Many Monmouth County municipalities maintain no-knock or no-soliciting registries. Residents register their address (free) to be excluded from commercial solicitor visits. Permitted commercial solicitors receive the registry and face citations for visiting listed addresses or ignoring posted no-soliciting signs. Registries do not apply to religious, political, or nonprofit canvassers under First Amendment. Middletown, Howell, Manalapan, Marlboro, and Middletown Township operate active no-knock lists.
No-knock and no-soliciting ordinances are common across Monmouth County's suburban townships. Large Monmouth municipalities including Middletown Township, Howell, Manalapan, Marlboro, Holmdel, Ocean Township, and Wall operate free no-knock registries. Residents sign up through the municipal clerk's office, police department, or online portal. When a commercial solicitor applies for a peddler permit, they receive the current no-knock list and must not approach listed addresses. Posted 'No Soliciting' signs at residences also create enforceable exclusion — solicitors who knowingly bypass signs face fines and permit revocation. First Amendment protections preserve religious (Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons, others), political (campaign workers, petition circulators), and nonprofit 501(c)(3) charitable canvassing outside the registry's reach. Many Monmouth residents report solicitation complaints through municipal non-emergency lines or Nextdoor. Asbury Park, Long Branch, and Red Bank have active enforcement due to high complaint volume from energy supplier sales.
Visiting registered no-knock address: $100 to $500 per occurrence plus permit probation. Ignoring posted no-soliciting sign: $50 to $250. Repeat violations: municipal peddler permit revocation plus multi-year prohibition. Aggressive or persistent solicitation after being told to leave: trespassing charge under N.J.S.A. 2C:18-3.
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