Jackson, Mississippi: door-to-door solicitor permit

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: Unclear. The city's former commercial-solicitation permit, § 94-2, was repealed outright in 2020 ('Ord. No. 2020-26(1), § 1, adopted October 13, 2020, repealed § 94-2, which pertained to commercial solicitation'), and Chapter 94's remaining articles (Transient Peddlers, Transient Vendors) are written around street peddling and short-duration retail operations rather than a rep knocking door-to-door. A business running a temporary sales campaign in the city for less than six months in a year may fall under the Transient Vendor License (§§ 94-76–94-85), but the code does not clearly say whether an individual door-to-door rep needs one personally.
• Where it comes from: If the Transient Vendor License applies, it is filed with the Municipal Tax Collector (§§ 94-77, 94-79).
• Fee: For a Transient Vendor License: $250.00 with the application, plus a bond of the lesser of $2,000.00 or 5% of the wholesale value of the merchandise or services offered. 'Each applicant for a transient vendor license shall include a license fee of $250.00 with the application...The applicant shall also execute a cash bond or a surety bond...in an amount that is the lesser of either $2,000.00 or five percent of the wholesale value of any merchandise or service to be offered for sale' (§ 94-82(a)). Renewal is $25.00 (§ 94-83(b)).
• Hours you may knock: The code sets no clock-time or sunset/sunrise restriction for commercial door-to-door solicitation anywhere in Chapter 94 as currently codified.
• What the rep carries: Not published for an individual door-to-door rep. A licensed Transient Vendor must post, at its place of business, its state sales tax number and transient vendor license number in letters at least one inch tall (§ 94-84) — a fixed-location requirement, not obviously written for someone knocking on doors.
• What takes the time: A Transient Vendor License expires 90 days after issuance and is not transferable (§ 94-83(a)); the applicant must designate a city-resident registered agent for service of process (§ 94-81(a)).
• Code: Jackson City Code, Chapter 94 — Peddlers and Solicitors. Article I (§§ 94-1–94-2, § 94-2 repealed 2020), Article II — Transient Peddlers (§§ 94-36–94-41), Article III — Transient Vendors (§§ 94-76–94-85).
• Worth knowing: The Transient Vendor article exempts 'sales made by a seller at residential premises under an invitation issued by the owner or legal occupant of the premises unless the sales are made by a transient vendor or his agent at the premises' (§ 94-78(a)(10)) — worded as a double exception, and worth reading with the clerk before assuming it helps or hurts a fiber crew.
• Read it yourself: Jackson City Code Chapter 94, Peddlers and Solicitors · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: The former commercial-solicitation permit (§94-2) was repealed in 2020 — is there any current city requirement for an individual door-to-door sales rep, or does only the business-level Transient Vendor License (Article III) apply? Does the $250 Transient Vendor License cover one company for the whole crew, or is a separate license needed per rep? Are there any city-set hours for door-to-door commercial sales, even if not written into Chapter 94? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________