Chino Hills, CA Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)
Key Facts
- Enforcement method
- Owner-posted sign, no city registry
- Sign requirement
- Unobstructed, open to public view
- Exception
- Express prior invitation onto premises
- Penalty
- Misdemeanor under general code penalty
- Adopted
- Ordinance No. 370, July 2021
Summary
Chino Hills makes it unlawful to walk onto private property posted with a visible sign or placard prohibiting soliciting, unless the occupant expressly invited that person onto the premises first. The rule, at Municipal Code § 5.04.340, gives residents a self-enforcing way to keep door-to-door solicitors off a posted property without registering with the city.
Unless previously and expressly invited to enter onto the premises, it is unlawful for any person to enter onto private property that is posted with an unobstructed sign or placard open to public view which prohibits soliciting.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 61).
Full Breakdown
" The section, added by Ordinance No. 04, Business Licenses Generally, immediately after the chapter's yard sale rules. Chino Hills does not operate a separate no-knock or do-not-solicit registry that solicitors must check before knocking; instead, the rule relies on the property owner's own posted sign as the operative notice, and the sign must be "unobstructed" and "open to public view" for the prohibition to be enforceable against an entrant. Once a resident posts a compliant sign, any door-to-door salesperson, canvasser, or other solicitor who was not expressly invited onto the property commits a violation simply by crossing onto the posted lot, whether or not they actually knock or make contact with an occupant.
Violations & Fines
Because Chapter 5.04 does not set a specific fine for § 5.04.340 the way it does for yard sales, a violation falls under the city's general penalty at § 1.36.010: violating any provision of the municipal code not otherwise designated an infraction is a misdemeanor, punishable under § 1.36.020 by a fine of up to $1,000, up to six months in county jail, or both, with each day of a continuing violation treated as a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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