Vineland, NJ Rental Property Rules: Rental Registration (2026)

Vineland City Code Chapter 485, Article I, adopted January 28, 2014 by Ordinance No. 2014-1, requires under Section 485-2A that all rental units besides owner-occupied units be registered with the Director of Licenses and Inspections or a designee prior to and at all times a person occupies the unit, with a new certificate of registration and inspection triggered by each change of occupancy; copies of registrations go to the Chief of Police, Construction Official, Chief of the Fire Department and Fire Official. Section 485-2B sets the annual filing window as September 1 through December 31 for the following calendar year.

Section 485-2C requires the registration form to list the owner's and any partners' or corporate officers' names, addresses and phone numbers; an in-Cumberland-County contact if the owner lives outside the county; the agent's name and address; any on-site superintendent; an emergency contact with 24-hour authority; every mortgage holder; the fuel oil dealer if applicable; the exact number of sleeping rooms with a floor plan; and the number of adults and children occupying the unit. Section 485-3A mandates an inspection at least once every twelve months, checking zoning compliance and compliance with the City's Property Maintenance Code (Chapter 537), Uniform Construction Codes (Chapter 300), the BOCA Maintenance Code and the Uniform Fire Safety Act; an unsatisfactory inspection blocks registration until corrections are made, with corrections on an occupied unit due within 30 days.

Fees under Section 485-8 are $75 per annum if paid by January 11 (a ten-day grace period from January 1), rising to $125 after that grace period, plus $75 for each required reinspection; no unit may be registered while municipal taxes, water, sewer or electric charges on it are delinquent. Section 485-9 bars occupancy of any unregistered, unlicensed rental unit outright.