Camden, 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: Not confirmed from the code. The city's Bureau of License and Inspections publishes a Solicitor License Application, filled out and sworn by the individual applicant, and it says all solicitors must apply with the fingerprinting form. The code chapter — Hawkers, Peddlers and Solicitors — could not be read, so who counts as a solicitor and any exemptions are not confirmed.
• Where it comes from: City of Camden Department of Code Enforcement, Bureau of License and Inspections, City Hall Room 220 (printed "22O" on the form), 520 Market Street.
• Fee: The Solicitor License Application prints $165.60 without a vehicle and $329.82 with a vehicle. The form does not say how long the license lasts. Fingerprinting is done through the New Jersey State Police; that fee is not on the form.
• Hours you may knock: Not read. The code chapter was blocked, and the application does not list hours.
• What the rep carries: Not read from the code.
• What takes the time: Per the application: two passport-size photos, an original driver's license or other ID, a Social Security card, fingerprints through the New Jersey State Police, a New Jersey sales tax Certificate of Authority, a notarized affidavit, and, with a vehicle, three vehicle photos plus registration and insurance. No processing time is published.
• Code: City of Camden Code, chapter titled Hawkers, Peddlers and Solicitors, on eCode360. Section numbers were not read.
• Read it yourself: City of Camden — Solicitor License Application (PDF) · City of Camden — License & Inspections Applications · City of Camden Code — Hawkers, Peddlers and Solicitors (eCode360) · checked 23 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down:

• Whether a door-to-door rep taking orders for a service (such as fiber internet) needs the solicitor license, and whether each rep needs one
• What hours door-to-door soliciting is allowed, and the code section
• How long the solicitor license lasts, and whether a badge is issued
• How many days approval takes after fingerprints are submitted

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