Peoria, AZ Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Peoria City Code § 11-73
- Trigger
- Posted sign reading "no peddlers, solicitors, or canvassers"
- Applies to
- Peddlers, solicitors, and canvassers
- Enforcement
- Peoria Police Department
- Related rule
- License required to solicit door-to-door, § 11-82
Summary
Peoria makes it unlawful for any peddler, solicitor, or canvasser to knock or ring a doorbell at a home posted with a "no peddlers, solicitors, or canvassers" sign. The rule gives residents a legally enforceable way to bar door-to-door contact without opting into a citywide registry.
It is unlawful for any peddler, solicitor, or canvasser in the course of his business to ring the doorbell or knock at any building whereon a sign bearing the words "no peddlers, solicitors, or canvassers" is exposed to public view.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-9: Supplement contains: LLocal legislation current through Ord. 2026-15, passed 6-16-26).
Full Breakdown
City Code § 11-73 targets the doorbell itself: once a resident posts a sign reading "no peddlers, solicitors, or canvassers" where it is exposed to public view, any peddler, solicitor, or canvasser who rings the bell or knocks anyway is in violation. The rule sits inside Chapter 11's licensing and miscellaneous business regulations article covering peddlers and solicitors (§§ 11-73 through 11-90), the same article that requires door-to-door sellers to register with the Peoria Police Department and carry a license (§ 11-82) before approaching any residence.
Because the no-knock sign works independently of that licensing scheme, a licensed, registered solicitor is still barred from a posted home; the sign overrides any permit the person is carrying. The provision traces to the 1977 Code § 9-1-7 and was carried forward and renumbered by Ord. No. 2017-27, § 54 (6-13-17) during Peoria's 2017 recodification of Chapter 11. Enforcement runs through the Peoria Police Department, which also administers the peddler/solicitor registration and license-revocation process for the same article, so a resident's complaint about an ignored no-solicitation sign is reported the same way as a licensing violation.
Violations & Fines
Ringing a bell or knocking at a property displaying a compliant no-solicitation sign violates § 11-73 regardless of whether the solicitor holds a valid Peoria peddler/solicitor license. Complaints go to the Peoria Police Department, which can also revoke a peddler's or solicitor's registration under § 11-86 for any violation of the chapter, cutting off that person's ability to lawfully solicit anywhere else in the city.
Frequently Asked Questions
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