Jersey City, NJ Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)
Key Facts
- Registry kept by
- City Clerk, § 245-20.1
- Updated
- Monthly, by resident opt-in form
- Permitted canvassing hours
- 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., § 245-19
- First offense fine
- $100 to $1,250
- Repeat offense
- $100 to $2,000 + up to 90 days community service
- License consequence
- Permanent revocation on any offense
- Exempt groups
- Charitable, political and religious organizations
Summary
Jersey City lets residents bar canvassers and solicitors from their doors by joining a no-knock registry the City Clerk maintains under Code § 245-20.1. Licensed solicitors get the current list at licensing and must keep it updated; canvassing is also limited citywide to 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. under § 245-19.
For the purpose of protecting residents from criminal activities and safeguarding their privacy, there is hereby established a no-knock registry of properties where canvassing and soliciting are prohibited. The no-knock registry shall be maintained by the City Clerk. ... "These premises are listed on the City of Jersey City's 'No-Knock Registry' (Jersey City Code Sec. 245-20.1). You may not enter or attempt to enter these premises for the purpose of canvassing or soliciting... Violation of Jersey City Code Sec. 245-20.1 may result in a fine of up to $2,000 and/or up to 90 days of community service." ... First offense: a minimum fine of one hundred dollars ($100.00) with a maximum of up to one thousand two hundred fifty dollars ($1,250.00); Subsequent offense: a minimum fine of one hundred dollars ($100.00) with a maximum of up to two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) for each offense, together with community service for a period of up to 90 days.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 52).
Full Breakdown
1 creates a no-knock registry "for the purpose of protecting residents from criminal activities and safeguarding their privacy," maintained by the City Clerk. A. 2C:18-3. 00, stating the address is on the registry and that entry for canvassing or soliciting is barred, while carving out charitable, political and religious organizations. The Clerk distributes the current registry to every licensed canvasser or solicitor when a license issues, and it is the canvasser's responsibility to keep an up-to-date copy while working. , requires the licensee to carry and exhibit the photo license to police or residents on request, and bars importuning or annoying residents. All police officers may demand a canvasser's license from anyone seen soliciting who is not already known to be licensed, under § 245-20.
Violations & Fines
A person convicted of canvassing or soliciting a registered no-knock address faces a first-offense fine of $100 to $1,250; a subsequent offense within the ordinance carries a fine of $100 to $2,000 plus up to 90 days of community service, and any offense permanently revokes the person's canvasser license under § 245-20.1G. Registrants can still separately bring a trespass complaint to the Municipal Prosecutor. Canvassing outside the 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. window under § 245-19, or failing to produce a license on request under § 245-20, is enforced through the Code's general penalty in § 1-25.
Frequently Asked Questions
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What hours can canvassers legally knock on doors?
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Are political canvassers or charities exempt from the no-knock registry?
Sources & Official References
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