Detroit, MI Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)
Key Facts
- Trigger
- posted "No Trespassing/No Handbills" notice
- Sign location
- at or near front entrance
- Enforcing agency
- Detroit Police Department
- Max penalty
- $500 fine, 90 days jail
- Covers
- handbills, advertising signs, commercial messages
Summary
Detroit bans handbill and advertising solicitation at any residence posting a "No Trespassing," "No Handbills," or "Post No Bills" notice near its front entrance, backed by misdemeanor penalties enforced by the Police Department.
It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit, deliver, circulate, distribute or disseminate, or to cause the same of, any advertising sign, advertising material, or other commercial message to any residential premises upon which is conspicuously posted at or near the front entrance of the residence a notice that states "No Trespassing," "No Handbills," "Post No Bills," or any similar language.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 4).
Full Breakdown
Detroit City Code § 4-2-4 makes it unlawful to solicit, deliver, circulate, distribute, or disseminate any advertising sign, advertising material, or other commercial message to a residence that has conspicuously posted a "No Trespassing," "No Handbills," "Post No Bills," or similarly worded notice at or near its front entrance. The rule sits in Chapter 4's handbill-distribution article and is enforced by the Detroit Police Department under § 4-2-2. Under § 4-2-1, each violation is a misdemeanor carrying up to a $500 fine and 90 days in jail, and a new violation issues for every day noncompliance continues.
Violations & Fines
Each violation is a misdemeanor, punishable by up to a $500 fine and 90 days in jail; a separate violation can be issued for every day the solicitation continues, per § 4-2-1.
Frequently Asked Questions
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