Rowlett, TX Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)
Key Facts
- Placard minimum size
- 3 3/4 inches by 3 3/4 inches
- Minimum lettering
- 48-point type
- Citywide door-to-door hours
- 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. only
- Placard tampering
- Unlawful for non-occupants to remove
- Governing code
- Rowlett Code of Ordinances art. VII
Summary
Rowlett residents can bar peddlers and solicitors from their property by posting a placard reading 'peddlers and solicitors prohibited' at least 3.75 inches square in 48-point type. Separately, door-to-door selling and handbill distribution are banned citywide between 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. under § 10-239(b).
Any resident of the city who wishes to exclude peddlers, solicitors, or handbillers from premises occupied by him may place upon or near the usual entrance to such premises a printed placard or sign bearing the following notice: 'peddlers and solicitors prohibited.' Such placard shall be at least 3 3/4 inches long and 3 3/4 inches wide and the printing thereon shall not be smaller than 48-point type. No peddler, solicitor or handbill distribution shall enter in or upon any premises... No person other than the person occupying such premises shall remove, injure or deface such placard or sign. [§ 10-239(b)]: No person permitted under this article may sell or offer for sale goods, wares, services or merchandise door-to-door or distribute pamphlets, handbills, flyers or similar matter door-to-door, after 8:00 p.m. and before 8:00 a.m.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 29).
Full Breakdown
' The sign must be at least 3 3/4 inches long and 3 3/4 inches wide with lettering no smaller than 48-point type. Once posted, no peddler, solicitor, or handbill distributor may enter or attempt to enter the premises, and it is a separate violation for anyone other than the occupant to remove, injure, or deface the placard. , regardless of whether a placard is posted. The same article also bars permitted solicitors from calling attention to their goods by crying them out, blowing a horn, ringing a bell, or making other loud or unusual noise (§ 10-239(a)), and requires every permittee to conspicuously display their city-issued permit at all times (§ 10-239(c)); failing to display it is itself a violation.
Together the placard rule and curfew give Rowlett residents two independent tools: an opt-out sign that works around the clock once posted, and a blanket nighttime cutoff that applies to every licensed solicitor regardless of whether any individual house has posted a sign.
Violations & Fines
Entering or attempting to enter a posted property, defacing another resident's placard, soliciting door-to-door outside the 8:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. window, or failing to display a permit are each violations of article VII, punishable under the city's general penalty by a fine of up to $500.00 per offense, with each day a continuing violation treated separately.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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