Filming & Production in New Jersey (2026)

Hamilton Township requires a Municipal Clerk permit before any commercial filming that uses public property for…

Jersey City requires anyone making a film or taking still photographs on public property to first obtain a…

Anyone filming in Long Branch, on public or private property, must obtain a permit from the Special Events Coordinator…

Filming on any Paterson public land, streets, sidewalks, parks, playgrounds, requires a location permit from the…

Bergenfield bars filming without a permit from the Borough Clerk, and Borough Code § 149-2 ties that permit to a single…

Clifton requires anyone filming on public property, or on private property using public streets, sidewalks or parking…

Filming that uses Township public property for equipment, vehicles or crew requires a location permit from the Township…

Hackensack requires a filming permit from the City Clerk whenever a shoot on public or private property uses public…

Anyone filming or videotaping on Irvington streets, in parks or other public places needs a permit from the Township…

Linden City Code § 35-2 requires a permit from the City Clerk before anyone films on public property, or on private…

Newark requires anyone filming on public or private land, for commercial or educational purposes, to obtain a location…

Passaic's filming ordinance folds commercial still photography into the same permit regime as movie and TV production…

The Village of Ridgewood requires a permit before any commercial or educational still photography or motion picture…

Commercial filming in Toms River Township requires a location permit from the Township Clerk, a $350 fee per site…

Filming with special sets, casts or professional models anywhere in Trenton requires a Mayor-issued permit under Code §…

Bergenfield requires every filming permit holder to keep the shoot from disturbing neighbors: Borough Code § 149-3D…

Permit holders must run filming so as to minimize inconvenience to neighboring property owners, and must abate noise…

Jersey City's film permit conditions require production companies to "abate noise" and minimize disruption to neighbors…

Long Branch limits filming in residential zones to weekdays between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. or sundown, and bars permit…

Newark filming permits carry a noise-abatement duty: permittees must minimize inconvenience to neighbors and, to the…

Film and TV productions shooting on Paterson public land get no noise exemption, § 212-3(J) makes them fully subject to…

Toms River Township film permit holders must minimize inconvenience to neighbors and, where practicable, abate noise…

Clifton's filming ordinance requires permit holders to minimize noise and other disruption to neighbors and to park…

Hackensack's filming ordinance does not set a decibel limit for productions; instead Section 85-4 requires permit…

Hamilton Township requires filming permit holders to minimize inconvenience to adjoining property owners and, where…

Linden City Code § 35-4 requires every filming permit holder to abate noise and keep production vehicles off public…

Passaic ties on-location filming noise to its citywide noise code rather than setting a separate decibel limit. §…

Filming that blocks pedestrian or vehicular traffic on Hamilton Township public lands requires an insurance-backed…

When a Jersey City film shoot needs to close streets or lanes, Code § 5-6.C requires off-duty police officers, and §…

Filming permits in Long Branch require applicants to minimize interference with pedestrian and traffic passage on…

Before a Paterson filming permit issues, the affected ward's Councilperson and the at-large Council Members must be…

Bergenfield's filming ordinance treats a genuine street closure differently from routine sidewalk use: Borough Code §…

Clifton bills production companies an "inconvenience fee" to close streets for filming: up to $1,000 per day on streets…

Any filming that blocks pedestrian or vehicular traffic with barricades, devices or temporary structures on public…

Closing a public street for filming in Linden costs $1,000 per day if the closure affects an area with fewer than…

Newark requires productions that need to close a street to submit their permit application more than 20 calendar days…

Passaic's filming ordinance doesn't authorize outright street closures: it requires permit holders to keep an emergency…

Bergenfield charges students a reduced $25-per-day fee to film in the Borough under Borough Code § 149-4D, a fraction…

Nonprofit and school-sponsored crews filming for educational purposes pay a reduced $25 permit fee instead of the…

Nonprofit and educational applicants, including student filmmakers, pay a flat $25 permit fee under Hackensack's…

Hamilton Township exempts student films from its commercial filming permit and fees, as long as the makers and the…

Jersey City exempts qualifying student films from Chapter 5's permit and fee requirements under § 5-5.A(7), covering…

Nonprofit and educational filmmakers, including student films, pay just $25 per day to film on public property in…

Long Branch exempts student films, made to satisfy a school course or curriculum requirement, from the city's filming…

Student filmmakers with a valid student ID skip Paterson's $1,500-per-day filming fee entirely, though the $500 basic…

Newark waives its filming permit fee entirely for nonprofit applicants shooting for educational purposes, including…