Lynwood, CA Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)

The City of Lynwood requires anyone soliciting monetary contributions for a charitable purpose to first obtain a permit from the City Clerk under Lynwood Municipal Code § 3-19; solicitors are barred from canvassing residential premises after 8:00 p.m. or before 9:00 a.m. unless the owner or occupant has specifically requested or invited the visit. Under Operating Requirements § 3-19.4, solicitors and their agents also may not enter any private property, dwelling, apartment, condominium, or place of business posted with a sign reading, in effect, "No Solicitors or Canvassers," "No Solicitations," or "Do Not Disturb." Every permitted solicitor must display a City Clerk-issued identification card bearing the permit number, expiration date, and the solicitor's photograph, and must present or read the card to anyone approached before requesting a contribution.

Additional operating rules bar solicitors from obstructing sidewalks or intimidating passersby, soliciting a captive audience such as people standing in line, or standing in a street or median to solicit vehicle occupants. The City Clerk can summarily suspend a permit under § 3-19.5 for any violation, sending written notice to the permittee and reporting the suspension to the Sheriff's Department and the City Council; a suspended permittee may appeal under § 4-9. Because Chapter 3 does not set a separate penalty for this section, violations default to the general penalty scheme of § 1-5: a misdemeanor punishable by up to a $1,000 fine, six months in the Los Angeles County jail, or both, with each day of noncompliance a separate offense.