The Doorstep Playbook

Door-to-Door Permit Rules in Louisiana: 4 Cities Checked

So far 4 cities in Louisiana have been checked. Each one links to its own card, which cites the ordinance and shows the date it was checked.

Baton Rouge

  • Permit: Yes — a house-to-house peddler permit for every rep, plus a photo ID badge worn while knocking.
  • Fee: $10 permit fee per applicant, set in the code (12:200(c)(1)), plus a $15 clearance certificate and ID badge fee collected for the Constable — both paid to the city-parish. The State Police background check is separate: the city’s steps sheet lists $36, paid to the State Police.
  • Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (12:200(b)(1)). No knocking at a home posted “No Solicitation,” or in a subdivision whose homeowners’ association has posted no-peddling signs at each entrance.
  • Checked: 19 September 2026

Lafayette

  • Permit: Yes. It is unlawful for a peddler or door-to-door vendor to sell, offer for sale, or take orders for goods, merchandise or services without first getting a permit from the Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government ( 70-61 ).
  • Fee: $125.00 for the permit (70-62). One permit authorizes one person to work, plus up to two assistants at no extra charge; each additional assistant, associate or employee beyond two adds $25.00 to the fee (70-64).
  • Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, without a specific invitation from the property owner or occupant. Outside those hours, and on Saturday or Sunday at any time, a rep may not go onto private property without a specific invitation, made by phone or letter before the visit (70-3, 70-4).
  • Checked: 19 September 2026

New Orleans

  • Permit: Yes. Anyone who wants to “canvass or solicit on city streets, sidewalks or house to house for commercial purposes” must first get a permit from the department of finance, and each agent using it needs a city identification card (110-222(a)).
  • Fee: $50.00 for each separate solicitor or canvasser, plus $5.00 for each agent’s or employee’s identification card (110-222(a)). Every permit in the chapter also carries a $0.25 police pension fund charge (110-3). The code does not say how long the permit lasts.
  • Hours you may knock: The solicitor article sets no knocking hours. Nothing in Articles I or III of Chapter 110 gives clock times.
  • Checked: 18 September 2026

Shreveport

  • Permit: Yes — an annual permit, and the code says it must be obtained by the company and by the individual solicitor.
  • Fee: $100.00, paid with the application (42-277(b)(1)). The code does not say whether that is per company or per rep.
  • Hours you may knock: 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. when daylight saving time is not in effect, and 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. when it is — second Sunday in March through the first Sunday in November (42-277(b)(2)f).
  • Checked: 18 September 2026

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