Somerset municipalities run their own no-knock protections through local ordinance. Residents post a no-solicitation notice or join a town Do Not Knock registry, and a licensed solicitor who ignores it commits an ordinance violation enforced by police.
No statewide no-knock statute exists; the rules come from each municipality's solicitation ordinance, not the county. Many Somerset communities let a resident file a no-knock request with the town clerk or police, or post a clear no-soliciting sign, after which a registered solicitor who approaches the home violates the ordinance. Police maintain the registry and hand it to every licensed canvasser. Permitted hours are also capped, commonly barring door-to-door sales after early evening. These protections bind commercial solicitors; they do not restrict charitable, religious, or political callers, whose door-to-door activity is constitutionally protected regardless of any registry.
A solicitor who knocks at a listed or posted no-knock home, or canvasses outside permitted hours, faces a municipal-court fine under the town ordinance and revocation of the local solicitor permit.
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