detroit

Some Restrictions

Detroit bans handbill and advertising solicitation at any residence posting a "No Trespassing," "No Handbills," or…

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Farmington Hills

Some Restrictions

Posting a compliant 'no soliciting' or 'no peddling' sign at a Farmington Hills home or subdivision entrance legally…

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Flint

Some Restrictions

Flint bars solicitors from knocking at any address posted 'No Solicitors or Peddlers' and caps all door-to-door…

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Livonia

Some Restrictions

Livonia backs up 'No Soliciting' signs with law: once a resident posts a sign on the door facing the street, or tells a…

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Pontiac

Some Restrictions

In the City of Pontiac, a conspicuously posted sign near a home's entrance reading "no trespassing," "no peddlers or…

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Rochester Hills

Some Restrictions

Rochester Hills confines door-to-door charitable, religious, and political solicitation to the hours between 8:00 a.m…

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Royal Oak

Some Restrictions

In the City of Royal Oak, City Code § 526-38 requires the City Clerk to maintain a Do Not Knock Registry, and § 526-33…

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Royal Oak Township

Some Restrictions

In Royal Oak Township, a solicitor cannot visit a home without an appointment where a sign says no peddlers, no…

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Shelby Village

Some Restrictions

Shelby lets residents block solicitors outright by posting a no-soliciting sign and confines all door-to-door peddling…

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Southfield

Some Restrictions

A Southfield resident can post a "No Solicitors" or "No Solicitation" sign at the entry to their home, and any…

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Sterling Heights

Some Restrictions

Sterling Heights bars door-to-door sales or solicitations on any private property posting a "No Solicitors," "No…

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Troy

Some Restrictions

Troy bars solicitors and peddlers from knocking at any address on the City Clerk's Do-Not-Knock Registry, or posted…

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West Bloomfield

Some Restrictions

West Bloomfield Township lets residents block canvassers by posting a "No Soliciting" sign or by joining a written…

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Westland

Some Restrictions

Westland bars solicitors, canvassers, and peddlers from approaching any home posted with a no-soliciting sign or…

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Novi

Light Restrictions

Novi residents can bar peddlers and solicitors from their door by registering their address on the city's Do-Not-Knock…

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