St. Clair County, IL Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)
Key Facts
- Allowed hours
- 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., weekdays only
- Sundays/holidays
- No soliciting permitted at all
- No-soliciting signs
- Legally enforceable under Sec. 8-1-8
- Classified as
- Unlawful act and public nuisance
- Applies to
- Unincorporated county only
Summary
A posted no-soliciting notice is legally enforceable in unincorporated St. Clair County: Section 8-1-8 makes it unlawful, and a public nuisance, for anyone to knock, ring a doorbell or otherwise try to attract a resident's attention in defiance of a visibly displayed sign saying soliciting isn't wanted. On top of that, Section 8-1-9 bars all soliciting countywide before 9:00 a.m., after 4:00 p.m. on weekdays, and all day on Sundays and state or national holidays.
8-1-8 UNINVITED SOLICITING PROHIBITED. It is hereby declared to be unlawful and shall constitute a nuisance for any person to go upon any premises and ring the door bell, to knock, or make any sounds calculated to attract the attention of the occupant(s) of such residence, for the purpose of securing an audience with the occupant(s) thereof, and engage in soliciting is herein defined in defiance of any notice visibly exhibited, posted or displayed anywhere on the residence stating in manner of wordage that soliciting is not permitted. 8-1-9 TIME LIMIT ON SOLICITING. No soliciting as defined herein shall be conducted within the County prior to 9:00 A.M. or after 4:00 P.M. of any week day, or at any time on a Sunday, or a State or National holiday.
Full Breakdown
Section 8-1-8, titled Uninvited Soliciting Prohibited, applies to anyone who goes onto a residential premises and rings a bell, knocks, or makes any sound meant to get an occupant's attention for the purpose of soliciting, once that resident has posted a visible notice, in any wording, that soliciting isn't permitted there; doing so anyway is both unlawful and declared a public nuisance under the ordinance. on any weekday, or at any time on a Sunday or a state or national holiday. Even the charitable and non-profit groups exempted from the registration and fee requirements of Section 8-1-1 remain bound by this hours rule, and residents under 16 who are exempt from paying the fee must also still follow it.
The rule is enforced countywide in the unincorporated area only; solicitors working inside a municipality such as Belleville, O'Fallon or Fairview Heights answer to that city's own ordinance instead, per Section 8-1-11.
Violations & Fines
Knocking, ringing a doorbell or otherwise soliciting at a residence displaying a posted no-soliciting notice violates Section 8-1-8 and is treated as both an unlawful act and a public nuisance. Soliciting at any residence before 9:00 a.m., after 4:00 p.m. on a weekday, or at all on a Sunday or state/national holiday violates the countywide time limit in Section 8-1-9, regardless of whether a sign is posted.
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Sources & Official References
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