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

Sec. 3-24 requires any person over sixteen years old to register with the Greenwich Police Department and have credentials stamped before soliciting orders for future delivery of goods, wares or merchandise, including magazines and other printed matter, whether the solicitation happens door-to-door, on a street or highway, or by telephone from within the Town. Registering does not create a right to enter privately policed areas. Sec. 3-25 sets the application content the Police Department collects: the applicant's name and addresses, a physical description including age, height, weight and hair and eye color, the name of the person or firm the orders are solicited for, the goods being solicited, any arrest or conviction history, the intended soliciting period, and a signature specimen submitted with satisfactory identification.

Once the Police Department stamps the credentials under Sec. 3-26, they list the solicitor's and employer's name and address, the goods covered, and the soliciting period, which cannot exceed one year, and the Department can refuse to stamp credentials for anyone convicted of a crime or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or a violation of the Article. Sec. 3-27 makes the stamped credentials non-transferable and requires the solicitor to carry and display them on request from any police officer or prospective purchaser, and Sec. 3-28 requires orderly conduct and a signed written receipt describing the goods, price and any down payment for every order taken.

Sec. 3-30 exempts salesmen selling to stores for resale and anyone who has kept a regular Town place of business for the preceding twelve months, though the conduct rules in Sec. 3-28 still apply to them.