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Soliciting & Door-to-Door in Cambridge, MA (2026)

2 verified soliciting & door-to-door rules for Cambridge, Massachusetts, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

Verified from official government sources

Solicitor Permits

Before selling anything on a Cambridge sidewalk or public way, or leaving goods there more than ten minutes, a vendor needs a fifty-cent permit from the Superintendent of Streets. Cambridge Municipal Code § 5.36.010 also bars setting up a table, stall or booth in any street or public place without that office's permission.

Cambridge Street Vendor and Peddler Permit

Some Restrictions

Cambridge Municipal Code § 5.36.010

No person shall, except in accordance with a permit from the Superintendent of Streets, sell upon any sidewalk of any public way any goods or article or permit to remain in any public way, for more than ten minutes, any goods or article of which he is the owner or in charge. No person shall place or keep any table, stall, booth or other erection, in any street, public place or any sidewalk, for...

No-Knock Registry

Cambridge allows residents to post No Soliciting or No Trespassing signs that legally bar commercial solicitors. Ignoring such signs can result in trespass enforcement under MGL c.266 s.120.

Cambridge No Knock Rules

Some Restrictions

MGL Chapter 266, Section 120

Section 120: Entry upon private property after being forbidden as trespass; prima facie evidence; penalties; arrest; tenants or occupants excepted Section 120. Whoever, without right enters or remains in or upon the dwelling house, buildings, boats or improved or enclosed land, wharf, or pier of another, or enters or remains in a school bus, as defined in section 1 of chapter 90, after having ...