Lower Paxton, PA Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)

Chapter 137 of the Lower Paxton Township Code limits when and where licensed solicitors and peddlers can approach residents. Section 137-7 sets the hours: no solicitor or peddler can work on any day of the week before 8:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m., or at any time on Sundays or holidays recognized by the Township. The hours follow Eastern Standard Time while it is in effect and daylight saving time while that is in effect.

The no-knock mechanism is a two-part test. Section 137-2(A) provides that, notwithstanding possession of a valid license, no person can peddle or solicit or attempt it at any residence that displays a "Do Not Solicit" sign and whose name and address is listed on the Do Not Solicit List provided by the Police Department. Section 137-12(I) repeats the ban as a prohibited activity. A sign alone, or a list entry alone, does not trigger the rule, so a resident needs both. The code names the Police Department as the source of the list but does not describe the sign-up steps.

Section 137-12(H) adds a second protection: it is prohibited to use hard-sell tactics, meaning direct, forceful and insistent or high-pressure salesmanship, or to refuse to cease efforts to peddle or solicit after being personally advised by a resident that they are not interested. Section 137-12(G) separately prohibits conducting any business, peddling or soliciting during prohibited hours. Article II, covering transient retail merchants, has its own hours of 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. in § 137-23(F).

A license can be suspended or revoked under § 137-11 for a person cited for any prohibited activity in § 137-12.