Marietta, Georgia: door-to-door solicitor permit

• The answer: Yes — a solicitor's permit for every person soliciting at residences, carried on the person (8-12-16-020). The article covers door-to-door solicitation for commercial transactions for profit, and may be enforced against the rep or the company that employs the rep (8-12-16-011).
• Where it comes from: The city manager or his designee reviews the application and issues or denies the permit, after a background check by the Marietta Police Department (8-12-16-021(C), (F)).
• Fee: $100.00 per solicitor for a six-month permit; renewal is another $100.00 (8-12-16-040).
• Hours you may knock: 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Eastern Standard Time, or 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Eastern Daylight Saving Time, Monday through Saturday. No soliciting at any time on Sunday or on a state or national holiday. This binds everyone, permitted or not (8-12-16-030(A)).
• What the rep carries: The permit, carried at all times while soliciting and shown to any police officer or resident who asks (8-12-16-020(A)). It shows the rep's name, the employer's name and address, a photograph at least two inches by two inches supplied by the rep, and a physical description (8-12-16-020(B)).
• What takes the time: A sworn application listing three years of addresses and employers, the city quadrants to be worked, the last three communities solicited, and vehicle plate numbers, plus a police background check (8-12-16-021(A)–(C)). The city decides within ten business days of a complete application (8-12-16-021(F)). A felony, or a theft, property damage, fraud or deception conviction within five years, bars the permit (8-12-16-021(E)).
• Code: Marietta Code of Ordinances, Part 8, Chapter 8-12, Article 8-12-16 — Soliciting (8-12-16-010 to 8-12-16-070), as rewritten by Ord. No. 8261 in 2022. Municode shows the code codified through Ordinance No. 8523, enacted June 10, 2026 (Supp. No. 56).
• Worth knowing: No knocking where a "no soliciting" sign is posted or the occupant has made clear solicitors are not invited, and a rep asked to leave, or told the resident is not interested, must leave at once (8-12-16-030(B)–(D)). The permit does not replace a city occupation tax certificate (8-12-16-010(C)).
• Read it yourself: Marietta Code, Article 8-12-16 — Soliciting · Marietta Code of Ordinances — landing page · checked 23 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down:

• Whether the company also needs a Marietta occupation tax certificate before its reps apply
• Which office takes solicitor's permit applications in person, and how the city quadrant map is used

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