El Cajon regulates door-to-door solicitation through ECMC Title 5 business license requirements. Solicitors and peddlers must be licensed. No-soliciting signs posted by homeowners are expected to be respected. California Penal Code 602 may apply to persistent solicitors who refuse to leave.
Door-to-door solicitation in El Cajon is regulated under ECMC Title 5 Chapters 5.04 and 5.08. Every person acting as a peddler, solicitor, or itinerant merchant must pay a license tax of two dollars per day and file a bond of one thousand dollars with the director of finance. Residents who post no-soliciting signs have a reasonable expectation that solicitors will not approach their door. While the city does not have a formal no-knock registry, California Penal Code Section 602 (trespassing) may apply to solicitors who refuse to leave after being asked or who ignore no-soliciting signage. Religious organizations and political canvassers are generally exempt from licensing requirements under the First Amendment. Non-profit organizations may also have different requirements.
Soliciting without a license is a violation of ECMC Title 5. Refusing to leave after being asked constitutes trespassing under California Penal Code 602. The El Cajon Police Department handles complaints about persistent or aggressive solicitors.
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