Honolulu, Hawaii: door-to-door solicitor permit

• The answer: No door-to-door permit was found. The Revised Ordinances of Honolulu have no chapter that licenses home door-to-door sales: Chapter 34, Regulation of Businesses, has no peddler, solicitor or canvasser article, and Chapter 13 is about public places. The peddler’s license only covers peddling “on a public place” (13-6.2(a)), and public place means publicly owned streets, sidewalks, parks and the like (13-1.1). The only rule aimed at solicitors and canvassers bars them from blocking public streets, sidewalks and malls (13-5.1). The absence is read from the live code's chapter and article lists; the code has no sentence saying no permit is needed.
• Where it comes from: No issuing office for a door-to-door permit, because none was found. The peddler’s license PDF is posted by the city’s Department of Customer Services.
• Fee: None found for door-to-door sales. For reference, the peddler’s license for selling on a public place is $60 a year in the live code (13-6.1, amended by Ord. 25-37). The 2021 printed volume and the city's older peddler PDF still show the earlier figure.
• Hours you may knock: The ordinances read set no knocking hours for door-to-door sales.
• What the rep carries: Nothing city-issued was found for door-to-door reps. Anyone who peddles on a public place also needs a state general excise tax license under HRS 237-9 (13-6.2(b)).
• Code: Revised Ordinances of Honolulu, Chapter 13: 13-1.1 (definitions), Article 5 (13-5.1, 13-5.2), Article 6 (13-6.1, 13-6.2). Formerly Chapter 29, Articles 5 and 6. The live code host shows Supplement 10, 12-2025, Ordinance No. 25-40 through Ordinance No. 25-56.
• Worth knowing: The ordinances recognize “home door-to-door salespersons, solicitors, or canvassers” as a group and exempt them from the school-zone peddling ban (13-6.2(c)(10)). Taking orders on a sidewalk or other public place to dodge the peddler rules counts as peddling (13-1.1).
• Read it yourself: Revised Ordinances of Honolulu 2021, Volume I (Chapter 13) · City Department of Customer Services, ROH Peddlers License (PDF) · ROH Chapter 13 (live code, article list) · ROH 13-5.1 (live code) · ROH 13-6.1 (live code) · ROH Article 6, Peddler's License (live code) · ROH Chapter 34 (live code, article list) · Honolulu code overview (currency statement) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Has any ordinance after Ord. 25-56 added a permit or registration for home door-to-door sales? Does the city treat a rep walking between homes as peddling on a public place? Are there any hours limits for knocking on residential doors? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________