Hello residents of South Graylyn Crest. We have been notified by Delaware State Representative Bryon Short of new Legislation for door to door sales persons. Please make sure all sales reps are displaying the license pictured above. Below is the email from Rep. Short;
After years of working to protect my constituents and the citizens of Delaware, we have passed legislation requiring door-to-door salespeople to wear identification cards. Any person who solicits door-to-door sales to a residential home in the state of Delaware must display a salesperson identification card (ID card).
Salesperson ID cards must be worn at all times when conducting door-to-door sales in Delaware. In addition, door-to-door sales in Delaware may only occur between the hours of 9 a.m. and 8 p.m.
A picture of the salesperson ID card and required license holder is shown above. Delaware residents are encouraged to call their local police departments if they see anyone in their neighborhoods conducting door-to-door sales without wearing the registered salesperson ID card, or if they are visited by someone who isn’t wearing a registered salesperson ID card.
To further verify that a salesperson ID card is not a forgery, the names of all salesperson ID card holders are available on the Division of Revenue website at www.revenue.delaware.gov. These names will be updated throughout the year. In addition, the names of all current state of Delaware business licensees are also found on this site.
As always, I encourage residents to take all necessary precautions when opening the door to unfamiliar solicitations. Having a salesperson ID card does not mean the state of Delaware has approved its holder for door-to-door sales. Instead, the salesperson ID card states that its holder is a verified employee of the licensed state of Delaware business listed on the ID card.
Failure by a business to comply with this law by conducting door-to-door sales without wearing the registered salesperson ID card could result in criminal prosecution, as well as fines of up to $150 for the first offense and $250 for each subsequent offense.
A door-to-door salesperson identification card does not apply to persons working on behalf of a nonprofit group – such as the Girl Scouts – people conducting home sales events, public utility and cable television system operators, as well as persons soliciting sales via telephone, mail, email, internet or through door-drop.