Hayward, CA Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)
Key Facts
- Legal notice
- Posted sign is enough
- Verbal refusal
- Binding for that campaign
- Penalty
- Infraction and permit revocation
- Reporting
- Hayward PD non-emergency
Summary
Posting a No Solicitors or No Trespassing sign in Hayward creates legal notice; ignoring it is an infraction and can support a trespass citation.
Except as provided in subdivisions (u), (v), and (x), and Section 602.8, a person who willfully commits a trespass by any of the following acts is guilty of a misdemeanor:
(a) Cutting down, destroying, or injuring any kind of wood or timber standing or growing upon the lands of another.
(b) Carrying away any kind of wood or timber lying on those lands.
(c) Maliciously injuring or severing from the freehold of another anything attached to it, or its produce.
(d) Digging, taking, or carrying away from a lot situated within the limits of an incorporated city, without the license of the owner or legal occupant, any earth, soil, or stone.
(e) Digging, taking, or carrying away from land in a city or town laid down on the map or plan of the city,
Full Breakdown
Hayward Municipal Code makes it unlawful for a solicitor or peddler to enter a property, knock, ring the bell, or otherwise disturb occupants when the premises display a conspicuous No Solicitors, No Peddlers, No Trespassing, or similar sign near the entrance. A sign posted at the walkway or on the front door is sufficient legal notice. Once a solicitor has been informed, either by sign or verbally, that the occupant does not wish to be contacted, further contact on that visit or on future visits during the permit period is prohibited. Residents may also register their address on a City no-knock or do-not-solicit list where maintained, and solicitors must consult and honor the list. Violations are enforced as infractions by the Hayward Police Department, with escalating fines and potential revocation of the solicitor permit for repeated offenses. Residential property owners should report repeat offenders with description and permit badge number.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a sticker on the door count?
Do religious or political canvassers have to honor it?
Sources & Official References
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