Jacksonville, North Carolina: door-to-door solicitor permit

• The answer: Yes — a peddler/solicitor's permit (the code calls it a peddler permit) before selling or taking orders for goods or services door to door, unless the resident asked for the visit (17-1(b)). When a company files, each rep files a separate sworn application and gets a separate permit (17-1(c)(10)).
• Where it comes from: The public safety department takes applications Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., on its own form and under oath; the director of public safety issues the permit (17-1(c), 17-1(d)).
• Fee: Peddler License, $25.00 per person, on the city's FY 2026-2027 fee schedule (Police Department Fees and Charges). The same section lists Fingerprints at $20.00, and a $14.00 fingerprint processing charge for all applicants for City licenses and permits, paid by money order; the code does not say whether a peddler applicant is fingerprinted. The permit runs up to 60 days, and three 60-day renewals are free (17-1(c)(6), 17-1(e)).
• Hours you may knock: 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. during eastern daylight time, and 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. during eastern standard time (17-1(b)(1)).
• What the rep carries: The permit, carried and displayed so it is clearly visible at all times while soliciting (17-1(b)(2)). Reps who do not drive for the job must have a valid photo ID (17-1(d)(1)e).
• What takes the time: A sworn application with a ten-year conviction history and a copy of the rep's ID (17-1(c)). The director investigates and should act within seven working days of a complete application, except in extraordinary circumstances (17-1(d)(2)). A felony in the past ten years, or a theft or fraud conviction in the past five, blocks the permit (17-1(d)(1)).
• Code: Jacksonville Code of Ordinances, Chapter 17 — Peddlers (17-1), adopted under G.S. 66-258. Municode shows the code codified through Ordinance No. 2025-52, adopted November 18, 2025 (Supp. No. 63).
• Worth knowing: The section also requires every other permit or license required by law (17-1(b)(3)) and points to North Carolina's itinerant merchant law, Chapter 66 Article 32 of the General Statutes (17-1(a)). A violation is a Class 3 misdemeanor (17-1).
• Read it yourself: Jacksonville Code, Chapter 17 — Peddlers · Jacksonville Code of Ordinances — landing page · City of Jacksonville FY 2026-2027 Fee Schedules, adopted (PDF) · checked 23 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down:

• Whether a peddler permit applicant is fingerprinted, and which of the fingerprint fees on the schedule applies
• Whether the company needs any city permit of its own besides each rep's permit
• Whether door-to-door fiber or service sales are covered by the state itinerant merchant rules the section points to

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