De Pere, WI Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)

Sec. 114-6(a) lists the practices prohibited for anyone doing direct sales or solicitation in the city. " The sign rule separately bars "calling at any dwelling or other place where a sign is displayed bearing the words 'no peddlers' or 'no solicitors' or words of similar meaning," meaning a posted sign is itself enough to make further calls unlawful regardless of the hour. The same subsection bars calling at a dwelling's rear door unless previously arranged, and bars remaining on any premises after the owner, occupant, or other person in authority asks the solicitor to leave.

Sellers are also barred from misrepresenting the goods, services, or purpose of the visit, from failing to display required identification when asked by police, from blocking sidewalks, streets or rights-of-way, from using sound amplification loud enough to be heard beyond a 100-foot radius, and from littering where they operate. A charitable-cause solicitor must further disclose, as a specific percentage, how much of the sale price actually goes to the stated charitable purpose. Because Sec. 114-8(a)(3) makes "violation of any provisions of the chapter" a ground for revoking a registration after notice and a hearing, breaking the no-knock hours or sign rule can cost a solicitor their registration, not just draw a citation, and Sec. 114-9 then bars reapplying for six months.