Lakewood, NJ

Lakewood Township enforces its own street-by-street no-stopping and time-limit schedules on top of New Jersey's statewide standing rules under N.J.S.A. 39:4-138, which bars parking in…

Lakewood Township, Ocean County, New Jersey designates specific curb locations as Loading Zones/Unloading Zones under Code § 11-25, and parking there is limited strictly to active…

Once snow covers Lakewood Township's streets, an automatic parking emergency takes effect on listed streets and stays in force until plowing is complete enough that parked cars will…

Lakewood Township, Ocean County, New Jersey, bans abandoning vehicles anywhere in the Township and gives property owners only 48 hours to remove a wrecked, junked or non-operating…

Lakewood Township, Ocean County, New Jersey, bans parking a motor vehicle on any unpaved surface of residential property, including the front yard setback, with tow-away enforcement…

Lakewood Township's Unified Development Ordinance bars larger commercially-registered vehicles and lawn-equipment utility trailers from parking outdoors in any residential zone between…

Lakewood Township, Ocean County, does not ban parking or storing a recreational vehicle or boat on residential property, but its Unified Development Ordinance bars using one as living…

A commercially-registered vehicle over 1.5 tons payload or with more than four wheels cannot park outdoors in a Lakewood Township residential zone between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m…

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…

Lakewood Township requires a Township Clerk license, Zoning Officer sign-off and Health Officer inspection to run a pet shop, kennel, shelter or pound under Code § 5-3. The code sets…

Lakewood Township requires every dog on a public street or in any public place to be on a leash no longer than six feet, controlled by a handler at least nine years old. Code § 5-8.7…

Lakewood Township has no breed ban; Code § 5-6 instead lets the Municipal Court declare an individual dog 'vicious' or 'potentially dangerous' based on a documented attack, triggering…

Lakewood Township bans feeding unconfined wildlife in any public park or on Township-owned property. Code § 8-12.3, adopted by Ordinance No. 2005-78, is enforced by the Police…

Lakewood Township caps dogs at three per dwelling unit inside a multiple dwelling; the limit does not extend to single-family homes. Code § 5-11 is enforced by the Animal Control…

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 Right to Farm Act protects commercial farms from local restrictions, while the Department of Agriculture sets statewide livestock standards.

Lakewood Township's Board of Health noise code, Ocean County, New Jersey, caps street noise at 60 decibels by day and 55 at night, bans exhaust that bypasses a muffler, and separately…

Lakewood Township bans keeping any dog or animal that disturbs the peace with excessive, loud or continuous barking, crying or similar noise between 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. The Animal…

Lakewood Township caps ambient noise measured from the point of annoyance at 60 decibels between 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. and 55 decibels overnight under Board of Health Code § BH16-3…

Lakewood Township bans playing a radio, stereo, phonograph or other sound device loudly enough to disturb neighbors under Board of Health Code § BH16-5.2. Between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00…

Lakewood Township's Board of Health noise code sets a decibel ceiling that tightens overnight: 60 decibels from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., dropping to 55 decibels from 11:00 p.m. to 7:00…

Lakewood Township bars construction, demolition, alteration or repair noise outside 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. under Code Section BH16-5.7. Work outside that window is allowed only when…

Lakewood Township exempts ordinary landing and takeoff at a licensed runway or airport from its noise code, but Code Section BH16-6 caps cruising or hovering aircraft engaged in pilot…

Lakewood Township, Ocean County, New Jersey caps accessory sheds at 200 square feet and 12 feet in height. Sheds may sit as close as 5 feet to side and rear lot lines but are barred…

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

Lakewood Township requires anyone operating a tree cutting, trimming, spraying or removal business within its borders to hold the applicable certification or license, under Code §…

Lakewood Township only imposes outdoor watering rules once the Mayor declares a water emergency under Code § 16-6.1. Once triggered, hose watering is limited to odd-even days and set…

Removing any tree 10 inches or more in trunk diameter in Lakewood Township requires a tree removal permit from the Inspection Department under Code § 19-3a. Applications cost $10 plus…

Every owner, tenant, or person in possession of land in Lakewood Township, whether built on or not, must keep it free of brush, weeds, dead trees, and debris that threaten public…

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…

No apartment, dwelling or single-family rental in Lakewood Township may be leased, rented or sold until the owner obtains a certificate of compliance showing a smoke-sensitive alarm…

Township Code § 3-27 bans open burning on any public property in Lakewood at any time, citing air-quality and public-health risk. Narrow exceptions exist for permitted holiday…

New Jersey statute permits only non-aerial, non-explosive sparklers and novelties for adult consumers; aerial fireworks remain banned across every municipality with no local opt-in…

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…

A home-based business in a Lakewood Township residential district is limited to a nameplate sign no larger than one and one-half square feet and no taller than four feet, and only one…

Lakewood Township, in Ocean County, treats licensed family day care homes as a permitted home occupation in every residential zoning district. A family day care home must meet the same…

Lakewood Township allows home occupations as an accessory use in its residential zoning districts, but caps them tightly: no more than two non-household employees, no more than 25% of…

Lakewood Township limits how much foot traffic a home-based business can bring to a residential property: the Unified Development Ordinance's home occupation standard requires the use…

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…

Lakewood Township requires a construction permit for a residential swimming pool under Chapter 12, the building code chapter administering the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code…

A pool fence in Lakewood Township follows the same 8-foot general cap as any other residential fence, but UDO § 18-803F21 lets the Zoning Officer approve a taller privacy fence, up to…

Lakewood Township regulates retaining walls under its grading rules in Ocean County: any wall over three feet high needs engineering certification, and taller walls must sit farther…

Barbed wire, razor wire, and electric fences are banned outright in every residential district in Lakewood Township under UDO § 18-803F19. Tarp fences and similar temporary cloth…

Lakewood Township caps front-yard fences at 4 feet, or 6 feet on the street-side yard of a corner lot, under UDO § 18-803F5. Fences elsewhere on a residential lot top out at 8 feet…

Any fence in Lakewood Township needs a permit application under UDO § 18-803F3, and it has to include a drawing of the fence design. The plan must be drawn to scale, show every…

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

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.

Lakewood Township, Ocean County, New Jersey, requires every hawker, peddler, canvasser, solicitor or mobile food vendor to get a Township Clerk license before operating, with a sworn…

Lakewood Township, Ocean County, New Jersey, restricts licensed peddlers and canvassers to house-to-house solicitation between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, and bans…

Lakewood Township, Ocean County, New Jersey, bars parents and guardians from letting a child under 17 be out on public streets or other public places between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m…

Lakewood Township parks stay open every day but only during hours posted at each individual park, set by resolution of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, Environmental Commission…

In Lakewood Township, Ocean County, only the Police Chief (or the ranking officer in his absence) can authorize closing a street to traffic, including for a block party or neighborhood…

Anyone hosting a special event in a Lakewood Township park must apply in person at the Department of Public Works, present identification, and meet standards set by the Parks and…

Lakewood Township requires parades, outdoor dances, concerts, athletic events and social gatherings to be authorized by the Township Committee or Board of Education before they are…

Lakewood Township bans smoking at the John Patrick Sports Complex to protect players and spectators from secondhand tobacco smoke. The ban covers cigarettes, cigars, pipes and any…

Lakewood Township, in Ocean County, New Jersey, bans loitering in any public place that breaches the peace, blocks pedestrians or traffic, or annoys others. Officers can order a person…

Lakewood Township Code § 3-24 makes it unlawful to urinate in any public place, defined broadly to include streets, sidewalks, parks, parking lots, shopping areas and public…

Township Code § 3-4 bars drinking alcohol on any public street, sidewalk, park, parking lot or public conveyance, in a private vehicle on a public road, or on someone else's private…

Lakewood Township confines roller-skating, rollerblading and skateboarding in its parks to areas specifically designated for those pastimes, a partial township-wide ban outside marked…

Lakewood Township, Ocean County, New Jersey requires new development to plant street trees on both sides of every street under UDO Section 18-803D. Spacing depends on the tree's mature…

Lakewood Township protects any tree the governing body formally designates historic, plus 'Specimen Trees' listed under UDO § 18-803H.2. Code § 19-3b bars removing a designated tree…

Lakewood Township names dozens of specific tree species as protected 'specimen trees' once they exceed a listed trunk diameter, from a 12-inch American holly to a 40-inch tulip tree…

Lakewood Township, Ocean County, gives property owners 12 daylight hours to clear sidewalk snow and ice. Miss the deadline and Public Works removes it for you and puts the bill on your…

Lakewood Township can order the repair, vacating or demolition of any building declared dangerous, unsafe or a nuisance, following a Township Committee hearing, and can place a…

Lakewood Township, Ocean County, collects municipal solid waste once a week townshipwide, with a special downtown daily pickup window. Residential cans cannot hit the curb before 6:00…

Lakewood Township, Ocean County, requires recycling bins at the curb between 5:00 p.m. the day before pickup and 6:00 a.m. on pickup day, then off the curb by 7:00 p.m. Collectors…

Lakewood Township, Ocean County, lets residents curb bulk items no earlier than the weekend before their scheduled pickup, but bans any construction or demolition debris from that…

Lakewood Township, Ocean County, only allows loose leaves, grass and brush at the curb during the seven days before a scheduled pickup, and never within 10 feet of a storm drain. First…

Lakewood Township, Ocean County, requires trash in Township-supplied 95 or 65 gallon containers, drained of fluids and bagged. Mixing carcasses, manure or hazardous waste into…

Lakewood Township, Ocean County, makes source-separated recycling mandatory for every residential, commercial, institutional and government property. Multifamily owners must set up the…

Lakewood Township requires every outdoor dumpster and refuse container to stay covered at all times under Code § 32-4.3, so nothing spills, overflows or leaks into the storm sewer…

Lakewood Township tells residents exactly where and when their township-supplied garbage and recycling carts can sit at the curb: roughly four feet from obstructions, out no earlier…

Lakewood Township bans spilling, dumping or disposing of anything but stormwater into its municipal storm sewer system under Code § 32-1.3. The Code Enforcement Officer and Police…

Lakewood Township, Ocean County, New Jersey imposes a 3% Hotel and Motel Room Occupancy Tax on room rent, on top of the state sales tax and any other fee. Operators collect it from…

Lakewood Township, Ocean County, New Jersey requires new and substantially improved buildings in flood hazard areas to be built to a Local Design Flood Elevation that adds at least one…

Lakewood Township, Ocean County, New Jersey requires a Floodplain Administrator permit before any development in a mapped flood hazard area, based on the FEMA Flood Insurance Study for…

Lakewood Township requires a land disturbance permit before any grading, clearing or soil disturbance begins under Code § 30-5.1. The Department of Code Enforcement and Zoning approves…

Lakewood Township requires storm drain inlets on private property to be retrofitted with debris-blocking grates whenever the surrounding surface is repaved, resurfaced or…

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…

Lakewood Township, Ocean County, bans blocking any street, sidewalk or crosswalk, and caps unpermitted building-material storage in the street at 24 hours. A permit costs $1, tops out…

Opening, tunneling under, or otherwise disturbing any Lakewood Township street requires a permit from the Township Engineer under Code § 20-1.2. Fees run $100 to $300 by opening length…

Lakewood Township places sidewalk, driveway apron and curb upkeep on the abutting property owner under Code § 20-2.1. If the Township ends up repairing a sidewalk itself, the owner is…

Lakewood Township confines stationary mobile food vending to areas zoned business, commercial, industrial or office-professional. Code § 4-3.10 bars operation in residential zones…

Lakewood Township allows mobile food vending only from a motor vehicle. Code § 4-3.22 bars stacking or placing food items on any sidewalk, street or the ground, and § 4-3.1's vendor…

Township Code § 4-3 requires every mobile food vendor in Lakewood, kosher or non-kosher, to hold a license: $215 per vehicle plus $25 per operator. Vendors cannot stay in one spot…

Lakewood Township requires a construction permit from the Division of Construction Code Enforcement before building work begins. The fee equals the sum of the applicable subcode fees…

Lakewood requires elevator devices outside one- and two-family homes to undergo a six-month routine inspection and a one-year periodic inspection, each carrying its own fee set by…

Lakewood charges a minimum $65 Electrical Subcode fee for any wiring permit, with additional per-item charges for extra fixtures, motors, transformers and service panels above set…

Lakewood's Fire Protection Subcode charges a $75 minimum fee for a sprinkler permit, scaled up by the number of heads installed, up to $510 for systems over 500 heads, before the…

Adopted December 5, 2024 by Ordinance No. 2024-044, § 15-4 requires every Lakewood Township single-family, two-family, and multiple rental dwelling to be inspected for lead-based paint…

Lakewood Township adopted the New Jersey Plumbing Code under Board of Health Code § BH4-1 and requires a permit from the Plumbing Inspector before any plumbing work begins. A permit…

Anyone buying secondhand goods, jewelry or precious metals for resale in Lakewood Township needs a Municipal Clerk license under Code § 4-9. Dealers must print their license number on…

Lakewood Township requires a Police Department-vetted towing license before any wrecker operator can work police-called or non-consent tows. Code § 4-6 sets equipment standards, a…

Lakewood Township requires a separate Township Clerk permit for every massage business and for each masseur or masseuse, backed by a $100 filing fee, a 70-hour training requirement…

Lakewood Township licenses pawnbrokers, defined as anyone lending money on a pledge of personal property, under Code § 4-9. Operators post a $10,000 bond, pay a $400 license fee, and…

Lakewood Township, Ocean County, does not allow automobile repair or service businesses as a home occupation. The Unified Development Ordinance lists Automobile Repair Services as a…

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.

Lakewood Township, in Ocean County, caps most annual rent increases at 6.5% where the landlord supplies heat and 5% where it does not, under Chapter 14 of the Township Code. The Rent…

Lakewood adopts the New Jersey State Housing Code as its habitability guide and lets the Department of Code Enforcement and Zoning declare a dwelling unfit for human habitation when…

Owners of any Lakewood Township building occupied by two or more families as tenants must register with the Township Clerk within 30 days, listing the owner, lessor, and a local agent…

Before raising rent under Lakewood Township's Rent Control Ordinance, a landlord must give the tenant written notice showing exactly how the increase was calculated, at least 30 days…

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…

At least five Lakewood Township residents, or a public authority, can petition the Department of Code Enforcement and Zoning to investigate a dwelling as unfit for habitation…

Every time a tenant moves out of a Lakewood Township rental with two or more units, the owner must notify the Department of Code Enforcement and Zoning within 10 days and pass a…

Reclaimed and gray water are carved out of Lakewood Township's outdoor watering restrictions, but Code § 16-6.6a only lifts the odd-even schedule for water that already carries an…

Township Code § 3-26 makes it unlawful to camp, with a tent, tarp, sleeping bag or similar shelter, on private property without the owner's written consent or on public property…

Lakewood Township's Board of Health Code makes every dwelling owner responsible for keeping the building 'reasonably vermin and rodent proof' and for exterminating infestations under §…

Lakewood Township's business license fee schedule, Code § 4-2.6, limits garage sales and yard sales to no more than three days per year, running from June 1 through May 31, and…

Lakewood Township's open-burning ordinance, Code § 3-27, treats outdoor grills, campfires and fireplaces as regulated "open burning" and confines them to Township parks, where § 8-7.7…

Lakewood Township caps digital billboards at five townwide, requires a public-bid permit process with a $200 application fee and a $500 annual fee per sign, and limits placement to the…

Lakewood Township caps interior window signage at 25% of the window it's displayed on, with a temporary bump to 50% during community-wide sales if the Zoning Official approves it in…

Lakewood Township allows a temporary garage or yard sale sign without a permit, but caps it at four square feet, only seven days before the sale, gone within 48 hours after, and no…

Lakewood Township exempts political signs from its sign permit process, but caps them at 32 square feet, bars them from blocking sightlines at streets and property lines, and confines…

Lakewood Township caps digital billboard brightness at 0.2 foot-candles above ambient light measured within 150 feet of the sign, and requires an automatic photocell that dims the…

Residential exterior lighting in Lakewood Township cannot push more than half a footcandle onto a neighbor's property line under UDO § 18-804.06D1. Where a commercial parking lot sits…

Lakewood Township's lighting article bans 'sky glow' outright and pushes every commercial and parking-lot lighting plan toward sharp cutoff fixtures under UDO § 18-804.02B. The purpose…

Lakewood Township, Ocean County, sets aside a dedicated Agricultural (A-1) zoning district under UDO § 18-902A that permits farmhouses, single-family homes, and customary farming…

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…

In Lakewood Township's R-40 Residential zoning district, the Unified Development Ordinance caps building coverage at 25% of the lot alongside a 2-acre minimum lot area, under UDO…

Lakewood Township, Ocean County, sets front, rear, and side yard setbacks district by district in its Unified Development Ordinance. In the R-40 residential zone, for example, homes…

Lakewood Township caps residential building height at 35 feet in its Agricultural (A-1) and R-40 residential zoning districts. The Unified Development Ordinance's Design Regulations…

Lakewood Township, Ocean County, opted out of the state's cannabis licensing program entirely: its zoning code prohibits every class of cannabis establishment, distributor, and…

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.

Lakewood Township's noise code specifically outlaws loud and excessive noise from loading or unloading trucks and from opening or breaking down bales, boxes, crates and containers. The…

Lakewood Township bans loud, penetrating or continuous noise from blowers, fans and pumps, expressly naming air conditioning systems, compressors and pool filter systems in Code…

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…

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…