Livonia, MI Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)

Section 5.66.100 makes it unlawful for any solicitor, canvasser, peddler or transient merchant to enter upon or call at a residence or business after the occupant has expressly said no solicitation is wanted, or after a sign to that effect is posted on the door facing the street. Either condition alone is enough to trigger the ban: Livonia does not require residents to register on any separate city-run do-not-knock list. Section 5.66.110 layers on a citywide curfew, making door-to-door canvassing or solicitation unlawful before 9 a.m. or later than a half hour after sunset, regardless of whether a sign is posted.

Both sections sit inside Chapter 5.66, Peddlers, Transient Merchants and Solicitors, which also requires every solicitor to register with the police department, pay the fee set in Section 5.03.170 ($100 for a firm, $25 per individual employee), and carry a police-issued, nontransferable identification card in plain view while working (Sections 5.66.030 and 5.66.060). A related rule for flyers and written material, Section 8.37.030, separately bars leaving newspapers, advertisements or other written materials at a premises after the resident objects or posts a no-solicitation sign facing the street.

Together the posted-sign rule, the curfew and the licensing requirement give residents two independent ways to stop uninvited door-to-door sales: posting a sign, or simply telling the solicitor to leave, either of which triggers the Section 5.66.100 prohibition on returning.