Plano, Texas: door-to-door solicitor permit

• The answer: No solicitor permit in the current code. Plano repealed its old Article IV — Peddlers, Solicitors, Itinerant Vendors, Carnivals, and Job Placement Activities — on September 27, 2021 and replaced it with Handbills, No Trespassing Signs, Itinerant Vendors, and Carnivals (Ord. No. 2021-9-23). The ordinance says the point was "to remove speech-related solicitation regulations on public and private property" and lean on state law instead. The article now in force has no license or registration for going door to door. What still applies: the No Trespassing sign rule with a fine (11-143, 11-144) and the handbill rules (11-142). The "itinerant vendor" permit that remains is for a temporary business set up on a private lot, not for knocking doors (11-141, 11-145).
• Where it comes from: Code of Ordinances Chapter 11, Article IV. The Plano Police permits page lists alarm permits, metal recyclers and taxicab/limousine permits only; nothing for solicitors.
• Fee: None for door-to-door sales; the code names no permit for it. The only fee in the article is for an itinerant vendor or carnival set up on private property, which is a stand or lot business, not knocking doors (11-145).
• Hours you may knock: The article sets no knocking hours. The only clock times in it are set-up and operating hours for itinerant vendor sites and carnivals (11-145).
• What the rep carries: Nothing city-issued. The code names no badge or permit for door-to-door reps.
• Code: Plano Code of Ordinances Chapter 11, Article IV (11-141 to 11-145). Municode shows the code as codified through Ordinance No. 2025-10-2, adopted October 13, 2025 (Supp. No. 153).
• Worth knowing: It is unlawful to go onto a residential premises uninvited and ring the bell or knock if a no trespass(ing) sign is posted at or near the main entrance; the sign only has to be weatherproof and at least three inches by four inches (11-143). Violations are a misdemeanor with a fine not exceeding $500.00, each day separate, and no proof of mental culpability is required (11-144). Handbills left at a residence must be handed over or secured so they do not blow around, and not left at all where a no trespass(ing) sign is posted (11-142).
• Read it yourself: Plano Code of Ordinances Chapter 11, Article IV · Plano Police Department, Police Permits · City of Plano ordinance repealing and replacing Chapter 11, Article IV (City Council agenda attachment, passed September 27, 2021) · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Confirm no registration is needed for for-profit door-to-door sales since Ord. No. 2021-9-23; Does the city enforce any hours for door-to-door sales? Does a No Soliciting sign count the same as a No Trespassing sign under 11-143? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________