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 RestrictionsSelling goods, giving away merchandise, or handing out circulars anywhere in a Bergen County park requires prior…
Read full rule →Bergenfield
Significant RestrictionsBergenfield bars canvassing or soliciting house to house without a written permit and identification card issued by the…
Read full rule →Bloomfield
Significant RestrictionsIn Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, no one canvasses, solicits or distributes circulars from house to house without a…
Read full rule →Brick
Significant RestrictionsBrick Township requires hawkers, peddlers, canvassers and solicitors to obtain a Township Clerk license before going…
Read full rule →Camden County
Significant RestrictionsCamden County bars soliciting of any kind on county park land unless the person holds a permit, grouping it with other…
Read full rule →Cherry Hill
Significant RestrictionsAnyone who wants to canvass, solicit, distribute materials, or peddle merchandise door-to-door in Cherry Hill Township…
Read full rule →Clifton
Significant RestrictionsClifton requires a written license before anyone can go house to house selling goods, taking orders, or booking future…
Read full rule →Elizabeth
Significant RestrictionsElizabeth requires a written permit from the license inspector at the central license bureau before anyone canvasses…
Read full rule →Freehold Township
Significant RestrictionsCommercial solicitors, peddlers, hawkers and canvassers must hold a Township license before knocking on a single…
Read full rule →Hackensack
Significant RestrictionsSection 121-3 requires anyone peddling, hawking or soliciting door-to-door in Hackensack to get a Police Department…
Read full rule →Hamilton
Significant RestrictionsHamilton Township requires anyone peddling or soliciting door to door to hold a Township Clerk license first, backed by…
Read full rule →Hoboken
Significant RestrictionsThe City of Hoboken requires anyone who sells goods or services door-to-door, or as a transient peddler, to obtain a…
Read full rule →Howell
Significant RestrictionsPeddlers and solicitors in Howell Township need a license under Township Code § 223-3 before working door to door. The…
Read full rule →Jersey City
Significant RestrictionsJersey City requires anyone who canvasses or solicits door-to-door, taking orders for goods, services or real estate on…
Read full rule →Lakewood
Significant RestrictionsLakewood Township, Ocean County, New Jersey, requires every hawker, peddler, canvasser, solicitor or mobile food vendor…
Read full rule →Linden
Significant RestrictionsPeddlers, solicitors and transient merchants must get a $400 license before working Linden's streets, and door-to-door…
Read full rule →Long Branch
Significant RestrictionsLong Branch treats door-to-door solicitors, canvassers and peddlers as "vendors" under its Peddling and Soliciting…
Read full rule →Monroe Township Gloucester
Significant RestrictionsIn Monroe Township, Gloucester County, a door-to-door solicitor pays a $100 annual license fee and a $25 ID fee after…
Read full rule →Monroe Township Middlesex
Significant RestrictionsMonroe Township, Middlesex County, requires every peddler, solicitor, distributor and transient merchant selling for…
Read full rule →New Brunswick
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of New Brunswick, New Jersey, no person or entity can solicit without first obtaining a permit under…
Read full rule →Newark
Significant RestrictionsNewark requires anyone who canvasses or solicits door-to-door to first get a written permit from the Chief of Police…
Read full rule →Old Bridge
Significant RestrictionsOld Bridge Township requires anyone acting as a solicitor, peddler, auctioneer, junk dealer or used car dealer to first…
Read full rule →Parsippany Troy Hills
Significant RestrictionsIn Parsippany-Troy Hills it is unlawful for any peddler, solicitor or canvasser to work without a license from the…
Read full rule →Passaic
Significant RestrictionsAnyone canvassing or soliciting door-to-door in Passaic, for goods, information, money or donations, paid or not, needs…
Read full rule →Plainfield
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, no one can solicit from door to door without prior invitation or appointment…
Read full rule →Ridgewood
Significant RestrictionsVillage of Ridgewood Code § 218-3A bars anyone from peddling, soliciting or canvassing in the Village without first…
Read full rule →Toms River
Significant RestrictionsToms River Township bars anyone from soliciting contributions for a charitable or religious cause within the township…
Read full rule →Vineland
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of Vineland, anyone who goes house to house selling merchandise, taking orders or soliciting money must…
Read full rule →Wayne
Significant RestrictionsIn Wayne Township, New Jersey, anyone who canvasses, solicits in a public place, goes house to house, or takes orders…
Read full rule →West New York
Significant RestrictionsIn the Town of West New York, Hudson County, New Jersey, § 284-3 makes it unlawful for any peddler, solicitor…
Read full rule →Woodbridge
Significant RestrictionsPeddling, soliciting or working as a transient merchant in Woodbridge is unlawful without a Township Clerk-issued…
Read full rule →Bayonne
Some RestrictionsAnyone going door to door in Bayonne to take orders for goods, services, or future delivery must first get a…
Read full rule →East Brunswick
Some RestrictionsIn East Brunswick Township no one can work as a peddler, solicitor or itinerant vendor without a license issued through…
Read full rule →East Orange
Some RestrictionsIn the City of East Orange, Chapter 118, Article II requires anyone going door to door to sell goods or services for…
Read full rule →Irvington
Some RestrictionsAnyone who wants to canvass, solicit, distribute circulars or call house-to-house in Irvington needs a written permit…
Read full rule →Jackson
Some RestrictionsAnyone canvassing, peddling or itinerant vending door-to-door in Jackson Township must give the Township Clerk 14…
Read full rule →Paterson
Some RestrictionsAnyone canvassing or soliciting door-to-door in Paterson must register with the Director of Public Safety first, pay a…
Read full rule →Perth Amboy
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, a solicitor or canvasser who goes house to house taking orders for goods or…
Read full rule →Piscataway
Some RestrictionsCanvassing, soliciting or itinerant vending door-to-door in Piscataway requires a license under Township Code § 4-3.1…
Read full rule →Trenton
Some RestrictionsTrenton requires every peddler, solicitor, or door-to-door canvasser to get an individual license or permit from the…
Read full rule →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 RestrictionsBergenfield residents can register with the Borough Clerk for a five-year spot on the No-Knock List, barring peddlers…
Read full rule →Brick
Significant RestrictionsBrick Township maintains a do-not-knock registry of addresses where peddling and door-to-door sales are barred, updated…
Read full rule →Hackensack
Significant RestrictionsHackensack lets residents block door-to-door sales by posting a sign: § 121-9B makes it unlawful for any peddler or…
Read full rule →Jackson
Significant RestrictionsJackson Township residents can add their address to the Township Clerk's No-Knock Registry and get a free sticker…
Read full rule →Linden
Significant RestrictionsLinden maintains a City Clerk registry of addresses where canvassing and soliciting are barred; being listed revokes…
Read full rule →Newark
Significant RestrictionsNewark maintains an online No-Knock Registry that residents can join for free to bar door-to-door canvassers and…
Read full rule →Clifton
Some RestrictionsClifton residents can get a free sticker from the City Clerk declaring they don't want to be canvassed or solicited…
Read full rule →East Brunswick
Some RestrictionsEast Brunswick Township keeps a Do Not Knock Registry in the Office of the Township Clerk. Once a residence is…
Read full rule →Freehold Township
Some RestrictionsFreehold Township residents can register their address on a Township-run 'Do Not Solicit' List, and Chapter 288 flatly…
Read full rule →Hamilton
Some RestrictionsHamilton Township residents can bar door-to-door sellers by joining the Municipal Clerk's "Do Not Solicit" list, and no…
Read full rule →Howell
Some RestrictionsIn Howell Township, New Jersey, licensed door-to-door peddlers and solicitors can call only from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m…
Read full rule →Jersey City
Some RestrictionsJersey City lets residents bar canvassers and solicitors from their doors by joining a no-knock registry the City Clerk…
Read full rule →Lakewood
Some RestrictionsLakewood Township, Ocean County, New Jersey, restricts licensed peddlers and canvassers to house-to-house solicitation…
Read full rule →Monroe Township Middlesex
Some RestrictionsIn Monroe Township, Middlesex County, an owner or occupant can put an address on the Do Not Knock Registry kept by the…
Read full rule →New Brunswick
Some RestrictionsIn the City of New Brunswick, New Jersey, any person or entity owning property can register it on the police…
Read full rule →Old Bridge
Some RestrictionsOld Bridge Township bars solicitors, peddlers and junk dealers from ringing bells or using a vehicle to solicit…
Read full rule →Passaic
Some RestrictionsPassaic requires a permit before anyone may solicit or canvass door-to-door, and City Code § 211-19 confines that…
Read full rule →Perth Amboy
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, charitable canvassers going door to door must present themselves to the Police…
Read full rule →Plainfield
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, a peddler, peddler's assistant or solicitor cannot enter private property to…
Read full rule →Ridgewood
Some RestrictionsVillage of Ridgewood Code § 218-3F bans door-to-door solicitation between 9:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. every day, and §…
Read full rule →Toms River
Some RestrictionsThe Township Clerk maintains a public 'Do Not Knock' Registry: residents sign up at Town Hall, and any peddler…
Read full rule →Wayne
Some RestrictionsIn Wayne Township, New Jersey, residents can put their address on the Township Clerk's nonsolicitation list, and no…
Read full rule →West New York
Some RestrictionsIn the Town of West New York, Hudson County, New Jersey, § 284-12 bars peddling, soliciting or distributing merchandise…
Read full rule →Woodbridge
Some RestrictionsWoodbridge residents can register on the Township Clerk's "No Knock List" to bar peddlers, panhandlers, solicitors and…
Read full rule →Bayonne
Light RestrictionsBayonne does not run a do-not-knock registry, but it does fix the hours licensed solicitors and canvassers may work: no…
Read full rule →Long Branch
Light RestrictionsLong Branch residents can put their address on a City Clerk-run No Knock Registry to keep canvassers, peddlers and…
Read full rule →Piscataway
Light RestrictionsPiscataway limits door-to-door solicitation to daylight hours. Township Code § 4-3.11 confines canvassing, soliciting…
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