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

Section 9.64.020, in Chapter 9.64 (Solicitors and Peddlers), gives property owners and occupants a direct tool against unwanted door-to-door contact. Once a sign bearing the words "No Peddlers," "No Solicitors," or "No Agents," or any sign that otherwise purports to prohibit peddling or soliciting, is printed, affixed, or displayed on a building, it is unlawful for any peddler or solicitor, or anyone pretending to be one, to ring the bell or knock at that address. The prohibition covers not just people licensed under the chapter but anyone posing as a peddler or solicitor, closing off an obvious workaround.

The chapter's definitions in Section 9.64.010 explain who is covered: a "peddler" is anyone traveling house to house or street to street selling goods, wares, merchandise, or personal property and delivering on the spot or from a vehicle, while a "solicitor" is anyone taking orders for future delivery or for services to be performed later, whether or not they carry samples or collect advance payment. Both categories are subject to the sign restriction regardless of whether they hold a valid peddler or solicitor permit under Sections 9.64.050 through 9.64.130.

Enforcement runs through Section 9.64.020's own penalty clause: a violation is a misdemeanor by default. The citing officer may instead write an infraction, but only when one of the mitigating findings in Section 1.16.010(B)(1) through (4) applies to the specific circumstances of the knock.