Johns Creek, Georgia: door-to-door solicitor permit

• The answer: Yes — a permit before soliciting or calling on residences door to door, and the code says the rule is meant for commercial, for-profit solicitation only (22-119(a), (b)). Soliciting includes seeking orders for goods or services of any kind (22-117). Each permit carries one solicitor's name and photo, and the fee is set for each solicitor, so it is one permit per rep (22-119(d), 22-120(f)).
• Where it comes from: The Johns Creek Revenue Division, City Hall, 11360 Lakefield Drive. The application form says it must be submitted in person with a government-issued picture ID and payment.
• Fee: The code leaves the nonrefundable six-month fee for each solicitor to resolution (22-120(f)). The city's Revenue Fees and Taxes schedule lists the Door to Door Salesmen permit fee, valid for 6 months for each solicitor, at $75, and the application form asks for payment of $75.00.
• Hours you may knock: No ringing, knocking or other sound to get an occupant's attention for soliciting prior to 8:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m., whether licensed or not (22-123(d)).
• What the rep carries: The permit, on the person at all times while soliciting, shown to any police officer or any person solicited who asks; it shows the rep's name, employer, photo and physical description (22-119(c), (d)).
• What takes the time: A sworn application with three years of addresses and employers, the three most recent communities worked, and the proposed daily routes (22-120(a)), a background investigation by the police department or designee (22-120(c)), and a photo (22-119(d)). The form names Guard One Security, Inc. as the city's background designee and includes a lawful-presence affidavit. A felony or crime of moral turpitude within five years blocks the permit (22-120(e)). No processing time is published.
• Code: Code of the City of Johns Creek, Chapter 22, Article V — Door-to-Door Salesmen (22-117 to 22-123). Municode shows the code codified through Ordinance No. 2025-06-18, adopted June 9, 2025 (Supp. No. 23, Update 1).
• Worth knowing: A permit is valid six months at most (22-119(e)). Route changes must be reported to the City Manager's office right away (22-122). Ringing a doorbell where the occupant has made clear by sign or otherwise that solicitors are not invited is unlawful (22-123(b)).
• Read it yourself: Code of the City of Johns Creek, Chapter 22, Article V — Door-to-Door Salesmen · Johns Creek — Solicitors (Door-to-Door Salesman) Permit Application (PDF) · Johns Creek — Revenue Fees and Taxes (PDF) · Johns Creek — Business Licenses · Johns Creek Code of Ordinances — landing page · checked 22 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down:

• How many business days the background check takes after an in-person application
• Whether an out-of-town company also needs a Johns Creek Occupation Tax Certificate before its reps apply
• Whether the route in the application can cover a whole neighborhood for the six months

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