Avondale, AZ Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)
Key Facts
- Allowed hours
- 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. only
- Posted-sign rule
- Bars entry at any hour
- Governing sections
- City Code Sec. 13-162, 13-163
- Civil penalty
- Up to $2,500 per violation
- Criminal penalty
- Class 2 misdemeanor for repeat/willful acts
- Receipt rule
- Required for collections of $10+
Summary
Peddlers, solicitors and canvassers may not knock in Avondale before 8:00 a.m. or after 8:00 p.m., and a posted sign reading 'No Peddlers, Solicitors or Canvassers,' 'Do Not Disturb,' or 'No Trespassing' bars entry onto that property entirely, at any hour, under City Code Sec. 13-162 and Sec. 13-163.
13-162 - Hours of operation. It shall be unlawful for any peddler, solicitor or canvasser to enter upon any residential premises for the purpose of peddling, soliciting or canvassing earlier than 8:00 a.m. of any day or after 8:00 p.m. of any day. This section shall not be interpreted to grant any person permission to enter upon private property. 13-163 - Trespass. It shall be unlawful for any peddler, solicitor or canvasser to enter upon any residential premises for the purpose of peddling, soliciting or canvassing where there is posted a sign indicating "No Peddlers, Solicitors or Canvassers", "Do Not Disturb", "No Trespassing", or other sign indicating that the residents do not wish their privacy to be disturbed, and such sign is exposed to public view.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 38 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Avondale's peddler and solicitor chapter (Sec. S. Supreme Court's Watchtower Bible and Tract Society v. Village of Stratton decision, which limits how far cities can restrict door-to-door speech. Within that framework, Sec. m. Sec. 13-163 goes further for any property carrying a posted no-solicitation sign, such as 'No Peddlers, Solicitors or Canvassers,' 'Do Not Disturb,' or 'No Trespassing,' or any other sign showing the residents do not want to be disturbed: entering that property for peddling, soliciting or canvassing purposes is unlawful regardless of the hour, as long as the sign is exposed to public view.
Neither section grants any person a right to enter private property that the property owner has not otherwise permitted. A related consumer-protection piece, Sec. 13-164, requires any peddler or solicitor collecting $10 or more to hand over a signed written receipt showing the permit number, date and amount received. All of these provisions apply on top of, not instead of, the separate permit requirement in Division 2 of the same chapter.
Violations & Fines
Violating the hours restriction or entering a posted property is enforced under Sec. 13-175. It is a civil, non-criminal violation punishable by a penalty of up to $2,500 per violation, with the city weighing the seriousness of the violation and any economic benefit gained (Sec. 13-175(b)-(c)). A person who intentionally or purposely violates the chapter, or who repeats a violation after already being found responsible, commits a criminal offense punishable as a class 2 misdemeanor (Sec. 13-175(d)-(e)). Each day a violation continues is a separate offense.
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