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

30 rules on the books across Pennsylvania, 19 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.

Abington

Significant Restrictions

Anyone who wants to go door-to-door selling goods or taking orders in Abington Township must first get an individual…

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Allentown

Significant Restrictions

Allentown Code § 437-1 requires anyone soliciting door-to-door for sales within the city to first obtain a license, and…

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Bristol Township

Significant Restrictions

In Bristol Township, Bucks County, no one can solicit or peddle in a public place or on private property without a…

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Erie

Significant Restrictions

Erie requires anyone peddling house-to-house or street-to-street, resident or not, to obtain a license from the Bureau…

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Haverford

Significant Restrictions

In Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, no one outside the listed exemptions can solicit or peddle…

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Lower Merion

Significant Restrictions

Lower Merion Township requires every door-to-door canvasser or solicitor to register with the Police Department and…

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Lower Paxton

Significant Restrictions

In Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania, no one can solicit or peddle without a valid license from the Township…

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Millcreek

Significant Restrictions

Under Millcreek Township Code § 21-24, no one may run a transient wholesale or retail business in the Township without…

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Penn Hills

Significant Restrictions

Peddlers, transient merchants, and commercial canvassers must get a police-issued license before going door-to-door in…

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Philadelphia

Significant Restrictions

Anyone peddling, hawking, or selling house-to-house in Philadelphia must first get a Street Vendor license from…

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Pottstown

Significant Restrictions

Anyone soliciting orders door to door for future delivery of goods or services in Pottstown needs an annual license…

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Reading

Significant Restrictions

Reading requires anyone canvassing or soliciting door-to-door to obtain a police permit at least 10 business days in…

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Scranton

Significant Restrictions

Scranton requires anyone peddling or soliciting door-to-door to obtain a license from the Department of Public Safety…

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Upper Darby

Significant Restrictions

Upper Darby requires anyone peddling or soliciting house-to-house or on public streets and sidewalks to first obtain a…

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Bensalem

Some Restrictions

Bensalem Township requires anyone soliciting or peddling door to door or on the streets to obtain a license from the…

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Bethlehem

Some Restrictions

Bethlehem requires peddlers and solicitors who sell goods, wares, or merchandise door-to-door to buy a $10.00-per-day…

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Bristol

Some Restrictions

In Bristol Borough, Pennsylvania, nobody can knock on residential doors to peddle or solicit without an invitation…

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Harrisburg

Some Restrictions

In the City of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, anyone soliciting or taking orders by sample from non-dealers pays a $100…

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Pittsburgh

Some Restrictions

Any charity or religious group sending representatives door-to-door in Pittsburgh must register with the Police…

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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.

Lower Merion

Significant Restrictions

A conspicuously posted "No Soliciting" or "Do not solicit" sign legally bars any registered solicitor from entering or…

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Abington

Some Restrictions

Abington Township lets residents shut solicitors out two ways under Code §§ 118-10 and 118-11: posting a legible "No…

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Bensalem

Some Restrictions

Bensalem Township bars solicitors and peddlers from entering any property posted with a No Soliciting sign, from…

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Bristol

Some Restrictions

Bristol Borough residents can post a No Soliciting, Peddling or Canvassing sign of up to 80 square inches on the front…

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Bristol Township

Some Restrictions

In Bristol Township, a licensed solicitor or peddler cannot enter or stay on a home or business property when the owner…

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Haverford

Some Restrictions

In Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, commercial soliciting and peddling ends at 7:00 p.m. from October…

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Lower Paxton

Some Restrictions

In Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania, licensed solicitors and peddlers cannot work before 8:00 a.m. or after 7:00…

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Penn Hills

Some Restrictions

Licensed peddlers and canvassers in Penn Hills may only solicit 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays and Saturdays, and are…

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Philadelphia

Some Restrictions

Homeowners can bar real estate solicitors from contacting them by joining the city's Do Not Solicit List.

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Scranton

Some Restrictions

Scranton makes it unlawful for any peddler or door-to-door solicitor to enter private property posted with a "No…

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Upper Darby

Some Restrictions

Upper Darby residents can post a 'No Solicitation' sign at their home, and any peddler, solicitor or sermonizer…

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