A posted no-soliciting sign carries legal weight in Forsyth County. A permitted solicitor who ignores a clear no-soliciting notice on a home, or leaves handbills there, violates the county solicitation ordinance and can be cited.
Forsyth County backs a resident's own no-soliciting sign through Chapter 22, Article IV of the Code of Ordinances. A registered solicitor who approaches a residence displaying a clear no-soliciting notice commits a violation, and no handbills may be left where such a sign is posted. Enforcement runs through the Sheriff's Office, which also issues the underlying solicitor permits. The protection reaches commercial solicitors; religious, political, and charitable canvassers keep their constitutional right to knock regardless of a posted sign, though many honor it by custom. A sign applies to the individual lot where posted, not to an entire subdivision.
A solicitor who knocks at a posted no-soliciting home or leaves handbills there faces a citation under Chapter 22 and possible revocation of the solicitor permit by the Sheriff's Office.
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