Blue Hill, NE Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing sections
- Municipal Code §§ 5-209 to 5-212
- Card size required
- Approx. 3 in. by 4 in.
- Minimum lettering
- 1/3 inch tall
- Card wording
- "NO SOLICITORS INVITED"
- Doorbell-ringing in defiance
- Unlawful, declared a nuisance
Summary
Blue Hill leaves it to each household to decide whether to allow solicitors. Occupants can post a weatherproof 'NO SOLICITORS INVITED' card, and ringing a doorbell in defiance of that notice to get an audience is declared an unlawful nuisance.
SECTION 5-209: ... POLICY ON SOLICITING It is hereby declared to be the policy of the City that the occupants of the residences in the City shall make the determination of whether solicitors shall be or shall not be invited to their respective residences. SECTION 5-210: NOTICE; NO SOLICITORS A. Notice of the refusal of invitation to solicitors to any residence shall be given on a weatherproof card, approximately 3 inches by 4 inches in size, exhibited upon or near the main entrance door to the residence, indicating the determination by the occupant and containing the applicable words, as follows: “NO SOLICITORS INVITED.” ... SECTION 5-212: PROHIBITED SOLICITATION 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 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 in defiance of the notice exhibited at the residence in accordance with the provisions of Section 5-210 above.
Full Breakdown
Section 5-209 states the city's policy: occupants of Blue Hill residences, not the city, decide whether solicitors are invited to their homes. Section 5-210 sets out how that refusal is communicated: a weatherproof card about 3 inches by 4 inches, posted at or near the main entrance, reading 'NO SOLICITORS INVITED' in letters at least one-third of an inch tall, which the code declares sufficient notice of the occupant's decision. Section 5-211 then places the burden on the solicitor: before approaching any residence, a solicitor must check for a posted notice, and if it reads 'NO SOLICITORS INVITED,' must immediately and peacefully leave, whether registered under Article 2 or not; the same duty to leave applies the moment any occupant asks a solicitor already inside to go.
Section 5-212 backs the card with a standalone offense: going onto posted premises and ringing a doorbell, or making any sound meant to draw the occupant's attention to seek an audience, in defiance of a posted no-solicitors notice, is declared unlawful and a nuisance in its own right, separate from any license violation under Article 2.
Violations & Fines
Violating Sections 5-209 through 5-212 is punishable under the Chapter 5 general penalty, Section 5-801: a fine up to $500.00, with continued noncompliance treated as a new offense every 24 hours. Because Section 5-212 also declares the conduct a nuisance, Section 5-801(B) lets the city additionally pursue a suit in equity to enjoin and abate the conduct.
Frequently Asked Questions
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