Lubbock, TX Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- City Code § 8.12.035(b)-(d)
- Maximum fine
- $200 per violation
- Automatic consequence
- License revocation on conviction
- Who is bound
- Licensed peddlers, itinerant merchants, transient vendors
- Notice required
- Verbal or from owner/resident/occupant
- Enforcing agency
- Lubbock Police Department
Summary
Once a Lubbock resident or occupant tells a licensed peddler, itinerant merchant or transient vendor not to enter, or to leave, further entry or refusal to leave is a misdemeanor under City Code section 8.12.035(b). Conviction carries a fine up to $200 and automatically revokes the offender's peddler's and solicitor's license.
(b) It shall be unlawful for the holder of any license issued under this division to enter upon the land or premises of another after receiving, immediately before such entry, notice from the owner, resident, occupant or adult person acting for such person exercising possession that such entry is forbidden; further, it shall be unlawful for any such license holder to remain on the premises of another after receiving notice from the owner, resident, occupant or adult person acting for such person exercising possession to depart such premises. (c) A violation shall constitute a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, punishable by a fine not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00). (d) A conviction for the violation of subsection (b) above shall result in the automatic revocation of such convicted person's peddler's and solicitor's license.
Full Breakdown
032. 035(b): it is unlawful for any license holder to enter the land or premises of another after receiving notice, immediately before entry, from the owner, resident, occupant, or an adult person exercising possession, that entry is forbidden. It is equally unlawful for a license holder to remain on the premises after being told to depart. The notice does not have to be in writing or filed with any city registry; a verbal statement from the resident or a posted refusal at the door is enough to trigger the prohibition once given directly to the solicitor.
The provision only binds people who hold a peddler's or solicitor's license under this division; it does not create a separate city-run do-not-solicit list. 034, and a violation is prosecuted as a misdemeanor in municipal court. 056's general appeal process for other grounds. A revoked licensee whose permit is later cancelled for other reasons can appeal to the city's permit and license appeal board, but the automatic revocation tied to a subsection (b) conviction flows straight from the criminal judgment itself.
Violations & Fines
Ignoring a resident's notice to stay off the property, or refusing to leave when told, is a Class C-level misdemeanor under section 8.12.035(c), punishable by a fine up to $200 per offense. Section 8.12.035(d) adds an automatic consequence: conviction for a subsection (b) violation revokes the offender's peddler's and solicitor's license without a separate hearing.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I just tell a Lubbock solicitor to leave my porch?
Does Lubbock keep an official do-not-solicit registry?
What happens to a solicitor's license if they ignore my notice?
Does the no-knock rule apply to all door-to-door visitors?
Sources & Official References
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