Yucaipa, CA Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)

Chapter 9.28 of the Yucaipa Municipal Code, enacted by Ordinance 467 in 2025, protects residents of the City of Yucaipa from door-to-door visits they have signaled they do not want. Section 9.28.010 states the Yucaipa City Council's findings: residents find such visits and tactics bothersome and highly intrusive, and misrepresentations and frauds are at times employed. Section 9.28.020 defines peddling and soliciting as traveling from place of residence to place of residence, by foot, wagon, automotive vehicle or any other conveyance, to sell goods or take orders for goods or services.

The sign rule is in § 9.28.030. Subsections A, B and C each bar a person engaged in peddling or soliciting from ringing the bell, knocking on the door or attempting to gain admittance to any residence, dwelling, homeowners' association, mobile home park or apartment complex whereon a sign bearing the words "No Peddling," "No Soliciting" or "No Peddling or Soliciting," or similar words, is painted, affixed or exposed to public view. Subsection D lifts the rule for a visitor who calls at the invitation or with the consent of the owner, occupant or an adult member of the household.

Section 9.28.040 sets the hours: no peddling or soliciting at any place of residence between sunset and 8:00 a.m. local time on any day, except on the express invitation of, or an appointment with, the owner, occupant or an adult member of the household. The code defines "sunset" as the time of apparent sunset for the city's geographic location, the moment the upper limb of the sun is 0.833 degrees below the true horizon, and lets the city rely on tables or calculators published by NOAA, the National Weather Service or a comparable source, using the coordinates of city hall.

Two scope limits matter. Persons peddling or soliciting for a tax-recognized charitable, religious, political or nonprofit organization, or for a governmental agency, are exempt from the chapter under § 9.28.020(A). Food vendors must comply with Chapter 5.12. The chapter works through posted signs and fixed hours and prints no do-not-knock registry.