5 Pennsylvania towns, 2 quoted. Of these, 2 have permit, registration or hours rules and 3 are not published online. Each row
links its source and shows the date read.
Published October 20, 2026
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Pennsylvania towns by rule
Rule
Towns
Permit or license required
2
Code not published online
3
Pennsylvania state law
Read on the legislature's or official code publisher's own site.
§ 7(a): "a contact with or call on the buyer or resident at his residence either in person or by telephone" · "that consumer may avoid the contract or sale by notifying, in writing, the seller within three full business days following the day on which the contract or sale was made"
§ 248(a): "Prior to conducting business or otherwise commencing operations within the Commonwealth, a transient vendor shall register with the department." · § 201: "“Transient vendor.” (1) Any person who-- (i) Brings into the Commonwealth, by automobile, truck or other means of transportation, or purchases in the Commonwealth tangible personal property"
Town by town
Emporium
Permit or license required
“No person shall engage in any transient retail business within the Borough without first having obtained from the Borough Manager a license, for which a fee … shall be charged”
The chapter posted online dates from 1993: house to house peddling or soliciting for goods needs a borough manager license; the hours clause is blank. Borough recodification is pending.
County
Cameron County
Section
Ch. 13 Pt. 1 A, Sec. 101, 102, 103, 106(E)
Hours / signs
Sec. 106(E): no business Sundays or legal holidays and none before a blank hour or after a blank hour; hours left blank in the posted text.
Permit
Sec. 102, 104, 105: license from the Borough Manager, fee set by council resolution; transient retail business includes house to house soliciting for goods, wares or merchandise.
Code version
Ch. 13 Pt. 1.A, Ord. 285 (5/6/1963) as revised by Ord. 412 (10/4/1993); chapter PDF posted by the borough July 6, 2020; borough says recodification is pending
“every person … entering into beginning, or desiring to begin a transient retail business in the Borough of Newville for the sale of goods, wares, or merchandise whatsoever … shall take out a license from the Office of Newville Borough.”
Only a 2016 ordinance is posted: transient retailers selling goods, wares or merchandise need a borough license and may sell 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays only.
County
Cumberland County
Section
Ord. 2016-03, Sec. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Hours / signs
Sec. 3: peddling, hawking or selling 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM on weekdays; none on Saturday or Sunday.
Permit
Sec. 2, 4: register with the Police Department; license issued within 48 hours; fee set by resolution per five consecutive days.
Code version
Ord. 2016-03, enacted July 2016 (stand-alone scanned PDF; no codified code online)
We could not find these towns' code of ordinances online on the date shown; ask the town clerk for the current rules.
Donaldson (Schuylkill County): where we looked, October 19, 2026
Richfield (Juniata; Snyder County): where we looked, October 19, 2026
Tremont (Schuylkill County): where we looked, October 19, 2026
Before you knock in Pennsylvania
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