Riverside, CA Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)
Key Facts
- Door-to-door hours allowed
- 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Required sign wording
- "SOLICITING AT THIS LOCATION IS A VIOLATION OF LAW"
- Sign placement
- Near main entrance or main door
- Governing chapter
- RMC Chapter 5.08, Soliciting
- Also prohibited
- City buildings & Main Street Pedestrian Mall
Summary
Riverside lets residents block door-to-door solicitors outright by posting a sign, and caps solicitation hours citywide. RMC § 5.08.020 makes it unlawful to solicit at a property posted with a sign reading 'SOLICITING AT THIS LOCATION IS A VIOLATION OF LAW,' and § 5.08.040 bars all door-to-door solicitation before 8:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m.
5.08.020(B): Unless invited by the legal occupants or owners of the private property, it shall be unlawful for any such person to engage in solicitation upon the private premises or residence or business located thereon if such premises or residence is posted with notice prohibiting solicitation, prominently displayed upon which is printed: "SOLICITING AT THIS LOCATION IS A VIOLATION OF LAW" ... 5.08.040: No person shall engage in any form of door to door solicitation before 8:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m. Further, it shall be unlawful for any person to engage in solicitation at any time of day if such time of day is clearly posted on the "no soliciting" sign posted pursuant to the sections of this Code.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 33).
Full Breakdown
08 (Soliciting) gives Riverside residents two separate tools to stop unwanted solicitors. 020(A) makes it unlawful for any solicitor to remain on private property after the owner or occupant has asked them to leave. 020(B) lets a resident or business preemptively bar solicitation by posting, near the main entrance or on the main door, a sign bearing the specific statutory language 'SOLICITING AT THIS LOCATION IS A VIOLATION OF LAW' or similar wording restricting or prohibiting solicitation; once posted, entering to solicit is unlawful even without a personal request to leave.
, and if a posted sign specifies narrower hours, soliciting during the posted-prohibited hours is also unlawful. 030 separately bars solicitors from using a ruse to disguise a sales pitch, misrepresenting a buyer's cancellation rights, using bells, shouting or amplified sound, or stepping over a residence's threshold or blocking a door from closing unless invited in. 050 separately bars solicitation inside any City-owned building and on the Main Street Pedestrian Mall between Sixth and Tenth Streets.
Violations & Fines
Soliciting after being told to leave, ignoring a posted 'no soliciting' sign, or canvassing outside the 8:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. window violates Chapter 5.08 and is enforceable under the Code's general penalty provisions; officers responding to a resident complaint about a posted sign or curfew violation can cite the solicitor directly under §§ 5.08.020 and 5.08.040.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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