Roanoke County, VA Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)

' The rule works as an opt-out at the individual-property level rather than a county-wide registry: instead of registering with the county, a resident simply posts the sign, and any solicitor who ignores it is violating the chapter, cross-referenced to the county's general trespass offense at § 13-10. Section 19-7 backs that up with a separate, sign-independent right: no person engaged in solicitation may remain on any premises, or in a dwelling, apartment or other residence there, after the owner or occupant has asked them to leave, whether or not the property carries a posted notice.

Together the two sections give a resident two independent ways to stop solicitation: posting the sign under § 19-6, which bars solicitors from approaching at all, and verbally telling a solicitor to leave under § 19-7, which applies even without a sign posted. hours limit in § 19-4, so a solicitor who ignores a posted sign or a request to leave is separately violating Chapter 19 even if they hold a valid solicitor's permit. Roanoke County Police enforce both provisions, and the chapter's general penalty section, § 19-2, makes any violation of Chapter 19, including §§ 19-6 and 19-7, a class 4 misdemeanor.