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

Unlike some cities (e.g., 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. Under RMC Chapter 7.36, 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). For telemarketing and robocalls, residents should register with the federal National Do Not Call Registry (donotcall.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. The federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA, 47 U.S.C. §227) enables private suits against robocall violations up to $1,500 per call.