Florida Door-to-Door Solicitation Laws for Business Teams

Sort your plan into what the team will actually do: ask one question and record the answer, book a visit, or take orders on the porch. Florida's permit covers a home solicitation sale, which the statute defines as a sale, lease, or rental of consumer goods or services with a purchase price in excess of $25. The same section excludes salespeople making a call or business visit upon the express invitation, oral or written, of an inhabitant of the premises or her or his agent. If your canvass books visits, keep each resident's invitation with the appointment, so the visit's footing is on file.

File one application per county before the first shift there: Florida requires applicants to file sworn applications in writing with the clerk of the circuit court for the county in which applicants intend to conduct home solicitation sales. A territory that crosses a county line therefore needs a permit from each clerk. Each permit is valid for a period of 1 year from the date of issuance, so put every team member's renewal date on the shift calendar when the card arrives.

Brief each permitholder to keep the card on them for every shift and to show it first. The statute says every permitholder shall carry the permit and certificate at all times while engaged in home solicitation sales and shall display the same to all prospective buyers before initiating the solicitation of a sale, lease, or rental. A shift lead can check cards at staging, the same way they check that each person has a door list.

Train the team to look for the sign before stepping onto the porch, and to skip the house without knocking. Effective July 1, 2026, Section 501.062 provides that a person may not engage in commercial solicitation on any dwelling that clearly and prominently displays a sign that is no less than 8.5 by 11 inches. Each visit records Yes, No, Not Home or Skip, plus notes, so a skipped sign stays on the address for the next round.

When an order is signed, tell the buyer the cancellation window and plan delivery around it. In Florida 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 or offer to purchase. Count the days the way the statute does: a business day means any calendar day except Sunday or a federal holiday, so an order signed on a Thursday can be cancelled through Monday at midnight unless a federal holiday falls in between.