Laws on soliciting

[kingschosen]

I'm so sick and tired of solicitors at my house.

What are the laws on this? If I put up a sign in plain sight, they are legally bound to not solicit my house. Correct?

Also, they are legally bound by a verbal or written request to not solicit if asked. Correct?

FYI - I live in Livingston Parish in Louisiana.

[Chas]

(24-01-2013 01:14 PM)kingschosen Wrote:  I'm so sick and tired of solicitors at my house.

What are the laws on this? If I put up a sign in plain sight, they are legally bound to not solicit my house. Correct?

Also, they are legally bound by a verbal or written request to not solicit if asked. Correct?

FYI - I live in Livingston Parish in Louisiana.

Is "brandishing a firearm" an offense in your parish?

[bemore]

In the Uk the name is different from soliciting. I used to be a canvas manager and I used to train people up to be the annoying people who come and knock on your door.

Im not sure about the laws in the states but I do know that over here people put signs up and we used to ignore them, people used to have the signs and I still used to book them. Its their job to talk to you so signs wont stop them.

Best thing to do is ask all of the people you know to go around to your back door, then when someone knocks on the front door just ignore it if your not expecting anybody.

[Anjele]

We have a No Soliciting sign on the door and I hate it because it sometimes keeps the kids away that I would buy from, like the scouts.
Mostly it has worked for us. The number of people coming to the door has dropped significantly. If they do knock, hubby points out the sign and asks if they can read. Those people generally don't make a return trip.

[kim]

I'd at least try a sign... make it very explicit. If they read it and still demand attendance, then they deserve whatever treatment they get.

Also, if you can get a creepy old man relative to live with you for a while, just let him answer the door a few times. Old people love to do bothersome shit. Also, they will scare away any solicitor because they never buy stuff.
That should take care of things for you.

[kingschosen]

(24-01-2013 01:38 PM)Chas Wrote:  

(24-01-2013 01:14 PM)kingschosen Wrote:  I'm so sick and tired of solicitors at my house.

What are the laws on this? If I put up a sign in plain sight, they are legally bound to not solicit my house. Correct?

Also, they are legally bound by a verbal or written request to not solicit if asked. Correct?

FYI - I live in Livingston Parish in Louisiana.

Is "brandishing a firearm" an offense in your parish?

As long as I'm in my home... no.

I've considered this.

[Chas]

(24-01-2013 02:00 PM)kim Wrote:  I'd at least try a sign... make it very explicit. If they read it and still demand attendance, then they deserve whatever treatment they get.

Also, if you can get a creepy old man relative to live with you for a while, just let him answer the door a few times. Old people love to do bothersome shit. Also, they will scare away any solicitor because they never buy stuff.
That should take care of things for you.

Yeah, I'll come down and stay for a month and answer the door. Just feed me some Cajun cookin' and we're square.

[kingschosen]

(24-01-2013 01:48 PM)bemore Wrote:  In the Uk the name is different from soliciting. I used to be a canvas manager and I used to train people up to be the annoying people who come and knock on your door.

Im not sure about the laws in the states but I do know that over here people put signs up and we used to ignore them, people used to have the signs and I still used to book them. Its their job to talk to you so signs wont stop them.

Best thing to do is ask all of the people you know to go around to your back door, then when someone knocks on the front door just ignore it if your not expecting anybody.

See, that's the issue. We have sleeping kids. Pounding on the door and ringing the doorbell doesn't gel well with their nap time.

[kingschosen]

(24-01-2013 01:51 PM)Anjele Wrote:  We have a No Soliciting sign on the door and I hate it because it sometimes keeps the kids away that I would buy from, like the scouts.
Mostly it has worked for us. The number of people coming to the door has dropped significantly. If they do knock, hubby points out the sign and asks if they can read. Those people generally don't make a return trip.

Quote:I'd
at least try a sign... make it very explicit. If they read it and still
demand attendance, then they deserve whatever treatment they get.

Also,
if you can get a creepy old man relative to live with you for a while,
just let him answer the door a few times. Old people love to do
bothersome shit. Also, they will scare away any solicitor because they
never buy stuff.
That should take care of things for you.

Yeah, gonna try a sign. Pretty sure that it's illegal to solicit if there is a sign up.

[kingschosen]

(24-01-2013 02:09 PM)Chas Wrote:  

(24-01-2013 02:00 PM)kim Wrote:  I'd at least try a sign... make it very explicit. If they read it and still demand attendance, then they deserve whatever treatment they get.

Also, if you can get a creepy old man relative to live with you for a while, just let him answer the door a few times. Old people love to do bothersome shit. Also, they will scare away any solicitor because they never buy stuff.
That should take care of things for you.

Yeah, I'll come down and stay for a month and answer the door. Just feed me some Cajun cookin' and we're square.

lol deal.

Come during crawfish season. We'll stuff you full of "Cajun".