Minnetonka, MN Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)

Section 630.050 of the Minnetonka City Code, titled Standards of Conduct, governs how a person conducts regulated activity at the door. Subdivision 5 is the posted-sign rule: a person conducting regulated activity must not go onto private property for that purpose when signs are prominently posted indicating that trespassing, solicitation or both is unwelcome or prohibited. A homeowner relies on the sign itself, not a city list.

The door rules in subdivisions 8 through 10 are specific. The person must be reasonably courteous at all times and cannot use offensive, obscene, or abusive language, push open a door not opened by an occupant, place any part of the person's body through an opened doorway without an occupant's invitation, or physically attempt to stop an occupant from closing a door. A licensee must leave immediately when an occupant or owner asks, and immediately after a completed transaction or an unsuccessful attempt to contact an occupant. On residential property the licensee goes directly to a door of the house, unless an adult is present outside or in an open garage, and never to a window or the back yard unless the occupant invites it. Section 630.005 defines occupant as a person living, staying, or working at a residence, including a guest.

Other subdivisions apply at the same time. The city identification card must be attached to the front of the outermost clothing between the waist and neck (subdivision 1), no one can direct activity toward occupants of a motor vehicle in transit or obstruct traffic (subdivision 6), no untrue statements are allowed about the purpose of the contact or orders placed by neighbors (subdivision 11), and a licensee cannot imply that the card is a city endorsement (subdivision 12).

The rules bind regulated activity, meaning the sale of a product or service. Section 630.005 excludes activities that involve only statements of opinion or belief or that request only a donation.