Filming & Production in New Jersey (2026)

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

In the City of Hoboken, Code § 97-2 requires anyone filming on public property to first obtain a permit from the…

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…

In the Township of Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey, commercial filming needs a permit from the Township Clerk, and…

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

In the City of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, no person or organization can film on public property without a permit from the…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, filming for commercial use needs a permit from the Municipal Clerk, with one…

In the Town of West New York, New Jersey (Hudson County), nobody can film on public property without a permit from the…

Anyone filming for commercial or educational purposes on public or private property in the City of Bayonne needs a…

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

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, nobody can film on public or private property while using public property for…

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

In East Brunswick Township, no person or organization can film on public or private land without first obtaining a…

Anyone filming for commercial, educational, or web/TV use on East Orange streets, sidewalks, parks or other public…

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…

Filming on public property in the City of New Brunswick, New Jersey requires a permit from the city clerk. The basic…

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…

Piscataway Township requires any television, movie or commercial film shoot on Township property, public rights-of-way…

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 §…

In Wayne Township, NJ, the Fire Bureau issues the movie and filming permit. A permit is required before filming a…

A Bayonne film permit holder must actively minimize noise and inconvenience to neighbors during a shoot, parking…

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

In Bloomfield Township, a film permit holder must run the shoot so adjoining property owners face the least…

Filming permit holders in East Brunswick Township must conduct shoots to minimize inconvenience or discomfort to…

East Orange's filming ordinance does more than set hours: permit holders under City Code § 170-36 must actively abate…

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

In the City of Hoboken, Code § 97-3D requires every film permit holder to minimize inconvenience and discomfort to…

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…

In the City of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, a filming permit holder must minimize discomfort to adjoining property owners…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, a film permit holder must minimize inconvenience and discomfort to adjoining…

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

In the Town of West New York, New Jersey, filming cannot start before 7:00 a.m. or continue after 11:00 p.m. without…

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. §…

In Bloomfield Township, a film production that closes a street pays an inconvenience fee for street closures not to…

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

In the City of Hoboken, only a Major Permit under Code § 97-4B(3) allows intersection traffic control (ITC), a street…

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…

In the City of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, a film crew that closes a public street pays a street closure fee of $5,000 per…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, a film permit holder working on public lands must hire an off-duty police…

In the Town of West New York, New Jersey, no public street can be closed for filming without the permission of the…

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…

Chapter 101 of the East Brunswick Township Code prints no separate street closure permit for film shoots. Street use…

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…

In the City of New Brunswick, New Jersey, filming on a public street, sidewalk or park needs a permit from the city…

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

In the Township of Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey, Chapter 160 has no separate street closure procedure. Instead the…

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

In the City of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, a student film is filming or still photography produced to satisfy a course or…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, the filming fee schedule prints a daily fee of $75 per day for nonprofit and…

In the Town of West New York, New Jersey, a nonprofit applicant filming for educational purposes on public land pays a…

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

In Bloomfield Township, the fee schedule in § 228-14 sets a basic filming permit for nonprofits, including student…

In East Brunswick Township, New Jersey, students of high schools, colleges, and universities are exempt from the film…

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…

In the Township of Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey, § 160-10(C) exempts filming by a student from the Chapter 160…

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

Bayonne waives its filming permit fees, which otherwise run $50 to $1,000 per day, for students shooting for…

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