Kansas City, MO Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)
Key Facts
- Trigger
- Sign posted at front door
- Mechanism
- Sign-based ban, no city registry
- Covers
- Any solicitation, not just sales
- Citation
- Code of Ordinances § 50-172
Summary
A posted "No Solicitation" sign at a Kansas City front door makes it illegal for solicitors to approach that property under city code.
No person shall solicit anything or any action from any person at property designated by a sign, conspicuously posted at the front door of the property, indicating "No Solicitation," "No Solicitors" or other similar language expressing the unwillingness of occupants of the property to accept solicitors.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 139 | Zoning and Development Code: Supplement 38).
Full Breakdown
Kansas City Code § 50-172 bars soliciting anything or any action from anyone at a property where a sign is conspicuously posted at the front door reading "No Solicitation," "No Solicitors," or similar language showing the occupants don't want solicitors. There's no city-run no-knock registry: the posted sign itself is the legal trigger, and a solicitor who knocks anyway after seeing it is in violation. The ordinance covers any solicitation, not just sales pitches.
Violations & Fines
Violating the posted-sign solicitation ban is a municipal ordinance violation, prosecuted in Kansas City Municipal Court; general Chapter 50 offenses carry fines and/or jail time set case-by-case by the municipal judge.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Does the sign have to say an exact phrase?
Sources & Official References
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