Franklin, TN Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)
Key Facts
- Allowed hours
- 9 a.m.-7 p.m. (8 p.m. DST)
- Days
- Monday through Saturday only
- Posted sign
- Solicitor must leave immediately
- Also applies to
- Charitable solicitors, § 9-306
- Violation
- Deemed a trespass
Summary
Door-to-door solicitors in Franklin must leave immediately if a resident posts a sign saying solicitors aren't welcome, and can only knock between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m., Monday through Saturday.
No permittee shall conduct any solicitations or sales except between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 7:00 P.M. (8:00 P.M. during daylight savings time) on Monday through Saturday...Trespass. It shall be unlawful and deemed to be a trespass for any permittee acting under this division to fail to leave promptly the private premises of any person who requests or directs the permittee to leave or has posted a sign that indicates solicitors are not welcome.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 30 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
City code § 9-214 limits permitted solicitors and peddlers to knocking between 9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. during daylight saving time), Monday through Saturday, no door-to-door sales on Sundays or at night. The same section makes it a trespass for a permittee to fail to leave promptly when a resident requests it, or when the property has a posted sign indicating solicitors are not welcome; the identical hours-and-trespass rule is repeated for charitable solicitors at § 9-306.
Violations & Fines
Ignoring a posted 'not welcome' sign or a resident's request to leave is a trespass violation; soliciting outside the 9 a.m.-7 p.m. window is also a code violation subject to fine and possible permit revocation.
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