Primary-Residence-Only Rule
Middlesex County imposes no primary-residence requirement on short-term rentals. Whether a rental must be the host's primary home is decided by each municipality, and New Jersey has no statewide primary-residence mandate.
10 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 3 cities in Middlesex County, New Jersey.
Verified from official government sources
Middlesex County does not issue short-term rental permits. In New Jersey, STR permitting and zoning are handled municipally, so hosts must check the ordinance of their specific town such as New Brunswick, Edison, or Woodbridge.
Middlesex County has no STR-specific noise rule. Noise from rentals is controlled by municipal noise ordinances, which follow New Jersey's DEP noise-control regulations and set quiet hours and decibel limits.
Middlesex County levies no STR tax. New Jersey applies 6.625% Sales Tax plus a 5% State Occupancy Fee to transient accommodations, and towns may add a Municipal Occupancy Tax; marketplaces like Airbnb collect these on bookings.
NJ Division of Taxation TB-81R2
As of October 1, 2018, the law imposes Sales Tax, the State Occupancy Fee, and the Meadowlands Regional Hotel Use Assessment on transient accommodations. On and after August 9, 2019, the law was amended to subject a transient accommodation to Sales Tax, the State Occupancy Fee... ONLY if it is obtained through a transient space marketplace or is a professionally managed unit.
Middlesex County imposes no STR parking rules. Off-street parking requirements and on-street restrictions for short-term rentals are set by each municipality through zoning and local traffic ordinances.
Middlesex County sets no short-term rental occupancy limits. Maximum guest counts come from municipal STR ordinances and from state and local property-maintenance and building codes governing habitable space per occupant.
Middlesex County requires no short-term rental insurance. Any liability-coverage mandate comes from a municipal STR ordinance, while marketplaces like Airbnb offer host protection that does not replace a proper policy.
Middlesex County sets no annual night cap on short-term rentals. New Jersey's tax law instead uses a 90-day threshold: leases of 90 consecutive days or more are not taxable transient accommodations.
NJ Division of Taxation TB-81R2
The following are not considered transient accommodations:... Leases of real property with a term of at least 90 consecutive days.
There is no Middlesex County short-term rental registry. Any registration requirement comes from the host's municipality, while New Jersey requires tax registration through the Division of Taxation for accommodations not booked via a collecting marketplace.
Middlesex County has no host-presence requirement. Whether a host or local contact must be present or reachable during a stay is set by municipal STR ordinances, not by the county or New Jersey state law.
Middlesex County imposes no primary-residence requirement on short-term rentals. Whether a rental must be the host's primary home is decided by each municipality, and New Jersey has no statewide primary-residence mandate.
3 cities in Middlesex County have their own short-term rentals rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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