San Angelo, TX Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)
Key Facts
- Permitted hours
- 9:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
- Governing section
- Sec. 5.04.003
- Amended by
- Ordinance No. 2021-018 (2-2-21)
- Applies to
- All licensed solicitors/itinerant merchants
- Penalty
- Misdemeanor, per-day fine
Summary
San Angelo confines all licensed door-to-door solicitation to 9:00 a.m. through 7:30 p.m., meaning any licensed peddler, itinerant merchant or salesperson who knocks outside those hours is operating outside the authority their city license grants.
Every license issued under the provisions of this article permitting going from house to house or from place to place in the city for the purpose of soliciting, selling or taking orders for or offering to sell or take orders for any goods, wares, merchandise or services authorizes such activity only during the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 10).
Full Breakdown
Sec. m. The provision traces back to the 1959 Code and was most recently amended by Ordinance No. 2021-018 on February 2, 2021, which tightened the cutoff from the earlier evening hour still used in some neighboring cities. is not just violating a separate rule, they are acting beyond what their license authorizes at all, which the police department treats the same as canvassing without a license for enforcement purposes. The restriction applies citywide and covers charitable and commercial solicitors alike, since Sec. 031 requires a license for both categories and Sec. 003 caps every one of those licenses at the same hours regardless of the goods or cause involved. for every licensed canvasser.
Violations & Fines
Soliciting outside the 9:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. window is a misdemeanor under Sec. 5.04.002, fined per the general penalty schedule in Sec. 1.01.009, and each day the violation continues is a separate offense. The police department's identification division, which issues and tracks these licenses under Sec. 5.04.039, can also refer repeated after-hours conduct to the chief of police for license revocation or suspension proceedings under Sec. 5.04.040 following a complaint from two or more residents.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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