Bayonne, NJ

In the City of Bayonne, keeping, breeding or raising any species or breed of pigeon is prohibited citywide in all zones under City Code § 21-30.c, with a narrow exception for homing…

Bayonne's feral cat colony ordinance requires that, if possible, a licensed veterinarian implant an electronic animal identification device (EAID) in every managed feral cat, with the…

In the City of Bayonne, breeding, keeping or raising farm animals, including chickens, roosters, ducks, geese, turkeys, cows, goats, sheep, swine and horses, is strictly prohibited in…

In the City of Bayonne, § 5-3.5 bars letting a dog run unleashed on public streets, parks or buildings, and § 5-3.6 requires any dog on a sidewalk or public place to be leashed on a…

The City of Bayonne has no breed-specific ban; instead §§ 5-1 and 5-5 create a behavior-based vicious dog process. A dog is only 'vicious' once a municipal judge so declares it after a…

Every cat over six months kept in the City of Bayonne needs a license under § 5-11, costing $15 plus $5 more if the cat is not sterilized, renewed by February 1 each year. Feral cat…

City Code § 5-26 bars anyone from feeding birds, rodents or any other non-domesticated wildlife on public streets, sidewalks, parks or public places in the City of Bayonne. The rule…

The City of Bayonne does not require owners to sterilize pets outright; instead § 5-2.5 charges an extra $5 licensing fee for any dog of reproductive age that is not sterilized, and §…

Bayonne's zoning definitions separate a veterinary hospital from a kennel. Bayonne City Code § 33-2.2 limits a veterinary hospital's boarding to short-term care incidental to…

New Jersey requires beekeepers who overwinter colonies to register annually with the Department of Agriculture, and statewide beekeeping rules limit how far towns may restrict…

New Jersey's animal cruelty laws apply statewide, prohibiting neglect and overcrowding that constitute hoarding, with enforcement by humane officers and police.

In the City of Bayonne, commercial vehicles cannot park on any public street between 7:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., under Bayonne City Code § 7-18.3, with narrow exceptions for emergency…

When snow accumulation covers Bayonne's streets, an automatic parking emergency takes effect on designated emergency routes like Broadway and Avenue C, and vehicles must stay off those…

Bayonne caps on-street parking citywide at 48 hours under City Code Section 7-13.1: no one may leave a vehicle on any street or part of a street within city limits longer than that…

In the City of Bayonne, the Mayor may designate residential permit parking zones where commuter overflow parking is a problem, subject to City Council disapproval within 45 days. Only…

In the City of Bayonne, boats, boat trailers, travel trailers, pick-up campers and other 'major recreational equipment' cannot sit on a residential lot except inside a carport or…

In the City of Bayonne, streets listed in Bayonne City Code § 7-29 are designated Loading Zones where parking is allowed only for loading or unloading goods and materials during the…

Bayonne bans abandoning a vehicle anywhere in the City and bars leaving a wrecked or junked vehicle on any street. On private property, a dismantled or junked vehicle cannot sit longer…

In the City of Bayonne, driveway curb cuts on residential and commercial lots cannot exceed 10 feet wide, and each lot gets only one curb cut. Front-yard accessory parking for…

New Jersey's Predatory Towing Prevention Act, N.J.S.A. 56:13-7 et seq., and its implementing rule, N.J.A.C. 13:45A-31, control every non-consensual tow in the state. A private property…

In the City of Bayonne, no one may construct or establish a swimming pool without first obtaining a permit and license from the Zoning Officer and Construction Official under City Code…

In the City of Bayonne, every private swimming pool authorized under City Code § 33-10.27 must sit behind a solid fence, wall or chain-link enclosure at least four feet high with…

City Code § 5-3.4 bars owning, keeping or harboring any dog that habitually barks or cries between 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. in the City of Bayonne. A conviction under Chapter 5's…

In the City of Bayonne, personal or commercial vehicle stereo equipment may not be plainly audible at a residential property line between 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., and a personal car…

Bayonne sets numeric decibel ceilings by receiving property and time of day. Outdoor sound reaching a residential property line is capped at 65 dB from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. and 50 dB…

Bayonne bars any loud, unnecessary, or unusual noise likely to disturb others between 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., a catch-all quiet-hours rule that runs alongside the specific decibel…

Bayonne bars noncommercial power tools and yard maintenance equipment, which covers leaf blowers, from running between 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. unless the operator meets the Table I…

Bayonne limits construction and demolition to weekdays 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., with no work at all on Sundays or federal holidays absent an emergency or…

Bayonne governs amplified music by time and audibility distance rather than a decibel meter: vehicle sound systems cannot be plainly audible at a residential property line after 10…

In the City of Bayonne, bulk storage of liquefied petroleum gas is prohibited citywide above 2,000 gallons water capacity, and any installation over 10 gallons requires a Type I Permit…

In the City of Bayonne, anyone planning a fireworks display or discharge must apply in writing at least 45 days in advance, and the Fire Official must approve the storage location…

New Jersey's Air Pollution Control Act prohibits open burning of refuse, leaves, and most yard waste statewide, with narrow permitted categories overseen by NJDEP and the Forest Fire…

The New Jersey Forest Fire Service has statewide jurisdiction over wildland fire prevention, declares burn bans, and enforces forest fire districts that supersede conflicting municipal…

Removing or destroying a protected tree in Bayonne requires a permit from the Bureau of Building and a $20 filing fee under City Code Section 14-4, waived for diseased or emergency…

In the City of Bayonne, a public utility is barred from pruning any street tree for overhead line clearance without an annual pruning permit from the City. Chapter 14 of the City Code…

Bayonne caps grass, weeds and other plant growth on all premises and exterior property at 12 inches under City Code Section 17-14.8. Overgrowth that becomes a blighting influence or…

Bayonne lets residents compost leaves on their own property as one way to satisfy the City's mandatory leaf separation program under City Code § 26-1.3, adopted to meet the state's…

New Jersey's statewide stormwater rule, N.J.A.C. 7:8, requires major developments to manage runoff with green infrastructure and expressly counts storing stormwater runoff for reuse…

The NJ Department of Environmental Protection may impose statewide or regional water use restrictions during drought warnings or emergencies under the Water Supply Management Act.

In the City of Bayonne, a fence permit under Section 15-3.1a(6) is required once a fence reaches over six feet in height, with the fee scaled to the fence's length. Section 35-4.14 of…

In the City of Bayonne, Section 15-3.1a(7) requires a construction permit for any retaining wall four feet or taller, and even a shorter wall if it puts negative pressure on a…

Bayonne caps residential fences at six feet on side and rear lines and four feet on the front line, drops corner-lot fencing to 36 inches near the intersection, and separately bans…

No residential fence in Bayonne may contain barbed wire, every fence must face its finished side toward the street or neighbor, and industrial-district fences can only add barbed wire…

New Jersey common law and statute apply uniformly statewide to spite fences, boundary fences, and shared maintenance disputes between adjoining landowners.

In Bayonne, a short-term rental where the owner or operator is not present is capped at 60 total nights per calendar year under City Code § 33-20.2.e. Each night beyond that limit…

Bayonne charges short-term rental operators a $1,000 non-refundable initial registration fee under City Code § 33-20.3.c, due with the permit application to the Department of Planning…

In the City of Bayonne, most short-term rentals must be owner-occupied. City Code § 33-20.1.b defines "owner-occupied" as the owner living in the rental unit or in an associated…

Bayonne caps home-based bed-and-breakfasts at three rooms, and City Code § 33-20.2.b.6 limits each room to no more than two adults and their minor children at a time. The host must…

No one may rent out or even advertise a short-term rental in the City of Bayonne without first obtaining a permit from the Department of Planning, Zoning, and Development, under City…

Bayonne screens short-term rental applicants for noise problems and holds occupants to the same rules once renting. City Code § 33-20.3.a.2 disqualifies an existing STR from permitting…

Bayonne requires every short-term rental applicant to prove general liability insurance of at least $500,000 before the City issues a permit. City Code § 33-20.4.e.2 lists this proof…

Every short-term rental in the City of Bayonne must post the maximum number of on-site parking spaces available to guests inside the unit, and the Division of Planning, Zoning, and…

Bayonne revokes a short-term rental permit once a property racks up three or more substantiated complaints, locking the owner out of a new STR application for a full year, and City…

Bayonne allows a family day care home, caring for three to five children for at least 15 hours a week, as a permitted use by right in every residential zoning district. Bayonne City…

A Bayonne home professional occupation must stay incidental to residential use, occupy no more than half the dwelling's floor area, run on a single floor away from the cellar or attic…

In the City of Bayonne, a home-based professional operating out of a residential district can display only one identifying sign, and City Code § 35-25.3.c caps it at one square foot…

New Jersey allows for-profit home food production only through a Cottage Food Operator Permit issued by the Department of Health's Public Health and Food Protection Program under…

New Jersey has no microenterprise home kitchen permit and no way to license a home kitchen as a restaurant. N.J.A.C. 8:24-2.1(c)1 makes the person in charge responsible for ensuring…

A shed or other accessory building in a Bayonne residential district can't cover more ground than the house itself, must sit at least three feet off any property line, and can only be…

Bayonne's zoning code flatly forbids using or designing any accessory building or structure for dwelling purposes in both residential and nonresidential districts, so a converted…

Converting a garage to habitable space requires a NJ Uniform Construction Code permit statewide, with mandatory inspections for framing, insulation, electrical, and plumbing changes.

Anyone filming for commercial or educational purposes on public or private property in the City of Bayonne needs a permit from the Mayor's office before shooting. The permit fixes the…

A Bayonne film permit holder must actively minimize noise and inconvenience to neighbors during a shoot, parking production vehicles off public streets where practical and giving…

Bayonne waives its filming permit fees, which otherwise run $50 to $1,000 per day, for students shooting for educational purposes once a teacher or school administrator certifies the…

In the City of Bayonne, landlords must maintain a minimum indoor temperature of 68 degrees Fahrenheit from October 1 to May 1 in occupied residential and business space, and must…

Bayonne's rent control ordinance, City Code Chapter 16, no longer covers new tenancies. The city let its 1973 rent control law, Ordinance No. O-73-06, lapse on June 30, 2011 for vacant…

For Bayonne's remaining Covered Rental Units, a landlord seeking a Consumer Price Index rent increase must apply to the Rent Control Office under City Code Section 16-4.1. Once the…

Under New Jersey's Anti-Eviction Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1, a landlord may evict a covered tenant only on a statutory good-cause ground. Non-payment under subsection a. needs no advance…

The New Jersey Anti-Eviction Act preempts local landlord-tenant law and limits residential evictions to specifically enumerated good-cause grounds statewide.

New Jersey sets no general statutory cap on residential late fees, leaving the amount to the lease subject to reasonableness. For senior citizens on government pensions and recipients…

To end a month-to-month residential tenancy in New Jersey, either party gives at least one month's written notice expiring at a rental period. Because the Anti-Eviction Act bars…

All New Jersey residential rental property owners must file a Landlord Identity Registration with the municipality and the Bureau of Housing Inspection under state law.

New Jersey caps a residential security deposit at 1.5 times one month's rent, and any later additional deposit may rise by no more than 10% per year. After a tenancy ends, the landlord…

A squatter cannot gain title quickly in New Jersey. Under N.J.S.A. 2A:14-30, thirty years of actual, continuous possession of real estate vests title in the possessor, and sixty years…

City Code § 3-2.3.a bars dumping household or commercial solid waste, rubbish, junk, vehicles, tires, appliances or furniture along any Bayonne street or right-of-way, or on private…

Bayonne collects bulk waste, like furniture, appliances and mattresses, on the same day as regular garbage under City Code § 3-2.1, but caps every pickup at four bulky items, and…

Bayonne bans open or overflowing waste bins under City Code § 3-2.8 and requires garbage in sturdy, handled containers holding between 10 and 35 gallons, with refuse bagged before it…

The City of Bayonne requires every dumpster or refuse container left outdoors to stay covered at all times and bars any liquid, semi-liquid or solid discharge into the municipal storm…

Bayonne runs a mandatory source-separation recycling program under Bayonne City Code § 26-1.3, requiring every dwelling unit and business to separate leaves for composting, newspapers…

Bayonne requires residents to source-separate leaves for composting under City Code § 26-1.3, placing them at Recycling Coordinator-designated pickup sites or in authorized containers…

Bayonne's Chapter 26 recycling ordinance makes source separation mandatory, not optional: every dwelling, business and institution must pull leaves, newspapers, glass and aluminum…

Bayonne limits who may pick up recyclables: once leaves, newspapers, glass, cans, cardboard or paper are set at a designated collection site they become City property under § 26-1.5…

The Recycling Coordinator sets Bayonne's collection days and pick-up sites for leaves, newspapers, glass and aluminum containers under City Code § 26-1.7, and must publish the schedule…

City Code § 3-4.1 bars obstructing any Bayonne street, sidewalk, public lane or park by placing food, merchandise or other materials on it, with listed exceptions in § 3-4.2 for…

Before storing construction materials on a Bayonne sidewalk or street, a contractor needs a permit under Bayonne City Code § 25-1.1, and any temporary encroachment is capped by §…

Every Bayonne property owner is responsible for maintaining and repairing the sidewalk and curb between the property line and the curb abutting their lot, including corner areas, under…

Bayonne caps private garage and yard sales at two permits per location within any twelve-month period, each running at most two consecutive days between 9 a.m. and sunset. The first…

In the City of Bayonne, every Risk Type 3 retail food establishment (full-service restaurants, diners, commissaries, caterers, hospitals, nursing homes and preschools) must employ at…

Bayonne's Commercial Property Maintenance Code makes the owner of any premises responsible for exterminating rats, vermin or other pests in every interior and exterior area of the…

In the City of Bayonne, a tenant with no heat can trigger emergency Health Officer action once 12 hours pass with outside temperature continuously below 55 degrees Fahrenheit, or 4…

In the City of Bayonne, anyone offering body piercing, body branding or tattooing must obtain a separate $1,000 license for each activity from the Division of Health under City Code §…

Operating a massage establishment in the City of Bayonne requires a City Clerk license approved by the Municipal Council, a $250 initial fee, state certification, and a location more…

Buying, selling or pawning precious metals or other secondhand goods in Bayonne requires a City Clerk license with a bond, and itinerant or transient buyers are barred outright from…

Bayonne pawnbrokers, defined as anyone lending money on pledged personal property, pay a $300 initial license fee plus a $250 annual renewal, and must hold pawned jewelry at least 10…

Wreckers and tow trucks doing nonconsensual municipal police towing in Bayonne must hold a city license, keep a garage inside city limits, staff a pickup office on set hours, and…

New Jersey regulates vape retailers under NJSA 54:40B and NJSA 26:3D, requiring licensing, prohibiting flavored vape sales, and applying age-21 minimum purchase rules statewide.

Bayonne does not run a do-not-knock registry, but it does fix the hours licensed solicitors and canvassers may work: no soliciting or canvassing before 9:00 a.m. or after 8:00 p.m…

Anyone going door to door in Bayonne to take orders for goods, services, or future delivery must first get a solicitor's or canvasser's license for $50 and show it automatically…

A festival or street fair using Bayonne public space needs a Department of Public Safety permit filed 60 days ahead, a $200-per-day fee, $1,000,000 liability insurance, and must stay…

Anyone hosting a parade in the City of Bayonne must obtain a public assembly permit from the Department of Public Safety at least 90 days ahead under City Code § 4-31.4. Organizers pay…

A Bayonne block party must be run by a nonprofit block association registered with the City Clerk, closing only a single block for a single day, per § 4-31.1 and § 4-31.3a…

Any group applying to use Bayonne's municipal parks and playgrounds for group activities must provide the City with $1,000,000 general liability insurance naming Bayonne as an…

Restaurants in the City of Bayonne cannot serve customers on the sidewalk without a Division of Health license. A sidewalk cafe license costs $275 and an outdoor seating license $125…

In the City of Bayonne, owners of single-family, two-family, and multifamily rental dwellings must have every unit inspected for lead-based paint hazards every three years or at tenant…

In the City of Bayonne, the Construction Agency created under Section 15-1.1 administers New Jersey's Uniform Construction Code and issues every construction permit through its…

In the City of Bayonne, an Electrical Subcode Official appointed under Section 15-1.2 reviews and permits electrical work as part of the Construction Agency's Uniform Construction Code…

In the City of Bayonne, plumbing work is permitted under the Construction Agency's Uniform Construction Code process, with Section 15-3.1c pricing the plumbing permit by fixture and…

In the City of Bayonne, private on-site elevators are inspected under the Elevator Subcode described in Section 15-3.1e, part of the Construction Agency's Uniform Construction Code…

In the City of Bayonne, the Code Enforcement Agency, headed by the City Engineer, inspects dwellings under City Code Chapter 15 to check for Housing Code violations. Inspectors can…

In the City of Bayonne, site lighting for any parking area, industrial use or commercial development may not exceed one footcandle measured at the property line. City Code § 33-10.10.b…

In the City of Bayonne, billboards allowed within the Limited Commercial Overlay Zone District along the New Jersey Turnpike must be lit so their lighting restricts glare and spillover…

In the City of Bayonne, portable charcoal and LP gas barbecue grills cannot be stored or used on porches, balconies, or inside any building, and must stay at least 10 feet from…

City Code § 3-1.10.j makes it unlawful for a Bayonne restaurant, bar, cafe or other commercial establishment to let patrons make loud or disturbing noise on the sidewalk outside…

Bayonne's noise code defines "plainly audible" sound to specifically include the rhythmic bass component of music, so a Noise Control Officer can cite a bass-heavy car stereo or…

Bayonne requires an exterior burglar alarm on a building or motor vehicle to shut itself off within 5 minutes of continuous sound, or 15 minutes for impulsive sound. The alarm is…

In the City of Bayonne, running a generator or other sound source outdoors is capped at 65 decibels near a residence between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m., dropping to 50 decibels overnight…

In the City of Bayonne, an owner or mortgagee of a vacant unimproved lot must fence off the property with a permanent chain link fence with dark green privacy slats, post a sign with…

Bayonne's public officer can label a property a nuisance under City Code Section 17-31.10 if it is unfit for habitation, its vacancy raises fire risk, it is open to unauthorized entry…

Bayonne property owners, occupants and tenants must clear snow and ice from their abutting sidewalks, or cover ice too frozen to remove with sand, ashes or salt, within 24 hours of…

City Code § 3-5.2 bars drinking alcohol or carrying an open container with unconsumed alcohol on any Bayonne street, sidewalk, park or parking area, and in a private or commercial…

City Code § 3-6.1 makes it unlawful to urinate, defecate or commit a similar nuisance on any Bayonne public street, sidewalk or public or quasi-public place not set up for that…

Bayonne bans loitering in public places that creates a breach-of-peace risk, disturbs others, or blocks pedestrian or vehicle passage. A police officer may order a person to leave, and…

Bayonne bans smoking inside the fenced areas of the Don Ahern Veterans Memorial Stadium and within 50 feet of its entrances and exits. The Health Officer and Police Department enforce…

In the City of Bayonne, Chapter 39 of the City Code flatly bars cannabis consumption areas: businesses and property owners cannot open or host any space where marijuana is smoked…

In the City of Bayonne, diesel and gasoline vehicles cannot idle on public streets or quasi-public property for more than three consecutive minutes. The rule adopts state clean-air…

Vessels tying up at Bayonne's First Street municipal dock pay $3 each time to take on or discharge passengers, under City Code Section 13-2.1. Before docking, the operator must file a…

In the City of Bayonne, any construction or land alteration within a mapped Special Flood Hazard Area requires a development permit from the Construction Official before work begins…

In the City of Bayonne, any new or substantially improved residential structure inside a mapped flood hazard area must have its lowest floor, including the basement, elevated to or…

In the City of Bayonne, any major development, generally one disturbing an acre or more of land or creating a quarter acre or more of new impervious surface, must control erosion…

In the City of Bayonne, any major development project must meet erosion control standards set by the state's Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Act and its implementing rules…

The Coastal Area Facility Review Act gives the New Jersey DEP exclusive permit jurisdiction over development in the coastal zone, applying uniform statewide standards regardless of…

Bayonne charges a 6% hotel and motel occupancy tax on room charges under City Code Section 10-5.1, layered on top of state sales tax and property taxes. The Business Administrator…

Bayonne allows only two signs advertising a licensed garage or private sale, each no larger than two feet by three feet. Signs cannot go up before the sale starts and must come down…

In the City of Bayonne, billboards facing the New Jersey Turnpike are permitted only inside the Limited Commercial Overlay Zone District created within the C-2 Community Commercial…

In the City of Bayonne, temporary political and religious announcement signs, permitted under City Code § 35-25.3.e, can go up no earlier than two months before an event and must come…

In the City of Bayonne, a business window sign in a commercial or Highway Commercial/Select Light Industrial district cannot cover more than 30% of the window area it is affixed to…

Bayonne's tree preservation chapter protects any living deciduous tree over two inches in trunk diameter, any conifer over four inches, and any dogwood or American Holly over just one…

In the City of Bayonne, every development application must plant street trees under City Code § 33-10.17.c: spaced about 40 feet apart, set between the setback line and the…

Bayonne imposes a 15% tax on every parking, garaging or storage fee charged in commercial, industrial and residential lots under City Code Section 10-4.1. Operators collect the tax and…

City Code Section 13-5d bars anyone from living in, camping in, or building a shelter, cooking device or landscape alteration in a Bayonne municipal park without written Division of…

City Code Section 13-5e bars sleeping in any Bayonne municipal park between 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. The Division of Recreation may grant special permission to security personnel…

Bayonne street vendors selling food on foot or from a cart answer directly to patrol officers, not just a licensing office. Any Police Officer who does not recognize a peddler as…

Anyone selling food or beverages from a truck, cart or other conveyance in the City of Bayonne needs a peddler's license before operating. The license costs $350 a year, is enforced on…

Bayonne peddlers selling food and drink cannot park or sell in a commercial zone at all, except for immediate-consumption sales made only while actually transacting, and never within…

In the City of Bayonne, installing a photovoltaic solar system requires an electrical permit under Section 15-3.1b(19), priced at $125 for systems up to 50 kilowatts and an additional…

N.J.S.A. 45:22A-48.2 forbids a New Jersey community association from adopting or enforcing any restriction, covenant, bylaw, rule or regulation that prohibits solar collectors on two…

Bayonne confines every licensed cannabis cultivator, manufacturer, retailer and delivery service to the H-C and I-H zoning districts east of the Route 440 corridor, excludes a long…

In the City of Bayonne, cannabis retailers must sit at least 1,000 feet apart from each other, and every cannabis establishment, cultivator, manufacturer or retailer, must keep 1,000…

New Jersey state law prohibits home cultivation of cannabis statewide, even for adults 21 and over and registered medical patients, and municipalities cannot legalize personal grows.

In the City of Bayonne, the Historic Preservation Commission can recommend a building, site or district for historic landmark designation only if it meets criteria in City Code §…

In the City of Bayonne, Schedule I of Zoning Code § 35-5.26 sets maximum building coverage by zone instead of one citywide figure. Detached and double-family homes and townhouses in…

In the City of Bayonne, Schedule I under Zoning Code § 35-5.26 fixes yard setbacks by zone district rather than a single citywide rule. A detached single-family home on an R-1 interior…

In the City of Bayonne, Schedule I of Zoning Code § 35-5.26 caps a principal residential building in the R-1 District at 2 1/2 stories or 35 feet, with a detached accessory structure…

Commercial drone operations in New Jersey are governed by federal FAA Part 107 plus the uniform state criminal restrictions in N.J.S.A. 2C:40-27, leaving little room for conflicting…

New Jersey state law (N.J.S.A. 2C:40-27) sets uniform criminal restrictions on drone operations statewide, including bans on flying impaired, near critical infrastructure, or near…

New Jersey sets a uniform statewide minimum wage under NJSA 34:11-56a, scheduled to reach $15 per hour, with limited authority for municipalities to enact higher local wage floors.

The New Jersey Earned Sick Leave Law at NJSA 34:11D provides up to 40 hours of paid sick time and preempts local sick leave ordinances, creating a single statewide standard.

New Jersey issues concealed carry permits under NJSA 2C:58-4 with strict justifiable need replaced by shall-issue standards post-Bruen, while sensitive-place restrictions limit where…

New Jersey effectively prohibits open carry of handguns without a Permit to Carry under NJSA 2C:39-5, and long-gun open carry is restricted in most public contexts.

New Jersey strictly regulates firearm transport in vehicles under NJSA 2C:39-5 and 2C:39-6, requiring unloaded firearms in locked containers absent a valid Permit to Carry, with…

New Jersey splits the state into two frost zones: 2 feet 6 inches in Monmouth and Burlington counties and everything south, and 3 feet in Mercer and Middlesex counties and everything…

New Jersey's Casino Control Act, N.J.S.A. 5:12-1 et seq., confines legal casino gambling to a single city. State law defines an "approved hotel" eligible for a casino license as a…

New Jersey lets churches, veterans posts, fire companies, and other nonprofits run bingo or raffles only after two steps: registration with the state's Legalized Games of Chance…

New Jersey's Code of Criminal Justice defines a 'player' as a person who gambles only as a contestant or bettor and collects nothing beyond personal winnings, without otherwise…

New Jersey legalized sports betting in June 2018 under the Sports Wagering Act, N.J.S.A. 5:12A-10 et seq. Only Atlantic City casinos and Meadowlands/Monmouth Park-class racetracks…

New Jersey gives both condominium and planned-community associations a foreclosable assessment lien with a limited 6-month priority over a prior first mortgage. The Condominium Act…

N.J.S.A. 45:22A-46(a) requires association bylaws to open every executive board meeting to members and voting-eligible tenants, except conference or working sessions where no binding…

New Jersey associations enforce recorded covenants and architectural standards through their declaration, but PREDFDA's Radburn regulations require associations to make alternative…

N.J.S.A. 45:22A-48.4 bars a New Jersey community association from prohibiting or unreasonably restricting the installation or use of an electric vehicle charging station in a…

N.J.S.A. 45:22A-48.1 makes any association rule or bylaw that limits or prohibits display of the flag of the United States, yellow ribbons, or signs supporting United States troops…

N.J.S.A. 46:8B-15(f) lets a New Jersey condominium association impose reasonable fines only if the master deed or bylaws authorize it, and then caps each fine at the maximum monetary…

A New Jersey condominium or homeowners association can record a lien on a unit for unpaid assessments and foreclose it by suit in the same manner as a mortgage foreclosure. The lien…

New Jersey runs sobriety checkpoints, and the Legislature has never passed a statute authorizing or regulating them. The phrase "sobriety checkpoint" returns no documents at all in the…

New Jersey is a one-party consent state, so recording an encounter you are part of is lawful under N.J.S.A. 2A:156A-4(d), and there is no New Jersey statute that bans filming police…

New Jersey has no stop-and-identify statute. A full-text search of the New Jersey General and Permanent Statutes returns no provision requiring a pedestrian who is stopped on suspicion…

New Jersey put its vehicle-search rule inside the legalization act itself. N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10c, enacted as section 61 of CREAMMA, provides that the odor of cannabis or burnt cannabis…

New Jersey has a full low-speed vehicle regime and no golf cart regime at all. An LSV must be titled, registered, insured and plated with the Motor Vehicle Commission, and it may be…

The New Jersey Right to Farm Act (N.J.S.A. 4:1C-1 et seq.) shields eligible commercial farms from nuisance suits and preempts unreasonable municipal ordinances when farms follow…

Under NJSA 13:1E-99.126, New Jersey banned single-use plastic carryout bags and single-use paper bags at large grocery stores effective May 2022, the strongest such law nationally.

New Jersey prohibits polystyrene foam food service products under NJSA 13:1E-99.126, banning foam clamshells, cups, trays, and similar items statewide effective May 2022.

Under NJSA 13:1E-99.126, New Jersey food service businesses may provide single-use plastic straws only upon customer request, effective November 2021 statewide.

Under N.J.S.A. 2A:170-51.4, New Jersey prohibits the sale, gift, or distribution of tobacco and electronic smoking products to anyone under 21, with escalating civil penalties for…

New Jersey bars retail sale of flavored electronic smoking devices and liquid nicotine, every characterizing flavor except tobacco, under N.J.S.A. 2A:170-51.12, effective April 20…

New Jersey controls add-on lighting with an aiming rule, a counting rule and a flat ban on flashing. Under R.S. 39:3-54, any lighted lamp other than a headlamp, spot lamp or auxiliary…

New Jersey gives dash cams no windshield allowance. R.S. 39:3-74 forbids driving with any sign, poster, sticker or other non-transparent material on the front windshield, wings…

New Jersey has never authorized lane splitting or lane filtering, and the words appear nowhere in the Revised Statutes. A motorcycle riding the stripe between two lines of traffic is…

New Jersey does not ban license plate frames outright. R.S. 39:3-33 makes it an offence to drive with a frame or holder that conceals or obscures the state name, the registration…

New Jersey has no statute prohibiting a radar detector in a private passenger vehicle. A full-text search of the New Jersey statutes returns no provision on radar detectors at all, and…

Studded tires are legal in New Jersey, but only from November 15 to April 1 of a winter season. There is no permit, no sticker and nothing to apply for, and the window does not appear…

New Jersey publishes no legal darkness for the front of a passenger car, because add-on tint on the windshield and on the two front side windows is prohibited outright. R.S. 39:3-74…