Medina, OH Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)
Key Facts
- Soliciting hours
- 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., never Sundays
- Posted-sign rule
- "No Peddlers/No Solicitor/No Agents" bars knocking
- Uninvited entry
- Declared a nuisance under § 707.10(a)
- Noise cap
- Soft chime audible within 60 feet only
- Street sales
- Barred on streets, alleys, parks, § 707.10(g)
- Penalty
- $25-$200 first offense, up to 30 days jail
Summary
Medina bans door-to-door soliciting on Sundays and outside 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and makes it unlawful to knock at any premises posted "No Peddlers," "No Solicitor" or "No Agents," under Codified Ordinances § 707.10. Uninvited residential solicitation is separately declared a nuisance regardless of signage.
(a) The practice of going on and upon residential property in the City, or ringing a doorbell or knocking on a door of a private residence, including an apartment, by any solicitor or peddler not having been requested or invited so to do by the owner or owners, occupant or occupants or lessee of such private residence, or apartments, for the purpose of soliciting orders for the sale of goods, wares and merchandise, or peddling or hawking the same, is declared to be a nuisance. ... (b) No person shall peddle or solicit on Sunday or before the hour of 8:00 a.m. of any day, or after the hour of 6:00 p.m. of any day. ... (c) No peddler or solicitor, or any person pretending to be a peddler or solicitor, for the purpose of peddling or soliciting or pretending to peddle or solicit shall ring the bell or knock at any building whereon there is painted, affixed or otherwise displayed to public view any sign containing any or all of the following words: “No Peddlers”, “No Solicitor” or “No Agents” or which otherwise purports to prohibit peddling or soliciting on the premises.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2025-01: Local legislation current through June 24, 2025 | State legislation current through December 31, 2024).
Full Breakdown
10(a) declares it a nuisance for any solicitor or peddler, uninvited, to go onto residential property, including apartments, or to ring a doorbell or knock on a door for the purpose of selling or peddling goods. on any other day. Subsection (c) separately bars ringing a bell or knocking at any building displaying a sign reading "No Peddlers," "No Solicitor," "No Agents," or similar wording that purports to prohibit soliciting on the premises, so a posted sign creates an independent, sign-specific violation on top of the general nuisance and hours rules.
Later subsections round out the chapter's door-to-door restrictions: (d) bars soliciting for watchman or patrolman employment, (e) bars a solicitor from falsely claiming to represent another peddler, employer or person, and (f) caps noise from crying wares or using a device other than a soft chime audible no farther than sixty feet from the source. 10(a) and (b), not to the posted-sign prohibition in (c).
Violations & Fines
Section 707.99(a) fines a first violation of Chapter 707, including § 707.10, not less than $25 nor more than $200, and a subsequent violation not less than $50 nor more than $500, or up to thirty days in jail, or both. Subsection (b) confirms prosecution proceeds independent of any license the solicitor may hold.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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