HANDBILLS AND HANDBILL DISTRIBUTORS

Grand Rapids City Code tit. IX, ch. 151, art. 3

in effect

Grand Rapids City Code § 9.24 Posting Prohibited.

Sec. 9.24. - Posting Prohibited. No person shall hang, post, place, paste, put or in any other manner affix any handbill, notice, advertisement, sign, placard, card or any other advertising device on any telegraph, telephone, electric light or postal telegraph pole or poles now erected or which shall hereafter be erected in any street, alley or other public place in the City of Grand Rapids, provided, however, that the provisions hereof shall not apply to the posting of official election notices required by statute to be posted in public places.

Grand Rapids City Code § 9.25 Method of Distribution.

Sec. 9.25. - Method of Distribution. Any person distributing advertising matter from house to house shall be required to follow the walks, both inside and outside the premises, shall not cut across the yards, and if a receptacle for such advertising is furnished, he or she shall place same in such receptacle. If no receptacle is furnished, he or she shall place said advertising matter in such manner so that the same will not be blown about.

Grand Rapids City Code § 9.26 Additional Regulations.

Sec. 9.26. - Additional Regulations. No person shall throw or deposit: (1) Any commercial or noncommercial handbill in or upon any sidewalk, street or other public place within the City, nor shall any person hand out or distribute or sell any commercial handbill in any public place; provided, however, that it shall not be unlawful on any sidewalk, street or public place within the City for any person to hand out or distribute, without charge to the receiver thereof, any noncommercial handbill to any person willing to accept it; (2) Any commercial or noncommercial handbill in or upon any vehicle; provided, however, that it shall not be unlawful in any public place for a person to hand out or distribute without charge to the receiver thereof, a noncommercial handbill to any occupant of a vehicle who is willing to accept it; (3) Any commercial or noncommercial handbill in or upon any private premises which are temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant; (4) Any commercial or noncommercial handbill in or upon private premises which are inhabited, except by handing or transmitting any such handbill directly to the owner, occupant, or other person then present in or upon such private premises.

Source: City of Grand Rapids, Michigan, City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mi/grand_rapids/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIOLRE_CH151NU_ART3HAHADIFetched: 11/7/2026