Danbury, CT Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)

Peddler means any person, whether principal or agent, who goes from town to town or place to place in the same town selling or bartering, or carrying for sale or barter, or exposing therefor, any goods, wares or merchandise, either on foot or from any animal or vehicle.

(b) License required; issuance. No peddler, as herein defined, except those exempt under the General Statutes of the State of Connecticut or this section, shall be permitted to conduct business within the City of Danbury without first obtaining a license. The Chief of Police of the City of Danbury or his designee may authorize the Town Clerk to issue a license to any peddler authorizing such peddler to barter, sell, to exhibit for the sale of, or to exhibit for the purpose of taking orders for the sale of his goods or merchandise in the City of Danbury provided such peddler shall have fully complied with the provisions hereof and shall have made payment of the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) to the Town Clerk for said license. Each license so issued shall contain a full-face photograph of the licensee.

(c) Exemptions.

(1) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the sales by farmers and gardeners of the produce of their farms and gardens, or to the sale, distribution and delivery of milk, teas, coffees, spices, groceries, meats and bakery goods, to sale on approval, to conditional sales of merchandise, or to the taking of orders for merchandise for