Porterville, CA Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)

Section 8-16 makes it unlawful for a peddler, solicitor or canvasser covered by the Section 8-2 definition to ring a doorbell, knock, or otherwise call attention to their presence at any residence, building, structure or place of business displaying a sign reading No Peddlers, No Solicitors, or words of similar import painted or affixed so it is visible to the public. The prohibition runs both ways: it covers a homeowner's posted sign and a business's posted sign equally. Section 8-13E separately fixes the hours every permitted peddler or solicitor must work within: the specific time window is set at the time of the permit application, but under no circumstances can door-to-door sales activity happen before 7:00 A.M. or after 9:00 P.M., regardless of what the applicant requested.

Section 8-17 carves out an exception for handbill distribution and anonymous religious or political speech, which can continue door to door without a permit, but only until a property owner posts a sign that clearly and legally prohibits that specific activity too. Together the signposting rule and the fixed hours window give Porterville residents two separate, low-effort ways to keep solicitors off their porch: post a sign, which blocks knocking outright any time of day, or simply wait outside the 7:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M. window during which all licensed solicitation must occur.