Soliciting & Door-to-Door in North Carolina (2026)

Door-to-door selling in Fayetteville requires a permit from the Finance Department's collection division. The…

Kill Devil Hills does not issue peddler permits at all. Section 111.03(B) flatly prohibits peddlers and the act of…

Apex requires a police-issued permit before anyone peddles or solicits door-to-door, and bars the activity at homes…

The Town of Cary requires anyone peddling or soliciting sales door-to-door to obtain a police department permit first…

Anyone going door-to-door in unincorporated Cumberland County to sell goods, take orders or peddle merchandise needs a…

Anyone going door to door in Greensboro to sell goods or services must get a business permit under City Code Sec…

High Point requires anyone peddling, soliciting, or canvassing house-to-house within city limits to first obtain a…

Anyone who wants to panhandle or solicit in unincorporated Iredell County must first get a permit from the sheriff's…

Onslow County requires anyone selling door-to-door or soliciting orders as an itinerant merchant, peddler or solicitor…

Door-to-door commercial solicitors in unincorporated Rockingham County must get a code enforcement permit, pass a…

Shelby requires anyone soliciting charitable contributions door-to-door or otherwise to get a city manager permit…

Wake County requires a written permit from the Department of Environmental Services before anyone may beg, panhandle or…

Winston-Salem requires commercial door-to-door solicitors to obtain a license and photo identification badge from the…

Door-to-door peddlers selling merchandise on Charlotte streets or sidewalks must carry a peddling license and show it…

Anyone peddling goods door-to-door or setting up temporarily as an itinerant merchant or specialty market operator in…

Anyone planning to peddle or solicit door to door in unincorporated Lincoln County must apply to the County Manager's…

Peddlers and itinerant merchants working unincorporated Moore County must hold an annual privilege license, taxed from…

Anyone who peddles goods door-to-door in unincorporated New Hanover County, on foot or by vehicle, must hold a…

Rose Hill requires every peddler, solicitor, or transient vendor to register with the Town Clerk before doing business…

Brunswick County doesn't require a general permit for door-to-door solicitors or peddlers in the unincorporated county…

Posting a "no solicitation" or "no trespassing" sign legally bars door-to-door solicitors from your property in…

Apex bars door-to-door peddling and soliciting from 8 p.m. to 9 a.m. and at any home posted "No Peddlers" or "No…

Cary confines permitted door-to-door soliciting to 9 a.m.-6 p.m. (5 p.m. in standard time) and lets any resident bar…

Fayetteville runs no no-knock list. Instead, a posted no-soliciting notice carries legal force: Section 15-16(l) voids…

Gastonia makes it unlawful for a solicitor or peddler to enter private property posted with a 'No Peddlers' or 'No…

Iredell County makes it unlawful to knock on doors or enter a private residence to sell goods or services once a "No…

In unincorporated Lincoln County, solicitors and peddlers must honor a posted "No Soliciting" or "No Trespassing" sign…

Winston-Salem bars every door-to-door solicitor from entering a property posted with a "no solicitation" or "no…

Concord lets residents opt out of door-to-door solicitation entirely: post a waterproof, roughly 3-by-4-inch card…