Indianapolis, IN Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)
Key Facts
- Curfew for all solicitors
- 30 min after sunset or 9pm, earlier wins
- No-solicit sign
- Bars entry once clearly posted
- Registry
- Annual, dept. of business & neighborhood services
- Registry expires
- December 31; re-register after Jan 1
- Delivery exception
- Pre-ordered goods/services excluded
- Current rule since
- G.O. 50, 2018
Summary
Indianapolis treats uninvited door-to-door selling as a nuisance once a resident posts a no-solicitation sign, tells the solicitor to leave, or annually registers the address with the department of business and neighborhood services under Code Sec. 391-104. Even without any of those steps, solicitation is barred everywhere in the city after 9:00 p.m., or thirty minutes past sunset if earlier.
The practice of entering upon the premises of private residences in the city by any persons acting as solicitors or vendors of merchandise or commercial services of any kind, when such person has not been requested or invited to do so by the owner or occupant of the private residence with the intention of selling or soliciting orders for the sale of any such things or performing all or any of such practices, is hereby declared to be a nuisance and shall be punishable as prescribed in this chapter under the following circumstances:(1)At any time when a notice is clearly posted at or near the entrance of the applicable residence forbidding such entry for any such purposes,(2)At any time after the owner or occupant (or a representative or agent thereof) has requested that the solicitor or vendor leave the premises,(3)At any time when the owner or occupant of the applicable residence has annually registered the residence with the department of business and neighborhood services as a residence at which such solicitation is prohibited, or(4)At any residence in the city after (a) thirty (30) minutes following sunset, or (b) 9:00 p.m., whichever is earlier.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 47 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
Sec. arrives, whichever comes first. The registration option in Sec. 391-104(c) runs the calendar year: a resident who signs up stays on the list from the date of registration through December 31, then must re-register on or after January 1 to stay covered the following year. The department of business and neighborhood services is required to adopt an electronic and/or written registration process and to keep a public, updated list of registered addresses and their registration dates so solicitors, and enforcement officers, can check coverage.
Sec. 391-104(b) carves out deliveries: the ban does not reach anyone bringing services, merchandise or other items the resident already ordered or purchased. General Order 50, 2018 rewrote the section in its entirety, replacing the former peddler-and-solicitor rule that had been on the books since Code 1975, § 19-4. Violations are punishable under the nuisance-enforcement provisions of this chapter, which route repeat offenses through the same civil-penalty structure used for the rest of Chapter 391's nuisance sections.
Violations & Fines
Each act of solicitation carried out under one of the four barred circumstances, ignoring a posted sign, continuing after being told to leave, approaching a registered address, or working after the after-dark cutoff, is a nuisance violation punishable under the Code's general nuisance-enforcement provisions rather than a single flat fine. Because the city keeps a public registration list, a solicitor's decision to knock on a registered address instead of checking first can itself establish the violation.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Is there a citywide curfew on solicitors even without a sign?
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Are pre-arranged deliveries covered by the solicitation ban?
Sources & Official References
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