A posted no-soliciting notice in Harford County binds licensed peddlers. Under Chapter 197 and municipal rules, a resident who displays a clear no-soliciting sign puts commercial canvassers on notice, and one who ignores it violates the ordinance.
Harford County and its towns protect residents from unwanted solicitation through the peddling and soliciting rules rather than a state statute. A homeowner who posts a clear no-soliciting sign, or otherwise gives notice, puts licensed commercial peddlers on notice to stay away, and a solicitor who approaches such a home commits an ordinance violation enforced by police. Bel Air, Aberdeen, and Havre de Grace apply their own no-solicitation and hour rules within their limits, several capping door-to-door sales in the evening. These protections reach commercial solicitors; they do not restrict charitable, religious, or political canvassing, whose door-to-door activity is constitutionally protected.
A licensed solicitor who ignores a posted no-soliciting notice, or canvasses outside permitted hours, faces a fine under the county or municipal ordinance and possible loss of the solicitor license.
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