No countywide no-knock law exists. Kanawha County cities run their own protections: post a no-soliciting sign or join a city do-not-knock list, and a licensed solicitor who ignores it violates the local ordinance. Charitable, religious, and political callers stay protected.
West Virginia has no statewide no-knock statute, so the rules come from each municipality's solicitation ordinance under W. Va. Code §8-12-5, not the county. Many Kanawha County cities let a resident file a no-knock request with the clerk or police, or post a clear no-soliciting sign, after which a registered commercial solicitor who approaches that home breaks the ordinance. Police keep the list and give it to every licensed canvasser, and permitted solicitation hours are capped. These protections bind commercial sellers only; charitable, religious, and political callers keep their constitutional right to knock regardless of any list. Homes in the unincorporated county rely on trespass law and posted no-trespassing signs.
A commercial solicitor who knocks at a listed or posted no-knock home, or canvasses outside permitted hours, faces a municipal-court fine under the city ordinance and revocation of the local solicitor permit.
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