New Britain, Connecticut: door-to-door solicitor permit

• The answer: Only if the rep sells or carries goods. A peddler — anyone going place to place selling, or carrying for sale, goods, wares or merchandise — needs a license from the department of licenses, permits, and inspections (14-212, 14-213(b)). The article does not apply to bona fide sales of goods by sample for future delivery (14-211(a)), and it says nothing about selling services. The code has no separate solicitor permit.
• Where it comes from: The New Britain department of licenses, permits, and inspections issues and enforces the license (14-213, 14-223).
• Fee: The itinerant vendor fee schedule lists the Peddler class at a $50 permit fee with no vending fee (table 14-216(a)). Licenses expire June 30 each year (14-219).
• Hours you may knock: Licensees may do business only between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. (14-220(a)). A second line in the article allows 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. when operating in the public way (14-219(a)).
• What the rep carries: A numbered badge issued with the license, worn on the person at all times in a conspicuous place (14-220(b)). The license is in the vendor's name only and not transferable (14-217).
• What takes the time: Applicants who are not Connecticut residents file at least two weeks before the license is to be used, and every applicant shows proof of a state sales and use tax permit (14-214(a), (b)). Anyone using a scale needs a sealer's certificate first (14-215).
• Code: New Britain Code of Ordinances, Chapter 14 — Licenses, Permits and Miscellaneous Business Regulations, Article X — Itinerant Vendors (14-211 to 14-224), and 14-5. Municode shows the code codified through Ordinance No. 37187, adopted June 10, 2026 (Supp. No. 40).
• Worth knowing: No peddler, vendor or solicitor may take a stationary spot or work a congested area where the operation might impede the public (14-5). The license can be revoked for fraud or false statements in selling, or for a felony conviction (14-218).
• Read it yourself: New Britain Code of Ordinances, Chapter 14, Article X — Itinerant Vendors · New Britain Code of Ordinances, Chapter 14, Article I — In General · New Britain Code of Ordinances — landing page · checked 22 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down:

• Whether reps taking orders for services such as fiber or solar, with nothing carried for sale, need any city license
• Whether the $50 peddler fee is per rep or per company, and whether it is prorated like the vendor license
• Whether a state peddler license is also required before the city issues one

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