Plantation, FL Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)

Sec. 14-136 requires every solicitor or canvasser, commercial or noncommercial, to walk directly from the street right-of-way to the front door and check for a posted notice before approaching. If a 'NO SOLICITATION INVITED' or 'NO SOLICITING' sign is posted, the solicitor must immediately and peacefully leave; entering a side or rear yard without an express invitation is barred outright. The sign must be durable plastic, metal, or wood, with letters at least three-quarters of an inch tall, mounted in the immediate vicinity of the front door or doorbell.

Ringing the bell, knocking, or otherwise trying to get a resident's attention in defiance of a posted sign is declared a trespass under Sec. 14-136(c), as is failing to leave immediately when an occupant asks. The ordinance's stated intent is a narrowly tailored, content-neutral rule: it does not ban door-to-door solicitation citywide, but lets each resident opt out through the sign while leaving direct mail, telephone solicitation, and non-residential canvassing untouched. A related provision, Sec. 14-137, separately bars leaving hanging advertising bags or samples at a residence without the occupant's consent, though newspapers, nonprofits, and political literature are exempt.