Petaluma Code provisions and California Penal Code regulate door-to-door solicitation. Commercial solicitors typically need a Petaluma business license (Ch. 6.01) and may be subject to identification and hours restrictions.
Residents may post 'No Soliciting' signs to invoke trespass enforcement under Penal Code §602. Charitable solicitation by registered 501(c)(3) organizations is generally exempt from business-license requirements but still subject to the no-soliciting trespass rule.
Trespass citation; business-license violation for unlicensed commercial solicitation.
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