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

Section 9:7-12 of the Plainfield Municipal Code is the City's no-knock rule. No peddler, peddler's assistant or solicitor can enter private property to sell or offer goods, wares, merchandise or services once the property owner has indicated, by posting or other notice, a desire to prohibit entry. The section sets no sign wording or size, so a posted notice or other notice from the owner is what counts. Article 7 does not create a list of registered addresses; the owner's own notice is the tool.

The hours rule sits next to it in § 9:7-11. No solicitor or peddler can conduct business door to door on Sundays. Door-to-door sellers work Monday through Saturday, inclusive, between 10:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. Those who do not sell door to door, meaning those working public places and thoroughfares without entering the property of single-family or multi-family dwellings (§ 9:7-1), work Monday through Saturday, inclusive, between 8:00 A.M. and 8:00 P.M. Food and ice cream peddlers are allowed to work Sundays and after 8:00 P.M. only at public events occurring at those times, and sales run until the event concludes.

Several other Plainfield rules narrow where sellers can work. Section 9:7-13 bars permits for peddlers, solicitors, food peddlers and ice cream peddlers in the central business district and within 1,000 feet of the perimeter of any public school during daylight hours when school is in session, with a carve-out for special one-day events such as parades. Section 10:8-3(e) forbids any hawker, peddler or vendor to shout or cry out goods on a street or public place between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. Every solicitor and peddler, including those exempt from licensing, must wear a picture identification badge showing the license number and expiration date (§ 9:7-10(d)), so a resident can ask to see it.