Iredell County, NC Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)

5-53(e) of Article IV bars anyone from entering or remaining on a private residence or premises within the county to solicit the immediate or future sale of goods, merchandise, services, or anything of value, if the person was not invited by the occupant and a "No Solicitation," "No Trespassing," or similar sign is posted at or near the entrance. The section defines "premises" broadly to include an entire residential subdivision, mobile home park, or other multi-family development, so a sign posted at a subdivision's entrance can bar door-to-door solicitors from the whole neighborhood, not just one house.

This subsection was enacted with the rest of Article IV by the February 18, 2025 ordinance, which repealed and replaced the county's prior 2009 panhandling provisions. 5-56's separate solicitor and panhandler permit system, which likewise excludes "the corporate limits of any municipality within the county," confirming that both the sign rule and the permit requirement apply only in unincorporated Iredell County; towns such as Mooresville and Statesville enforce their own separate solicitation codes. 5-52. 5-57 makes any violation a Class 3 misdemeanor enforced by the Iredell County Sheriff's Office.