Linden, NJ

Linden bars dogs from running at large on any public street, place or building, or on property other than the owner's, unless securely confined on a leash no longer than six feet. Dog…

No Linden dwelling unit may hold licenses for or keep more than three dogs at one time. Puppies under six months old do not count toward that limit under the City's dog licensing…

Linden prohibits feeding any wildlife or stray domestic animals, on public or private property, defining wildlife broadly to include pigeons, waterfowl, feral cats, raccoons, skunks…

Linden bans feeding wildlife and stray animals citywide but carves out an exception for song birds: feeders must sit at least four feet off the ground, stay enclosed, and not create…

Linden pet shops may sell only dogs and cats obtained from an animal care facility or a nonprofit animal rescue organization, and may never sell a dog or cat younger than eight weeks…

Linden has no breed-specific ban; Section 5-3 instead lets the Municipal Court declare a specific dog vicious or potentially dangerous based on its own conduct, such as an unprovoked…

Linden's zoning code defines an 'animal hospital' as a place where animals get medical or surgical treatment, with any kennel use limited to short-term boarding incidental to that…

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.

Linden bans parking a truck tractor cab, trailer, pole trailer, recreational vehicle, camper or boat on any city street from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., and separately bars unattached…

A Linden winter storm warning triggers a parking ban within six hours on designated snow-emergency streets, staying in effect for 48 hours after snow stops, with unmoved vehicles fined…

Linden prohibits parking any vehicle on a residential lawn and bars keeping inoperable or unregistered vehicles on streets, vacant lots or lawns citywide, under Section 7-9.5, with…

A vehicle cannot be parked or left unattended on private property in Linden beyond the period the property owner consented to. The property owner may have it towed and stored under…

Linden bans overnight parking of truck tractor cabs, trailers, recreational vehicles, campers and boats on any city street from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., and separately bars parking any…

Linden designates specific residential streets as permit-only zones under City Code Section 7-15, letting decal holders park near their homes beyond the citywide two-hour limit. The…

Linden's automated Safety Stick technology enforces no-parking zones at fire hydrants, bus stops, crosswalks and loading zones citywide, marked with yellow paint or advisory signage…

Section 7-26 designates specific curb locations across Linden, such as Bacheller Avenue and East Linden Avenue, as loading zones where a vehicle may stop only to load or unload goods…

In Linden's North Wood Avenue and East Elizabeth Avenue areas, metered on-street spaces are off-limits overnight, from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., to any vehicle without a valid resident…

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…

Linden's Model Noise Ordinance caps outdoor sound at the property line at 65 dBA for residential and commercial receivers by day, dropping to 50 dBA overnight for homes. Indoor limits…

Power tools, home-maintenance tools and landscaping or yard equipment, leaf blowers included, cannot run on residential property in Linden between 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. unless they…

Linden bars removing or disabling a motor vehicle's factory noise-control equipment and caps vehicle stereo audibility at 25 feet at night and 50 feet by day. Motorcycles must carry a…

Construction and demolition work in Linden is barred between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays and between 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. on weekends and federal holidays, unless it meets…

Portable, non-vehicular music or sound devices used on Linden public property can't be plainly audible beyond 50 feet between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., or beyond 25 feet overnight. The…

Linden's animal control code bars keeping a dog that habitually barks, howls, whines or cries between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., or that disturbs the neighborhood's peace through…

Linden requires a Type 1 fire permit before storing or using more than 182 cubic feet, one standard 20-pound cylinder, of liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas or compressed…

Linden bans selling, possessing, using or discharging fireworks without a permit, though anyone 16 or older may buy and use listed novelty items. Permitted fireworks can't be set off…

Linden prohibits open dumps and the open burning of refuse in every district. City Code Section 31-20.12 requires garbage and trash disposal to go through incinerator or sanitary…

Linden's local fire code amendment 4.19 LA1 requires hardwired smoke detectors in every common area and hallway of any mixed-use building with residential units above or attached to…

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…

Linden requires a construction permit before any residential swimming pool goes in the ground or above it. The Building Subcode fee runs $150 for an aboveground pool and $500 for an…

Under City Code § 31-19.4(d), the portion of a Linden backyard holding a private residential pool must be completely enclosed with fencing at least 4 feet high, but no taller than 8…

Linden has no standing watering schedule, but once the City Council declares a water emergency under City Code § 17-13.1, § 17-13.2 lets the Council impose a complete ban on outdoor…

Linden requires a tree removal permit under City Code § 20-3 before anyone cuts, destroys, removes or trims more than 30% of a healthy mature tree on any land in the city. No more than…

Linden's business property maintenance code caps weeds and grass at five inches on nonresidential premises, treating overgrowth as a hazard alongside dead trees and storm damage. The…

Linden's property maintenance code lists artificial turf or sod as an acceptable yard ground cover for vacant and foreclosing properties, alongside grass, mulch and decorative rock…

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…

Linden allows home occupations only if the entire activity stays inside the dwelling. City Code Section 31-19.14 bars accessory structures, outside employees, walk-in customers and any…

Linden's zoning code flatly bans signage for home occupations. City Code Section 31-19.14d prohibits any advertising display or identification sign, and Section 31-19.14h bars…

Linden bars home-based businesses from receiving visitors: City Code § 31-19.14(g) states that no customer, client, colleague or member of the public shall visit the home in connection…

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…

The New Jersey Family Day Care Provider Registration Act creates a uniform statewide registration system for home daycares serving up to five children, with the state preempting most…

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…

Linden caps residential interior-lot fences at 6 feet under City Code Section 31-20.9b, and limits corner-lot obstructions to 3 feet within 25 feet of a street intersection under…

Linden prohibits barbed wire, electrified fencing and metal-spike-topped fences on any property. City Code Section 31-20.9c bars any fence material or construction method that may be…

Linden only charges a construction permit fee for fences over six feet tall, or any fence built along with an in-ground swimming pool, per § 10-2.1.b.7. A residential fence in that…

Linden caps retaining walls at six feet under § 26-21.6.b, and requires extra setback from the property line for every six inches above that: one foot of setback per six inches of…

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

City Code § 31-20.3 sets Linden's rules for sheds and other accessory buildings: none may sit in a required front yard, coverage of accessory buildings in a required rear yard tops out…

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

Linden City Code § 31-49 makes it unlawful for any owner, lessor or sublessor to accept payment for occupying a dwelling for 30 days or less. There is no short-term rental permit to…

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.

Linden requires a permit from the Chief of Police before any parade of ten or more people takes an organized route along a public sidewalk, street or highway. Applications must be…

Linden businesses need an annual $50 sidewalk cafe permit from the License Inspector to place tables and chairs on public sidewalks, limited to set hours, a five-foot clear pedestrian…

Linden's Director of Recreation issues permits under City Code § 19-1.3 for any individual or organized use of city parks, ball fields and recreational facilities. Groups not sponsored…

Closing a Linden street for a street fair, sidewalk sale or block party needs a City Clerk application, Police Chief approval and City Council permission. Closures can't run past 10…

Anyone buying or selling second-hand gold, silver or jewelry in Linden must register with the Chief of Police and hold a $100 License Inspector license. Every purchase and sale must be…

Linden bans sexually-oriented businesses within 1,000 feet of another such business, a church, school, school bus stop, public playground or any residentially zoned area. Each site…

Linden's home occupation zoning rule effectively rules out residential auto repair. Section 31-19.14c bans storing equipment or vehicles associated with a home occupation outside the…

Linden's zoning code prohibits tattoo uses in every district except industrial zones where retail uses are permitted, under City Code Section 31-20.25g. The Board of Health separately…

Linden's zoning code flatly prohibits vape shops in every zoning district. City Code § 31-20.25 lists 'vape shops as defined by ordinance' among prohibited uses citywide, and § 31-2…

Linden requires a separate license for any massage establishment and for every individual massagist. Establishment licenses run $200 a year and massagist licenses $100, both reviewed…

Any towing firm removing unauthorized vehicles from private or quasi-private property in Linden must register with the City Clerk and hold a $1,000 annual license, carry $500,000 in…

Linden bars placing goods, merchandise or other articles on streets or sidewalks in a way that blocks pedestrians or traffic, and separately forbids installing a basketball backboard…

Linden puts sidewalk inspection, repair and maintenance squarely on the abutting property owner, not the City, under Linden City Code §§ 15-6 through 15-8. If the City later orders…

Anyone opening or tunneling under a Linden street, to run a utility line, install a driveway apron or otherwise encroach on the public right-of-way, needs a permit from the City…

Building and vehicle burglar alarms in Linden must shut off within five minutes of continuous sound or 15 minutes of intermittent sound once triggered. An alarm that runs longer…

Linden caps how far a portable speaker or a vehicle stereo can carry. Both must stay inaudible past 50 feet by day and 25 feet at night, measured from the operator, on any public…

Linden inspects every registered rental unit at least once a year for compliance with the Zoning Ordinance, Property Maintenance Code, BOCA Maintenance Code, Housing Code and Uniform…

Once Linden receives a tenant complaint alleging a rental-code violation, an inspecting officer must inspect within 10 days. Inspecting officers also have standing authority to enter…

Linden property owners must clear sidewalk snow or ice within six daylight hours of a snowfall or ice accumulation ending, at least two feet wide on one- and two-family lots and four…

Linden's Housing Code requires exterior property areas and vacant lots to stay free of weeds over six inches high. An owner who ignores a removal notice faces City-ordered cleanup…

Linden can formally declare a building unfit for human habitation after notice and hearing, then order the owner to repair, vacate or demolish it. Repair orders run 30 days, and if the…

Linden residents place garbage in City-issued carts at the curb, out no earlier than 5:00 p.m. the night before and no later than 6:00 a.m. on collection day, with empty carts removed…

Linden gives every single-family or residential property four scheduled bulky trash pickups a year for items like appliances, furniture and mattresses, plus one additional free special…

Linden requires garbage carts at the curb no earlier than 5:00 p.m. the day before collection and no later than 6:00 a.m. on collection day, and empty carts must come back off the curb…

Linden requires every residential and nonresidential property owner, tenant, or occupant to source-separate designated recyclables from garbage under City Code Chapter 16. Recyclables…

Linden requires every dumpster and outdoor refuse container to stay covered at all times under City Code § 26-18, aimed at keeping trash out of the storm sewer system and the waters of…

Linden lets residents set uncontainerized leaves and grass clippings at the curb only during the seven days before an announced yard waste collection, and never within ten feet of a…

Every owner, tenant and occupant of residential and nonresidential property in Linden must source-separate designated recyclables, aluminum, cardboard, glass, paper, plastics No. 1 and…

Linden bans bringing litter or waste into the city from outside for the purpose of dumping it, and bars storing snow or ice trucked in from elsewhere except in designated industrial…

Linden's Department of Public Works sets and publishes the collection schedule that tells each address its scheduled trash day, and City Code § 16-2.4 requires all collection materials…

Linden runs a full municipal rent control system under City Code Chapter 11, one of the local regimes New Jersey law permits. A seven-member Rent Leveling Board hears increase…

Linden landlords must notify tenants of a rent increase by certified mail, return receipt requested, spelling out the CPI figures and dollar calculations behind the increase. Tenants…

Every rental unit in Linden with fewer than five dwelling units in the building must be registered annually with the City Clerk before it can be leased. Registration costs $100 per…

Linden's Housing Code sets a hard 68-degree minimum indoor temperature for rental units and rooming houses. Landlords who supply heat by lease agreement must hold 68 degrees during the…

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

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

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

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

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…

Linden defines class 1 and class 2 low-speed electric bicycles by motor assist type and 20-mph cutoff, then bars every low-speed electric bicycle, along with scooters and motorized…

Linden installed a traffic control signal monitoring system under Ordinance No. 52-32, adopted through New Jersey's P.L. 2007, c.348 pilot program, at intersections approved by the…

Anyone riding a scooter on Union County-controlled property must wear a properly fitted and fastened helmet meeting the ANSI Z90.4 bicycle helmet standard or the Snell Memorial…

On county-controlled property, Union County bars leaving a bicycle where it blocks a sidewalk or path, requires cyclists to use a marked bicycle path once one exists rather than the…

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…

Linden bans skateboarding on public sidewalks and public parking lots, and separately bans building or using any ramp or track for skateboarding on public property, including parks…

Linden bans smoking in every public park, playground, and recreational facility under City Code § 19-1.1, and separately bans it on sidewalks around businesses in the Special…

Linden bans consuming cannabis anywhere in the city except inside a private residence: City Code § 18-24(b) makes smoking, ingesting or otherwise using cannabis at a licensed cannabis…

Linden bans open containers and public drinking on streets, sidewalks, parks, public conveyances and in a parked or moving vehicle on any public street or lot. It also bans drinking on…

Linden makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate on any public street, sidewalk or other public place, or outdoors on private property that isn't your own. A conviction draws the City's…

Union County Police can order anyone to leave county-owned or county-controlled land if their presence is likely to cause excessive noise, disorder, or an unlawful late-night vehicle…

Union County bans soliciting alms or contributions of any kind on property it owns, leases or controls. The rule, Safety Code Section 115-33.D, is a blanket ban rather than one limited…

Linden defines a mobile retail food establishment as any movable truck, van, trailer, bicycle or hand-carried unit selling food or beverage, and requires a license before operating…

Peddlers and solicitors generally cannot sell on Linden's public rights-of-way, but the Code carves out an exception for mobile retail food establishments. A food truck cannot stand at…

Linden maintains a City Clerk registry of addresses where canvassing and soliciting are barred; being listed revokes any privilege to approach the door. A first violation draws a fine…

Peddlers, solicitors and transient merchants must get a $400 license before working Linden's streets, and door-to-door canvassing is barred before 9 a.m. and after 7 p.m. Most licenses…

Linden restricts a licensed garage sale to a single sign, no larger than four square feet, posted on the residential premises where the sale is held. No other signs, on public or…

In Linden, a temporary sign posted inside a storefront window is exempt from the City's sign-permit requirement as long as it covers no more than 25% of the window's area. Go over that…

Linden allows billboards only as freestanding, principal-use signs in its L-I, L-1A and H-I industrial zones, the corridors along the Turnpike and Route 1&9 near the Bayway refinery…

Linden lets residents formally trigger a housing code investigation by petition: at least five City residents, or a public authority, can file charging a building is unfit for…

Once Linden's field representative for housing inspection finds a basis to act on a complaint, the owner must be served a formal complaint and given notice of a hearing set between 10…

Linden allows each dwelling unit only two licensed garage sales a year, each running no more than three consecutive days, and only between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. A rained-out sale can be…

Linden regulates construction and land use inside its FEMA-mapped flood hazard areas under City Code Chapter 26, Article I, enforced alongside the Uniform Construction Code. The City…

Linden requires a City Engineer-approved lot grading plan before construction that disturbs 5,000 square feet or more of land, adds over ten cubic yards of fill, or removes more than…

Linden regulates stormwater runoff from "major development" under City Code § 26-17, requiring green infrastructure and other best management practices for nonresidential projects and…

Linden sets a Local Design Flood Elevation under City Code § 26-102.3 that adds at least one foot of freeboard above the base flood elevation for ordinary development, and up to two…

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…

Linden's tree ordinance defines the planting strip as the part of the street right-of-way between the property line and the curb, and a street tree as any tree planted in that strip…

Linden requires landscape buffers around federal, state and county government facility sites to block headlight glare and other lighting from reaching neighboring properties. City Code…

City Code § 31-11.12(c) asks outdoor lighting in Linden's Planned Commercial Development (PCD) district to meet 'dark sky' standards: downcast, shielded fixtures that illuminate only…

Linden's zoning code bars childcare and day care centers from operating as a home occupation: the definition of home occupation in City Code § 31-2 expressly excludes 'day care centers…

Linden's Construction Code Department, created under § 10-1.1, enforces the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code and issues every building, plumbing, electrical and fire protection…

Every plumbing fixture installed in Linden needs a permit from the Construction Code Department under the Plumbing Subcode fee schedule at § 10-2.1.c. Ordinary fixtures like sinks…

Linden's Code Enforcement Agency can inspect any dwelling, rooming house or premises during reasonable business hours to check for housing code compliance. If an owner refuses entry…

Linden's Electrical Subcode Official, part of the Construction Code Department under § 10-1.1, permits electrical work under the fee schedule at § 10-2.1.e. The first 50 receptacles…

In Linden, sellers and landlords of one- and two-family homes must obtain a Certificate of Smoke Detector and Carbon Monoxide Detector Compliance (CSDCMAC) before any change of…

Linden bars a temporary painting scaffold or other temporary construction equipment from staying up for more than six months after it goes up, unless the Public Officer allows it. The…

Linden's zoning code encourages, but does not require, green building design. City Code § 31-11.12 asks buildings in the Planned Commercial Development (PCD) district to pursue LEED…

Linden's Board of Health requires every rental dwelling unit in a single-family, two-family or multiple dwelling to be registered and inspected for lead-based paint hazards, with…

Linden City Code § 35-2 requires a permit from the City Clerk before anyone films on public property, or on private property using public space for vehicles, equipment, barricades or…

Closing a public street for filming in Linden costs $1,000 per day if the closure affects an area with fewer than 10,000 residents, and $5,000 per day where more than 10,000 residents…

Linden City Code § 35-4 requires every filming permit holder to abate noise and keep production vehicles off public streets to the extent practicable, minimizing the inconvenience…

Nonprofit and educational filmmakers, including student films, pay just $25 per day to film on public property in Linden under City Code § 35-10.d, a fraction of the $150 daily rate…

Linden's clearest height figures sit in the apartment standards: City Code § 31-19.1(a) caps garden apartments at under 28 feet for one- to two-story buildings and 35 feet for…

Linden's base yard setbacks are set district by district in the zoning code's Schedule of Limitations, but City Code §§ 31-17.1 through 31-17.5 fix the exceptions: a 15-foot minimum…

Linden's zoning code sets its clearest lot coverage numbers in the apartment standards at City Code § 31-19.1: building coverage is capped at 35 percent of the site for garden…

Linden City Code § 31-51 keeps cannabis businesses at least 500 feet from schools, parks, homes and other sensitive uses. The distance is measured along the street or highway the lot…

Linden City Code § 31-51 confines cannabis businesses to the Heavy Industrial, Light Industrial and Light Industrial-A zones, plus four named redevelopment areas. The City has not…

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.

Linden bans discarding a used hypodermic needle or syringe in the trash, or anywhere else accessible to another person, unless it has first been destroyed. The code spells out exactly…

Linden's Housing Code bars exterior property areas from becoming rodent or insect breeding grounds and puts extermination duties directly on residents and building owners. Accessory…

Linden closes its public parks, playgrounds and recreational facilities to the public at 9:00 p.m. under City Code § 19-1.1(d), unless the Department of Recreation, Community Services…

Linden imposes a 3% Hotel and Motel Room Occupancy Tax on every hotel and motel room rental in the city under City Code § 23-2, adopted pursuant to P.L. 2003, c. 114. The tax applies…

Linden permits rooftop and ground-mounted solar under the Electrical Subcode fee schedule at § 10-2.1.e.5, priced by system size rather than a flat fee. A photovoltaic system runs $100…

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…

Union County allows charcoal grills and barbecues in its parks only in designated cooking areas, using approved equipment kept at least ten feet from any tree or building. A fire…

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…

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…