Nicholasville, KY Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)
Key Facts
- Permitted hours
- 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., never Sundays or holidays
- Sign rule
- No approach where a no solicitors sign is displayed
- Signs recognized
- "no peddlers", "no solicitors", "no trespassing"
- Leave on request
- Must leave when owner or occupant asks
- Uninvited residential peddling
- Nuisance and misdemeanor under § 12-1(a)
- Civil fine range
- $50.00 to $150.00 uncontested
Summary
Nicholasville bars door to door sales before 9:00 a.m., after 8:00 p.m., on Sundays and on state or national holidays. Transient merchants cannot approach any home or business displaying a no peddlers, no solicitors or no trespassing sign, and uninvited residential peddling is declared a nuisance and a misdemeanor.
(a) The practice of going in and upon private residences by solicitors, peddlers, hawkers, itinerant vendors and vendors of merchandise, not having been requested or invited to do so by the owner or owners, occupant of occupants, of the private residences, for the purpose of soliciting orders for the sale of goods, wares and merchandise, or for the purpose of disposing of or peddling or hawking the same, is hereby declared a nuisance and punishable as such as a misdemeanor. ... (b) Door to door sales are prohibited before 9:00 a.m. or after 8:00 p.m., or any time on Sunday or on a state or national holiday. ... (f) No transient merchant shall engage or attempt to engage in his or her business as a transient merchant at any home, residence, apartment complex or business that prominently displays "no peddlers", "no solicitors" or "no trespassing" signs or any other similar sign that communicates the occupants' desire to not be contacted by transient merchants.
Official source re-checked November 3, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Local legislation current through Ord. No. 175-2024, dated 1-13-25 | State legislation current through 2024 Acts).
Full Breakdown
Two sections cover uninvited callers. Section 12-1(a) declares the practice of going in and upon private residences by solicitors, peddlers, hawkers, itinerant vendors and vendors of merchandise, without having been requested or invited by the owner or occupant, for the purpose of soliciting orders or peddling goods, a nuisance punishable as a misdemeanor. Section 12-1(b) authorizes and directs the chief of police and the police force to suppress and abate it. Section 17-33 adds the transient merchant rules. Subsection (b) prohibits door to door sales before 9:00 a.m. or after 8:00 p.m., or any time on Sunday or on a state or national holiday.
Section 17-24(a) defines door to door sales as going from dwelling unit to dwelling unit, or from business to business, in Jessamine County selling or taking orders for goods or services. Subsection (f) prohibits a transient merchant from engaging or attempting to engage in business at any home, residence, apartment complex or business that prominently displays "no peddlers", "no solicitors" or "no trespassing" signs or any similar sign communicating the occupants' desire not to be contacted. The rule runs through posted signs in the code text, so a homeowner who wants protection under subsection (f) must display the sign prominently.
Subsection (g) bars a transient merchant from remaining on the premises after the owner or occupant asks them to leave, and subsection (e) bars entering under pretenses unconnected with the business. Subsection (d) requires orderly and lawful conduct.
Violations & Fines
Section 12-1(a) classifies uninvited residential peddling as a misdemeanor, and § 12-1(b) directs the chief of police to abate it. Each violation of Article IV, which includes § 17-33, is a civil offense under § 17-32. Uncontested fines are $50.00, $100.00 and $150.00 for a first, second and later offense, and the Code Enforcement Board can impose up to $100.00, $200.00 and $300.00 after a contested hearing. Each day is a separate offense.
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