Boca Raton, FL Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)

Section 8-159 sits in article VI, 'Peddlers and Solicitors,' of chapter 8. It flatly prohibits any person, whether or not they hold a solicitation license or identification card issued under the article, from going onto a private residence that displays a 'No soliciting,' 'No peddling,' or similarly worded sign near its entrance for the purpose of soliciting, canvassing or peddling. The rule sits alongside the article's other peddler and solicitor requirements: section 8-160 requires a special event permit for anyone conducting a special event or soliciting funds or donations for charitable or benevolent purposes, and sections 8-161 and 8-162 require charitable solicitors to supply the business taxing authority with identifying information, employment verification from the organization represented, and, for new or unknown charities, details of where the organization was formed and how donations are distributed.

Section 8-159 traces back to Code of 1966, § 16-22, and was retained when Ordinance No. 5030 renumbered the peddler and solicitor article in 2008. Because the prohibition attaches to the posted sign rather than a separate registry, a resident enforces the no-knock rule simply by keeping a visible sign at the entrance; the city does not maintain a do-not-solicit list homeowners must join.