Irvington, NJ

Irvington Township Code Section 167-5 requires every cat owner to obtain a license from the Township's Division of Licensing, requires all cats and dogs to be vaccinated by a licensed…

Irvington's Feral Cat Trap-Neuter-Return Program requires registered caretakers to have every cat in a colony neutered or spayed, vaccinated for rabies and ear-tipped by a licensed…

Irvington Township Code Section 167-2C bans possessing, selling, feeding or purchasing any potentially dangerous indigenous or exotic animal within Township limits, naming foxes, bats…

Irvington Township Code Section 167-2A and B ban keeping backyard chickens, roosters, turkeys, ducks, pigeons, quail or any other live fowl, and separately ban keeping cows, goats…

Irvington Township Code Section 167-6 caps every household at four dogs or cats combined. Anyone keeping more than four is subject to the penalties in Chapter 1, Article III…

Irvington Township Code Section 167-11 bars any dog or cat, leashed or not, from Township parks and public playgrounds; Section 167-12 makes any dog or cat found at large in the…

Irvington Township Code Article IV of Chapter 167, Sections 167-25 through 167-29, bans feeding unconfined wildlife anywhere on Township-owned or Township-operated property, including…

Keeping bees anywhere in Irvington requires a $75 Township permit, and colony numbers are capped by lot size: three hives on a quarter acre, scaling up to 40 hives on tracts over an…

Irvington Township Code Section 167-20 bans operating, in any residential zone in the Township, an establishment where dogs, cats or other animals are received or kept for diagnostic…

Irvington Township bans playing a car radio, stereo, tape player or other sound device loud enough to unreasonably annoy nearby people, whether the vehicle is parked or moving…

Irvington Township Code Section 167-17D requires anyone who keeps, owns or harbors a dog to restrain it, inside or outside the owner's property, from prolonged, continuous and…

Irvington Township Code § 397-2C bans using any loudspeaker, amplifier or sound-reproducing device that casts sound onto public streets for commercial advertising or any other purpose…

Irvington Township Code § 397-2J confines the erection, demolition, alteration or repair of any building to between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., treating construction noise outside those…

Irvington caps measurable noise at 65 decibels between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., dropping to 50 decibels between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m., or 10 decibels above the existing background level…

Irvington issues no short-term rental permit because Chapter 510 bans renting any dwelling for 30 days or less outright, except by a duly licensed hotel or motel. Adopted in 2023 by…

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…

New Jersey applies state sales tax and the State Occupancy Fee to transient short-term rentals statewide, regardless of which municipality the property sits in.

Irvington Township Code § 380-27 bars parking any motor vehicle on lawns, across sidewalks, or in unpaved vacant lots, and requires that any vehicle parked in a front, side or rear…

Installing an electric vehicle charger in Irvington is treated as electrical construction work: it needs a permit from the Township's Electrical Subcode Official, and the flat fee the…

Once snow covers an Irvington street enough to obstruct it, parking is banned on designated snow-emergency routes under Township Code Section 620-34. The ban stays in force until plows…

Irvington Township Code Section 620-79 declares abandoned, inoperable and unregistered vehicles a public nuisance whether they sit on public or private property. Owners get written…

Irvington bans parking a commercial vehicle, truck, trailer or bus overnight on any public street between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m., and § 620-45(I) separately bars parking a commercial truck…

Irvington bans parking a boat or a trailer used to tow one in any driveway or yard of residential property under § 620-19. Fines escalate steeply: $50 for a first violation, $250 for a…

On streets listed in Schedule VA, Irvington reserves parking for residents during posted hours, and every resident's vehicle must display a Township-issued permit under § 620-17…

Irvington bans overnight parking of commercial vehicles, trucks, buses and RVs on any public street between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. under Township Code Section 620-45. Violators face a…

Irvington bars parking across a driveway, garage, sidewalk or lawn, and within set distances of fire hydrants, crosswalks, intersections and railroad crossings under § 620-11. A…

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…

Irvington will not issue the certificate of habitability every rental unit needs before occupancy if the dwelling has a substantial violation, and the Township Code names a lack of…

Chapter 650 prohibits storing or manufacturing liquefied petroleum gas, hydrogen gas, or similar flammable, explosive, or toxic material in every zoning district in Irvington, with one…

Irvington's zoning code bans open burning outright. Township Code § 650-57.C(3), part of the industrial performance standards for uses permitted under Article VI, states no open…

Township Code Section 439-36E bans most fireworks outright but allows handheld sparklers, snakes, glow worms, smoke devices and trick noisemakers for anyone 16 or older, never between…

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…

Family day-care homes in Irvington are limited to single-family houses in residential zones and require the operator to register with the New Jersey Department of Health Services…

Irvington caps client visits to a home occupation at one visitor per hour. Township Code § 650-54.G limits a home-based business to an average of no more than one visitor or client per…

Irvington bans signage entirely for home occupations. Township Code § 650-54.C states no sign shall be permitted in connection with a home occupation, and forbids any other outward…

A home occupation in Irvington cannot exceed 20% of a home's gross habitable floor area, cannot trigger any interior or exterior alteration, and cannot display a sign. Township Code…

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…

Irvington bans barbed wire, electrically charged fencing, poultry netting, canvas or cloth fencing, sharp-pointed cyclone fences and fences topped with broken glass or metal spikes…

Irvington Township Code § 560-57 requires retaining walls built as part of a subdivision or site plan to be 'designed and constructed to meet the requirements of the Building…

Irvington caps residential fences at four feet within the front setback line and six feet behind it, with an eight-foot allowance for large apartment complexes. Commercial B-1/B-2…

No fence may go up anywhere in Irvington without a permit from the Division of Building Inspection first, except for fences the Township itself builds. Property owners must also be…

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

Irvington caps small accessory storage buildings in its lowest-density residential district at 100 square feet and requires every detached accessory building, sheds included, to sit…

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

Irvington requires a written permit from the Division of Public Property before anyone cuts, trims or removes a shade tree standing in a public street. Section 610-3 bans climbing…

Township Code Section 439-28 declares ragweed, goldenrod, poison ivy, poison sumac and other noxious or poisonous weeds a nuisance on any lot, and Section 439-29 gives the owner…

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.

Irvington Township Code § 571-57 requires every outdoor permanent family swimming pool to be enclosed by a fence between four and five feet tall with a gate at least as tall as the…

Irvington Township Code § 571-46 bars anyone from installing, constructing or altering a family swimming pool without a building permit from the Department of Housing Services and…

Irvington requires anyone holding a special event in a park or recreation area to obtain a permit from the Director of Parks and Recreation. The Director must decide within 10 days…

A food truck selling at a special event, party, fair or festival in Irvington needs a one-to-three-day permit from the Division of Licensing, filed at least two weeks ahead and issued…

Irvington requires a parade permit from the Director of the Department of Public Safety before anyone may engage in, participate in, or start a parade on Township streets, parks or…

Irvington requires a Township permit for outdoor sidewalk and patio dining, open to businesses holding a current retail consumption license. Permits run April 30 through November 30…

Irvington's outdoor dining code bars any heating, cooking or refrigeration equipment on the public sidewalk, meaning restaurants cannot run patio heaters there. The rule sits in…

Recycling is mandatory for every resident, business and institution in Irvington. Section 535-5B requires separating designated recyclables from the rest of the trash, and the Township…

Irvington requires roll-out containers with attached lids, sized 32 to 50 gallons, and bans garbage bags for regular household waste. Section 535-10B says receptacles cannot go to the…

Irvington collects trash and recycling only at the curb along public streets it has accepted, under Section 535-2A. Section 535-10A sets a weekly collection program with a schedule of…

Irvington Township Code § 380-34 bans dumping more than 0.148 cubic yard of solids or 30 gallons of liquids, roughly one thirty-gallon trash bag, anywhere in the Township without state…

Irvington runs a leaf season from September 1 through December 31 during which leaves must go out in brown recyclable bags, not loose at the curb. Branches, bushels and twigs are…

Irvington requires 32-to-50-gallon roll-out containers with attached lids, stored in the rear yard rather than the front or side of the property. Cans can go to the curb no earlier…

Irvington allows a single piece of bulk solid waste, such as furniture, at the curb on the scheduled second garbage day each week, capped at 50 pounds and handleable by one person…

Irvington requires every outdoor dumpster or refuse container to stay covered at all times and forbids leaks or overflow into the storm sewer system. The Department of Public Works…

Irvington closes its parks overnight on a seasonal schedule set by Township Code § 428-15: 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. from November through February, and 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. the rest of…

Irvington bars anyone under 18 from loitering, wandering or remaining in any public place between 11:00 p.m. and 5:30 a.m. unless accompanied by a parent or guardian, and it is equally…

Registered commercial and multifamily properties in Irvington must let Township agents inspect the interior and exterior on reasonable request to confirm compliance with the…

Five Irvington residents, or a public authority, can petition the Director of Housing Services to charge a dwelling as unfit for human habitation, triggering a preliminary…

Irvington caps garage sales at two per location in any twelve-month period, and no single license can run longer than two consecutive calendar days. Every sale needs a license from the…

Anyone buying used precious metals, gems or jewelry in Irvington needs a license from the Division of Licensing before doing business, and each business address must be separately…

Adult entertainment establishments must sit at least 500 feet from another such use, a residential use or district, a school, place of worship, hospital, or park in Irvington, while…

Irvington's zoning code allows limited home occupations inside a residence, but Section 650-4's definition expressly excludes "auto repair or body shop" work from that category. Anyone…

Irvington treats pawnbrokers as a conditional use with a strict spacing rule rather than a separate license. Township Code § 650-67.A bars a pawnbroker from locating within 500 feet of…

Irvington bars anyone but a property owner or a Township official from ordering a nonconsensual tow. Under § 604-18, the owner must call the Department of Public Safety, and the…

Irvington requires every retailer selling tobacco or vaping products to hold a local license issued by the Department of Health, renewed annually for a $250 fee. The Township Code sets…

Operating a tattoo, permanent cosmetics, or ear and body piercing business in Irvington requires a Township license: $500 to start and $250 a year to renew, under § 290-7E of Chapter…

Garage sale signs in Irvington may go only on the seller's own premises, capped at two feet by two feet. Section 478-28 forbids posting a sign more than a week before the sale and…

Irvington's zoning code bars any outdoor display structure or billboard outright, and separately bans flashing signs, exposed high-intensity illumination, and exposed neon tubing. Sec…

Irvington allows one nonilluminated political-preference, election, or event sign per lot without a sign permit, capped at 12 square feet and eight feet tall. Township Code Sec…

Irvington caps temporary window advertising at 33 1/3% of any single window or display area and forces removal of paper signage within 60 days or at the end of the sale or event…

Irvington Township Code § 397-2K names air-conditioning systems, compression devices and pool filter systems as examples of the blowers, fans, pumps, engines and motors the Township…

Irvington Township Code § 397-2M bars warming up or idling any bus, truck or tractor in close proximity to residences between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., along with unnecessary repeated…

Irvington bans parked food carts on its sidewalks outright and requires trucks to leave at least six feet of unobstructed pedestrian right-of-way, while staying 10 feet from…

Irvington requires every food truck, food trailer and itinerant merchant to hold a license from the Health Department's Division of Licensing before operating, and any truck rated…

Irvington caps mobile food licenses by class and zone: five Class 1 truck licenses for commercial and industrial areas, three Class 2 ice cream truck licenses valid citywide, and eight…

Any electrical work in Irvington requires a permit from the Township's Electrical Subcode Official under the Uniform Construction Code. The Construction Code Agency, created under…

Plumbing work in Irvington needs a permit from the Township's Plumbing Subcode Official under Chapter 240 of the Uniform Construction Code. The minimum fee for any plumbing permit or…

Irvington bans lead-based paint and lead hazards outright and backs it with a fast response system: a child's elevated blood lead level triggers inspection of every address tied to the…

Every Irvington apartment building with an elevator must carry a 24-hour maintenance contract, and each full day an elevator sits out of service is a separate offense under § 355-29…

Interior or exterior building construction in Irvington without a valid Township permit is flatly prohibited under § 240-6B. A permit becomes invalid, with its fee forfeited, if work…

Irvington charges $50 to inspect up to 20 carbon monoxide alarms and $100 for more than 20, and bills an inspection fee whenever a gas-fired or oil-fired boiler or hot water heater is…

Child-care centers in Irvington must be licensed by the New Jersey Department of Health Services' Division of Youth and Family Services before the Township will issue a certificate of…

Irvington landlords cannot rent, lease or hand over any dwelling unit without a certificate of habitability from the Director of Housing Services, at a fee of $98 per unit plus $47 for…

Irvington landlords must give tenants 60 days' written notice before any rent increase permitted under the Township's rent control law. Notice by ordinary mail isn't effective unless…

Irvington runs one of New Jersey's real municipal rent control programs: landlords who supply heat can raise rent at most 4% a year, 3% if they don't supply heat, and just 2% for…

Every residential rental (5+ units) and any commercial property open past 8 p.m. must register with Irvington's police official before operating. Registration runs $100, expires every…

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…

Installing solar panels in Irvington triggers permit review under separate Chapter 240 subcodes. The construction permit itself costs $250 for one- to three-family homes (use groups…

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…

Irvington Township Code § 577-6 imposes a 3% hotel and motel room occupancy tax under the Township's 2003 enabling ordinance, up from a 1% introductory rate that applied only through…

Irvington requires at least one extra foot of freeboard above the base flood elevation for ordinary development in a flood hazard area, rising to two feet of freeboard for new or…

No structure or land in an Irvington flood hazard area may be built, extended, converted or altered without a floodplain development permit and full compliance with Chapter 313. The…

Chapter 550 of the Irvington Township Code requires stormwater management measures for any major development disturbing a quarter acre of land, with the municipal engineer reviewing…

Irvington Township Code § 560-24 requires every construction project reviewed under Chapter 560 to install permanent or temporary soil erosion and sediment control devices that meet…

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…

Irvington repealed its general loitering ordinance when it recodified in 1981; the only loitering offense still on the books is Section 439-26, which bars frequenting or loitering…

Irvington's Peace and Good Order chapter makes it unlawful to station yourself on a street to beg or to follow pedestrians for that purpose, or to solicit alms on the streets…

Irvington bans smoking in every Township public park and within 100 feet of entrances to indoor public places. Section 428-8B, added in 2001, outlaws cigarettes, e-cigarettes, cigars…

Irvington bans roller-skating and skateboarding in Township parks and recreation areas except in spots specifically designated for those activities. The rule sits among a list of…

Township Code Section 439-38 makes it unlawful to urinate in public anywhere in Irvington: on streets, sidewalks, alleyways, or any other spot where the passing public can see you, a…

Township Code Section 439-18 makes every street, park, playground and Township-owned property alcohol-free: no one may carry a drink for the purpose of consuming it there, or actually…

Irvington's General Provisions article sets real numbers for two setback questions the zoning map alone won't answer: how close a fence can sit to the property line and how a corner…

Chapter 650 sets a different maximum building height for each of Irvington's zoning districts in the schedule attached to Section 650-8, but Section 650-10 fixes what doesn't count…

Chapter 650's General Provisions require every exterior light in Irvington, in every zoning district, to be shielded, directed, or buffered so its glare or direct beam doesn't become a…

Every owner, manager, supervisor and food-handling employee at an Irvington retail food establishment must hold a food handler's card from the Department of Health before the…

Chapter 449's Rodent Control article makes it unlawful for any owner or occupant to let a building become rodent-infested, and Section 449-9 gives them five days to eradicate an…

Irvington declares ragweed, goldenrod, poison ivy, poison sumac and other noxious weeds a nuisance on any lot in the Township and gives the owner just five days after a Health…

Irvington Township Code § 555-73 requires every owner or tenant of land abutting a public sidewalk to clear snow and ice within 24 hours after precipitation stops falling. Miss the…

Chapter 460 opens by declaring that structural deterioration, infestation and lack of upkeep create blighting conditions and initiate slums, and Section 460-9 backs that finding with…

Every cannabis establishment in Irvington must sit at least 200 feet from any public or private school, child day-care center, place of worship, or residential building. Township Code…

Cannabis establishments may operate in Irvington only in zoning districts that specifically allow that class of operation, whether as a permitted or a conditional use. Township Code…

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.

Irvington Township Code § 380-30 makes every property owner, tenant or occupant responsible for keeping the sidewalk and curb in front of their building free of obstructions and…

Irvington places sidewalk repair squarely on the abutting property owner: the Township can order repairs at the owner's expense once a walk goes out of repair, and owners must also…

Irvington requires a Department of Public Works permit before placing building materials, dumpsters or storage containers in any street, with fees running $100 to $300 depending on…

Registered residential and commercial properties in Irvington must run a 24/7 security camera system with a camera fixed on the public entrance and coverage of every publicly…

Before planting or setting out any shade tree along an Irvington street, § 610-4 requires a written permit from the Division of Public Property spelling out the conditions of the…

Anyone filming or videotaping on Irvington streets, in parks or other public places needs a permit from the Township Clerk's office at least seven days before shooting. The Local Film…

Anyone who wants to canvass, solicit, distribute circulars or call house-to-house in Irvington needs a written permit from the Director of Public Safety first, and can only do it…

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.

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…