Restrictions and Requirements
The City of Midlothian Police Department’s goal is to ensure the safety and privacy of its residents and provide a reasonable limit to the hours of solicitation. In February 2013, Council adopted a solicitor’s ordinance regarding those persons wishing to solicit door to door, distribute handbills or flyers and sell food by mobile food units.
All solicitors, distributors of handbills and mobile vendors are required to have a valid solicitor permit when conducting business in Midlothian.
Solicitor Permits are NOT required for persons distributing literature door to door for religious organizations, political speech or campaigning, charitable purposes, civic groups, local school fundraisers, Girl or Boy Scout fund raisers, or where there is a regular business, trade service or other contractual relationship with the occupant of the residence.