Howell, NJ Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)
Key Facts
- Door-to-door hours
- 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday
- Sunday canvassing
- Prohibited under § 223-9B
- Registry update cycle
- Township Clerk updates the list weekly
- Licensee penalty
- One-year license revocation and one-year ineligibility
- Real estate canvass hours
- 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday
- Real estate registry fine
- Up to $1,250 per offense under § 223-27
Summary
In Howell Township, New Jersey, licensed door-to-door peddlers and solicitors can call only from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday, never on Sunday. The Township Clerk keeps a do-not-knock registry of addresses, updated weekly, and a licensee who enters a listed property loses the license for one year.
B. No person subject to this article shall canvass, solicit or distribute circulars or other matters or call from house to house except during reasonable hours during the day. Reasonable hours shall be between 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Monday through Saturday of any given week. No such canvass, solicitation or distribution shall take place on Sunday. No individual or group of individuals may knowingly enter property that has displayed a "no knock" sticker or is on the "no knock" registry. See Article III, § 223-22. Any person violating this provision shall be subject to the penalties and violations set forth in § 1-4. ... § 223-22. List; display sticker; restrictions on licensees; violations and penalties. A. The Township Clerk shall prepare a list of addresses of those premises where the owner and/or occupant has notified the Clerk that peddling, itinerant vending and door-to-door sales enterprising are not permitted on the premises (hereinafter referred to as the “do-not-knock registry”). Notification shall be by completion of a form made available by the Township Clerk's office. ... (2) Subject to a one-year revocation of any license issued pursuant to the within chapter; and
Full Breakdown
Howell Township sets two layers for door-to-door contact: fixed hours, and an address-based do-not-knock registry run by the Township Clerk.
Hours. Under § 223-9B, no one subject to Chapter 223, Article I can canvass, solicit, distribute circulars or call from house to house except during reasonable hours, which the section defines as 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday of any given week. Canvassing, solicitation or distribution on Sunday is prohibited. Circulars and samples must be handed to an occupant and never left on or about the property (§ 223-9A), and a canvasser cannot behave in a way that is objectionable or annoys any person (§ 223-9C). Article I does not cover political and voter-registration activity or the local charitable canvassers carved out in § 223-2B.
Registry. Under § 223-22, an owner or occupant tells the Township Clerk, on a form from the Clerk's office, that peddling, itinerant vending and door-to-door sales are not permitted on the premises. The Clerk keeps the list of addresses and updates it weekly, a change adopted 6-14-2022 by Ord. No. O-22-18. Anyone enrolled can get a sticker from the Clerk's office to display at the premises. When a peddler, itinerant vendor or door-to-door seller is licensed, the Clerk hands over the then-current registry, and the licensee must obtain an updated list every week. Section 223-9B adds that no individual or group can knowingly enter property that displays a "no knock" sticker or is on the registry.
Real estate canvassing. Article IV runs a separate regime for real estate canvassers: advance written notice to the Township Clerk, a permit valid for a period not to exceed 30 days, a ban on soliciting any owner on the registry (§ 223-25H), and narrower hours of 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, with no canvassing on Saturdays, Sundays or federal and New Jersey State holidays (§ 223-25I). The Howell Township Police Department enforces Article IV (§ 223-26), and complaints can be filed with the Police Department or the Township Clerk.
Violations & Fines
A licensed peddler, itinerant vendor or door-to-door sales employee who violates the registry rule faces a maximum ordinance violation per offense, a one-year revocation of any Chapter 223 license, and ineligibility for a new license for the same year (§ 223-22D). Section 223-9B sends violators to § 1-4: a fine up to $2,000, up to 90 days in jail, or 10 to 90 days of community service, with a $100 minimum fine. Real estate canvassers face up to $1,250 per registrant (§ 223-27).
Frequently Asked Questions
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