Frederick, Maryland: door-to-door solicitor permit

• The answer: No city solicitor permit — Frederick repealed its peddling and soliciting chapter in 1985 (Ord. No. G-85-1, editor's note to Chapter 11). What remains is a vendor and peddler license for selling commodities house to house (29-4(b), 29-5(a)), and the code exempts the order of goods for future delivery (29-5(b)(2)). A rep taking orders for a service is not named in the chapter; confirm with the city before relying on that.
• Where it comes from: If a peddler license applies, the Director reviews the application and issues it; the city's Building / Permits department runs the Vendor Peddler page (29-6, 29-7).
• Fee: For a peddler license, the Fiscal Year 2026 Fee Schedule (Ord. G-25-10) lists Peddler, Class I at $100.00 yearly and Peddler, Class II at $50.00 yearly (29-6(c) points to the fee schedule). The code sets no fee for order-taking reps because it does not license them.
• Hours you may knock: For licensed vendors and peddlers only: between 10:00 a.m. and dusk each day (29-9(b)). The code sets no hours for anyone else going door to door.
• What the rep carries: A licensed peddler displays the license on any movable structure used in the business (29-8(a)). No carry rule applies to exempt order-taking.
• What takes the time: For a peddler license: a head-and-shoulders photo of each person working, a Maryland sales tax number, proof of eligibility to do business in Maryland, the areas, hours and routes to be worked, and any criminal convictions (29-6(b)). No processing time is published. Licenses expire on the first December 31 after issue, at full price whatever the start date (29-7(e)).
• Code: Code of the City of Frederick, Chapter 29 — Sales of Food and Other Goods, Article II Vendors and Peddlers (29-4 to 29-11, Ord. No. G-22-08); Chapter 11 editor's note on the 1985 repeal.
• Worth knowing: Licensed peddlers may work residential property only, not the Frederick Town Historic District, may not run more than six weeks straight, and must stay 1,000 feet from a City-sanctioned special event (29-9(a), 29-10). A violation of Article II is a municipal infraction with a $400 fine and loss of the license (29-11).
• Read it yourself: Frederick Code, Chapter 29 — Sales of Food and Other Goods · Frederick Code, Chapter 11 — Fees (editor's note) · City of Frederick Ord. G-25-10 — Fiscal Year 2026 Fee Schedule · checked 21 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down:

• Whether a rep taking orders for a service (internet, solar, pest control) needs any city license or registration
• Whether the Fiscal Year 2027 fee schedule changed the peddler license fees
• What separates a Class I from a Class II peddler license

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