Gulfport, FL Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)
Key Facts
- Consent required
- invitation from owner or occupant
- Permitted hours
- 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
- Permitted days
- Monday through Saturday
- Sunday solicitation
- prohibited outright
- Covers
- sales, order-taking, flyers, samples
- Adopted
- Ord. No. 80-9 (1980)
Summary
Gulfport requires door-to-door sellers to be invited onto a private residence before knocking, and even invited solicitors may work only between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Distributing flyers, samples or pamphlets at a home also needs the resident's permission first.
It shall be unlawful for any person, whether acting in his or her own name, or for another, or for any business, corporation, firm, partnership or other entity, to go from door to door or in or upon a private residence, not having been invited to do so by the owner or occupant of such residence, for the purpose of selling goods, wares or merchandise, or offering same for sale, or taking orders for same, or offering to purchase such items, without first complying with the requirements of sections 14-30.1 and 14-30.2. ... Any activity specified in section 14-30 shall be conducted only between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday.
Full Breakdown
2. The same section extends the consent requirement to promotional handouts: anyone distributing flyers, pamphlets or samples to promote a sale must also get permission or an invitation from the resident first. , Monday through Saturday, so Sunday canvassing and after-hours evening visits are both barred outright, invited or not. The original 1980 ordinance (Ord. No. 80-9) repealed an earlier flat solicitation ban and replaced it with this invitation-plus-hours scheme; it was amended in 2012 (Ord. No. 2011-28) to add the flyer and sample language.
A resident who never invites a solicitor, and a solicitor who shows up outside the 9-to-6 window, are each independent violations, and the Code cross-references unwanted solicitation as disorderly conduct under § 14-19.
Violations & Fines
Soliciting without an invitation, or during hours outside 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday, violates §§ 14-30 and 14-30.2 and is punishable under the Code's general penalty, § 1-6: up to a $500.00 fine, sixty days in jail, or both. Unwanted door-to-door solicitation is separately cross-referenced as disorderly conduct under § 14-19.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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