Kansas City, Kansas: 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: Yes, at least a registration. Kansas City, Kansas is run by the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, and its own Business License Division says any entity "engaging in business activity" here must register and file an occupation tax application, and that the tax applies "regardless of physical location" — a business "not located in but engaged in business activities" in the city "must register and pay an occupation tax for work conducted in the city." A separate Municode chapter specifically for Peddlers, Solicitors or Canvassers could not be located within the research session; see notes.
• Where it comes from: The Business License Division at the Neighborhood Resource Center, 4953 State Ave, Kansas City, KS 66102, (913) 573-8780.
• Fee: Not confirmed for a door-to-door sales activity specifically. The city's published 2025 occupation-tax fee schedule gives sample categories (e.g. Security Guards: $188 for 1–2 guards, $380 for 3–10, up to $1699 for 61+) but does not list a "peddler," "solicitor" or door-to-door sales category, and says to contact the Business License Division directly if a business type isn't in the examples.
• Hours you may knock: Not found. No specific door-to-door knocking-hours ordinance was located in the sessions on the Municode site or the city's own pages.
• What the rep carries: Not found in the sources checked.
• Code: Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas — Occupation Taxes (city licensing page, citing Code § 34-37 for exemptions), and Code of Ordinances Chapter 19, Licenses, Permits and Miscellaneous Business Regulations.
• Worth knowing: Chapter 19's own cross-reference footnote lists the many specific activities it separately regulates (alcohol, ambulances, amusements, animal establishments, electricians, food establishments, massage therapy, mining, oil and gas wells, sidewalk vendors, swimming pools, taxation, used goods, vehicles for hire) and does not list peddlers or solicitors among them, which suggests — but does not confirm — that door-to-door sales is handled only through the general occupation-tax registration rather than a dedicated permit chapter.
• Read it yourself: Unified Government of Wyandotte County/KCK — Occupation Taxes · Unified Government of Wyandotte County/KCK — Business Licenses & Permits · Wyandotte County Code of Ordinances, Chapter 19, Licenses, Permits and Miscellaneous Business Regulations (mini-TOC footnote checked; Article I general/minimum wage and Article V private security read in full, no Peddlers/Solicitors article found) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Is there a permit, license, badge or hours requirement specific to door-to-door solicitors/canvassers, separate from the general occupation tax registration? What is the occupation-tax fee category and dollar amount for an out-of-town company's door-to-door sales reps (fiber, solar, pest, security)? Does the Sheriff's Office or Police Department maintain any no-knock registry or require ID for door-to-door sales crews? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________