San Marcos, CA Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)
Key Facts
- Trigger
- Posted no-solicit notice
- Lettering
- At least 1 inch high
- Placement
- Visible from entrance
- Code section
- SMMC 5.20.110
Summary
In San Marcos a solicitor may not contact or attempt to contact the occupant of any home where the owner has posted a no-solicitation notice: in letters at least one inch high, clearly visible from the normal entrance.
No solicitor shall contact or attempt to contact any occupant of any house or dwelling where the owner or occupant of the house or dwelling has posted at the front of the house or dwelling, printed with letters not less than one inch in height, and at a location which is unobstructed and clearly visible from the normal entrance way [a no-solicitation notice].
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 14 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
San Marcos Municipal Code section 5.20.110 provides that no solicitor shall contact or attempt to contact any occupant of a house or dwelling where the owner or occupant has posted, at the front of the home, a notice printed in letters not less than one inch high at a location that is unobstructed and clearly visible from the normal entrance way. A posted sign functions as a legal do-not-solicit barrier.
Violations & Fines
Contacting a resident who has posted a compliant no-solicitation sign violates SMMC 5.20.110 and is enforced by the city.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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