Pocatello, ID Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)

Pocatello does not run a citywide no-knock registry; instead, Chapter 5.52 lets each resident opt out individually by posting a sign. Section 5.52.140 forbids any solicitor, peddler or canvasser, whether they hold a City license under § 5.52.030 or not, from entering premises where the owner, occupant or person in charge has posted, at the property's entry or the entry to the main building, a sign reading No Peddlers, No Solicitors or words of similar import; the posting itself withdraws the implied invitation to approach the door.

The restriction sits alongside § 5.52.150's ban on continuing to solicit once a resident has verbally said no, and § 5.52.130's ban on operating in a way that impedes the public, so a posted sign, a verbal refusal and a congested location are three separate ways a resident or the City can cut off door to door activity. Canvassers, who campaign for a cause or distribute noncommercial handbills without taking payment for goods, are covered by the same no-knock rule even though § 5.52.040 exempts many of them from the licensing requirement itself.

The City Clerk's licensing office and the police department can act on a violation, and repeat entry onto posted property despite the sign supports license suspension or revocation under § 5.52.170.