KNOCKFIBER RESEARCH
Texas door-to-door soliciting rules
23 Texas towns, 21 quoted. Of these, 4 have codes that bar uninvited soliciting at homes, 2 have permit, registration or hours rules, 15 are unclear and 2 are not published online. Each row
links its source and shows the date read.
Published October 20, 2026
Town by town
Balch Springs
Uninvited home soliciting barred“unlawful for any itinerant merchant to go in and upon the premises of a private residence … unless requested to do so by the owner or occupant … soliciting orders for the sale of goods, wares and merchandise”
The code makes it unlawful for an itinerant merchant (covering peddlers and solicitors) to call uninvited at a private residence; the clause names goods, wares and merchandise. A permit exists.
- County
- Dallas County
- Section
- Ch. 18 Art. VII, Sec. 18-391(b) (read with Sec. 18-391(a), 18-392)
- Permit
- Sec. 18-392–18-393: city manager permit before soliciting orders on public or private property; fingerprints; annual fee per fee schedule; no residence carve-out
- Code version
- Supp. No. 37, codified through Ord. No. 3221-26 (adopted 2026-04-13); online content updated 2026-07-31
- Source
- Balch Springs code on Municode, read October 19, 2026
Bastrop
Unclear wording: ask the clerk“Notwithstanding any other provision in this article, all vending activities are prohibited and no permit shall be valid for the following locations: … (10) Any property located in a district zoned residential, as per the city's zoning code.”
A permit regime with 8 a.m.–8 p.m. hours and a sign rule; a separate clause bars all "vending activities" in residentially zoned districts, a term not defined for door-to-door solicitors.
- County
- Bastrop County
- Section
- Ch. 4 Art. 4.04, Sec. 4.04.007(10) (read with Sec. 4.04.001, 4.04.005, 4.04.006, 4.04.031)
- Hours / signs
- Sec. 4.04.005: activities only 8:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.; Sec. 4.04.006: unlawful where a sign indicates solicitors are unwelcome
- Permit
- Sec. 4.04.031–.034: City Secretary permit before peddling/soliciting on public or private property; police background check; fee per App. A; valid 60 days, renewable
- Code version
- Codified through Ord. No. 2026-10 (enacted 2026-04-28); version Jul 30, 2026 (current)
- Source
- Bastrop code on Municode, read October 19, 2026
Boerne
Unclear wording: ask the clerk“Peddlers, solicitors and vendors may operate on private property where the property is properly zoned, the operator receives written permission from the property owner for the use.”
A permit regime (8 a.m.–sunset, sign rule); a separate clause lets solicitors operate on private property only where properly zoned and with the owner's written permission, reach to residences undefined.
- County
- Kendall County
- Section
- Ch. 15 Art. III, Sec. 15-64 (read with Sec. 15-56, 15-58, 15-59(i), 15-74, 15-75)
- Hours / signs
- Sec. 15-74: peddler/solicitor activities only 8:00 a.m.–sunset; Sec. 15-75: violation to conduct business where a sign says solicitors or peddlers are unwelcome
- Permit
- Sec. 15-58, 15-66–15-69: city manager permit, written application, police background check, fee per fee ordinance, valid 12 months
- Code version
- Codified through Ord. No. 2025-08 (adopted 2025-07-08); version Jul 29, 2025 (current)
- Source
- Boerne code on Municode, read October 19, 2026
Brenham
Permit or license required“No person shall act as a solicitor, peddler or itinerant vendor within the city without first obtaining and possessing a valid license in accordance with this chapter.”
Solicitors and peddlers, defined as persons calling at residences without prior invitation, must hold a city license; hours are 10 a.m.–8 p.m. and posted "no soliciting" signs must be honored.
- County
- Washington County
- Section
- Ch. 16 Art. I, § 16-2 (read with § 16-1, § 16-8, § 16-11(2), § 16-12(1)–(3),(6))
- Hours / signs
- § 16-11(2), 16-12(6): 10:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m. unless invited; § 16-12(1)–(2): "no soliciting" yard sign or door sticker bars entry; (3) leave when asked
- Permit
- § 16-2–16-8: license from the development services department; background check, issued within 5 business days; fee per fee schedule; valid 45 days, renewable
- Code version
- eCode360, includes legislation through Ord. No. O-25-011 (adopted 2025-08-07)
- Source
- Brenham code on eCode360, read October 19, 2026
Cameron
Unclear wording: ask the clerk“going in and upon private residences in the city by solicitors, peddlers, hawkers, itinerant merchants or transient vendors of merchandise, not having been requested or invited to do so by the owner … is hereby declared to be a nuisance”
One section declares uninvited calls at private residences to sell goods, wares and merchandise a nuisance; the next division licenses going "from house to house" to sell goods or services.
- County
- Milam County
- Section
- Ch. 4 Art. 4.03, § 4.03.006(a) (read with Div. 2 § 4.03.031–.034)
- Permit
- § 4.03.031–.034: city secretary license to go house to house selling goods or services; fee per App. A per agent; one year; surety bond
- Code version
- eCode360, includes legislation through Ord. No. 2024-11-18-009 (adopted 2024-11-18)
- Source
- Cameron code on eCode360, read October 19, 2026
El Paso
Unclear wording: ask the clerk“Vending or soliciting conducted within the city shall be on premises which are zoned for retail sales, including the renting, leasing or occupying of any room or space in any building, structure, enclosure, vacant lot…”
A vendor/solicitor license chapter; one clause confines vending or soliciting to premises zoned for retail sales. "Solicitor" is defined by orders for merchandise; services are not named.
- County
- El Paso County
- Section
- Title 5 Ch. 5.15, § 5.15.095(A) (read with § 5.15.010(B),(D), § 5.15.020, § 5.15.040)
- Permit
- § 5.15.020–.060: annual city license from the permit official; 40 dollars/yr (70 dollars with vehicle, 100 dollars itinerant); itinerants referred to police chief; one-year term
- Code version
- Codified through Ord. No. 019889 (enacted 2026-06-23); version Aug 26, 2026 (current)
- Source
- El Paso code on Municode, read October 19, 2026
Grand Prairie
Unclear wording: ask the clerk“unlawful for any solicitors of orders for merchandise, peddlers, itinerant merchants or transient vendors of merchandise to go in and remain upon the premises of private residences … unless requested or invited to do so by the owner or occupant”
One clause makes uninvited calls at private residences by solicitors and peddlers unlawful; the same section and chapter then set a card scheme, hours for uninvited calls and a permit.
- County
- Dallas County
- Section
- Ch. 20 Art. II, § 20-36 (read with § 20-36(a)–(e), § 20-40, § 20-21(a)(5), § 20-25)
- Hours / signs
- § 20-36(a)–(e): "NO SOLICITORS" card has legal force, leave when asked; § 20-40: no uninvited residential calls before 9 a.m./after 8 p.m. Mon–Sat, none Sunday/holidays
- Permit
- § 20-21–20-25, 20-27: permit from the regulatory authority, application asks if door to door, 50 dollars annual fee, valid one year
- Code version
- Codified through Ord. No. 1857-2026 (adopted 2026-04-27); version Sep 16, 2026 (current)
- Source
- Grand Prairie code on Municode, read October 19, 2026
Hickory Creek
Unclear wording: ask the clerk“unlawful for any person selling or soliciting orders for goods, wares, merchandise, services … except as herein provided, to go in or upon the premises of a private residence … unless requested or invited … by the owner or occupant”
Uninvited calls at private residences to sell goods or services are unlawful "except as herein provided"; a solicitor license, sign rule and hours sit in the same article without carve-out.
- County
- Denton County
- Section
- Ch. 4 Art. 4.03, Sec. 4.03.004(j)(1) (read with (j)(2)–(5), Sec. 4.03.001, Div. 2 Sec. 4.03.031–.032)
- Hours / signs
- Sec. 4.03.004(j)(3): "no solicitors" card has legal force, leave when asked; (j)(4): no residential calls before 9 a.m./after 8 p.m. Mon–Sat, none Sunday/holidays
- Permit
- Sec. 4.03.031–.032: license from the code enforcement officer required for solicitors and itinerant merchants; written application; fee waivable for charities
- Code version
- Codified through Ord. No. 2026-03-977; version Sep 8, 2026 (current)
- Source
- Hickory Creek code on Municode, read October 19, 2026
Jasper
Uninvited home soliciting barred“going in and upon private residences in the city by solicitors, peddlers, hawkers, itinerant merchants and transient vendors of merchandise, not having been requested or invited to do so by the owner … is hereby declared to be a nuisance”
The code declares uninvited calls at private residences by solicitors, peddlers and itinerant merchants a nuisance and a misdemeanor; the clause names goods, wares and merchandise.
- County
- Jasper County
- Section
- Ch. 18 Art. I, § 18-1(a)–(b) (read with Art. II, § 18-16, § 18-31)
- Permit
- Art. II § 18-31–18-38: itinerant-vendor permit (fixed-location sellers; city manager application, 5,000 dollars bond, 25 dollars/day or 300 dollars/yr, 90-day term); no residence carve-out
- Code version
- Codified through Ord. No. 081026d (adopted 2026-08-10); version Oct 12, 2026 (current)
- Source
- Jasper code on Municode, read October 19, 2026
Kilgore
Uninvited home soliciting barred“All vending or solicitations to private residences, including but not limited to, homes, duplexes, rooming houses and apartments, and commercial establishments, shall be prohibited within the city limits except as defined in this section as allowable vending or solicitations.”
The code prohibits all vending or solicitations to private residences except by express prior invitation, charitable solicitations, licensed alarm companies and non-selling business introductions; "solicit" includes services.
- County
- Gregg County
- Section
- Ch. 4 Art. 4.06, § 4.06.003(a) (read with § 4.06.002, § 4.06.004(6)–(7))
- Hours / signs
- § 4.06.003(a)(5), § 4.06.004(7): no vending or solicitation before 9:00 a.m. or after 6:00 p.m.; § 4.06.004(6): leave when told
- Code version
- eCode360, includes legislation through Ord. No. 1945 (adopted 2026-07-14)
- Source
- Kilgore code on eCode360, read October 19, 2026
Longview
Unclear wording: ask the clerk“SOLICITATION means to ask, beg, solicit, or plead … for the purpose of receiving contributions, alms, charity, money, or anything of value from another person, regardless of the solicitor's purpose … and regardless of whether consideration is offered.”
Article I licenses door-to-door selling with a permit, noon–6 p.m. residential hours and a sign rule; Article II bars "solicitation", defined around donations "regardless of whether consideration is offered".
- County
- Gregg County
- Section
- Ch. 67 Art. II, § 67-21 "SOLICITATION" and § 67-22(b)–(c) (read with Art. I § 67-1, § 67-3(c)–(d), § 67-5, § 67-7(b))
- Hours / signs
- § 67-3(d): residential calls only 12:00–6:00 p.m. unless invited; § 67-3(c): "NO SOLICITORS" sign has force; § 67-22(b): no outdoor solicitation 6 p.m.–8 a.m.
- Permit
- § 67-5–67-7: chief-of-police door-to-door solicitor permit for each individual; fee set by resolution; valid up to 12 months
- Code version
- American Legal, June 2026 (current); current through Ord. 4635 (passed 2026-06-25)
- Source
- Longview code on American Legal, read October 19, 2026
Lufkin
Unclear wording: ask the clerk“Aggressive manner. Making physical contact without consent, continuing to solicit after person has declined or made a negative response, entering premises without consent, remaining on premises after being requested to leave, and/or the use of threatening or obscene language.”
A permit chapter licenses solicitors, defined as persons entering residential premises uninvited, with 8–6 hours and sign rules, yet bars "aggressive" soliciting, defined to include "entering premises without consent".
- County
- Angelina County
- Section
- Ch. 4 Art. 4.04 Div. 2, § 4.04.031 "Aggressive manner" read with § 4.04.034(4), § 4.04.032(b), § 4.04.061
- Hours / signs
- § 4.04.032(b)–(c): door-to-door 8:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m., none on city holidays; § 4.04.034(7): honor posted "No Solicitation" signs
- Permit
- § 4.04.061–.063, .067: city secretary permit before vending or soliciting; fee per fee schedule; 1,000 dollars bond; expires one year
- Code version
- eCode360, includes legislation through Ord. No. 5152 (adopted 2026-02-03)
- Source
- Lufkin code on eCode360, read October 19, 2026
Marshall
Unclear wording: ask the clerk“unlawful for any solicitor for orders of merchandise, or for any peddler, itinerant merchant or transient vendor of merchandise to go in and upon the premises of a private residence in the city unless requested or invited so to do…”
A 1934 clause makes uninvited calls at private residences by solicitors and peddlers unlawful; a 2011 article licenses house-to-house selling with a permit, hours and a sign rule, unreconciled.
- County
- Harrison County
- Section
- Ch. 22 Art. I, § 22-3 (read with § 22-1(b); Art. II Div. 2 § 22-23, § 22-24, § 22-25)
- Hours / signs
- § 22-23: solicitation only 1 hour after sunrise to ½ hour before sunset unless invited; § 22-24: "NO SOLICITORS" card has legal force
- Permit
- § 22-25: police-chief permit to solicit house to house for goods or services; 30 dollars + 10 dollars per solicitor; up to 120 days; § 22-16 permit
- Code version
- Codified through Ord. No. O-26-06 (adopted February 2026); version Oct 12, 2026 (current)
- Source
- Marshall code on Municode, read October 19, 2026
Paris
Unclear wording: ask the clerk“No person shall go upon any residential premises and ring the doorbell, rap or knock upon the door, or create any sound … for the purpose of securing an audience with the occupant.”
The article licenses house-to-house soliciting with seasonal hours and a "NO SOLICITORS" card scheme; one subsection, read alone, bars anyone from ringing or rapping at a residence for an audience.
- County
- Lamar County
- Section
- Ch. 5 Art. 5.05 Div. 1, § 5.05.010(d) (read with § 5.05.010(a)–(c), § 5.05.003(a)–(b), § 5.05.001)
- Hours / signs
- § 5.05.003(a): no house-to-house soliciting 9 p.m.–9 a.m. (Apr–Oct) or 6 p.m.–9 a.m. (Nov–Mar); § 5.05.010(a)–(c): "NO SOLICITORS" card has legal force
- Permit
- § 5.05.003(b): written permit required to canvass or solicit house to house for goods or services; Div. 2 § 5.05.041–.049 sets application, fee, bond, term
- Code version
- eCode360, includes legislation through Ord. No. 2026-037 (adopted 2026-09-14)
- Source
- Paris code on eCode360, read October 19, 2026
Red Oak
Unclear wording: ask the clerk“No person may solicit, ask, beg or panhandle on private property or residential property without permission from the owner or occupant.”
An aggressive-panhandling section bars soliciting on private or residential property without the owner's or occupant's permission; "solicit" means requesting an immediate donation or transfer of money or value.
- County
- Ellis County
- Section
- Ch. 8 Art. 8.02, § 8.02.015(c)(1) (read with § 8.02.015(a); Ch. 4 Art. 4.07 § 4.07.001–.005, .031)
- Hours / signs
- § 4.07.005: no peddling sunset to 30 min after sunrise unless invited; § 4.07.004 and § 8.02.015(c)(2): posted "No Solicitation" signs bar entry
- Permit
- Art. 4.07 § 4.07.031–.035: city secretary permit to peddle or solicit goods or services; fee per fee schedule; 1,000 dollars bond for future-delivery orders; one year
- Code version
- eCode360, includes legislation through Ord. No. 26-007 (adopted 2026-03-09)
- Source
- Red Oak code on eCode360, read October 19, 2026
Rockdale
Uninvited home soliciting barred“It shall be unlawful for any peddler or itinerant vendor of merchandise or services to go on private residential property unless specifically requested or invited by the owner or occupant of such private residence.”
The code bars a peddler or itinerant vendor of merchandise or services from going on private residential property unless requested or invited; "peddler" includes solicitors and canvassers. A permit exists.
- County
- Milam County
- Section
- Ch. 4 Art. 4.04, § 4.04.004 (read with § 4.04.001, § 4.04.007(a), Div. 2 § 4.04.041)
- Hours / signs
- § 4.04.007(a): no residential calls before 9 a.m./after 8 p.m. Mon–Sat, none Sunday or federal holidays; § 4.04.005: "No Soliciting" sign bars entry
- Permit
- § 4.04.041–.046: city secretary permit to peddle or solicit; fee per App. A per agent; police check; 90 days; 1,000 dollars bond for future delivery
- Code version
- eCode360, includes legislation through Ord. No. 2026-05-11(8) (adopted 2026-05-11)
- Source
- Rockdale code on eCode360, read October 19, 2026
Socorro
Unclear wording: ask the clerk“With the exception of garage, yard and rummage sales, all vending or soliciting conducted within the city shall be on premises that are zoned for retail sales…”
A vendor/solicitor permit article; one clause confines all vending or soliciting to premises zoned for retail sales. "Solicitor" is defined by orders for merchandise; services are not named.
- County
- El Paso County
- Section
- Ch. 8 Art. II Div. 3, § 8-80 (read with § 8-1 definitions, § 8-47)
- Permit
- § 8-47, 8-49, 8-50: planning-department permit before acting as vendor or solicitor; fee per city fee schedule; § 8-6 default two-year term
- Code version
- Supp. No. 31, codified through Ord. No. 736 (adopted 2026-03-19); online content updated 2026-07-28
- Source
- Socorro code on Municode, read October 19, 2026
Taylor
Unclear wording: ask the clerk“Any applicant who will sell or solicit on private property shall have written permission from the property owner of the property from which sales, solicitations or consumer transactions will occur…”
A home-solicitation permit chapter with hours and a sign rule; the application rule requires written permission from the owner of any private property where solicitations will occur, reach undefined.
- County
- Williamson County
- Section
- Ch. 20, § 20-2(a)(13) (read with § 20-1, § 20-8, § 20-9, § 20-13, § 20-16)
- Hours / signs
- § 20-8: no residential calls before 9 a.m./after 8 p.m. Mon–Sat, none Sunday/holidays, invited exempt; § 20-9: "NO SOLICITORS" card has legal force
- Permit
- § 20-1, 20-2, 20-13: chief-of-police permit per solicitor for home solicitation transactions; fee by council resolution; 500 dollars+ surety bond; expires at 6 months
- Code version
- Codified through Ord. No. 2026-03 (adopted 2026-03-26); version Aug 27, 2026 (current)
- Source
- Taylor code on Municode, read October 19, 2026
Terrell
Unclear wording: ask the clerk“It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit money or any other thing of value, or to solicit the sale of goods or services: … (6) On private property, unless the panhandler has permission from the owner or occupant.”
A panhandling section makes it unlawful to solicit the sale of goods or services on private property unless "the panhandler" has permission; "solicit" is defined as requesting an immediate donation.
- County
- Kaufman County
- Section
- Ch. 8, § 8-7(b)(6) (read with § 8-7(a)(1)–(2); Ch. 5 § 5-6)
- Permit
- § 5-6: vendor/solicitor license required to sell or offer goods or services (public-place regime; see log)
- Code version
- Codified through Ord. No. 3153 (enacted 2025-10-21); version Aug 21, 2026 (current)
- Source
- Terrell code on Municode, read October 19, 2026
Universal City
Permit or license required“No person shall act as a peddler, solicitor or itinerant vendor within the city without first obtaining a License in accordance with this article. A canvasser is not required to have a License.”
Solicitors and peddlers, defined as persons calling at residences without prior invitation, must hold a police-issued license; posted "no soliciting" signs bar entry; the hours clause as drafted reads inverted.
- County
- Bexar County
- Section
- Part III Ch. 3-3 Art. V, Sec. 3-3-63 (read with Sec. 3-3-61, 3-3-64, 3-3-65, 3-3-70, 3-3-72(A)–(B),(F))
- Hours / signs
- Sec. 3-3-72(F) as drafted: no licensed activity "between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and either 9:00 p.m. or thirty (30) minutes following sunset"; (A)–(B) signs
- Permit
- Sec. 3-3-63–3-3-70: police department license for peddlers and solicitors; fee per fee schedule; state criminal-history check; issued within 40 business hours; up to 90 days
- Code version
- Supp. No. 84, codified through Ord. No. 641-B-2026 (enacted 2026-02-03); online content updated 2026-09-02
- Source
- Universal City code on Municode, read October 19, 2026
University Park
Unclear wording: ask the clerk“A person commits an offense if he sells or offers for sale personal property within a residentially zoned district, except as provided below”
One article licenses door-to-door selling of goods or services with a permit and a card rule; another makes offering tangible personal property for sale in residential zones an offense.
- County
- Dallas County
- Section
- Ch. 4 Art. 4.07, § 4.07.003 (read with § 4.07.001 "Personal property"; Art. 4.02 § 4.02.003(a)(3), § 4.02.041(a), § 4.02.046)
- Hours / signs
- § 4.02.003(a)(3): "NO SOLICITORS" card bars soliciting at that residence; (a)(2): no begging or panhandling in residentially zoned areas; § 4.02.041(c): permit states hours
- Permit
- § 4.02.041–.046: chief-of-police permit to peddle, solicit or take orders door to door for goods or services; investigation fee; expires within 90 days
- Code version
- eCode360, includes legislation through Ord. No. 26-036 (adopted 2026-08-18)
- Source
- University Park code on eCode360, read October 19, 2026
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