GREEN RIVER ORDINANCE

Green River ordinance.A local licensing law that protects residents from unwanted peddlers

and salespersons, typically by prohibiting door-to-door solicitations without prior consent. • The

ordinance takes its name from Green River, Wyoming, which enacted the first such law in the

early 20th century before others came into vogue during the 1930s and 1940s throughout the

United States. [Cases: Hawkers and Peddlers 2.]

[Blacks Law 8^th]