door to door sales laws maryland
Door to door sales laws Maryland for the cancel window and the city card
Knockdesk is field sales software for teams that sell in person. People looking up door to door sales laws maryland need Commercial Law 14-301, the consent rule in Courts and Judicial Proceedings 10-402, and the city card. A maryland solicitor permit is that city card, not one badge for every county. This page is general information, not legal advice. The table is the statute map, not a ruling.
Book a Walkthrough| Fact | Finding | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Home solicitation or cooling-off | Commercial Law 14-301 defines a door-to-door sale as a sale, lease, or rental of consumer goods or consumer services of $25 or more, personally solicited, when the buyer agrees somewhere other than the seller's place of business. Commercial Law 14-302 requires notice that the buyer may cancel prior to midnight of the third business day. Commercial Law 14-302.1 lengthens that window for a home improvement contract to midnight of the fifth business day, or the seventh business day if the buyer is 65 or older. | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gcl§ion=14-302&enactments=false |
| In-person recording consent | Courts and Judicial Proceedings 10-402 makes a willful interception of a wire, oral, or electronic communication unlawful except as that subtitle allows. Subsection (c)(3) allows a person who is a party to intercept only when all parties have given prior consent, and not for a criminal or tortious purpose. | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gcj§ion=10-402&enactments=false |
| State peddler license | The Comptroller says a peddler or hawker who sells goods while traveling from place to place by foot or vehicle must get a peddler's license from the Clerk of the Circuit Court, under Business Regulation Title 17, Subtitle 9, and that other local laws and statutory exemptions apply. Business Regulation 17-905 says Part II of that subtitle does not apply in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Cecil, Howard, Montgomery, and Prince George's counties. | https://www.marylandcomptroller.gov/businesses/new-business/business-licenses.html |
The city
The city card changes at the line
Door to door solicitation laws maryland are a city split. Rockville requires its own hawker, peddler, and solicitor license to go from house to house, and it says a Montgomery County license is not a substitute. Gaithersburg lists a solicitor license to sell merchandise door to door. Bowie requires a city license to sell door to door, leave flyers, offer a service, or take orders. Frederick licenses a peddler who sells commodities from house to house. Baltimore's opened code treats soliciting as a request for an immediate donation.
| City | Permit office | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Baltimore | Article 19, section 47-1 defines soliciting as a request for an immediate donation. Section 47-4 makes it unlawful to solicit on residential property when the occupant has asked the person not to solicit or has posted a sign indicating no soliciting. Those sections are not a house-to-house commercial seller card. | https://codes.baltimorecity.gov/us/md/cities/baltimore/code/19/47-4 |
| Frederick | Chapter 29, section 29-5 requires a license before a person works as a vendor or peddler. Peddler includes selling commodities from house to house. Section 29-9 sets hours from 10:00 a.m. to dusk. Section 29-10 allows licensed vendors and peddlers on residential property and, except as that section provides, not in any other area, and it bars the Frederick Town Historic District except Carroll Creek Linear Park. | https://library.municode.com/MD/Frederick/CODES/Code_of_Ordinances?nodeId=PTIITHCO_CH29SAFOOTGO |
| Rockville | Code Enforcement issues an annual Hawker, Peddler, Solicitor License for any person who goes from house to house to hawk, sell, peddle, vend, or offer goods, wares, merchandise, services, or food. A Montgomery County license is not a substitute. The badge includes a current photo, the name and address, and a short description of the merchandise. Chapter 12, Articles VII and IX, are the code the city names. | https://www.rockvillemd.gov/services/apply-for-a-hawker-peddler-solicitor-license/ |
| Gaithersburg | The city licensing list includes a Solicitor License described as a license to sell merchandise door to door, through Neighborhood Services. Chapter 16 is titled Peddlers, Hawkers and Solicitors, and the section list includes a certificate of registration as required. | https://www.gaithersburgmd.gov/services/licensing |
| Bowie | The business license page says the city requires a license for a peddler or solicitor, including someone who leaves flyers, offers a service, takes orders, or sells door to door. The peddler form sets a $25 fee, allows the activity from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., and says it is prohibited where a sign or other designation prohibits peddling or soliciting. | https://www.cityofbowie.org/2447/Business-License |
The list
The posted sign and the sales tax note
The permit pages for these five cities do not publish a no-knock address list. A posted sign still shows up in the Baltimore and Bowie text. Sales tax follows a canvasser who takes orders in the state.
| Fact | Finding | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Known no-knock registries | The Rockville, Frederick, Gaithersburg, and Bowie permit pages do not publish a no-knock address list. Baltimore City Code Article 19, section 47-4 bars soliciting on residential property after the occupant asks the person to stop or posts a sign indicating no soliciting. The Bowie peddler form says peddling or soliciting is prohibited where a sign or other designation prohibits it. | https://codes.baltimorecity.gov/us/md/cities/baltimore/code/19/47-4 |
| Sales tax for in-home sales | COMAR 03.06.01.33 says a person who engages in business as an out-of-state vendor collects and remits sales and use tax on taxable sales for use in the state. That includes a person who has an agent, canvasser, representative, salesman, or solicitor operating in the state to deliver, sell, or take orders for tangible personal property or a taxable service. | https://regs.maryland.gov/us/md/exec/comar/03.06.01.33 |
The pin
The Rockville badge does not log 9 Willow Rd
Rockville can put a photo on the badge. Frederick can stop the knock at dusk. The visit still has to land on the turf. Knockdesk writes the outcome on the pin, including Not Home, at 9 Willow Rd and 44 Maple Ave. Do Not Contact takes the address off the knock list and off coverage. Consent is the step before any recording file, and skip still logs the outcome. A score on the talk does not replace that outcome. Setup does not hold the first knock. The turf file can come in, and the visit file can go out.
Knock log
Sample
- M418 Oak Ave2:14 PMMaya Chen · North turfAppointment
- J22 Harbor Rd2:41 PMJordan Hale · North turfNot home
Related
Keep going from the Maryland statute
- Door to door sales laws hub
National topics and the other state pages sit on the laws hub.
- Knockdesk pricing
Full desk is on the pricing page.
- Solicitor permits
City licenses, not one national permit.
- Recording consent by state
All-party consent beside Courts and Judicial Proceedings 10-402.
- Door to door compliance checklist
Permit, badge, no-knock, cooling-off, and the consent step on one list.
- California laws
Civil Code 1689.6 and the city permit offices.
- Ohio laws
Revised Code 1345.22 and the city license.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What are door to door sales laws maryland on this page?
Commercial Law 14-302 for the cancel notice, Courts and Judicial Proceedings 10-402 for all-party consent, and the city cards in the table. This is general information, not legal advice.
What is a maryland solicitor permit?
A maryland solicitor permit is the city card. Rockville issues a hawker, peddler, and solicitor license. Gaithersburg lists a solicitor license to sell merchandise door to door. Bowie requires a peddler or solicitor license. The Comptroller peddler license is a separate goods license from the Clerk of the Circuit Court, with the Part II exemptions in Business Regulation 17-905.
What are door to door solicitation laws maryland?
Door to door solicitation laws maryland are the city rules in the table: Rockville's house-to-house license, Frederick's Chapter 29 hours and area limits, Gaithersburg's solicitor license, Bowie's peddler or solicitor license, and Baltimore's rule for a request for an immediate donation.
Can a Maryland crew record the talk at the door?
Courts and Judicial Proceedings 10-402(c)(3) allows a party to intercept only when all parties have given prior consent, and not for a criminal or tortious purpose. Knockdesk asks for consent before a recording file starts. Skip still logs the outcome.
Is this legal advice?
No. This page is general information, not legal advice. Open the statute or the city page, then talk to counsel for your crew.
How much does Knockdesk cost?
Full desk is on the pricing page. A free trial is not open.
The knock
Walk the Maryland pin after the city card.
We will walk how the team logs the Maryland visit, including Not Home, and picks consent before any file starts. Do Not Contact stays off the knock list and off coverage. Full desk is on the pricing page. This page is not legal advice. A free trial is not open.
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