Soliciting & Door-to-Door in Clay County, MO (2026)

2 rules for unincorporated Clay County, Missouri.

Verified from official government sources

Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Clay County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Solicitor Permits

Missouri's Home Solicitation Sales Act, not a Clay County ordinance, governs door-to-door sales in the unincorporated county: RSMo § 407.705.1 gives a buyer until midnight of the third business day after signing to cancel any sale solicited at their home. Clay County's code of ordinances contains no separate peddler or solicitor permit requirement for the unincorporated area.

Clay County Door-to-Door Sale Cancellation Right

Light Restrictions

RSMo § 407.705.1

1. Except as provided in subsection 3 of this section, in addition to any right otherwise to revoke an offer, 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 which complies with sections 407.700 to 407.720. For the purposes of this section, the term "business day" shall...

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No-Knock Registry

Clay County runs no county-wide no-knock registry, but a posted 'No Soliciting' or 'No Trespassing' sign carries legal force. A solicitor who ignores it can be charged with first-degree trespass, a class B misdemeanor under Missouri law.

Clay County No-Knock & No-Soliciting Rules

Some Restrictions

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 569.140.1

A person commits the offense of trespass in the first degree if he or she knowingly enters unlawfully or knowingly remains unlawfully in a building or inhabitable structure or upon real property.

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