Highland, CA Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)

HMC § 5.04.350(L) declares the practice of being in and upon private residences in the city by solicitors for the purpose of soliciting a nuisance when the owner or owners, or the occupant or occupants, indicate by a plainly visible sign that the practice is not wanted. The trigger is the sign. The section does not prescribe wording, size or placement, only that the sign is plainly visible and shows the practice is not wanted. It also creates no do-not-knock registry and prints no hours for solicitation, so the sign is the resident's tool under the Highland code.

The rule attaches to licensed solicitors. Soliciting in the Highland code means going house to house, place to place or along the street selling or taking orders for goods or other things of value for future delivery, or for services to be performed in the future. HMC § 5.04.350(A) requires a license before anyone works as a solicitor, and the license must be exhibited at the request of any citizen. A resident who has posted a sign can therefore ask to see the license and, under subsection K, any empowered officer of the City has the duty to require anyone seen soliciting to produce the solicitor's license and to enforce the section.

The same nuisance language appears in the peddler section, HMC § 5.04.340(M), for people who sell and make immediate delivery of goods. A posted sign therefore covers both trades.

The consequences run through the license. The chief of police can revoke a solicitor's license after notice and hearing for any violation of the section, or for soliciting in a manner that breaches the peace or menaces the health, safety or general welfare of the public. Written notice of the hearing is mailed at least five days before it. The solicitor can appeal to a city council appointed hearing officer within 14 days after notice of revocation is mailed.