2 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in District of Columbia, District of Columbia.
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DC regulates door-to-door commercial solicitation through the Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection under DCMR Title 17 and the Hawkers and Peddlers licensing regime. Commercial solicitors must obtain a Solicitor or Peddler Basic Business License, submit to MPD background checks, and display an ID badge. Religious, political, and charitable canvassing are First Amendment protected and exempt from licensing.
DC residents may post 'No Solicitation' signs at their entrances, which licensed commercial solicitors must honor under DCMR Title 17 section 509. DC does not maintain a centralized no-knock registry like some suburban jurisdictions, but MPD and OAG enforce sign-based refusals. Political and religious canvassers retain First Amendment rights regardless of signage.
D.C. Code § 22-3302(a)(1) — Unlawful entry on property
(a)(1) Any person who, without lawful authority, shall enter, or attempt to enter, any private dwelling, building, or other property, or part of such dwelling, building, or other property, against the will of the lawful occupant or of the person lawfully in charge thereof, or being therein or thereon, without lawful authority to remain therein or thereon shall refuse to quit the same on the dem...
1 cities in District of Columbia have their own soliciting & door-to-door rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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