Bayonne, New Jersey: door-to-door solicitor permit

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: The City Clerk's page lists a Solicitor & Canvasser license at $25, described as "Not selling merchandise; taking orders," and a separate Peddler license at $150. The code chapter behind those licenses could not be read (the city's code host blocked our reader), so who must hold one, and whether it is per rep or per company, is not confirmed here. Use the City Clerk Call Sheet before knocking.
• Where it comes from: The Bayonne City Clerk, 630 Avenue C, Bayonne, NJ 07002, which lists both licenses under Private & Commercial Licensing on its page.
• Fee: $25 for a Solicitor & Canvasser license and $150 for a Peddler license, per the City Clerk's page. The page gives the renewal period as annually, January 1st to December 31st. It does not say whether the fee is per rep or per company, and cites no code section.
• Hours you may knock: Not read. The code chapter could not be opened, and the City Clerk's page lists no knocking hours.
• Code: The city links its code as "Ordinances (E-Code)" at ecode360.com/BA2788. That host blocked automated reading twice, so no chapter or section number is given here.
• Read it yourself: City of Bayonne — City Clerk (Private & Commercial Licensing) · Bayonne Code on eCode360 (not readable: bot challenge) · City of Bayonne — home page (links the code as Ordinances (E-Code)) · checked 22 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down:

• Whether a door-to-door rep taking orders for a service needs the Solicitor & Canvasser license, and whether the $25 is per rep or per company
• What hours the code allows door-to-door soliciting, and the chapter and section number
• Whether the license needs a background check, fingerprints, photos or a badge, and how long it takes
• Whether a license bought mid-year still runs only to December 31

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