Charleston, SC Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)

Sec. 17-97 sits in Division 2 of Chapter 17, Article V, the general rules that apply to every category of solicitor the article covers: peddlers, charitable solicitors, palmetto artisans and buskers (panhandling is addressed separately under Sec. 17-101). Posting any of the listed phrases, or words of similar import, on a property is enough to make soliciting there unlawful; the ordinance does not require a particular sign size, material or registration with the city, only that the sign be posted. under Sec. 17-94, solicitors cannot block rights-of-way or come within 20 feet of a fire hydrant or alarm device under Sec.

17-98, and moving vehicles cannot be approached under Sec. 17-95. A posted sign is a property-specific bar that layers on top of those citywide time and place limits, meaning a solicitor can be lawfully out during permitted hours in a permitted district and still commit a violation by knocking on a single posted door or business. Solicitors covered by the article must also carry a permit under Secs. 17-104 through 17-107, so a posted sign is enforceable in addition to, not instead of, the underlying permit requirement.