Irvine, CA Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)
Key Facts
- Allowed hours
- 9:00 a.m. to sunset
- Barred days
- Sundays and national holidays
- Posted sign
- Bars entry regardless of hour
- Exemption
- Newspaper peddlers only
- Registration
- No permit required by this chapter
Summary
Door-to-door solicitors and canvassers in Irvine cannot knock without a prior appointment before 9:00 a.m., after sunset, on Sundays, or on national holidays, and any premises posted with a no-soliciting sign is off-limits entirely under Municipal Code Sections 2-10-902 and 2-10-903. Newspaper peddlers are the only group exempt from the hours limit.
Sec. 2-10-902. Days, hours of operation. No person shall, without prior appointment, solicit or canvass in the city on Sunday or on any national holiday, or before the hour of 9:00 a.m. of any day or after sunset on any day, except in the case of persons soliciting, canvassing or peddling newspapers, who may do so at any reasonable time. Sec. 2-10-903. Prohibited where posted. No person shall, without prior appointment, solicit or canvass upon premises, which are posted with a sign or signs stating in substance that solicitors, canvassers or peddlers are not permitted.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 20 | Zoning: Supplement 16).
Full Breakdown
Chapter 9 of Title 2, Division 10 of the Irvine Municipal Code governs peddlers, solicitors and canvassers going door-to-door within city limits. to sunset on any other day, the only carve-out is for people soliciting, canvassing or peddling newspapers, who may do so at any reasonable time regardless of the clock. Section 2-10-903 is separate and absolute: a resident who posts a sign stating in substance that solicitors, canvassers or peddlers are not permitted has legally closed the door, and any unannounced solicitor who ignores that sign is in violation regardless of the hour.
Both rules apply only to unannounced visits; a solicitor with a prior appointment is not restricted by either section. The chapter's definitions section, Section 2-10-901, distinguishes a 'peddler' (selling and delivering goods, including newspapers) from a 'solicitor or canvasser' (taking orders for future delivery or services), but both are bound by the hours and posted-sign rules. Chapter 9 itself does not create a citywide solicitor badge, license or registration program, it is purely a time, place and consent restriction. The definitions were last amended by Ordinance No. 19-12 in August 2019.
Violations & Fines
The chapter does not set its own fine schedule; violations are processed as citations under the Code's general enforcement provision, Section 1-1-108, which directs that citations for violating any Code provision or City ordinance 'shall be processed, issued and handled as provided by State law.' A solicitor who knocks after sunset, before 9:00 a.m., on a Sunday or holiday, or who ignores a posted no-soliciting sign, is subject to citation on that basis alone.
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