Louisville, Kentucky: 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 — a peddler license from Metro. It is unlawful for any peddler to do business in Louisville/Jefferson County without one (LMCO 115.351(A)). “Peddler” means anyone going house to house selling or taking orders for goods or “for services to be performed immediately or in the future” (115.350). The license is not transferable and covers only the person it is issued to (115.353(B)(1)).
• Where it comes from: Department of Codes and Regulations, by written application under oath (115.351(B)). The application is also sent to the Metro Revenue Commission to certify occupational license tax registration (115.353(A)(1)).
• Fee: Not in the code. The code lets the Director of Codes and Regulations set the fee schedule (115.351(E)) and says the fee goes in with the application (115.352(E)). The city’s Peddlers / Door to Door page, where a fee would be posted, blocked our browser, so the number was not read.
• Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to one half hour before official sunset. No peddling or soliciting at all on a Sunday or a state or national holiday (115.359(G)).
• What the rep carries: The license, in the rep’s possession at all times while working, produced for any Metro official or any person being sold to who asks (115.353(B)(3)). The code itself requires no badge.
• What takes the time: The application asks for five years of criminal convictions for the applicant and every employee who will actually peddle, the employer’s details with documents proving the relationship, and proof of a tax identification number from the Metro Revenue Commission (115.352(A)). The Revenue Commission has to certify tax registration before the license issues (115.353(A)(1)). No bond and no processing time are in the code.
• Code: Louisville Metro Code of Ordinances 115.350 to 115.362 (Ordinance 162-2019, effective 1-29-2020; 115.351 amended by Ordinance 127-2021). The host says the code is current through ordinances approved as of July 1, 2026.
• Worth knowing: A “No Peddlers,” “No Solicitors” or “No Trespassing” sign bars the knock, the rep must leave when asked, and every order must be written in duplicate with the names and addresses of the peddler and the employer, the terms and the amount paid in advance, one copy to the buyer (115.359(D), (E), (F)). A peddler must be 18, or 14 to 17 with a valid work permit (115.359(A)). A license can be denied for a conviction history showing a proclivity toward crimes of a pecuniary, sexual or violent nature (115.353(A)(2)).
• Read it yourself: LMCO 115.350, Itinerant Vendors, Peddlers, and Solicitors (definitions) · LMCO 115.351, License Required · LMCO 115.352, License Application · LMCO 115.353, License Application Review and General Standards · LMCO 115.359, Peddler Standards · Louisville-Jefferson County code overview (currency statement) · Louisville Metro Council File O-374-18 (Ordinance 162-2019), full text · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: What is the current peddler license fee, and is it per rep? Does each rep apply separately, or can the company list its employees on one application? How long does the license take, and how long is it valid? Whether the department requires a name tag or badge beyond the license itself. Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________