Parma, OH Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)
Key Facts
- Registry manager
- NOPEC, under contract with the City
- Cost to residents
- Free
- Sign-up methods
- Paper form, blocktheknock.com, or Block the Knock event
- Update cycle
- NOPEC re-verifies registry quarterly
- First offense penalty
- Fourth-degree misdemeanor
- Repeat offense penalty
- First-degree misdemeanor
- Extra penalty for knocking on listed address
- Treated as trespass under 698.02 et seq.
Summary
Parma residents can bar peddlers and solicitors from their door for free by joining the city's Do Not Knock Registry, run by NOPEC, or by posting a sign at the entrance. Any peddler or solicitor who knocks anyway is committing trespass on top of the standard Chapter 757 penalty.
If requested by the City, and for as long as the Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council ("NOPEC") shall agree to do so, NOPEC shall manage for the City a "Do Not Knock Registry" ("Registry") and is authorized to contact persons on the Registry to distribute "Do Not Knock" stickers to them at no cost to the City or to said persons... no peddler, while peddling, or solicitor while soliciting, shall call upon, knock at the door or ring the doorbell of any residence, house, apartment or other dwelling in the City which is at that time on the Do Not Knock Registry established and maintained pursuant to this chapter or upon which there is posted at the entrance a notice which reads "No Peddlers Allowed", "No Solicitors Allowed", "Do Not Knock" or words of similar import.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-30: Local legislation current to August 3, 2026 | State legislation current to June 25, 2025).
Full Breakdown
06 lets the City of Parma contract with the Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council (NOPEC) to manage a Do Not Knock Registry. com, or signing up at a Block the Knock community event. The form must give the resident's name and signature, the property address, a valid email address, the date, and a statement that no solicitors or peddlers may call at that address; residents can also list exceptions for specific callers they still want to allow. NOPEC mails Do Not Knock stickers at no charge and re-verifies every listed address on the registry quarterly.
A resident who moves or changes their mind can come off the list any time by filing a Notice of Removal with the Director of Public Safety or online, and removal also happens automatically once the City or NOPEC learns the person who signed up no longer occupies the property. The full registry stays open for public inspection at the Director of Public Safety's office during normal business hours. Once an address is on the registry, or has a posted sign reading 'No Peddlers Allowed,' 'No Solicitors Allowed,' 'Do Not Knock' or similar language, no peddler or solicitor may knock, ring the bell or call at the door unless the occupant has separately invited that specific caller onto the property.
Violations & Fines
Under 757.99(a), a first Chapter 757 violation is a fourth-degree misdemeanor, and any second or later violation is a first-degree misdemeanor. Section 757.99(b) adds that knocking on a registered or posted Do Not Knock address in violation of 757.06 is also treated as criminal trespass, punishable under Codified Ordinances 698.02 et seq. in addition to the chapter's standard penalty.
Frequently Asked Questions
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