Freehold Township, NJ Rental Property Rules: Rental Registration (2026)

Chapter 257, adopted by Ord. No. A. A. 46:8-28, requires every rental unit in the Township to be registered annually with the Township Clerk on forms the Clerk's office provides. Section 257-3 sets the initial registration window at 90 days from adoption, requires annual renewal, and requires an amended filing within 20 days of any change in ownership or occupancy; no rental unit may be rented unless registered, and registration alone does not substitute for a certificate of occupancy. Section 257-4 lists what the form must contain: names and contact information for every record owner, a Monmouth County contact if the owner lives elsewhere, the on-site superintendent or maintenance contact, an emergency contact with authority to approve repairs, every mortgage holder, the fuel oil dealer if oil heat is landlord-furnished, a room-by-room floor plan with dimensions for each unit, and the name, age and gender of every tenant of record, which last item stays confidential and goes only to the Zoning Official and Board of Education.

Section 257-6 requires an amended form within 20 days of any change in the required information, at no added fee, while the annual renewal itself carries the fee set in Chapter 150. Section 257-11 flatly prohibits occupying, or an owner permitting occupancy of, any unregistered rental unit. Section 257-14 additionally requires the owner to post the maximum permitted occupant count inside each unit.