Sandy Springs, Georgia: door-to-door solicitor permit

• The answer: Yes — a solicitation permit, per rep. It is unlawful to engage in the business of soliciting without one, and the rule is aimed at door-to-door solicitation for commercial transactions for profit only (26-217(a), (b)).
• Where it comes from: The city page says applications are taken at the Permits and Revenue Office at Sandy Springs City Hall, 1 Galambos Way. The application form itself is a Sandy Springs Police Department form, and the code keeps the application record with the city manager (26-218(d)).
• Fee: $75, per the city's Solicitation Permits page. The code leaves the amount to the city council and makes the permit a six-month permit for each solicitor (26-218(f)).
• Hours you may knock: Not before 8:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m. The section binds anyone, licensed or not (26-221(b)). No day-of-week or Sunday limit is written in the article.
• What the rep carries: The permit, on the person at all times while soliciting, shown to any police officer or anyone solicited who asks. It carries the rep's name, employer, a photograph at least two inches by two inches and a physical description (26-217(c), (d)).
• What takes the time: A sworn application with three years of addresses and employers, the proposed daily route and vehicle plates (26-218(a), (b)), and fingerprinting by the city police department (26-218(c)). The city page asks for a map of the area to be worked each day. The application packet adds a sworn lawful-presence affidavit and a consent form for a GCIC records check. No processing time is published.
• Code: Sandy Springs Code of Ordinances, Chapter 26, Article VI — Door-to-Door Salesmen (26-215 to 26-221), from Ord. No. 2005-12-02. Municode shows the code codified through Ordinance No. 2026-03-006, enacted March 17, 2026 (Supp. No. 24).
• Worth knowing: A permit is valid no more than six months (26-217(e)). No permit goes to anyone convicted of a felony or crime of moral turpitude within five years (26-218(e)). Each rep identifies the streets worked each day, and route changes go to the city manager's office right away (26-220). The form states fees are non-refundable.
• Read it yourself: Sandy Springs Code, Chapter 26, Article VI — Door-to-Door Salesmen · City of Sandy Springs — Solicitation Permits · Sandy Springs Police — Solicitation Permit application (PDF) · checked 21 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down:

• How long from the application and fingerprinting until the permit is issued
• Whether the $75 fee covers the full six months and whether renewal costs the same
• Whether fingerprinting is done at the Permits and Revenue Office or at police headquarters, 620 Morgan Falls Rd

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