Alachua County, FL Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)
Key Facts
- Daily cutoff
- 7:00 p.m. or sundown, whichever earlier
- Earliest restart
- 9:00 a.m.
- Sign rule
- Posted 'No Solicitors' bars entry any time
- Applies to
- Peddlers, canvassers and solicitors
- Territorial reach
- Unincorporated Alachua County only
Summary
Peddlers, canvassers and solicitors in unincorporated Alachua County must stop door-to-door activity in residential areas by 7:00 p.m. or sundown, whichever is earlier, and can't resume before 9:00 a.m. They're also barred from any residence posting a 'No Solicitors' or 'No Solicitation' sign in plain view.
(a)All persons will terminate solicitation activities in residential areas each day by 7:00 p.m. or sundown, whichever is earlier, and will not resume their activities in residential areas before 9:00 a.m. the next day.(b)All persons peddling, soliciting, or canvassing are prohibited from engaging in their activities on residential premises in residential areas where a notice stating "No Solicitors" or "No Solicitation" is posted in plain view.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 63).
Full Breakdown
03 sets two independent restrictions on unincorporated-county door-to-door activity. the next day. Subsection (b) separately bars anyone peddling, soliciting or canvassing from engaging in that activity on a residential premises in a residential area where a 'No Solicitors' or 'No Solicitation' notice is posted in plain view, the posted sign controls regardless of the time of day. 02 as single-family and multifamily neighborhoods zoned under the county's residential zoning categories in the land development code, plus residential planned developments. 01 is to preserve public safety, protect the privacy and quiet of the home, and guard residents against crime and undue annoyance.
05 confirms the chapter applies only within the unincorporated area of the county, so a resident inside Gainesville, the City of Alachua or any of the county's other seven municipalities is governed by that city's own solicitation ordinance instead.
Violations & Fines
A violation of either the curfew hours or the posted-sign rule is punished as provided in Section 10.08 of the County Code under Section 118.04. Section 10.08 sets the county's general misdemeanor penalty provision, meaning a peddler, canvasser or solicitor who ignores a posted 'No Soliciting' sign or continues after 7:00 p.m./sundown faces prosecution under that general penalty clause.
Frequently Asked Questions
What hours can door-to-door solicitors legally knock in unincorporated Alachua County?
Does posting a 'No Soliciting' sign actually stop legal door-to-door visits?
Does this ordinance apply if I live inside the City of Alachua or Gainesville?
Sources & Official References
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