Shawnee County has no county-wide no-knock registry, but a posted 'No Soliciting' or 'No Trespassing' sign carries legal force. A solicitor who ignores it can be charged with criminal trespass under Kansas law.
Unwanted solicitors in unincorporated Shawnee County are handled through Kansas's criminal trespass statute, K.S.A. 21-5808. A clearly posted 'No Soliciting' or 'No Trespassing' sign, or a direct spoken warning, supplies the notice that makes a solicitor's continued presence unlawful, and a Shawnee County sheriff's deputy can act once the person enters after that notice or refuses to leave. Topeka may keep its own no-knock or do-not-solicit provisions in its solicitor ordinance that add penalties inside city limits. Criminal trespass in Kansas is a class B nonperson misdemeanor.
A solicitor who enters posted or fenced property, or refuses to leave after being told, commits criminal trespass under K.S.A. 21-5808, a class B nonperson misdemeanor enforced by the sheriff's office or Topeka police.
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