"a consumer has the right to cancel a door-to-door sale made within this state until midnight of the third business day after the day on which the consumer signs"
§ 19-2234: "It is unlawful for any transient merchant to transact business in any county in this state unless" · § 19-2235(a): "Any transient merchant desiring to transact business in any county in this state shall make application for and obtain a license in each county"
Town by town
Emporia
Unclear wording: ask the clerk
“It shall be unlawful for any person or organization to engage in street or sidewalk charitable solicitation without first obtaining a permit … This section shall not apply to door-to-door solicitation”
The code has no door-to-door solicitor chapter; its solicitation article covers street and sidewalk charitable solicitation and says it does not apply to door-to-door. Ask the clerk.
County
Lyon County
Section
Ch. 24 Art. VIII Secs. 24-146, 24-147; Ch. 16 Sec. 16-383(d); Ch. 14 Secs. 14-20 to 14-22
Hours / signs
Sec. 16-383(d) lets a No peddlers or agents sign bar leaving handbills on inhabited premises; no sign or hours rule for door-to-door sales.
Code version
Codified through Ordinance No. 26-01, enacted February 18, 2026 (Supp. No. 3, Update 1)
“It shall be unlawful for any peddler or solicitor, or any person acting on behalf of either, to … (b) To operate on private property without having first secured a special use permit.”
Solicitors need a permit, may not call 9 p.m. to 9 a.m. or at No Solicitors signs, and may not operate on private property without an undefined "special use permit".
County
Allen County
Section
Ch. V Art. 1, Secs. 5-101, 5-103, 5-110(b) and (d), 5-111
Hours / signs
Sec. 5-110(d): no soliciting or peddling 9:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. or where a No solicitors or peddlers sign is posted, unless express permission.
Permit
Secs. 5-103, 5-104: City Clerk permit, sworn application 72 hours ahead; Sec. 5-110(b) also requires an undefined special use permit.
Code version
Code of the City of Iola, Kansas (citycode.net), current through Ordinance No. 3548, adopted February 9, 2026
“Except as hereinafter provided, the practice of peddlers, agents, solicitors, hawkers and itinerant merchants in going in and upon private residence premises in the City without having been requested or invited … is hereby declared to be a disturbance”
The code declares uninvited calls at private residences by peddlers and solicitors unlawful "except as hereinafter provided", yet licenses solicitors for 90 days; how the two fit is not stated.
County
Miami County
Section
Ch. 5 Art. 1, Secs. 5-101, 5-104 to 5-109
Hours / signs
Sec. 5-106: no soliciting 6:00 P.M. to 10:00 A.M. Monday-Saturday or on Sundays, or at a No Solicitors or Peddlers sign, absent express permission.
Permit
Secs. 5-105 to 5-109: City Clerk solicitor's license, 90 days; 150 dollars investigation fee; sworn application, photo, references; clerk may disapprove.
Code version
Code of the City of Paola, Kansas (citycode.net), current through Ordinance No. 3255, adopted September 8, 2026
Williamsburg (Franklin County): where we looked, October 19, 2026
Before you knock in Kansas
Read the current code for the exact address (a mailing address can name a different town), check the
date on each row, and ask the town clerk in writing. Our permits guide shows how.
The full dataset for every state is on the national page and as a
CSV.
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