Tallahassee, Florida: door-to-door solicitor permit

• The answer: No city door-to-door permit was found. Tallahassee's Code of General Ordinances has no chapter or article on peddlers, solicitors, canvassers or transient merchants. The only vending permit (Chapter 5, Article III, Street Vendors) is for food, beverages and arts and crafts on public ways downtown (5-76, 5-77). The city's occupational business license tax was repealed in 2017 (editor's note to Chapter 18, Article II, Ord. No. 16-O-30), so there is no city business tax receipt to pull either. What still applies is state law: Florida's home solicitation sale permit, filed with the clerk of the circuit court for the county (F.S. 501.022), with its own exclusions. Use the City Clerk Call Sheet to confirm with the city.
• Where it comes from: Checked against the chapter list of the Tallahassee code (Chapters 1 to 22) and the full text of Chapter 5 — Businesses, Chapter 12 — Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions, Chapter 17 — Streets, Sidewalks and Other Public Places, and Chapter 18 — Taxation, plus the city's Starting a Business in Tallahassee page. The state permit comes from the clerk of the circuit court for the county (F.S. 501.022(2)).
• Fee: City: none, because the code sets no city permit and the city business license tax is repealed. State permit: the statute lets the county clerk charge “a reasonable permit fee”; the Leon County Clerk's figure was not found on a primary page.
• Hours you may knock: Not published. No knocking-hours rule for commercial solicitors was found in the code.
• What the rep carries: Nothing city-issued. Under state law a permit holder carries the state permit and shows it before starting the pitch (F.S. 501.022(8)).
• Code: Tallahassee Code of Ordinances, Chapter 12 (Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Chapter 5 (Businesses). The Municode host shows the current version as "VERSION: MAY 19, 2026 (CURRENT)." Editor's note under section 12-62: "Ord. No. 18-O-17, § 1, adopted October 17, 2018, amended section 12-62 in its entirety... Formerly, section 12-62 pertained to soliciting, collecting, etc., upon public right-of-way, and derived from Ord. No. 04-O-66AA."
• Worth knowing: The state permit has exclusions, including reps “conducting a sale, lease, or rental of consumer goods or services by sample, catalog, or brochure for future delivery” (F.S. 501.022(1)(b)4.) — whether a given pitch fits is a question for the clerk, not this card. The city did once regulate roadway soliciting at old 12-62, but the 2018 rewrite narrowed it to median and roadway safety. It is unlawful to put handbills or advertising on or in vehicles without the owner's consent (12-4(b)).
• Read it yourself: Tallahassee Code of Ordinances, Chapter 12 · Tallahassee Code of Ordinances, Chapter 5 · Starting a Business in Tallahassee · Tallahassee Code of Ordinances, Chapter 18 — Taxation · Tallahassee Code of Ordinances, Chapter 17 — Streets, Sidewalks and Other Public Places · Florida Statutes 501.022 · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: Does the city require any permit, registration or background check before a company's reps sell a service like fiber internet door to door? Leon County Clerk: what is the fee and turnaround for a Florida home solicitation sale permit (F.S. 501.022)? Are there any knocking-hours restrictions the code does not publish? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________