Lynchburg, VA Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)

Section 29-3 of the Lynchburg City Code bars any peddler, a term Sec. 29-1 defines broadly to include canvassers, solicitors, and itinerant merchants or photographers traveling house to house, from entering private premises posted with a sign stating 'No Peddlers Allowed,' 'No Solicitations Allowed,' or similar wording to that effect. The section doesn't require any particular sign size, material, or placement, only that the wording put a peddler on notice before they reach the door. A related but separate offense in Sec. 29-4 covers premises without a posted sign: any peddler who enters property and is then told by the owner, occupant, or their agent to leave and not return is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor if they refuse.

Chapter 29 also limits when any peddler, posted sign or not, can work at all: Sec. the next morning, and on Sundays entirely, unless the resident specifically invited the visit or made an appointment. Certain groups fall outside the whole chapter regardless of posted signs, including charitable, educational, or religious organizations whose principal place of activity is in the city, and residents selling home-grown fruits, vegetables, or farm products under Sec. 29-2. Street-level soliciting that blocks sidewalk traffic to pitch passersby is covered separately by Sec. 29-7, which bans obstructing or unduly interfering with pedestrians along public highways for the purpose of inducing a purchase.