Door-to-Door Soliciting

May 15 - Due to the City Hall Closure the City of Mercer Island is not issuing solicitors licenses until further notice. 

The City of Mercer Island requires solicitors to fill out a Soliciting License Application and carry the license at all times when soliciting. Solicitors must produce the license when requested by persons being solicited, police, or City officials.

Door-to-door soliciting is only allowed between the hours of 10:00 AM and 9:00 PM, including weekends and holidays.

The following do not need soliciting licenses:

• Newspaper carriers;
• Not-for-profit solicitors;
• Peddlers of fruits, vegetables, berries, eggs or any farm produce edibles raised, gathered, produced or manufactured by such person;
• A person who, after having been specifically requested by another to do so, calls upon that other person for the purpose of displaying or delivering goods, literature or giving information about any article, thing, product or service; and
• All persons under the age of eighteen (18) unless employed by another person or organization.

View Chapter 5.16 of the Mercer Island City Code for more information.

Questions? Please contact the City Clerk at 206.275.7793.