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

The Township Clerk shall prepare a list of addresses of those premises where the owner and/or occupant has notified the Clerk that canvassing, 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 available at the Township Clerk's office during normal business hours. The list shall be updated on January 15 and July 15 of each year.

B. Any owner and/or occupant who has requested enlistment on the Do Not Knock Registry, pursuant to Subsection A herein, shall be able to purchase from the Clerk's office, for a nominal fee, a sticker for display at his/her/its premises indicating enlistment on the Do Not Knock Registry.

C. The Township Clerk shall distribute the current Do Not Knock Registry to a licensee at the time of issuance of a license to peddle, canvass, itinerant vend or otherwise door-to-door sell pursuant to the provisions of this article. The licensee shall not peddle, canvass, itinerant vend or conduct door-to-door sales at any premises identified on the then current Do Not Knock Registry.

D. Any canvasser, peddler, itinerant vender or owner or employee of a door-to-door sales enterprise who violates any provision of this section shall be:

(1) Subject to a maximum ordinance violation fine of $1,250 per offense;

(2) Subject to a one-year revocation of any license issued pursuant to the within article; and