Littleton, CO Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- City Code § 3-5-5(D)
- How to opt out
- Post a 'No Trespassing/No Peddlers' sign
- Verbal refusal
- Also protected if occupant asks distributor to stop
- Maximum fine
- $2,650.00 under general penalty §1-4-1
- Peddler licensing
- Repealed 2014, Ordinance 49
Summary
Littleton lets residents block door-to-door handbill distribution and solicitation by posting a sign near their entrance. Section 3-5-5(D) of the City Code makes it unlawful to leave handbills on a property marked 'No Trespassing,' 'No Peddlers or Agents' or similar notice, or on any premises where an occupant asks a distributor to stop.
Whenever in this code or any other ordinance of the city ... any act is declared to be unlawful or an offense ... any person eighteen (18) years of age or older who pleads guilty, no contest, or is convicted of the violation of any such provision of this code ... shall be punished by a fine of not more than two thousand six hundred fifty dollars ($2,650.00); or by imprisonment in jail not exceeding three hundred sixty-four (364) days ... Upon Posted Premises: It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute, deposit, place, throw, scatter or cast any commercial or noncommercial handbill upon any premises if requested by anyone thereon not to do so or if there is placed on such premises in a conspicuous position near the entrance thereof a sign bearing the words "No Trespassing", "No Peddlers or Agents", "No Advertisement" or any similar notice, indicating in any manner that the occupants of such premises do not desire to be molested or to have their right of privacy disturbed or to have any such handbills left upon such premises.
Full Breakdown
Chapter 5 of Title 3 of the Littleton City Code, Handbill Distributors, exists in part to protect residents against trespassing by solicitors, canvassers or handbill distributors who ignore a household's wish not to be approached, as Section 3-5-1(B) states. The operative rule sits at Section 3-5-5(D): it is unlawful for anyone to distribute, deposit, place, throw, scatter or cast a commercial or noncommercial handbill on a property if asked to stop by anyone there, or if the property carries a sign near its entrance reading 'No Trespassing,' 'No Peddlers or Agents,' 'No Advertisement' or a similar notice showing the occupants do not want to be approached or have handbills left.
The same chapter separately bars leaving handbills in public places under Section 3-5-5(A), on or in vehicles under Section 3-5-5(B), and on premises that are vacant or temporarily uninhabited under Section 3-5-5(C). Where a residence is inhabited but not posted, a licensed distributor is still allowed to leave a handbill secured against blowing away unless someone on the premises asks them not to, under Section 3-5-5(E). 00, imprisonment of up to 364 days, or both, with every day a violation continues counted as a separate offense.
Littleton's earlier Peddlers and Hawkers chapter, which once licensed door-to-door sales, was repealed by Ordinance 49, Series of 2014, leaving the posted-premises protection in Chapter 5 as the city's current no-knock mechanism for handbills and solicitation.
Violations & Fines
Distributing a handbill on posted or verbally-refused property violates Section 3-5-5(D) of the Littleton City Code. Because Chapter 5 sets no specific penalty, Section 1-4-1's general penalty applies: a fine of up to $2,650.00, up to 364 days in jail, or both, and each day the violation continues counts as a new offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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