Marietta, GA Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)
Key Facts
- Permitted hours (standard time)
- 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Permitted hours (daylight time)
- 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- Sunday/holidays
- soliciting barred entirely
- No-soliciting sign
- bars any solicitation at that address
- Penalty
- up to $500.00 fine, permit revocation
Summary
Marietta bars door-to-door solicitation before 10:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m. standard time (8:00 p.m. daylight time) and all day Sunday and on state or national holidays, and a posted "no soliciting" sign at a residence makes any solicitation there a violation, licensed or not.
8-12-16-030 - Prohibited acts. A.It is unlawful for any person, whether licensed under this chapter or not, to go upon any premises and ring the doorbell upon or near any door of a residence located thereon, or rap or knock upon any door or create any sound in any other manner calculated to attract the attention of the occupant of such residence, for the purpose of securing an audience with the occupant thereof and engage in soliciting as herein defined, prior to 10:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, or before 10:00 a.m. or after 8:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time, Monday through Saturday, or at any time on Sunday, or on a state or national holiday. ... C.If a "no soliciting" sign is posted at the residence, no soliciting shall occur.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 56).
Full Breakdown
m. m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time, Monday through Saturday, or at any time on Sunday or on a state or national holiday. Subsection (B) separately bars soliciting at any residence where the occupant has made clear, by written sign or otherwise, that solicitors are not invited, and subsection (C) makes clear that a posted "no soliciting" sign means no soliciting may occur there at all, a violation of the article as well as any other applicable local, state or federal law. Subsection (D) requires any solicitor who has gained entrance, whether invited or not, to immediately and peacefully leave when the occupant asks or indicates disinterest in the product, and no solicitor may enter a home without the occupant's express invitation.
These hour and sign restrictions bind everyone soliciting at residences, including permit holders under § 8-12-16-020, and the ordinance's stated purpose in § 8-12-16-010 is to protect residents' privacy and safety while preserving First Amendment rights for noncommercial speech, which the article does not regulate.
Violations & Fines
A violation of the hours restriction or the no-soliciting sign rule is a misdemeanor under § 8-12-16-070, punishable by a fine of up to $500.00 per violation, and is separately grounds for immediate suspension or revocation of any solicitor's permit issued under the article. A solicitor who fails to leave promptly when asked, or who enters a home without express invitation, faces the same misdemeanor exposure under § 8-12-16-030(D).
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