14 North Carolina towns, 11 quoted. Of these, 3 have codes that bar uninvited soliciting at homes, 3 have permit, registration or hours rules, 5 are unclear and 3 are not published online. Each row
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Published October 20, 2026
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North Carolina towns by rule
Rule
Towns
Uninvited home soliciting barred
3
Permit or license required
3
Unclear wording: ask the clerk
5
Code not published online
3
North Carolina state law
Read on the legislature's or official code publisher's own site.
§ 25A-38: "“Home-solicitation sale” means a consumer credit sale of goods or services in which the seller or a person acting for him engages in a personal solicitation of the sale" · § 25A-39(a): "the buyer has the right to cancel a home-solicitation sale until midnight of the third business day after the day on which the buyer signs an agreement"
§ 66-250(2): "A person who travels from place to place with an inventory of goods, who sells the goods at retail or offers the goods for sale at retail" · § 66-251: "An itinerant merchant or a peddler who travels from place to place by vehicle must obtain a written statement signed by the owner or lessee of any property"
Town by town
Clemmons
Uninvited home soliciting barred
“It shall be unlawful, unless with the prior permission or invitation of the owner or occupant, … to enter upon any privately owned premises … used as a dwelling for the purpose of soliciting orders for … goods, merchandise, or services”
The code declares uninvited calls at private residences to solicit orders for goods or services a nuisance; entering a dwelling's premises to solicit orders without the occupant's invitation is unlawful.
County
Forsyth County
Section
Title XI Ch. 111 (Peddlers subchapter), §§ 111.26, 111.27 (with § 111.25)
Code version
enCodePlus: local legislation current through Ord. 2026-01, passed 1-12-26; state legislation through 2024 N.C. Legislative Service Pamphlet No. 2
“It shall be unlawful, unless with the prior permission or invitation of the owner or occupant, … to enter upon any privately owned premises … used as a dwelling for the purpose of soliciting orders for … goods, merchandise or services”
The code bars entering a dwelling's premises to solicit orders for goods, merchandise or services without the owner's or occupant's permission or invitation. We found no exception for permit or license holders in the same code.
County
Mecklenburg County
Section
Title XI Ch. 116, Sec. 116.01(A)(1) (with Secs. 116.01(B), 116.02, 116.99)
Permit
Sec. 116.02: peddler permit from the Town Manager, 25 dollars application fee, 5,000 dollars bond, fingerprinting at the police department, valid five days
Code version
Supp. No. 5, Codified through Ordinance No. 2026-00899 (enacted 2026); version Jun 9, 2026 (current)
“soliciting citizens and others on the streets and sidewalks of the city or on private property by solicitors and peddlers … without having been invited … for the sale of goods, wares and merchandise … is … declared to be a nuisance and unlawful”
One clause declares uninvited soliciting on private property for goods, wares and merchandise a nuisance, while another licenses uninvited residential calls with a permit; the code does not reconcile them.
County
Cumberland County
Section
Ch. 15 Art. I, Sec. 15-16(a), (c), (d), (l), (n)
Hours / signs
Sec. 15-16(n): no soliciting 9:00 p.m.-9:00 a.m. unless arranged; (l): no permit allows calls where a notice that solicitors are not permitted is posted
Permit
Sec. 15-16(d)-(k): solicitor or peddler permit via the finance collection division, police background check, three-month term renewable; fee per council fee schedule
Code version
enCodePlus Municipal Code, Updated through: January 12, 2026 (Ord. S2026-005)
“It shall be unlawful, unless with the prior permission or invitation of the owner or occupant, … to enter upon any privately owned premises … used as a dwelling … soliciting orders for … goods, merchandise or services without a permit.”
Entering a dwelling's premises to solicit orders for goods, merchandise or services is unlawful without the occupant's invitation or a town permit; permits run fourteen days, hours nine to six.
County
Union County
Section
Title 114, Sec. 114.01.02(a)(1) (with Secs. 114.01.03, 114.01.04)
Hours / signs
Sec. 114.01.03(e): peddlers only 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; (i): town permits do not override homeowners' association covenants
Permit
Sec. 114.01.03: permit signed by planning director, 100 dollars for up to five agents plus 25 dollars each more, 1,000 dollars bond, 14 days, two renewals a year
Code version
Codified through Ordinance No. 084 (enacted 2026); version Jul 29, 2026 (current)
“The following conduct is unlawful … (e) Soliciting a person without the prior request or invitation of that person unless (i) the solicitor … has applied for and obtained a permit in the manner required by this article”
An ordinance adopted August 20, 2026 rewrote the article: uninvited soliciting is unlawful unless the solicitor holds and displays a police-issued permit; signs honored; residential hours nine to nine.
County
Brunswick County
Section
Ch. 18 Art. III as rewritten by Ordinance ORD-26-008: Sec. 18-47(e), (f), (m); Sec. 18-48; Sec. 18-49 (codified Supp. 9 still shows former Secs. 18-46 to 18-50)
Hours / signs
Sec. 18-47(m): residences only 9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. EDT, 9:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. EST; (f): no soliciting where asked not to or a sign is posted
Permit
Sec. 18-48: peddler/solicitor permit from the police department, sworn application, background check, 30 days renewable without limit, decision within 72 hours; no fee stated
Code version
Ordinance ORD-26-008, adopted August 20, 2026 (town agenda packet); Municode Supp. No. 9, codified through Ord. O26-003 of March 19, 2026, still carries the former article and lists ORD-26-008 as not yet codified
“No door-to-door solicitations are not allowed in any other zoning district without express prior communication from the possessor of the premises.”
Inside the begging section, a sentence says door-to-door solicitations are not allowed outside listed business districts without express prior communication from the premises' possessor; the wording is a double negative.
County
Robeson County
Section
Ch. 15 Art. I, Sec. 15-15(d) (Begging; with Secs. 15-15(b)-(c), 15-19.1)
Hours / signs
Sec. 15-15(c): a beggar refusing to leave after notice violates the section; Sec. 15-19.1: no entry against posted no-trespassing signs
Code version
Supp. No. 5, Codified through Ordinance No. 2022.08.05, enacted August 3, 2022 (online content updated November 7, 2023); uncodified ordinances listed through 2026 touch nothing on soliciting
“going in and upon private residences … by solicitors, peddlers, hawkers, itinerant merchants and transient vendors of merchandise … not having been requested or invited … for the sale of goods, wares, merchandise or anything whatsoever … is hereby declared to be a nuisance”
The code declares uninvited calls at residences by peddlers or transient vendors to solicit orders for goods, wares, merchandise or anything whatsoever a nuisance and misdemeanor. We found no exception for permit or license holders in the same code.
County
Union County
Section
Title XI Ch. 113, § 113.15 (with §§ 113.16, 113.17, 113.18, 113.03)
Permit
§ 113.03: transient merchant or peddler license from the Tax Collector, fee per privilege license schedule; it covers temporary business, not residential calls
Code version
2026 S-31 (current); local legislation current through Ordinance No. O-2025-58, passed 11-10-25
“Section 9-37 Door-to-Door Soliciting Prohibited. Door-to-door solicitations are not allowed in any zoning district without express prior communication from the lawful possessor of the premises, specifically authorizing the solicitor to come to said premises.”
A 2024 amendment bars door-to-door solicitations in any zoning district without the possessor's express prior authorization, while the same article exempts town permit holders and another article licenses solicitors; unreconciled.
County
Robeson County
Section
Ch. 9 Art. II, Sec. 9-37 (added by Resolution 2024-10-01; with Secs. 9-33, 9-35(1)); Ch. 15 Art. VII, Sec. 15-77
Hours / signs
Sec. 15-77(B)(a): 9:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.; 15-77(C): posted property supersedes the article; Sec. 9-33(H): no soliciting where asked or posted
Permit
Secs. 15-77-15-78: commercial solicitation permit from the Town Manager, administrative fee per fee schedule; Sec. 9-35(1) exempts license or permit holders from Art. II
Code version
Code of Ordinances adopted June 25, 2018 (town PDF, revised final 10-8-2018) plus Resolution 2024-10-01 amending Ch. 9 Art. II (town Acrobat link titled Code of Ordinances Amendment Draft)
“It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in peddling, soliciting or canvassing within the corporate limits of the city without first obtaining a permit therefor in compliance with the provisions of this article.”
The online code, codified through May 2001, requires a police-issued permit and a business license before peddling, soliciting or canvassing house to house; no invitation clause appears in that text.
County
Randolph County
Section
Ch. 10 Art. IV, Secs. 10-92 to 10-104 (Sec. 10-94 permit required)
Permit
Secs. 10-95-10-103: police chief permit, sworn application, photos, fingerprints, physician's certificate, fee on file, fiscal-year term, surety bond for non-residents
Code version
Supp. No. 1, Codified through Ordinances of May 8, 2001 (online content updated April 6, 2018)
“going in and upon … private residences … by solicitors, peddlers, hawkers, itinerant merchants or transient vendors of merchandise not having been requested or invited … aggressively soliciting orders … or … peddling or hawking goods, wares and merchandise is declared to be a nuisance”
The code declares uninvited calls at residences by peddlers to aggressively solicit orders for, or to peddle or hawk, goods, wares and merchandise a nuisance; 'aggressively' is undefined.
County
Rowan County
Section
Ch. 17, Sec. 17-2 (with Sec. 17-1)
Permit
Sec. 17-1: a peddler's license must be exhibited on demand (license regime sits in Ch. 11 Licenses)
Code version
Supp. No. 69, Codified through Ordinance No. 2026-26 (enacted 2026); version Sep 4, 2026 (current)
“It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit, peddle, or panhandle … (6) On private property, unless the person has written permission from the owner of the property to beg or solicit alms on the property”
A police-issued permit regime for door-to-door soliciting sits beside a 2023 soliciting-and-begging section that bars soliciting or peddling on private property without the owner's written permission; unreconciled.
County
Davidson County
Section
Ch. 54 Art. I, Sec. 54-12(b)(6)-(7); Ch. 18 Art. II Div. 2, Secs. 18-141 to 18-148
Hours / signs
Sec. 54-12(b)(7): no soliciting, peddling or panhandling after dark (half hour after sunset to half hour before sunrise)
Permit
Secs. 18-141-18-147: solicitor permit from the chief of police, 10 dollars fee, 90 days, ten-day wait, fingerprints and background check, permit worn visibly
Code version
Supp. No. 10, Codified through Ordinance No. 07-2025-ORD12, adopted July 21, 2025 (online content updated September 4, 2025)
We could not find these towns' code of ordinances online on the date shown; ask the town clerk for the current rules.
Burnsville (Yancey County): where we looked, October 19, 2026
Morrisville (Wake County): where we looked, October 19, 2026
Spruce Pine (Mitchell County): where we looked, October 19, 2026
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