The Doorstep Playbook

Door-to-Door Permit Rules in Connecticut: 4 Cities Checked

So far 4 cities in Connecticut have been checked. Each one links to its own card, which cites the ordinance and shows the date it was checked.

Bridgeport

Not readable yet: the city’s rules could not be read from a primary source on the date shown.

  • Permit: Not published. Bridgeport’s code has no peddler, solicitor or canvasser chapter for selling at homes.
  • Fee: Not published for door-to-door sales. The only fees in Chapter 5.48 are for the public-place vendor’s license (5.48.070).
  • Hours you may knock: Not published. The code sets no knocking hours. The only hours rule found is for public-place vending in Chapter 5.48.
  • Checked: 19 September 2026

Hartford

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages.

  • Permit: It depends on what the rep sells, and the code does not settle it for services.
  • Fee: If the itinerant vendor license applies: $250.00 per year or portion thereof for the vendor, plus $20.00 for each additional agent working under that vendor (27-30). No fee is published for order-taking for services, because the code has no license for it.
  • Hours you may knock: Licensed itinerant vendors may operate between 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. (27-33(b)). The code sets no knocking hours for sellers who fall outside Chapter 27.
  • Checked: 19 September 2026

New Haven

  • Permit: Yes. It is unlawful to go door to door selling or soliciting orders for merchandise, services or subscriptions, without a prior specific request from the occupant, unless the rep first gets a home solicitation license ( 17-9.1 ).
  • Fee: $290 per year for a Connecticut resident, $350 per year for a non-Connecticut resident, per the city's fee schedule (17-201). The applicant also files a $1,000 bond with the issuer before the license is granted (17-9.3(a)).
  • Hours you may knock: 9:00 a.m. to sunset. A licensee may not conduct door-to-door sales before 9:00 a.m. or after sunset (17-9.5(a)).
  • Checked: 19 September 2026

Stamford

  • Permit: On paper, yes — a solicitor’s permit for every rep over 16 who goes house to house taking orders for goods for future delivery or services to be performed later (179-14, 179-15).
  • Fee: $350 per permit, set in the code (179-15(A)). The permit is personal, not transferable, and good for no more than one year (179-19(D)).
  • Hours you may knock: 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. (179-20(B)).
  • Checked: 19 September 2026

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