Door-to-Door Permit Rules in Ohio: 6 Cities Checked

Akron

Permit: Yes — a rep must register credentials with the city before going door-to-door "seeking for profit to obtain orders for the purchase of goods, wares, merchandise, foodstuffs or services" ( 111.360(A), 111.362 ).
Fee: Thirty-five dollars per applicant, to cover examination, registration and issuance of the stamped credential (111.363(B)).
Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. while daylight saving time is in effect, 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. the rest of the year (111.361); the registration itself is also not valid between sunset and 9:00 a.m. (111.363(E)).
Checked: 19 September 2026

Permit: It depends on what the rep does at the door.
Fee: "The minimum license fee for engaging in the trade or business of peddler shall be $150 for a minimum period of one year" (839-7), one license per peddler. Moving an ID card to a different rep costs $15.00, and a lost card costs $25 to replace (839-9, 839-10).
Hours you may knock: Chapter 839 sets no door-to-door knocking hours. Its only clock rule is for street sales on public property (839-11(p)), and its residential time limit is for selling from vehicles (839-15).
Checked: 18 September 2026

Permit: Yes — a street vendor's license , one per person.
Fee: $60.00 a year per person, covering August 1 through July 31 (675.02(d)). A lost ID card is $10.00 to replace (675.03(c)). Separate location permits exist for vending on streets, sidewalks and private property (675.04); a mobile vending permit outside downtown is $100.00 (675.08(b)). The code does not say plainly whether a door-to-door rep needs one of those permits on top of the license.
Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. The code bars vending door-to-door on residential property between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. (675.09(g)).
Checked: 19 September 2026

Permit: Yes — two licenses.
Fee: By code: commercial sales license "One hundred fifty ($150.00) dollars" a year, commercial sales promoter "Three hundred ($300.00) dollars" a year, or a four-month commercial sales license for $75.00 (523.06). The city's information sheet adds, per rep: Application $20.00, BCI Background Check $32.00, Identification Card $5.00.
Hours you may knock: No door-to-door work in residential zones "between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m." (523.14(a)).
Checked: 18 September 2026

Permit: No door-to-door solicitor license was found in Dayton's code.
Fee: None for door-to-door sales of a service — there is no license category for it. The street peddler license, which is for goods carried and sold on the streets, is $25.00 for up to six months (112.91).
Hours you may knock: Not set. No section sets knocking hours for commercial door-to-door sales. Chapter 137's soliciting rules (137.16) are about places, not hours, and define "solicit" as seeking money or an item of value immediately.
Checked: 19 September 2026

Permit: Yes — a license.
Fee: $50.00 per year for a person traveling on foot; $100.00 per year for a person traveling with a vehicle propelled by power (745.02(a)). The code defines "Person" to include a corporation as well as an individual (745.01(d)), so it does not say in plain words whether each rep pays. No license fee is prorated (701.07(b)).
Hours you may knock: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. October through March, and 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. April through September (745.02(b)). The section lists no day-of-week exception.
Checked: 19 September 2026

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