Bayonne, NJ Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)

Bayonne City Code Sec 4-3.6, Time Restrictions, sets a single bright-line rule for every licensed solicitor or canvasser operating under Chapter 4: no soliciting or canvassing activity of any kind may be conducted before 9:00 a.m. or later than 8:00 p.m., and none may occur on Sundays or on holidays at all. The restriction sits within the same section that requires solicitors and canvassers to be licensed under Sec 4-3.2 and to pay the $50 fee under Sec 4-3.5, so a solicitor working outside these hours is violating the licensing chapter even if otherwise properly licensed.

The code does not create a resident opt-out list or posted "no soliciting" sign requirement in this section; the hours restriction applies City-wide to every licensed solicitor regardless of whether an individual homeowner has objected. Violations of Chapter 4's licensing provisions, including the time restriction, are enforced through the City's general Code enforcement and penalty structure in Chapter 1, Sec 1-5, which allows a fine up to $1,250, imprisonment up to 90 days, or community service up to 90 days for an unspecified-penalty violation.