Waukegan, IL Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing sections
- §§ 14-361, 14-608, 14-611
- Solicitation hours
- 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Mon-Sat; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sun
- Nuisance trigger
- Owner must post a no-solicitation notice first
- Enforcing agency
- Waukegan Police Department
- Penalty basis
- Fined under § 1-13; each day separate offense
Summary
Waukegan makes it a nuisance for solicitors to enter a private residence uninvited once the owner has posted a no-solicitation notice, and caps door-to-door home solicitation to 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. Police enforce both rules under Chapter 14.
The practice of going in and upon private residences in the city by solicitors or canvassers, not having been requested or invited so to do by the owner or owners, occupant or occupants of such private residences, for the purpose of soliciting orders for the sale of goods, wares, and merchandise, is hereby declared to be a nuisance and punishable as a nuisance. This section may be enforced as to entry upon particular premises only if the owner or resident of such premises has first posted a notice that solicitation is not invited. ... No door-to-door home solicitations shall occur before 9:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and before 9:00 a.m. or after 5:00 p.m. on Sunday in the city.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 113).
Full Breakdown
Under Code of Ordinances § 14-361, entering a private residence to solicit sales of goods, wares or merchandise without an invitation is declared a nuisance in Waukegan, but the ordinance only bites once the property owner or resident has posted a notice stating that solicitation is not invited; absent that posted notice, uninvited knocking is not itself punishable as a nuisance under this section. m. on Sunday. Enforcement of both provisions falls to the Waukegan Police Department: § 14-608 directs any police officer of the city to enforce the peddlers and hawkers article, and § 14-374 lets the mayor or chief of police revoke a solicitor's registration certificate for violating the article, any other city ordinance, or state or federal law, while directing the chief to abate the nuisance.
Violations of the home-solicitation hours are punished under § 14-607, which fines offenders as provided in § 1-13 of the Code and treats each day of a continuing violation as a separate offense. Residents who want solicitors to stay off their porch must post the notice themselves; the city does not maintain a separate do-not-knock registry, so the posted sign at the property is what triggers enforceability under § 14-361.
Violations & Fines
Ignoring a posted no-solicitation sign or knocking outside the 9 a.m.-7 p.m. (Mon-Sat) or 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (Sun) window violates §§ 14-361 and 14-611. Fines run under § 1-13, with each day of a continuing violation counted separately under § 14-607. The chief of police can also revoke a canvasser's registration certificate under § 14-374.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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