York County, SC Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)

York County has not created a municipal do-not-knock registry for the unincorporated county. Instead, two layers of law do that job. 02(D) of the County Code states it is unlawful to engage in soliciting on any property where a sign is posted reading 'No Trespassing,' 'No Peddlers,' 'No Solicitors,' 'No Buskers,' or words of similar import, meaning a posted sign alone converts further knocking into a code violation. C. Code § 16-11-620 makes it a crime for anyone to enter a dwelling, place of business, or premises after being warned not to, or to refuse to leave immediately once the person in possession orders them off, whether or not a sign was posted first.

A verbal warning at the door works exactly like a sign: once given, any return visit or refusal to leave is chargeable. The violation is a misdemeanor triable in magistrate's court for the unincorporated county or in municipal court if it occurs inside a city, carrying a fine of up to $200 or up to 30 days in jail. Peace officers throughout the state, including York County Sheriff's deputies, are directed to enforce the statute within their jurisdictions, and the law is explicitly cumulative: it adds to, rather than replaces, South Carolina's other trespass statutes such as § 16-11-600's posted-notice trespass law.

Residents who want the strongest protection should post a visible sign, since it creates the 'warning' the statute requires without having to prove a verbal exchange happened.