13 Indiana towns, 12 quoted. Of these, 5 have codes that bar uninvited soliciting at homes, 7 are unclear and 1 is not published online. Each row
links its source and shows the date read.
Published October 20, 2026
Counts
Indiana towns by rule
Rule
Towns
Uninvited home soliciting barred
5
Unclear wording: ask the clerk
7
Code not published online
1
Indiana state law
Read on the legislature's or official code publisher's own site.
§ 24-5-10-4: "“home consumer transaction” means a consumer transaction that the consumer did not solicit that results from the direct contact by a supplier at a place other than the supplier's permanent" (place of business) · § 24-5-10-8(a): "A consumer may cancel a home consumer transaction if: (1) the subject of the consumer transaction has a cash sales price of at least twenty-five dollars ($25)" · § 24-5-10-8(b)(1): "It must be given before midnight of the third business day"
§ 25-37-1-2: "includes all persons, firms, limited liability companies, and corporations, both as principals and agents, who engage in, do, or transact any temporary or transient business in this state" (exclusion (8): "a person who holds a registered retail merchant's certificate under IC 6-2.5-8", except as provided in § 15) · § 25-37-1-4: "shall file application for a license for that purpose with the auditor of the county in this state in which such transient merchant desires to do business"
Town by town
Bedford
Uninvited home soliciting barred
“going in and upon residential property, or ringing a doorbell or knocking on a door of a private residence … by any solicitor or peddler not having been requested or invited … is declared to be a nuisance.”
The code declares uninvited soliciting or peddling at private residences a nuisance. We found no exception for permit or license holders in the same code. Solicit includes services to be performed.
County
Lawrence County
Section
Title XI Ch. 111, § 111.03(A) (with §§ 111.02, 111.10–111.12, 111.20, 111.21)
Hours / signs
§ 111.20(A): no soliciting on Sunday or outside 8:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. unless invited; § 111.21: 'No Peddlers'/'No Solicitors'/'No Agents' signs bar calls.
Permit
§§ 111.10–111.12: solicitor's/peddler's license issued by the Police Department, 100 dollars per year (25 dollars per employee), with police registration (fingerprints, references) valid one year.
Code version
American Legal, 2026 S-22 (current); local legislation current through Ord. 24-2025, passed 1-20-26
“The practice of being in and upon private residences in the City of Greencastle by solicitors, peddlers, hawkers, itinerant merchants, and transient vendors of merchandise not having been requested or invited … is declared to be a nuisance”
The code declares uninvited calls at private residences to solicit orders for goods, wares and merchandise a nuisance. We found no exception for permit or license holders in the same code. The clause names goods, wares and merchandise.
County
Putnam County
Section
Ch. 4 Art. 2 Div. I, Sec. 4-24
Permit
Sec. 4-22: solicitor certificate from the Clerk-Treasurer with 500 dollars bond, for the time requested; applies only to solicitors taking advance payment (Sec. 4-18(b)).
Code version
City Code Ch. 4 PDF on the city site (DocumentCenter/View/116; scanned, carries 1986 City Code § 510-40 cross-reference; no codified-through line shown)
“The holder of a certificate of registration under this subchapter shall not enter in or upon any house, building or other structure or any land or property, without the prior consent of the owner or occupant thereof.”
A hawker/peddler license is required; § 112.31 bars registration-certificate holders from entering property without the owner's or occupant's prior consent, extended to peddlers by § 112.04.
County
Lake County
Section
Title XI Ch. 112, § 112.31 (with §§ 112.02, 112.04)
Permit
§ 112.02(A),(G): hawker/peddler license from the Clerk-Treasurer, application two weeks before issuance, fee per Fee Schedule; license form prints 103 dollars annual or 6 dollars/day.
Code version
City of Hobart Municipal Code, Title XI Ch. 112 PDF on the city site (DocumentCenter/View/30, PDF dated 2017-07-09; Municipal Code index page lists Ch. 112)
“unlawful and shall constitute a nuisance for any person to go upon any premises and ring the doorbell … and engage in soliciting or peddling in unless invited to do so by the owner of the property.”
A stand-alone 2020 ordinance licenses door-to-door solicitors yet § 13 declares ringing a doorbell to solicit or peddle a nuisance unless invited by the owner; solicitor includes services.
§ 9(d): no business before 8:00 a.m. or after 8:00 p.m. without Board of Public Works permission; § 10 placard exclusion; § 12 posted-notice trespass.
Permit
§ 3(b): city license for peddlers, solicitors and transient merchants, issued by Planning and Zoning, worn as a badge (§ 8); fee not read.
Code version
Ord. 2020-OR-57 (amending 2014-OR-26), approved on 3rd and final reading 11/16/2020, 9–0; City of Jeffersonville Laserfiche repository r-55fbd3c3, entry 22001, 12 page images (no text layer); no codified code online
“entering upon the premises of private residences … as solicitors, peddlers, hawkers … or the provision of services … when such person has not been requested or invited to do so by the owner or occupant … is hereby prohibited”
The chapter requires a peddler permit for uninvited residential sales calls yet § 4-1-2-2.5 prohibits uninvited entry on private residences to sell goods or services; no carve-out reconciles them.
§ 4-1-2-5(C): door-to-door activities only during daylight hours; § 4-1-2-2.5: entry barred where a notice forbidding it is posted at the entrance.
Permit
§§ 4-1-2-1, 4-1-2-2: peddler permit from the City Controller, 50, dollars valid 12 months; IURC permit holders exempt from the fee; canvassers (noncommercial) need no permit.
Code version
American Legal, 2025 S-18 (current); local legislation current through Ord. 18, 2024, passed 12-18-2024
“The holder of a certificate of registration issued pursuant to this article shall not enter in or upon any house, building or other structure or any land or property without the prior consent of the owner or occupant thereof.”
A peddler/solicitor license is required; Sec. 14-42 bars registration-certificate holders from entering property without the owner's or occupant's prior consent, extended to peddlers by Sec. 14-2.
County
Lake County
Section
Ch. 14 Art. III Div. 1, Sec. 14-42 (with Secs. 14-2, 14-21, 14-29)
Hours / signs
Sec. 14-29: hawkers, peddlers and solicitors may not operate outside 10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.
Permit
Secs. 14-21–14-28: peddler/solicitor license from the clerk-treasurer, application two weeks ahead, 250 dollars per calendar year, police criminal-history check (25 dollars retained if denied).
“No person shall sell or solicit sales on private property pursuant to a license … without first obtaining written permission from the owner of the property and filing a copy … with the office of the city controller.”
A peddler/canvasser license is required; Sec. 18-111 requires the property owner's written permission, filed with the city controller, before licensed sales on private property; its house-to-house exception qualifies only zoning.
County
St. Joseph County
Section
Ch. 18 Art. IV, Sec. 18-111 (with Secs. 18-104, 18-105, 18-110)
Hours / signs
Sec. 18-110: licensed sales or solicitation only 10:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m. Monday–Saturday and 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Sunday.
Permit
Secs. 18-105–18-109: peddler/canvasser license from the city controller, police review, 40 dollars per year or 20 dollars per ten days (pack canvassers), bond up to 1,500 dollars.
Code version
Supp. No. 18, codified through Ord. No. 5932 (May 5, 2025); online content updated Oct. 31, 2025; five uncodified ordinances (bidding, utility rates, fee schedule, restaurants), none on peddlers
“The holder shall not enter any house, building or other structure or any land or property, without the prior consent of the owner or occupant;”
Permits are required for canvassing and door-to-door soliciting; permit holders may not enter property without the owner's or occupant's prior consent (Sec. 116.14(2)). Permit wording centers on literary material.
County
Delaware County
Section
Title XI Ch. 116 Div. 2, Sec. 116.14(2) (with Secs. 116.10, 116.16–116.18)
Hours / signs
Sec. 116.14(5): permit holders may not solicit sales from homes between sundown and 10:00 a.m. the following day.
Permit
Secs. 116.10–116.13: permit from the city controller, two weeks, 25, dollars one month; Secs. 116.16–116.18: door-to-door identification permit 25 dollars per day, issued within 48 hours.
Code version
Supp. No. 34, codified through Ord. No. 5-26 (Jan. 5, 2026); online content updated Mar. 2, 2026
“Any person who goes from house to house … selling or taking orders for … goods, wares, or merchandise … this section shall apply only to solicitors who demand, accept, or receive payment … in advance of final delivery.”
The posted code licenses itinerant merchants and advance-payment solicitors; its fee schedule lists a door-to-door violation under Ordinance 804, whose text is not posted. Ask the Clerk-Treasurer.
County
Jennings County
Section
Title XI Ch. 112, § 112.02 (with Title III App. A fee schedule line 'Door-to-door violations … 804')
Permit
§ 112.02(D): solicitor certificate from the Clerk-Treasurer with 500 dollars bond, for the time requested; itinerant merchant license 20 dollars/day, 50 dollars/week, 200 dollars/month (§ 112.02(C)).
Code version
City-posted American Legal booklet PDFs (assembled 2016 per the city's Ordinances page; files dated 2018-08-27); no codified-through line; Ord. 804 not among the posted texts
“It shall be unlawful for any solicitor and/or canvasser to engage in or carry on the business of solicitation within the Town of Schererville without first establishing that they are a not-for-profit organization, as certified under Section 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3)”
The codified code licenses only 501(c)(3) solicitors; a posted replacement ordinance (No. 2047) licenses for-profit solicitors too but takes effect on publication, which is not shown. Ask the Clerk-Treasurer.
Sec. 4-88 (and Ord. 2047 § 7): front door only, 9:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m., no Sundays or federal holidays.
Permit
Secs. 4-83–4-86 / Ord. 2047 §§ 2–5: license via Clerk-Treasurer and Police (background check, badge), 25 dollars filing plus 20 dollars/week or 50 dollars per 30 days.
Code version
American Legal, 2025 S-24 (current), local legislation current through Ord. No. 985K, passed 10-16-24 (Division VI marked 'October, 2025 Supplement'); Ord. 2047 PDF dated 2026-06-17 on schererville.org, not codified
“unlawful and shall constitute a nuisance for any person to go upon any premises and ring the doorbell … and engage in soliciting or peddling in unless invited to do so by the owner of the property.”
The code licenses peddlers and solicitors yet § 110.27 declares ringing a doorbell to solicit or peddle a nuisance unless invited by the owner; solicitor includes services.
County
Clark County
Section
Title XI Ch. 110, § 110.27 (with §§ 110.15, 110.17, 110.18, 110.23(D), 110.24, 110.26)
Hours / signs
§ 110.23(D): no business before 8:00 a.m. or after 8:00 p.m.; § 110.24 'Peddlers and Solicitors Prohibited' placard, HOA signs cover members; § 110.26 trespass.
Permit
§§ 110.17–110.18: individual town license from the Police Department, 100 dollars/month to 300 dollars/year plus 100 dollars background check, ten business days, expires December 31.
Code version
American Legal, 2026 S-23 (current); local legislation current through Ord. 2025-OR-023, passed 11-10-25
“The practice of going in and upon private residences in the city by a person who has not been requested or invited to do so by the owner or owners, occupant or occupants … is hereby declared/to be a nuisance”
The code declares uninvited calls at private residences to solicit orders for goods, wares and merchandise a nuisance. We found no exception for permit or license holders in the same code. The clause names goods, wares and merchandise.
County
Jackson County
Section
Title XI Ch. 111, § 111.22 (with §§ 111.15–111.19, 111.24)
Hours / signs
§ 111.24: licensed business only 9:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m.; no sign clause.
Permit
§§ 111.16–111.19: license from the City Clerk after investigation, 100 dollars application fee, 1,000 dollars refundable cash bond, three-day term, not issued within 48 hours.
Code version
American Legal, 2026 S-22 (current); local legislation current through Ordinance 30, 2025, passed 12-8-2025
We could not find these towns' code of ordinances online on the date shown; ask the town clerk for the current rules.
Mitchell (Lawrence County): where we looked, October 19, 2026
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