Old Bridge, NJ Rental Property Rules: Rental Registration (2026)

Section 388-10.A, part of the Rent Stabilization article, requires every owner of a housing complex to register with the Rent Stabilization Board. Registration includes filing a copy of the complex's original and/or current mortgage and a statement showing the rent charged for each unit as of October 1, repeated every succeeding October 1 the article stays in effect. That statement is due by November 15 each year and stays on file with the Board as a public record. Owners also owe an annual registration fee of $10 per rental unit, payable January 1 to the Department of Finance to help cover the Rent Stabilization Board's costs, and the Department forwards a copy of the payment receipt to the Board.

This registration duty sits alongside the article's broader recordkeeping expectations: § 388-2.C requires a landlord to file a separate rent-increase application for each type of dwelling unit by complex and make the complex's books and records available to the Board and affected tenants, and § 388-9's related hardship-application process calls for three years of signed financial statements and current-year cancelled checks. Owners who convert rental units to condominiums face a separate fee schedule under § 388-11, set by the Business Administrator, including a $250 hearing fee, on top of the registration duties in § 388-10.