Islip, NY Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)
Key Facts
- Permitted hours
- 9:00 a.m. to 1/2 hr before sunset
- Sign opt-out
- 'No Solicitors' sign bars knocking
- Residential rule
- Prior invitation/consent required to solicit
- Max fine
- $500-$2,000 or up to 15 days jail
- Governing section
- Code of the Town of Islip § 46-1.1
Summary
Town Code § 46-1.1 restricts door-to-door solicitors to the hours between 9:00 a.m. and half an hour before sunset, bans knocking or ringing where a 'No Solicitors,' 'No Peddlers' or 'No Agents' sign is posted, and requires an owner or resident's prior invitation before anyone enters residential property to solicit.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to enter upon residential premises, whether publicly or privately owned, for the purpose of soliciting or canvassing except after 9:00 a.m. of any day and prior to 1/2 hour before sunset. B. It shall be unlawful for any solicitor or canvasser, in plying his trade, to ring the bell or knock upon or enter any building whereon there is painted or otherwise affixed or displayed to the public view any sign containing any or all of the following words: "No Peddlers," "No Solicitors," "No Agents," or other wording, the purpose of which purport to prohibit soliciting or canvassing on the premises. C. It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit or canvass in, at or upon any residential property, whether such residential property is publicly owned or privately owned, except upon the prior invitation and with the prior consent of either an owner or a resident of such premises.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4826765; v112 updated 2026-02-24; through 02-24-2026).
Full Breakdown
1 of Chapter 46 lays out three separate no-knock protections that apply on top of the Chapter 46 licensing requirement. and half an hour before sunset, soliciting outside those hours is unlawful regardless of licensure. Subsection B makes it unlawful for a solicitor or canvasser to ring the bell, knock, or enter any building displaying a sign reading 'No Peddlers,' 'No Solicitors,' 'No Agents,' or similar wording meant to bar soliciting on the premises, Islip residents can opt out of all door-to-door contact simply by posting such a sign.
Subsection C goes further for residential property specifically: nobody may solicit or canvass there at all, publicly or privately owned, without the prior invitation and prior consent of an owner or resident, silence, absent a sign, does not by itself authorize a knock at a private home. Subsection D extends the definition of 'residence' to individual units within a hotel, motel, boatel, rooming house, boardinghouse or garden apartment, so a locked apartment door carries the same protection as a house. Subsection E separately bars any licensee from transferring or assigning a Chapter 46 license to someone else.
Violations & Fines
Violating any part of § 46-1.1, soliciting outside the permitted hours, knocking past a posted 'No Solicitors' sign, or entering residential property without prior consent, is a Chapter 46 violation. Under § 46-14 it carries a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $2,000, imprisonment up to 15 days, or both, and can also trigger license revocation under § 46-11.
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Sources & Official References
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