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Soliciting & Door-to-Door in New Jersey (2026)

67 rules on the books across New Jersey, 40 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.

Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions

Solicitor Permits

Permits required for door-to-door salespeople and canvassers, including background check requirements and permitted hours of operation.

Bergen County

Significant Restrictions

Selling goods, giving away merchandise, or handing out circulars anywhere in a Bergen County park requires prior…

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Bergenfield

Significant Restrictions

Bergenfield bars canvassing or soliciting house to house without a written permit and identification card issued by the…

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Bloomfield

Significant Restrictions

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, no one canvasses, solicits or distributes circulars from house to house without a…

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Brick

Significant Restrictions

Brick Township requires hawkers, peddlers, canvassers and solicitors to obtain a Township Clerk license before going…

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Camden County

Significant Restrictions

Camden County bars soliciting of any kind on county park land unless the person holds a permit, grouping it with other…

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Cherry Hill

Significant Restrictions

Anyone who wants to canvass, solicit, distribute materials, or peddle merchandise door-to-door in Cherry Hill Township…

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Clifton

Significant Restrictions

Clifton requires a written license before anyone can go house to house selling goods, taking orders, or booking future…

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Elizabeth

Significant Restrictions

Elizabeth requires a written permit from the license inspector at the central license bureau before anyone canvasses…

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Freehold Township

Significant Restrictions

Commercial solicitors, peddlers, hawkers and canvassers must hold a Township license before knocking on a single…

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Hackensack

Significant Restrictions

Section 121-3 requires anyone peddling, hawking or soliciting door-to-door in Hackensack to get a Police Department…

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Hamilton

Significant Restrictions

Hamilton Township requires anyone peddling or soliciting door to door to hold a Township Clerk license first, backed by…

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Hoboken

Significant Restrictions

The City of Hoboken requires anyone who sells goods or services door-to-door, or as a transient peddler, to obtain a…

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Howell

Significant Restrictions

Peddlers and solicitors in Howell Township need a license under Township Code § 223-3 before working door to door. The…

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Jersey City

Significant Restrictions

Jersey City requires anyone who canvasses or solicits door-to-door, taking orders for goods, services or real estate on…

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Lakewood

Significant Restrictions

Lakewood Township, Ocean County, New Jersey, requires every hawker, peddler, canvasser, solicitor or mobile food vendor…

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Linden

Significant Restrictions

Peddlers, solicitors and transient merchants must get a $400 license before working Linden's streets, and door-to-door…

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Long Branch

Significant Restrictions

Long Branch treats door-to-door solicitors, canvassers and peddlers as "vendors" under its Peddling and Soliciting…

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Monroe Township Gloucester

Significant Restrictions

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, a door-to-door solicitor pays a $100 annual license fee and a $25 ID fee after…

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Monroe Township Middlesex

Significant Restrictions

Monroe Township, Middlesex County, requires every peddler, solicitor, distributor and transient merchant selling for…

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New Brunswick

Significant Restrictions

In the City of New Brunswick, New Jersey, no person or entity can solicit without first obtaining a permit under…

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Newark

Significant Restrictions

Newark requires anyone who canvasses or solicits door-to-door to first get a written permit from the Chief of Police…

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Old Bridge

Significant Restrictions

Old Bridge Township requires anyone acting as a solicitor, peddler, auctioneer, junk dealer or used car dealer to first…

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Parsippany Troy Hills

Significant Restrictions

In Parsippany-Troy Hills it is unlawful for any peddler, solicitor or canvasser to work without a license from the…

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Passaic

Significant Restrictions

Anyone canvassing or soliciting door-to-door in Passaic, for goods, information, money or donations, paid or not, needs…

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Plainfield

Significant Restrictions

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, no one can solicit from door to door without prior invitation or appointment…

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Ridgewood

Significant Restrictions

Village of Ridgewood Code § 218-3A bars anyone from peddling, soliciting or canvassing in the Village without first…

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Toms River

Significant Restrictions

Toms River Township bars anyone from soliciting contributions for a charitable or religious cause within the township…

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Vineland

Significant Restrictions

In the City of Vineland, anyone who goes house to house selling merchandise, taking orders or soliciting money must…

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Wayne

Significant Restrictions

In Wayne Township, New Jersey, anyone who canvasses, solicits in a public place, goes house to house, or takes orders…

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West New York

Significant Restrictions

In the Town of West New York, Hudson County, New Jersey, § 284-3 makes it unlawful for any peddler, solicitor…

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Woodbridge

Significant Restrictions

Peddling, soliciting or working as a transient merchant in Woodbridge is unlawful without a Township Clerk-issued…

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Bayonne

Some Restrictions

Anyone going door to door in Bayonne to take orders for goods, services, or future delivery must first get a…

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East Brunswick

Some Restrictions

In East Brunswick Township no one can work as a peddler, solicitor or itinerant vendor without a license issued through…

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East Orange

Some Restrictions

In the City of East Orange, Chapter 118, Article II requires anyone going door to door to sell goods or services for…

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Irvington

Some Restrictions

Anyone who wants to canvass, solicit, distribute circulars or call house-to-house in Irvington needs a written permit…

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Jackson

Some Restrictions

Anyone canvassing, peddling or itinerant vending door-to-door in Jackson Township must give the Township Clerk 14…

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Paterson

Some Restrictions

Anyone canvassing or soliciting door-to-door in Paterson must register with the Director of Public Safety first, pay a…

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Perth Amboy

Some Restrictions

In the City of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, a solicitor or canvasser who goes house to house taking orders for goods or…

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Piscataway

Some Restrictions

Canvassing, soliciting or itinerant vending door-to-door in Piscataway requires a license under Township Code § 4-3.1…

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Trenton

Some Restrictions

Trenton requires every peddler, solicitor, or door-to-door canvasser to get an individual license or permit from the…

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No-Knock Registry

Programs that let homeowners register to opt out of door-to-door solicitation, and the penalties for solicitors who ignore the list.

Bergenfield

Significant Restrictions

Bergenfield residents can register with the Borough Clerk for a five-year spot on the No-Knock List, barring peddlers…

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Brick

Significant Restrictions

Brick Township maintains a do-not-knock registry of addresses where peddling and door-to-door sales are barred, updated…

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Hackensack

Significant Restrictions

Hackensack lets residents block door-to-door sales by posting a sign: § 121-9B makes it unlawful for any peddler or…

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Jackson

Significant Restrictions

Jackson Township residents can add their address to the Township Clerk's No-Knock Registry and get a free sticker…

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Linden

Significant Restrictions

Linden maintains a City Clerk registry of addresses where canvassing and soliciting are barred; being listed revokes…

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Newark

Significant Restrictions

Newark maintains an online No-Knock Registry that residents can join for free to bar door-to-door canvassers and…

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Clifton

Some Restrictions

Clifton residents can get a free sticker from the City Clerk declaring they don't want to be canvassed or solicited…

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East Brunswick

Some Restrictions

East Brunswick Township keeps a Do Not Knock Registry in the Office of the Township Clerk. Once a residence is…

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Freehold Township

Some Restrictions

Freehold Township residents can register their address on a Township-run 'Do Not Solicit' List, and Chapter 288 flatly…

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Hamilton

Some Restrictions

Hamilton Township residents can bar door-to-door sellers by joining the Municipal Clerk's "Do Not Solicit" list, and no…

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Howell

Some Restrictions

In Howell Township, New Jersey, licensed door-to-door peddlers and solicitors can call only from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m…

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Jersey City

Some Restrictions

Jersey City lets residents bar canvassers and solicitors from their doors by joining a no-knock registry the City Clerk…

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Lakewood

Some Restrictions

Lakewood Township, Ocean County, New Jersey, restricts licensed peddlers and canvassers to house-to-house solicitation…

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Monroe Township Middlesex

Some Restrictions

In Monroe Township, Middlesex County, an owner or occupant can put an address on the Do Not Knock Registry kept by the…

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New Brunswick

Some Restrictions

In the City of New Brunswick, New Jersey, any person or entity owning property can register it on the police…

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Old Bridge

Some Restrictions

Old Bridge Township bars solicitors, peddlers and junk dealers from ringing bells or using a vehicle to solicit…

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Passaic

Some Restrictions

Passaic requires a permit before anyone may solicit or canvass door-to-door, and City Code § 211-19 confines that…

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Perth Amboy

Some Restrictions

In the City of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, charitable canvassers going door to door must present themselves to the Police…

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Plainfield

Some Restrictions

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, a peddler, peddler's assistant or solicitor cannot enter private property to…

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Ridgewood

Some Restrictions

Village of Ridgewood Code § 218-3F bans door-to-door solicitation between 9:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. every day, and §…

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Toms River

Some Restrictions

The Township Clerk maintains a public 'Do Not Knock' Registry: residents sign up at Town Hall, and any peddler…

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Wayne

Some Restrictions

In Wayne Township, New Jersey, residents can put their address on the Township Clerk's nonsolicitation list, and no…

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West New York

Some Restrictions

In the Town of West New York, Hudson County, New Jersey, § 284-12 bars peddling, soliciting or distributing merchandise…

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Woodbridge

Some Restrictions

Woodbridge residents can register on the Township Clerk's "No Knock List" to bar peddlers, panhandlers, solicitors and…

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Bayonne

Light Restrictions

Bayonne does not run a do-not-knock registry, but it does fix the hours licensed solicitors and canvassers may work: no…

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Long Branch

Light Restrictions

Long Branch residents can put their address on a City Clerk-run No Knock Registry to keep canvassers, peddlers and…

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Piscataway

Light Restrictions

Piscataway limits door-to-door solicitation to daylight hours. Township Code § 4-3.11 confines canvassing, soliciting…

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