Carrollton, Texas: door-to-door solicitor permit

• The answer: No permit, license or registration is required. Carrollton repealed its peddler/solicitor permit requirement; the code's own note on Chapter 113 says the former chapter "pertained to peddlers and solicitors" before it was rewritten by Ordinance 4057, adopted 2/25/2022. The current chapter regulates how and when a rep may solicit, but sets no application, permit or license. The chapter defines a solicitor as anyone who "sells or offers to sell goods, services, publications, or subscriptions" or engages in personal commercial sales, peddlers and hawkers included (§ 113.02), so the hours and sign rules bind every commercial rep even with no permit.
• Where it comes from: No licensing office — there is nothing to apply for. The chapter is enforced by the Carrollton Police Department as a misdemeanor offense (§ 113.06).
• Fee: None. The code establishes no permit, so there is no fee to pay or fee schedule to check.
• Hours you may knock: Monday–Friday: 9:00 a.m. to the earlier of sunset or 8:00 p.m. Saturday–Sunday: 10:00 a.m. to the earlier of sunset or 8:00 p.m. No solicitation at all on federal holidays (§ 113.04(A)).
• What the rep carries: Not published. The chapter sets no badge, ID or permit-carrying requirement for commercial solicitors.
• What takes the time: Not applicable — there is no application or background-check process to complete.
• Code: Carrollton City Code, Chapter 113 — Solicitors (§ 113.01 through § 113.06), as amended by Ordinance 4057, § 1, adopted 2/25/2022.
• Worth knowing: It is unlawful to solicit at a residence posted with a sign reading "NO SOLICITORS," "NO SOLICITATION," "NO SOLICITING" or similar language (§ 113.04(E)), to continue after someone says no, or to remain after being told to leave (§ 113.04(G)). Solicitation is also barred within 25 feet of ATMs, banks, fuel pumps, transit stops and similar locations (§ 113.04(B)).
• Read it yourself: Carrollton City Code, Ch. 113 — Solicitors · Carrollton City Code, Title XI, Business Regulations (chapter list) · Carrollton Police Department, No Solicitation Signs · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Whether a general city business license is still expected for a door-to-door sales operation even though Chapter 113 has no solicitor permit; Whether the police department keeps any voluntary registry or courtesy notification for door-to-door crews. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________