Bloomfield, NJ

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, a vehicle cannot park on a street listed in the Township Council's residential permit schedule between 2:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. without…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, trucks, vans, pickups, trailers, commuter vans, school buses, taxis and motorized mobile homes used for commercial purposes cannot…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, loading zones exist only at the locations the Township Council lists in Schedule XX. The schedule gives each zone a street, side…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, once snow covers a street, no vehicle can park on either side of the streets listed in Schedule XXIII. The ban stays in force after…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, only electric vehicles can park in a Township electric vehicle charging station on Township-owned parking facilities. An electric…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, on-street parking is controlled street by street through schedules attached to Chapter 254. Parking is banned at all times on Schedule…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, residential zones allow no required parking in any front yard except in a driveway leading to a garage. Under § 315-40B the driveway…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, no commercial vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 5,000 pounds can be parked or stored outdoors overnight in any…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, recreational vehicles, including boats, personal watercraft, ATVs, snowmobiles and their trailers, must be parked in rear yards only…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, a vehicle parked continuously for 48 hours, or parked without current registration, inoperative or missing a tire, counts as abandoned under…

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 Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, Bloomfield Township Code § 380-4 makes it unlawful to possess or harbor on your premises any animal that makes a disturbing noise by…

Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, has no single quiet-hours section. The Township Council wrote an 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. window into three places in Chapter 380: §…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, Bloomfield Township Code § 380-6B bars unnecessary horn use, engine exhaust without an effective muffler, vehicles so out of repair or…

Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, limits amplified music by hour and distance. Under § 635-6B, vehicle music equipment cannot be plainly audible at a residential property line from 9:00…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, § 635-5 sets a 65 dB outdoor limit at residential receiving properties from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and 50 dB from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, § 635-6(B)(2) bars construction and demolition, excluding emergency work, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. on weekdays and from 6:00 p.m…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, anyone who operates or proposes to establish a pet shop, kennel, shelter or pound, or who breeds animals, must apply to the Health…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, a dog or cat off its owner's premises must be on a leash, tether, chain or rope no longer than six feet including the hand grip, held…

Bloomfield Township, New Jersey defines a vicious dog or cat by conduct, not breed: an animal that attacked or bit a human or habitually attacks other animals. A judge decides after a…

Bloomfield Township, New Jersey bans feeding wildlife in any public park or on other Township property, and § 134-27.2(C)(2) makes it unlawful to feed migratory or resident waterfowl…

Bloomfield Township, New Jersey prohibits any person from keeping or harboring a hybrid animal, defined as the offspring of a domestic animal and a wolf, coyote, wildcat or other…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, every cat of licensing age needs a license and a registration tag or sleeve: $22 if spayed or neutered, $25 if not, expiring June 30…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, it is unlawful to hunt, molest, injure, capture or in any way interfere with the freedom of any free, undomesticated bird in any Township park…

Bloomfield Township, Essex County, bans keeping chickens, ducks, geese, pigeons and other fowl, as well as swine, goats, cattle, horses and other livestock. Section 586-1 of the…

Bloomfield Township, Essex County, caps every household at five permanently domiciled domestic animals over the age of three months at any one time. Section 586-4 counts cats, dogs and…

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…

In Bloomfield Township, every device required under the Uniform Fire Code must be installed, and no owner can sell, lease or otherwise permit residential occupancy after a change of…

In Bloomfield Township, § 245-1 prohibits anyone from possessing, using or selling fireworks within the Township except as provided in the State Uniform Fire Code adopted by § 239-8…

Bloomfield Township, New Jersey allows recreational fires in approved UL containers without a permit, capped at a three-foot diameter and two-foot height, kept in the rear yard 15 feet…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, a backyard fire pit is allowed without a permit if the fire stays within a three-foot diameter and two-foot height, sits in the rear yard at least…

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…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, a home occupation is a conditional use that the Planning Board must approve under § 315-39B(6). The practitioner must live in the…

A home occupation sign in Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, can state the occupant's name and business, cannot exceed three square feet, and must sit no closer than 10 feet to any…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, § 315-36(D)(8) permits family day-care homes as accessory uses in all residential zones and the PO/R Zone. The Township code defines a family…

In Bloomfield Township, a home occupation is a conditional use with no clients or customers staying overnight, no more than one office employee, no retail sales and no home-occupation…

Selling home-baked and other non-hazardous foods in Essex County requires a New Jersey Cottage Food Operator Permit from the NJ Department of Health under N.J.A.C. 8:24-11. The permit…

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…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, an existing detached garage in the R-1A Zone can become an in-law suite only through a Planning Board conditional use under §…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, a residential accessory building other than a garage cannot exceed 80 square feet or eight feet in height. No more than two accessory buildings are…

Bloomfield Township allows an accessory dwelling unit only as an in-law suite inside an existing detached garage in the R-1A Zone, and only as a conditional use granted by the Planning…

Bloomfield Township requires a short-term rental permit from the Fire Department before an owner rents or even advertises a unit. The permit costs $250 a year, lasts one year, cannot…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, short-term rentals are allowed only for one dwelling unit inside an owner-occupied two-family to five-family home that is the owner's principal…

Bloomfield Township charges a $250 annual application and registration fee for a short-term rental permit, and the same $250 for each annual renewal. The fee is nonrefundable even when…

Bloomfield Township limits short-term renters to one vehicle per two occupants, and the owner must agree to that cap in the permit application along with a survey of every legal…

In Bloomfield Township, advertising a short-term rental on any internet booking platform, online, in print or in the MLS before obtaining a permit counts as operating without one. The…

Bloomfield Township requires proof of general liability insurance in a minimum amount of $500,000 to be attached to every short-term rental permit application. The proof travels with…

In Bloomfield Township, guests at a short-term rental must obey every Township ordinance, including the noise and nuisance rules in Chapter 380. When they do not, the guests, the…

Bloomfield Township can revoke a short-term rental permit after two or more substantiated civil or criminal complaints, and the property is then barred from a new permit application…

Essex County sets no annual night cap on short-term rentals. The key threshold is New Jersey's 90-consecutive-day rule, after which a stay becomes a permanent-resident occupancy exempt…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, no fence can exceed six feet, and fences over four feet are permitted in the rear yard only. Front yard fences need 60% open construction, and at…

A fence in Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, needs a zoning permit once it exceeds 18 inches in height, under § 315-43A. Decorative split rail fences at property corners are the…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, the Township Council requires the finished side of a fence or wall over 18 inches high to face the adjacent property. Only one fence…

Bloomfield Township, New Jersey bans barbed wire, metal spikes and other dangerous material in any fence or wall, and bars nonstandard materials that look makeshift or create an…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, any retaining wall 48 inches or greater in height requires a building permit. In the steep slope subsection, every retaining wall over four feet in…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, where the Township Council deems it necessary for public safety, owners must keep brush, hedges and other plant life within 10 feet of any street…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, cutting down or removing any tree with a caliper of six inches or greater, measured 4 1/2 feet above the ground, or doing any site clearing…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, properties can water lawns only two days out of seven, only between 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m., and for no more than 30 minutes per day on any single…

Bloomfield Township requires a composting location to be a minimum of 10 feet from each property line. Section 611-2 prints that setback twice, once for vegetative growth and once for…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, grass and weeds growth must not exceed nine inches under § 611-2(K)(3) of the Bloomfield Township Code. The rule sits in the Board of…

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…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, no person can install or construct a private swimming pool without first getting the proper permits from the Community Development Department. The…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, an in-ground private swimming pool must be enclosed by a fence at least four feet in height under Township Code § 508-4. Aboveground pools need…

Chapter 63A of the Bloomfield Township Code, in Essex County, New Jersey, lets residents record open Township Council meetings but sets notice, placement and equipment rules. It also…

Building permit fees in Bloomfield Township, New Jersey are set by § 149-8 of the Township Code. Plan review costs 20% of the construction permit fee, the minimum fee for any one…

Electrical work in Bloomfield Township, New Jersey is permitted and priced under § 149-8B(4) of the Township Code. Receptacles and fixtures cost $90 for up to 20 items, service panels…

Plumbing work in Bloomfield Township, New Jersey is priced under § 149-8B(2) of the Township Code: $25 for each fixture or appliance connected to the plumbing system, $90 per unit for…

Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, runs a local lead-based paint inspection program under Chapter 319. Under § 319-8, owners must give new tenants a valid lead-safe certification at…

Bloomfield Township, Essex County, adopts the state Manual of Requirements for Childcare Centers by reference and changes it for the two-month-to-two-year category. Chapter 607 sets a…

In Bloomfield Township, a temporary scaffold or other temporary equipment used for construction, repair, painting or maintenance cannot stay up after the work is finished beyond one…

Dumpsters in Bloomfield Township, New Jersey need a $300 permit from the Community Development Department before placement in a public area, and § 206-7 allows street placement only…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, no garbage, refuse or rubbish can be collected on a Township-maintained street before 6:30 a.m. or after 6:30 p.m. Receptacles and bulky waste…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, brush, branches, yard raking and other vegetative matter go out only in biodegradable bags for Township pickup, made on the same day as recycling…

Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, requires source separation of designated recyclables at the point of generation by single-family and multifamily residential, commercial, office park…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, newspapers are bundled separately, not in bags, and tied in bundles of no more than 30 pounds. Yard waste goes out in biodegradable bags of no more…

In Bloomfield Township, garbage cans cannot go to the curb before 5:00 p.m. on the day preceding collection, and a residential receptacle cannot stay there longer than 24 hours after…

In Bloomfield Township, bulk items too large for a receptacle must be broken down or bundled so the greatest dimension is not more than three feet, and no item or bundle can weigh more…

Bloomfield Township bans depositing refuse or waste on any street, public place or private property, and on any field, vacant lot or building plot. Section 611-7 sets a fine not…

In Bloomfield Township, collectors cannot pick up garbage, refuse or rubbish on Township or county streets before 6:30 a.m., and the printed window ends at 6:30 p.m. Recycling goes out…

Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, regulates truck and delivery noise in Chapter 380. Section 380-5 bars loading or unloading material at night if it cannot be done without…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, § 635-6 bars vehicle music equipment that is plainly audible at a residential property line between 9:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. Other…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, § 635-6(B)(4) requires an exterior burglar alarm on a building or motor vehicle to stop within five minutes for continuous airborne…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, every towing company that wants to do business in the Township must hold a Township license, and each tow truck carries a $25 charge…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, no buyer or dealer of secondhand goods, precious metals, other metals or gift cards can operate without a license from the Township…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, smoke shops and vape shops are expressly prohibited in every zone. A pre-existing shop stays outside that ban only by holding a…

Bloomfield Township bars any adult use that offers live entertainment. Other adult uses need Planning Board authorization and must sit at least 1,000 feet from any existing adult use…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, no person can clean or repair a vehicle in any street, except in an emergency, and no vehicle can be parked or left standing on a street for the…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, no one can tattoo or body-pierce other people without a license from the Township Health Department. The license costs $100 for a January 1 to…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, a dealer who buys, takes in pawn or takes on consignment gold, silver, other metals or secondhand goods from the public needs a Chapter 417 license…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, § 630-3 bars anyone from performing massage or bodywork therapies without all necessary permits for the establishment and the…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, Chapter 307 lets the Construction Official declare a building unfit for human habitation, order the owner to repair or vacate it, and…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, the owner or tenant of land abutting a public sidewalk must remove all snow and ice from that sidewalk within 12 hours of daylight after it falls or…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, § 611-4 of the Bloomfield Township Code directs the Health Officer to order removal of brush, grass, weeds, dead trees, garbage and…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, every registered rental unit is inspected at least once every three years or on a change of occupancy, and a unit that fails cannot be…

Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, caps rent increases under Chapter 435 of its Code, amended in its entirety on 11-17-2025 by Ord. No. 25-32. At lease expiration a…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, a landlord must serve notice of an annual rent increase by certified mail or personal service. The notice states the monthly base rent before and…

Every rental unit in Bloomfield Township must be registered with the Township Inspections Department or its designee, and no unit can be rented unless it is registered and holds a…

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…

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…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, no one can let a diesel or gasoline vehicle idle for more than three consecutive minutes while it is not in motion. Exceptions allow…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, flood hazard areas come from the FEMA Flood Insurance Study dated April 3, 2020, adopted by reference in § 250-11, plus…

In Bloomfield Township, § 250-12 sets the local design flood elevation at the best available flood elevation plus one foot of freeboard for a delineated watercourse. AO zones add one…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, § 315-30(Q) bars all soil disturbance on slopes of 35% or greater, limits slopes of 25.0% to 34.9% to transitional grading, and requires a…

Chapter 494 of the Bloomfield Township Code sets minimum stormwater management requirements and controls for major development in Bloomfield, New Jersey. It covers nonresidential major…

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…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, it is unlawful to drink, imbibe or consume any alcoholic beverage on lawns, public grounds, parks, playgrounds, streets or sidewalks…

Chapter 478 of the Bloomfield Township Code bans smoking in all municipal buildings, within 25 feet of their entrances, in Township vehicles, and throughout a listed set of Township…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, § 404-13 of the Township Code makes it unlawful to loiter in or upon any street or public place, or in or about any public building…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, a person under 17 cannot operate roller skates or a skateboard without a properly fitted and fastened helmet meeting a recognized safety standard. A…

Essex County bans urinating or defecating anywhere on county park property except in designated restrooms, washrooms or other enclosed facilities built for that purpose.

Essex County bars soliciting donations or services, and distributing handbills or ads, in county parks unless the Director specifically authorizes the activity in a designated area.

In Bloomfield Township, a film permit holder must run the shoot so adjoining property owners face the least inconvenience or discomfort. Under § 228-6 the holder abates noise to the…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, nobody can film on public or private property while using public property for vehicles, equipment, barricades or traffic blocking until the Fire…

In Bloomfield Township, the fee schedule in § 228-14 sets a basic filming permit for nonprofits, including student films, at a one-time fee not to exceed $25, with no daily rate…

In Bloomfield Township, a film production that closes a street pays an inconvenience fee for street closures not to exceed $1,500 per day under § 228-14, on top of the permit fee. A…

Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey permits cannabis retailers only as conditional uses in the CBD and B-2 zones, plus two redevelopment districts, capped at eight…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, no cannabis retailer can be located within 200 feet of a public or private elementary or secondary school or a Board of Education home…

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 Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, temporary political signs are exempt from the sign permit under § 315-42A(6)(h). In residential zones they cannot exceed 32 square…

Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, prohibits billboards and outdoor advertising signs outright in § 315-42A(7)(f). Animated or flashing displays and changeable message…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, window signs for commercial establishments cannot cumulatively exceed 20% of the ground floor window area, under § 315-42B(3)(a). They are also…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, garage sale signs can be posted only on the premises where the sale is held. A sign cannot exceed two feet by two feet, cannot go up earlier than…

Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, limits light trespass in § 345-4. Illumination at the property line cannot exceed 0.5 footcandle in a vertical plane, and the light source cannot be…

In Bloomfield Township, every lot must keep the front, side and rear yards its zone requires in Schedule A to the Land Development and Zoning chapter. In the R-1A, R-1B, R-2A and R-2B…

In Bloomfield Township's Commuter-Oriented Residential District (CORD), maximum impervious lot coverage is 80%, and at least 10% of the lot must stay open space for active or passive…

In every residential zone in Bloomfield Township, a garage is capped at 15 feet in height and any other accessory building at eight feet in height and 80 square feet. Principal…

Bloomfield Township's Historic Preservation Commission designates historic sites and districts under § 315-38P, and any property listed or eligible for the State or National Registers…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, an outdoor sidewalk cafe needs a license under Chapter 466, with a layout plan filed with the Municipal Clerk. It must leave four feet of paved…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, a vendor with a food vehicle at a special event, party, fair, festival or movie production gets a one to three day permit from the Township Clerk…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, no person or group can hold a public meeting, gathering, entertainment or parade on park land without prior written permission from the Parks…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, all organized sporting events and other group recreational activity in the parks need a permit from the Director of Parks, Recreation and Cultural…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, a garage sale can run no more than two consecutive calendar days on one premises, and no premises can hold more than two garage sales in a…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, a food truck, trailer or cart cannot operate without a license from the Township Council. The application and license fee is $200, filed with the…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, a temporary mobile retail food establishment cannot occupy a location in a residential zone, and a street location abutting a residential zone on…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, § 408-12 prohibits carts parked along the sidewalk because the Township has determined that sidewalks are not wide enough to support a cart and…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, no one canvasses, solicits or distributes circulars from house to house without a written permit from the Chief of Police or the officer in charge…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, installing, repairing and replacing curbs and sidewalks is the responsibility of the abutting property owner. A written permit signed by the…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, no person can encumber or obstruct any street or public place with any article or thing without first getting permission from the Building…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, no person can place any post sign, porch, shed or awning of any kind in, upon or over a street except under permission of the Building Inspector…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, no one plants a shade tree on any public highway or park without a written permit from the Township Engineer, and the permit conditions must be…

Bloomfield Township parks open daily at sunrise and close one hour after sundown under § A680-12. Unauthorized people cannot be present after hours, and organized groups need prior…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, a homeowner with a leaking service line must contract with a plumber to repair it within 48 hours under Township Code § 556-14. If no repair is…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, depositing or keeping anything that feeds rodents or gives them a breeding place or harborage, in or on any land, premises or building, is a…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, no one can work in manufacturing, handling or serving food or beverages without first obtaining a food handler's certificate from the…

Article III of Chapter 423 of the Bloomfield Township Code names specific invasive plants, from Canadian thistle to water chestnut, and all bamboo. Planting them is strongly…

In Bloomfield Township, all native and non-native bamboo, running or clumping, is an invasive plant under Chapter 423. The owner and occupant of a property with bamboo must confine it…

In Bloomfield Township, each registered rental unit must be inspected by a Township-appointed inspector at least once every three years and whenever the occupancy changes. A unit that…

In Bloomfield Township, an inspecting officer must inspect a rental property within 10 days of receiving a complaint alleging a violation of Chapter 431. Entry happens between 8:00…

Launching, landing, or taking off a drone anywhere in an Essex County park or property requires a permit issued by the county Parks Director.

Beyond the county's own park permit requirement, drone operators on Essex County park property must also comply with FAA rules and New Jersey's drone statute, N.J.S.A. 2C:40-27.

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 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.

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…

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…