Door-to-door solicitors and peddlers must obtain a license from the White Plains City Clerk before canvassing. Application requires ID, background check, photo, fingerprinting, and fee. License must be displayed while soliciting.
WP Code Chapter 5-12 regulates peddlers, solicitors, and transient merchants. Licenses are typically issued for a 6-12 month term and restrict hours (typically 9 a.m.-6 p.m. or sunset, whichever comes first). Religious, political, and charitable canvassers are constitutionally exempt from licensing requirements but may still be asked to register. Commercial solicitors without valid license may be cited and ordered off property.
Unlicensed solicitation: fine $250-$1,000, confiscation of goods, and possible misdemeanor charges for repeat offenses.
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