Richmond, CA Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)
Key Facts
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- No city-run Richmond no-knock registry
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- "No Soliciting" sign is the primary legal tool
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- Federal Do Not Call Registry handles telemarketing opt-out
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- Posted signs = trespass enforcement under Penal Code §602(o)
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- TCPA: $500-$1,500 per illegal robocall
Summary
Richmond does not maintain a formal city-run "no-knock" registry for residents to opt out of door-to-door solicitation. Residents rely on posted "No Soliciting" signs, which have the force of law under RMC Chapter 7.36 and Penal Code §602.
Title 14 enacted 1872. ) 602. Except as provided in subdivisions (u), (v), and (x), and Section 602.8, a person who willfully commits a trespass by any of the following acts is guilty of a misdemeanor: (a) Cutting down, destroying, or injuring any kind of wood or timber standing or growing upon the lands of another. (b) Carrying away any kind of wood or timber lying on those lands. (c) Maliciously injuring or severing from the freehold of another anything attached to it, or its produce. (d) Digging, taking, or carrying away from a lot situated within the limits of an incorporated city, without the license of the owner or legal occupant, any earth, soil, or stone. (e) Digging, taking, or carrying away from land in a city
Full Breakdown
, several in the Midwest) that maintain municipal no-knock registries, Richmond does not operate a centralized no-solicitation opt-out list. Instead, enforcement relies on self-posted "No Soliciting" or "No Trespassing" signs on the property. 36, commercial solicitors are required to honor such signs, and continued solicitation after seeing one becomes trespass under California Penal Code §602(o) (entering land after being forbidden). gov) administered by the FTC, which covers landlines and cell phones; California has no separate state DNC list. Political, religious, and charitable canvassers are not bound by no-solicitation signs in the commercial-speech sense, but they remain subject to the general trespass statute once asked to leave.
A posted sign saying "Absolutely No Trespassing. This Means You" covers non-commercial canvassers as well. For home security concerns, the Richmond PD Community Services Division provides no-knock decal templates at community events. The California Legislature has considered (but not passed) a state no-knock registry; current practice is purely self-help signage. §227) enables private suits against robocall violations up to $1,500 per call.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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