West New York, NJ Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)

Section 284-12 is the conduct code for everyone covered by Article I of Chapter 284, and it works as the door-to-door rulebook for the Town of West New York. The time window comes first: no peddling, soliciting or distributing merchandise except between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., unless the person was specifically invited into a house by the occupant or made an appointment previously. A solicitor must first identify himself as registered with the Town and display the certificate. No one can enter or attempt to enter the land of any resident without an express invitation from the occupant of the house, and no one can conduct himself in a manner objectionable to or annoying an occupant of any house.

The section carries more limits. Circulars, samples or other matter cannot be left at a property or in a public place unless handed to a person or house occupant; newspapers, defined as periodicals with a paid circulation of at least 90% of total circulation, are the exception. Shouting, horns, bells and sound-amplifying devices used to attract attention to merchandise are barred where the sound can be plainly heard on streets, parks or other public places. Littering with merchandise or printed material is barred. A seller cannot remain in one stationary location for more than 10 minutes without moving at least 300 feet in that period, cannot claim an exclusive right to a location, and cannot operate in a congested area where operations might impede or inconvenience the public. Food sellers must complete a food-handler's course at least twice each year at their own cost.

Section 284-13 adds no-solicit zones: any sidewalk, street, park or public property within a one-thousand-foot radius from the entrance to the West New York swimming pool, inside the entrance on its property, and any other location the Mayor and Board of Commissioners designate as unsafe or unfit by posted sign. The Town must erect a sign at each location listing the section number. Article I as read prints no do-not-knock registry; the control available to a resident is the express-invitation rule in § 284-12 E.