Mount Pleasant, SC Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)
Key Facts
- Sign rule section
- § 136.43, Mount Pleasant Code of Ordinances
- Hours limit
- 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m. DST)
- Hours rule section
- § 136.44(A)
- Mail/newspaper exemption
- § 136.44(B), USPS and newspapers exempt
- Maximum fine
- $500 per day, § 136.99
Summary
In the Town of Mount Pleasant, posting a "No Trespassing," "No Peddlers or Agents," or "No Advertisement" sign near your entrance legally bars handbill distributors and solicitors from approaching, and even unposted homes cannot be leafleted before 9:00 a.m. or after 6:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m. daylight time) under § 136.43 and § 136.44.
No person shall throw, deposit, or distribute, or cause to be thrown, deposited or distributed, any commercial or noncommercial handbill upon any private premises, if requested by anyone thereon not to do so, or if there is placed on the premises in a conspicuous position near the entrance thereof, a sign bearing the words: “No Trespassing,” “No Peddlers or Agents,” “No Advertisement,” or any similar notice, indicating in any manner that the occupants of the premises do not desire to be molested or have their right of privacy disturbed, or to have any such handbills left upon such premises. ... Unless otherwise requested by the occupant of the premises, the depositing of handbills in accordance with this section shall not be before 9:00 a.m. and after 6:00 p.m. during Eastern Standard Time and after 7:00 p.m. during Daylight Savings Time.
Full Breakdown
43 makes it unlawful to throw, deposit, or distribute any commercial or noncommercial handbill on private premises once the occupant has asked the distributor not to, or once a sign reading "No Trespassing," "No Peddlers or Agents," "No Advertisement," or similar language is posted conspicuously near the entrance; the code treats such a sign as notice that the occupants do not want to be molested or have their privacy disturbed. m. during Daylight Saving Time, unless the occupant asks otherwise; outside a posted or verbal refusal, a distributor may leave material only by handing it to someone present or, for unposted homes, by affixing it to the front entry door so it cannot blow onto streets, sidewalks or other property.
44(B) exempts USPS mail carriers and newspaper delivery from these restrictions, though newspapers still must be placed so they are not scattered by wind onto public or private property. These handbill rules sit in Chapter 136 alongside the Town's broader litter provisions, and both are enforced under the same penalty section, giving Mount Pleasant residents an enforceable "no soliciting" sign right backed by a real hours restriction rather than a mere courtesy request.
Violations & Fines
Violating the posted-sign rule in § 136.43 or the distribution-hours limit in § 136.44 is a misdemeanor under § 136.99, punishable by a fine of up to $500, up to 30 days in the county jail, or both, with each day of continuing violation a separate offense. If the violation is committed to intimidate or threaten a resident based on a protected characteristic and involves a credible threat, § 136.99(B) makes it a separate misdemeanor carrying the same up-to-$500 fine and up-to-30-day jail exposure.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Is there a time-of-day limit even without a sign posted?
Do mail carriers and newspaper delivery have to follow these rules?
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