Birmingham, AL Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)

Section 12-14-5, adopted by Ord. No. 93-128 in 1993, sits in Chapter 14's peddler and pushcart article and creates Birmingham's version of a no-knock rule: it does not set up a city-run do-not-solicit list, and does not require sellers to check one before knocking on a stranger's door. Instead, the obligation runs directly from the resident to the vendor. ' The rule covers the broad category the Code calls 'huckster business,' which reaches door-to-door sellers of goods generally, not just a narrow subset like magazine crews.

It sits alongside the separate charitable-solicitation permit scheme in §§ 12-14-21 through 12-14-29, which requires a mayor-issued permit for anyone soliciting money or selling on behalf of a charitable, educational, patriotic, or philanthropic cause; a group with that permit is still bound by § 12-14-5 and must honor a posted no-soliciting sign at any individual residence even while holding a citywide charitable permit. Because the section names no specific fine, a violation defaults to the Code's general penalty at § 1-1-6.