Linden, NJ Rental Inspections: Tenant Complaint Process (2026)
Key Facts
- Response deadline
- 10 days from complaint receipt
- Governing section
- City Code § 13-1.7.c
- Who may complain (revocation)
- Health Officer, Police Chief, inspectors
- Access authority
- Reasonable-time entry, § 13-1.7.a
- Revocation hearing window
- 10 to 30 days after complaint filed
Summary
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 rental facilities and rooming/boarding houses at reasonable times to check conditions.
The inspection officers are hereby authorized to make inspections to determine the condition of rental facilities, rental units and rooming/boarding houses in order that they may promote the purposes of this section to safeguard the health, safety and welfare of the occupants of rental facilities, rental units and rooming/boarding houses and of the general public. ... Complaints. Within 10 days of receipt of a complaint alleging a reported violation of this section, an inspecting officer shall conduct an inspection as hereinbefore provided.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4586096; v16 updated 2025-12-16; through 12-16-2025).
Full Breakdown
c sets a firm response window: within 10 days of receipt of a complaint alleging a reported violation of Chapter 13, an inspecting officer shall conduct an inspection. That duty sits inside a broader access article. a authorizes inspecting officers to enter, examine and survey rental facilities, rental units and rooming/boarding houses at all reasonable times to determine their condition, in order to safeguard the health, safety and welfare of occupants and the general public, and it obligates the owner or occupant to give the inspecting officer free access at all reasonable times.
b runs the access duty the other way, requiring occupants to give the owner access to make repairs or alterations necessary to comply with the chapter or a lawful order issued under it. b. d, including the 30-day correction deadline for units that remain occupied.
Violations & Fines
Failure to correct a violation found through a complaint-driven inspection within the applicable deadline exposes the owner to the general penalty provisions incorporated by § 13-1.16, and repeated or serious violations can support a written complaint for license revocation or suspension before the City Council under § 13-1.15, following notice and a hearing scheduled 10 to 30 days out.
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