Alpharetta, GA Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)
Key Facts
- No-contact hours
- Before 8:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m.
- Registry keeper
- Department of Public Safety
- Time rule scope
- Applies to licensed and unlicensed solicitors
- Classification
- Declared a public nuisance
Summary
Alpharetta residents can block door-to-door contact by posting a sign or filing a written no-solicitation notice with the Department of Public Safety, which keeps and distributes the address list to solicitors. Separately, no one, licensed or not, may knock or ring a doorbell to solicit before 8:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m.
It is hereby declared to be unlawful and shall constitute a nuisance for any person to go upon any premises and ring the doorbell upon or near any door, or create any sound in any other manner calculated to attract the attention of the occupant of such residence, for the purpose of securing an audience with the occupant thereof and engage in soliciting, as herein defined, if the occupant of said residence has made it clear, by written sign or by filing a written "no solicitation" notice with the department of public safety, that solicitors are not invited. ... It is hereby declared to be unlawful and shall constitute a nuisance for any person, whether licensed under this article or not, to go upon any premises and ring the doorbell upon or near any door of a residence located thereon, or rap or knock upon any door or create any sound in any other manner calculated to attract the attention of the occupant of such residence, for the purpose of securing an audience with the occupant thereof and engage in soliciting, as herein defined, prior to 8:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m.
Full Breakdown
Alpharetta Code of Ordinances Sec. 10-183 sets two distinct restrictions on door-to-door contact within Article VI, Door-to-Door Sales. Under subsection (b), it is unlawful and declared a public nuisance for anyone to ring a doorbell, knock, or otherwise create a sound intended to get a resident's attention for soliciting purposes if the occupant has made clear, by a written sign or by filing a written 'no solicitation' notice with the department of public safety, that solicitors are not invited; the sign may be posted on the premises or at subdivision or neighborhood entrances, and the department keeps an address list of residents on the no-solicitation registry and provides a copy of that list to each licensed solicitor.
Subsection (c) requires any solicitor who has gained entrance to a residence, invited or not, to immediately and peacefully leave when the occupant asks. Subsection (d) imposes a separate, universal time restriction: it is unlawful and a nuisance for any person, whether licensed under the article or not, to ring a doorbell, knock, or make any attention-getting sound to solicit at a residence before 8:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m. Because subsection (d) applies regardless of license status, it reaches casual or unlicensed door-to-door contact that the registry in subsection (b) does not automatically cover.
Violations & Fines
Sec. 10-178 punishes any violation of Article VI, including Sec. 10-183, under the general penalty schedule of Sec. 1-8, with each day a violation continues treated as a separate offense; conduct violating subsections (b) or (d) is separately declared a public nuisance subject to abatement.
Frequently Asked Questions
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