Clay County runs no county-wide no-knock registry, but a posted 'No Soliciting' or 'No Trespassing' sign carries legal force. A solicitor who ignores it can be charged with first-degree trespass, a class B misdemeanor under Missouri law.
Unwanted solicitors in unincorporated Clay County are handled through Missouri's trespassing statute, Mo. Rev. Stat. § 569.140. A clearly posted 'No Soliciting' or 'No Trespassing' sign, or a direct spoken warning, supplies the notice that makes a solicitor's continued presence unlawful, and a Clay County sheriff's deputy can act once the person enters after that notice or refuses to leave. Cities including Liberty and Gladstone may keep their own no-knock or do-not-solicit provisions in their peddler ordinances that add penalties inside city limits. First-degree trespass is a class B misdemeanor.
A solicitor who enters posted or fenced property, or refuses to leave after being told, commits first-degree trespass, a class B misdemeanor, enforced by the sheriff's department or city police.
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