Augusta, Georgia: door-to-door solicitor permit

• The answer: No specific permit is set for a commercial door-to-door sales rep. Title 6, Chapter 5, Peddlers and Solicitors, has only three things: a generic application procedure that applies "before any permit required by law" is issued (Sec. 6-5-1, which does not itself impose a permit requirement), sidewalk/street vending space permits (Sec. 6-5-2), and Article 2's Business Tax Certificate for "Transient Vendors" — defined as sellers with no permanent county location who advertise their goods as priced below permanent local retailers (Sec. 6-5-3, 6-5-4) — which does not describe a fiber, solar, pest or security sales rep. What does still apply is the county's general Business Tax Certificate (occupation tax) in Title 2, Chapter 1: anyone "transacting, or offering to transact" business in Augusta-Richmond County needs one (2-1-18), and a business with no Georgia office is taxed here when it has agents who "exert substantial efforts" in the county "for the purpose of soliciting business" (2-1-6). That is a company-level certificate, not a per-rep solicitor permit.
• Where it comes from: Not applicable for a general commercial solicitor. Where the chapter does require something (street/sidewalk vending, or the Transient Vendor Business Tax Certificate) it is the License and Inspection Department / Planning & Development Department (Sec. 6-5-1, 6-5-7).
• Fee: No solicitor fee exists, because no solicitor permit exists. The Business Tax Certificate carries a $110.00 administrative fee on every account, plus occupation tax (2-1-3(a)). The regulatory fee list in 2-1-3(c) prints "Temporary and Transient Vendors $195.00 per day" — that line belongs to the below-retail-price transient vendor category in 6-5-3, not a general sales rep.
• Hours you may knock: None found. Checked Title 6, Chapter 5 (Peddlers and Solicitors), the Title 3 (Public Safety) chapter list and every section heading in Title 3, Chapter 7 (Offenses), and Title 7, Chapter 2 (Nuisances) — no solicitation-hours section.
• What the rep carries: No badge or solicitor ID is prescribed. A transient or non-resident business must carry its Business Tax Certificate on the person or in the vehicle used in the business and show it to an enforcement officer when asked (2-1-31). A Transient Vendor under Title 6, Chapter 5, Article 2 must also post a $5,000.00 bond with a sworn inventory (6-5-5), but that article does not describe ordinary door-to-door sales reps.
• Code: Augusta-Richmond County Code Title 6, Chapter 5, Peddlers and Solicitors (§§ 6-5-1–6-5-8). Title 2, Chapter 1, Business Tax Certificate (2-1-3, 2-1-6, 2-1-18, 2-1-31). Section 6-5-4 still points to "Title 2, Chapter 2" for the certificate; the certificate rules are printed in Chapter 1.
• Worth knowing: Any transient vendor's Business Tax Certificate application must include a $5,000.00 bond payable to Augusta-Richmond County (6-5-5), and the certificate can be suspended or revoked by the Planning & Development Department for cause (6-5-7). The offenses chapter bars indiscriminate distribution of advertising matter (3-7-9) and trespassing (3-7-37); neither sets knocking hours.
• Read it yourself: Augusta-Richmond County Code Title 6, Chapter 5, Peddlers and Solicitors · Augusta-Richmond County Code Title 3, Public Safety (checked for hours; none found) · Augusta-Richmond County Code Title 7, Chapter 2, Nuisances (checked for hours/solicit; none found) · Augusta-Richmond County Code Title 2, Chapter 1, Business Tax Certificate · Augusta-Richmond County Code Title 3, Chapter 7, Offenses (section list checked; no solicitation rule) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether the Planning & Development / License and Inspection Department applies any permit, badge, or hours requirement to commercial door-to-door sales crews (fiber, solar, pest, security) that isn't written into Chapter 5; Whether an out-of-town company doing door-to-door sales must take out the Business Tax Certificate (Title 2, Chapter 1), and what occupation tax class it falls in; Whether there is a separate no-knock or Do Not Solicit registry maintained by the Sheriff's Office or another department. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________