Plainfield, NJ

In the City of Plainfield, § 10:8-3(c) bars operating, or causing or allowing the operation of, any motor vehicle engine unless the exhaust is muffled, controlled or insulated so that…

In the City of Plainfield, § 10:8-3(d) bars playing a radio, instrument, phonograph or other sound device louder than necessary for convenient hearing by the player and voluntary…

In the City of Plainfield, § 10:8-3(f) bars using tools or equipment for excavation, demolition, erection, alteration, repair or other construction that makes loud or disturbing noise…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, § 5:7-2 bars keeping any animal that causes frequent or long continued noise disturbing the comfort or repose of anyone in the vicinity. The…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, only gas-powered leaf blower machines that meet the latest Federal EPA Standards for Small Spark Ignition Handheld Engines are permitted…

New Jersey's Noise Control Act sets uniform statewide decibel limits for stationary commercial and industrial sources, preempting conflicting local rules.

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, § 10:9-5 of the Plainfield Municipal Code bans selling, possessing, using or exploding fireworks, a list that names firecrackers, sky-rockets…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, absent or inoperable smoke detectors are a listed ground for denying a certificate of compliance under § 6:5-9(h). The Director of the Division…

Open burning of refuse or plant life is prohibited in the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, under § 8:3-4 of the Air Pollution Control Code. The only exception covers trade waste with no…

The New Jersey Forest Fire Service has statewide jurisdiction over wildland fire prevention, declares burn bans, and enforces forest fire districts that supersede conflicting municipal…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, no one is allowed to feed wildlife in a public park or on any other property the City owns or operates. The Health Division enforces the ban and…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, a dog is judged on what it has done, not on its breed. Under § 5:4-6 the Municipal Court declares a dog potentially dangerous on clear and…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, § 5:7-4 requires every dog off its owner's confinement to be on a leash of sufficient strength not more than three feet long, held by someone…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, § 5:7-6D(e) prohibits the keeping and raising of chickens on a noncommercial basis in residential properties. The sentence has no permit route…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, every cat of licensing age needs a rabies vaccination and a City license tag or sleeve from the City Clerk, applied for within ten days of…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, a veterinary hospital must provide 1 off-street parking space for every 300 square feet of gross floor area. The Table of Parking Regulations in…

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 animal cruelty laws apply statewide, prohibiting neglect and overcrowding that constitute hoarding, with enforcement by humane officers and police.

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, no person can park a vehicle between 2:00 A.M. and 6:00 A.M. on City-owned or City-controlled off-street lots in the downtown area bounded by…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, § 10:6-1(a) bars parking a vehicle or placing an obstruction in front of and upon any private property, driveway or right-of-way without the…

In the City of Plainfield, no one can leave an unregistered, uninspected, wrecked, stripped or inoperable motor vehicle outdoors on private land for more than five days. One vehicle…

In the City of Plainfield, commercial vehicles with a GVWR of 8,500 pounds or greater, tractor-trailers, their cabs, and full-length school buses cannot be parked or stored in…

In the City of Plainfield, once the Director of Public Works and Urban Development declares a snow emergency, no one can park on the streets in Schedule II A, which lists all streets…

In the City of Plainfield, loading zones exist only at the locations listed in Schedule X of the traffic chapter, such as the west side of Church Street south of Front Street…

In the City of Plainfield, a project that only installs electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) or Make-Ready parking spaces is a permitted accessory use in every zoning or use…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, a motor home, camping trailer, boat or recreational vehicle can be stored on a residential property only in a side yard, a rear yard or a garage…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, a residential driveway must sit at least two feet from a property line, and a driveway serving a one- or two-car garage must be between ten and…

New Jersey's Predatory Towing Prevention Act, N.J.S.A. 56:13-7 et seq., and its implementing rule, N.J.A.C. 13:45A-31, control every non-consensual tow in the state. A private property…

In the City of Plainfield, a home occupation is allowed as an accessory use to any residence, but only with an approved development permit before it starts. It is limited to one per…

In the City of Plainfield, family day care homes are permitted home occupations in all residential zones, while childcare centers are not. The provider must live on the premises, give…

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…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, a storage shed is an accessory structure under § 17:9-19. It needs a development permit before installation, cannot exceed 150 square feet, and…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, accessory dwelling units are permitted in the R-1, R-2 and R-3 residential districts under § 17:9-23, as amended in 2025. A detached ADU tops out…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, § 17:9-23(C) requires that either the primary dwelling or the accessory dwelling unit be owner-occupied, and it bars selling an ADU separately…

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

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, anyone removing a non-street tree with a DBH of six inches or more must file a Tree Removal Application with the Zoning Officer and wait for…

In the City of Plainfield, every owner of a tree overhanging a street or right-of-way must trim it to leave a clear space of thirteen and one-half feet above the surface and keep…

In the City of Plainfield, owners, occupants and tenants must remove and destroy all brush, weeds, including ragweed, dead and dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growths, filth…

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.

In the City of Plainfield, every fence and wall is a structure that needs an approved development permit before construction. The applicant submits surveys, plans and details to the…

In the City of Plainfield, a residential front yard fence cannot exceed four feet and at least 50% of it must be nonsolid and open, while residential side and rear yard fences top out…

In the City of Plainfield, no fence or wall can be built with barbed wire or metal spikes, topped with concertina or razor wire, or finished with broken bottles or similar materials…

In the City of Plainfield, a retaining wall is a wall that needs an approved development permit before construction. Decorative and retaining walls in a residential front yard cannot…

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

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, a swimming pool is an accessory structure that needs an approved development permit before construction. Pools are permitted on lots used as…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, the entire swimming pool must be fenced, with a fence at least six feet high that is designed so it securably controls access to the pool area…

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.

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, the Juvenile Curfew Act in § 10:8-8 bars anyone under eighteen from public places during night curfew hours unless with a parent or guardian, and…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, the parks are open from 8:00 a.m. to one-half hour after sunset, Monday through Sunday, unless the Superintendent of Recreation schedules…

In the City of Plainfield, § 10:7-6 bars anyone from drinking intoxicating liquors or holding an open container of alcohol on any street, highway or parking lot, or in a motor vehicle…

In the City of Plainfield, § 10:8-2 makes it disorderly conduct to remain idle in essentially one location in a public place in a way that endangers the peace, creates a disturbance…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, § 10:8-6 of the Plainfield Municipal Code bars anyone from causing or participating in a riotous, turbulent, disorderly or noisy assemblage or…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, § 10:12A-2 of the Plainfield Municipal Code bans smoking on the outdoor grounds of City municipal buildings, in City parks and recreational…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, § 17:9-24A(E)(1) prohibits public consumption of cannabis products, with one exception: consumption lounges attached to a Class 5 retail cannabis…

Union County requires a helmet at any skateboard facility it owns or operates, or that sits on county park property. Adopted as Ordinance 680-2009, the rule applies to riders of every…

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…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, loose leaves and grass clippings can go at the curb or along the street only during the seven days before a scheduled and announced collection…

In the City of Plainfield, bulk waste is residential solid waste too large or heavy for regular household garbage handling, such as furniture, carpeting, large appliances and fencing…

In the City of Plainfield, every use must provide an area for refuse and recyclable disposal collection under § 17:11-16. Nonresidential areas need buffering and a screen of at least…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, § 10:5-6(d) bars dumping household or commercial waste, rubbish, refuse, junk, vehicles or vehicle parts, appliances or furniture along any…

In the City of Plainfield, Sec 2.14 of the Property Maintenance Code puts the duty on the owner or operator of the premises to remove garbage no less than twice weekly. Failing to…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, no one can park or leave a roll-off dumpster over ten cubic yards on a street, sidewalk or public property without a written permit from the…

The New Jersey Mandatory Source Separation and Recycling Act requires every household and business in the state to source-separate at least three designated recyclables from solid…

In the City of Plainfield, garage sale signs are allowed only on the premises where the sale is held. Each sign is capped at six square feet, goes up no earlier than one week before…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, billboard signs are prohibited unless preexisting and permitted. A digital display sign is an on-premises sign only, limited to nonresidential…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, the maximum area for a window sign is 25% of the window. The code counts any sign applied, painted, hung or affixed to a window, or sitting…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, a political sign needs no permit. Signs for a campaign, candidate, issue, referendum or vote placed in a public right-of-way outside sight…

In the City of Plainfield, police-requested tows go to licensed rotation towers under Article 16A: a two-year license costing $250.00, with a 20-minute response standard. Rates are…

Nobody in the City of Plainfield, New Jersey can run a retail or wholesale junk dealer business without a license, and each place of business and each vehicle needs its own. The Mayor…

Anyone in the City of Plainfield, New Jersey who runs a pawnshop, or buys or sells used gold, silver, jewelry, ornaments, wearing apparel or household goods, needs a license from the…

In the City of Plainfield, Property Maintenance Code Section 2.03 bars keeping a vehicle outdoors on private land for more than five days when it is being dismantled or repaired…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, no sexually oriented business can operate within one thousand feet of another one, a house of worship, a school, a school bus stop, a playground…

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.

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, no person can form, start, join or aid a parade without first obtaining a license under § 9:9-2 of the Plainfield Municipal Code, and every…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, § 2:5-6.2(b) makes it unlawful to hold, conduct or address any public assemblage, meeting or gathering in a City park or playground without first…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, no special event license can run longer than 3 days or past 11:00 P.M. on any day, and an applicant gets only 2 special event licenses per year…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, block parties appear by name in the Municipal Code's fee schedule, in the row for public entertainment with fixed license fees. The printed…

In the City of Plainfield, a sidewalk cafe must be accessory to a fully enclosed restaurant and approved by a committee of the Planning, Police, Fire and Health Divisions. Outdoor…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, solar installations are priced through the Uniform Construction Code fee schedule in § 2:10-6C: photovoltaic equipment is charged per battery…

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…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, the owner of property abutting a sidewalk, including a tenant, occupant or contractor, must keep the sidewalk and curb in good condition, and…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, no one can expose goods or wares over a street or sidewalk, or build a building, door, window, fence, pole, vault, tank or conduit that extends…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, every request for a street and sidewalk encroachment goes to the Licensing Bureau on a City Clerk form, at least thirty days ahead. The Director…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, scaffolding, fences and construction trailers that close or encroach on a sidewalk in the City right-of-way need a permit first. The permit…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, electrical work is priced under the Electrical Subcode fee schedule in § 2:10-6C, which starts at $75 for one to 50 receptacles or fixtures and…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, no structure can be erected, enlarged, altered or demolished, and no land altered, filled or used, until the Zoning Officer grants a development…

The City of Plainfield, New Jersey, adopts the State Uniform Construction Code, Plumbing Subcode, in § 8:2-1. The Plumbing Subcode fee schedule in § 2:10-6C starts at $20 for each…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, the owner of every residential rental single-family, two-family or multiple dwelling unit must obtain a lead-based paint inspection every three…

In the City of Plainfield, the Burglary Prevention Code requires the enforcing authority to inspect the access points of every covered building at least once a year, and to inspect new…

In the City of Plainfield, § 6:3-8 requires a heavy duty dead lock with interlocking vertical bolts and striker, or a one inch dead bolt, on single swinging exterior doors of…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, § 16:26-7 bars leaving a pedalcycle where it hinders pedestrian or vehicular traffic, bars sidewalk riding except in residential sections when…

Union County bars low-speed electric bicycles and other e-bikes, along with electric and motorized scooters, from every footbridge, bridle path, bicycle path, lawn, wooded area, park…

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…

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…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, no one can solicit from door to door without prior invitation or appointment unless a license is in hand. A solicitor's license runs 30 days at a…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, a peddler, peddler's assistant or solicitor cannot enter private property to sell if the owner has indicated by posting or other notice that…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, selling sandwiches, hotdogs, drinks or similar edibles from a basket, pushcart, vehicle or on foot requires a food peddler's license at $255 per…

In the City of Plainfield, a food truck operator needs four sign-offs before selling a single item: zoning approval from the Zoning Officer, Fire and Health Certificates of Approval, a…

In the City of Plainfield, a food truck other than a frozen dessert truck can only occupy City designated spaces in the public right-of-way. The one named public location is Church…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, a venue holding a public entertainment license cannot make or permit unnecessary or unreasonable noise by loud speaker, amplifying device or any…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, a garage sale needs a City Clerk permit, can run no more than 3 consecutive days, and is capped at 2 sales per person and 2 per premises in a…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, the Property Maintenance Code requires every dwelling unit and rooming unit to be kept at least 68° F. in the daytime when it is below 55° F…

In the City of Plainfield, no one can lease, rent, let or otherwise deliver a building, dwelling unit or rooming unit for occupancy until the Director of the Division of Inspections…

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

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

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

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

New Jersey caps a residential security deposit at 1.5 times one month's rent, and any later additional deposit may rise by no more than 10% per year. After a tenancy ends, the landlord…

A squatter cannot gain title quickly in New Jersey. Under N.J.S.A. 2A:14-30, thirty years of actual, continuous possession of real estate vests title in the possessor, and sixty years…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, a City Inspector must inspect within 72 hours of receiving a complaint alleging a violation of the Building chapter. Multi-family buildings with…

In the City of Plainfield, the Division of Inspections inspects every multi-family dwelling with four or more units every two years, odd-numbered street addresses in odd years and…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, rat infestation, mouse infestation and severe roach infestation are each listed grounds for denying a certificate of compliance under § 6:5-9(m)…

In City of Plainfield parks, § 10:12-7 allows a fire only in a stove, grill or fireplace provided at the park or brought to the park for cooking purposes. Any other fire is banned. A…

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…

In the City of Plainfield, outdoor lighting on development sites is controlled through Chapter 17 site plan review. Section 17:11-12 requires street lighting to be nonglare and focused…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, outdoor lighting cannot shine into building windows, or onto streets and driveways so as to distract driver vision, and wall mounted fixtures…

In the City of Plainfield, all development needs a stormwater management plan under § 17:12-1. The peak rate of runoff during and after development cannot exceed the predevelopment…

The City of Plainfield has participated in the National Flood Insurance Program since June 25, 1971, and § 17:9-30.102.2 adopts the Union County Flood Insurance Study and FIRM panels…

In the City of Plainfield the Local Design Flood Elevation (LDFE) for a delineated watercourse is the best available flood hazard elevation plus one foot of freeboard, or as described…

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…

The New Jersey Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Act gives Soil Conservation Districts uniform statewide authority to certify erosion plans for projects disturbing 5,000 square feet or…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, filming for commercial use needs a permit from the Municipal Clerk, with one permit required for each location. No permit is issued unless…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, a film permit holder working on public lands must hire an off-duty police officer at the permit holder's sole cost, present at all times during…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, a film permit holder must minimize inconvenience and discomfort to adjoining property owners and abate noise to the extent practicable. In…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, the filming fee schedule prints a daily fee of $75 per day for nonprofit and student applicants, including filming on public land, against a $150…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, the Public Officer can place a property on the abandoned property list once it has gone six months without legal occupancy and meets one of four…

In the City of Plainfield, the owner or tenant of land next to a public sidewalk must clear all snow and ice from the paved sidewalk in front of the premises within twelve hours of…

In the City of Plainfield, no one can throw, place or deposit litter of any description on any public or private lot, vacant lots included. Brush, weeds, trash and debris on lands must…

In the City of Plainfield, five Property Maintenance Code violations carry a priced first-offense fine: trash and debris ($150), uncut lawn ($150), an abandoned or disabled vehicle…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, § 17:9-20 caps assisted living facilities at 40 percent building coverage and 50 percent total lot coverage, on a lot of at least two acres…

In a residential zone or on a residential property in the City of Plainfield, no accessory structure can be taller than one story or fifteen feet, whichever is less. Nonresidential…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, accessory structures stay out of the front yard and sit at least three feet from the rear and side property lines unless another section of the…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, new downtown buildings in the TODD/CBD, TODD/NAHD, TODD/CLAD and TODD/PD zones must meet the architectural standards in § 17:11-20. Brick, stone…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, § 17:9-24A permits cannabis cultivation, manufacture, wholesale, distribution and delivery only in the Light Industrial (LI) district, while…

New Jersey state law prohibits home cultivation of cannabis statewide, even for adults 21 and over and registered medical patients, and municipalities cannot legalize personal grows.

In the City of Plainfield, ragweed and poison ivy are declared a nuisance detrimental to public health, and no owner, tenant or occupant of land can cause, allow or permit either plant…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, shade trees are planted at intervals of forty feet along a right-of-way and at least three and one-half feet inside the sidewalk. Where that spot…

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…