Perth Amboy, NJ Rental Property Rules: Rental Registration (2026)

Section 337-2 of Chapter 337, Property Registration, requires that all residential rental units and all commercial units, called units collectively, be registered with the Director of Environmental Control or the Director's designee. The City Council adopted the chapter on May 3, 1994 as Ord. No. 717-94, and the initial registration was due on or before September 1, 1994. A residential rental unit is any room or rooms, suite or part thereof, furnished or unfurnished, occupied or intended to be occupied for sleeping or dwelling purposes, and the definition applies to dwelling units, including single-family residences, that are available for lease or rental.

Section 337-5 requires a registration form for each unit. The form lists the record owner's name and address; the names and telephone numbers of all general partners where the owner is a partnership; the registered agent where the owner is a corporation; the manager or agent; the superintendent or other maintenance employee; an emergency representative located in the City of Perth Amboy who can be reached at any time and has authority over repairs and expenditure; the name and address of every holder of a recorded mortgage; and, where the landlord furnishes fuel oil heat, the fuel oil dealer and grade of oil. If a record owner's address is outside the City of Perth Amboy, the owner must name a Perth Amboy resident authorized to accept notices from a tenant and service of process.

Filing does not end the duty. Under § 337-7 an amended form is due within twenty (20) days after any change in the required information, and § 337-8 requires every owner to give each occupant or tenant a copy of the registration form, except for hotels, motels and guest houses registered with the State under the Hotel/Motel Multiple Dwelling Act. Under § 337-6 the Director indexes the forms and keeps them reasonably available for public inspection, and any person can obtain a list of all properly registered rental units.