2 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Norfolk City, Virginia.
Verified from official government sources
Norfolk requires door-to-door sellers to hold a peddler's permit and a city business license. Commercial peddlers register with the city and the Commissioner of the Revenue, while religious and political canvassing stays exempt.
Norfolk has no citywide do-not-knock registry. Residents rely on posted no-soliciting signs, which Virginia trespass law makes enforceable: a seller who ignores a clearly posted sign can be charged under Va. Code section 18.2-119.
Va. Code § 18.2-119
If any person without authority of law goes upon or remains upon the lands, buildings or premises of another ... at a place or places where it or they may be reasonably seen ... shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
1 cities in Norfolk City have their own soliciting & door-to-door rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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