Cupertino, CA Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)
Key Facts
- Prohibited hours
- 6 p.m. to 9 a.m., residential areas
- Sign text required
- "No Soliciting Allowed" or similar
- Minimum letter height
- Three-fourths of an inch
- Governing sections
- Sec. 5.20.090 and Sec. 5.20.140
- Penalty
- Infraction under Sec. 5.20.130 / Ch. 1.12
Summary
Cupertino bars door-to-door solicitors from residential areas between 6 p.m. and 9 a.m., and separately bars them from any home posted with a clearly visible 'No Soliciting Allowed' sign in letters at least three-fourths of an inch tall. Municipal Code Sections 5.20.090 and 5.20.140 set the two rules.
No person shall act as a solicitor as defined by this chapter, within residential areas of the City, between the hours of six p.m. and nine a.m. of the following day. ... No person shall solicit or attempt to solicit at any residential premises where the occupant has posted a sign clearly and obviously visible from an access way used by the solicitor which states, in letters at least three-fourths inch in height on a contrasting background, “No Soliciting Allowed” or words to that effect.
Full Breakdown
the following day. 140 layers on a household opt-out: no one may solicit or attempt to solicit at a residential premises where the occupant has posted a sign, visible from the access way the solicitor would use, reading 'No Soliciting Allowed' or similar words in letters at least three-fourths of an inch tall on a contrasting background. 48 who operate solely on public sidewalks. 015 also exempts religious, charitable, educational, and political solicitors, and anyone exempt under the state or federal constitution or statutes, from the whole chapter, including the hours and posted-sign rules. curfew and honor posted signs even after that permit is issued.
Violations & Fines
Soliciting in a Cupertino residential area outside the six p.m. to nine a.m. curfew, or approaching a home posted with a compliant 'No Soliciting Allowed' sign, violates Chapter 5.20 and is an infraction under Section 5.20.130, punishable under Chapter 1.12.
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