10 Minnesota towns, 9 quoted. Of these, 1 has a code that bars uninvited soliciting at homes, 3 have permit, registration or hours rules, 5 are unclear and 1 is not published online. Each row
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Published October 20, 2026
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Minnesota towns by rule
Rule
Towns
Uninvited home soliciting barred
1
Permit or license required
1
Registration required
2
Unclear wording: ask the clerk
5
Code not published online
1
Minnesota state law
Read on the legislature's or official code publisher's own site.
§ 325G.06 subd. 2: "“Home solicitation sale” means a sale of goods, services, or improvements to real property by a seller who regularly engages in transactions of the same kind" · § 325G.07: "the buyer has the right to cancel a home solicitation sale until midnight of the third business day after the day on which the home solicitation sale occurs"
§ 329.10: "It shall be unlawful for any transient merchant to engage in, do, or transact any business as such without first having obtained a license as hereinafter provided."
Town by town
Burnsville
Unclear wording: ask the clerk
“No peddler or solicitor shall enter upon any residential premises for the purpose of carrying on their trade or business without having been expressly or impliedly invited to do so by the owners or occupants thereof.”
Registration with the police is required, and a separate clause bars entering residential premises without express or implied invitation; the reach of implied invitation is not defined.
County
Dakota County
Section
Title 3, Ch. 3-4, Secs. 3-4-2, 3-4-9
Hours / signs
Sec. 3-4-9: no entry where a "Peddlers Or Solicitors Prohibited" sign is posted; none after 8:00 P.M. until 9:00 A.M. unless expressly invited.
Permit
Sec. 3-4-2/-4/-7/-10: register with police department; background check; fee set by Council resolution; valid to December 31 of the issue year.
Code version
Municipal Code Online (Burnsville); Ch. 3-4 amended through Ord. 1631 (2025-05-20)
“Issuance of a permit or registration certificate under this article does not permit the holder to conduct the allowed activity on private property without the ongoing permission of the property owner or the property owner's authorized agent.”
Peddlers hold a permit and solicitors register, and the code also requires the property owner's ongoing permission; the code does not define how that is shown.
County
Carver County
Section
Ch. 10 Art. IV, Secs. 10-237, 10-242, 10-243(c), (d)(2)
Hours / signs
Sec. 10-243(c): entry on property posted "no trespassing"/"no solicitors" unlawful; (d)(2): no residential entry 8:00 p.m.-9:00 a.m. unless expressly invited.
Permit
Sec. 10-237/-242: peddlers and transient merchants need a permit; solicitors register with the city clerk, no fee, non-transferable certificate.
“Nothing in this ordinance shall be deemed to permit persons licensed or certified hereunder to use private property without the consent of the property owner.”
Peddlers need a city license; hours run 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. or sundown; posted signs bind. Licensees may not use private property without owner consent, which is undefined.
County
Hennepin County
Section
Title XI Ch. 120, Secs. 120.03, 120.10, 120.12, 120.13, 120.15
Hours / signs
Sec. 120.15: 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. or sundown, whichever is first; Sec. 120.13: no entry where a No Solicitation placard is posted.
Permit
Sec. 120.03/.06: peddlers and transient merchants need a city clerk license; fee per schedule; police check; six-month term. Solicitors not named in 120.03.
Code version
Municode, Municipal Code Supp. No. 1, Update 1, codified through Ord. No. 2026-558 (effective 2026-01-08)
“Issuance of a license under this section does not permit the license holder to conduct the licensed activity on private property without the ongoing permission of the property owner or the property owner's authorized agent.”
Peddlers and solicitors need a city license, and the code also requires the owner's ongoing permission on private property; how that is shown is not defined.
County
Hennepin County
Section
Section 1110, Secs. 1110.03, 1110.13 Subd. 3 and Subd. 4(c)
Hours / signs
Sec. 1110.13 Subd. 3: posted "no solicitors" signs make entry unlawful; Subd. 4(c): no residential entry 8:00 p.m.-9:00 a.m. unless expressly invited.
Permit
Sec. 1110.03/.05/.09/.11: city clerk license for peddlers, solicitors and transient merchants; background check; valid no later than December 31 of the year.
Code version
2019 Crystal City Code (city PDF CityCode.pdf); modification index lists amending ordinances through Ord. 2025-13
“…or upon private premises whose owners or occupants have not requested or invited them to do so, is hereby declared to be a nuisance.”
The code declares going onto private premises without the owner's or occupant's request or invitation a nuisance for peddlers, solicitors and canvassers. We found no exception for permit or license holders in the same code.
“All solicitors and any person exempt from the licensing requirements of this chapter under section 2-4-3 of this chapter shall be required to register with the city prior to engaging in those activities.”
Solicitors register free with the city and peddlers need a license. Hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.; a posted placard bars entry unless invited.
County
Clay County
Section
Title 2 Ch. 4, Secs. 2-4-3, 2-4-7, 2-4-8, 2-4-9; Title 4 Ch. 4, Sec. 4-4-6(A)(1)
Hours / signs
Sec. 2-4-8(D): no business before 8:00 A.M. or after 8:00 P.M.; Sec. 2-4-9: no entry where a placard is posted unless specifically invited.
Permit
Sec. 2-4-3/-7: peddlers and transient merchants need a city license (fee schedule); solicitors register on the same form, no fee.
Code version
American Legal, 2026 S-21 (current); code current through Ord. 2026-01, passed 2026-05-26
“No person shall carry on the business of being a peddler, solicitor, or transient merchant without first being licensed, unless an exemption under section 18-163 applies.”
Peddlers, solicitors and transient merchants need a council-approved city license; calls made at a prior appointment are exempt. The code has no hours rule or uninvited-call ban.
“…upon private residences whose owners or occupants have not requested or invited them to do so, is hereby declared to be a nuisance.”
Uninvited calls at residences are declared a nuisance, but not for persons licensed, or exempt from licensing, under city ordinances; Chapter 118 licenses peddlers and registers solicitors.
County
Steele County
Section
Sec. 93.023(A)-(B); Ch. 118 Secs. 118.071, 118.075, 118.076(D), 118.077
Hours / signs
Sec. 118.076(D): no business before 8:00 a.m., after 8:00 p.m., or any time on Sunday; Sec. 118.077: posted placard bars entry unless specifically invited.
Permit
Sec. 118.071/.075: peddlers and transient merchants need a city license (county license too if required); solicitors register free with the City Clerk-Treasurer.
Code version
American Legal, Owatonna Code, current through Ord. 1666, passed 2024-12-03
“It is unlawful for any peddler, solicitor or transient merchant to engage in any such activity within the City of White Bear Lake without first registering with the City Clerk in compliance with the provisions of this ordinance.”
Peddlers, solicitors and transient merchants register with the City Clerk (fee by council resolution). No entry from 7 p.m. to 8 a.m. or where a prohibition sign is posted.
County
Ramsey County
Section
Title XI Ch. 1118, Secs. 1118.020, .030, .060, .090; Sec. 703.140
Hours / signs
Sec. 1118.060: no entry between 7:00 pm and 8:00 a.m., or where a "Peddlers or Solicitors Prohibited" sign is posted.
Permit
Sec. 1118.020-.070: register with City Clerk, fee set by Council resolution, ID badge; valid for the calendar year.
Code version
Municipal Code Online; Ch. 1118 as enacted by Ord. No. 1059 (2009-10-13)
We could not find these towns' code of ordinances online on the date shown; ask the town clerk for the current rules.
Rush City (Chisago County): where we looked, October 19, 2026
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