Rental Inspections in New Jersey (2026)

In Bloomfield Township, each registered rental unit must be inspected by a Township-appointed inspector at least once…

Cherry Hill Township requires every rental dwelling unit, from single-family rentals to apartments and condominiums, to…

In the City of East Orange, landlords cannot rent, lease or collect rent on any dwelling unit until a certificate of…

Edison Township inspects registered rental units when issues are reported, continuing until the unit passes without…

Freehold Township inspects registered rental units under Township Code § 257-7 to confirm compliance with the Land Use…

Hamilton requires every rental unit to pass a Township inspection at least once every five years, and again at every…

Howell Township, New Jersey, inspects every rental unit before issuing a rental certificate and again annually and at…

Jackson Township, New Jersey requires every leased dwelling unit, other than state-inspected multiple dwellings, to be…

Every time a tenant moves out of a Lakewood Township rental with two or more units, the owner must notify the…

Under § 162-12 of the Monroe Township Code, every rental unit in Monroe Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey must be…

Every registered rental unit in the City of New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, is inspected by the division…

Before any hotel, apartment or rooming-house unit in Newark can change tenants, the landlord must get a Certificate of…

Before any Old Bridge Township dwelling can be rented, leased, or transferred, the owner must obtain a certificate of…

Every time a unit in a Passaic multiple dwelling turns over, the owner must notify the Division of Housing and get it…

In the City of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, each registered rental unit and commercial unit must be inspected at least once…

In the City of Plainfield, the Division of Inspections inspects every multi-family dwelling with four or more units…

Every single-family, two-family and multiple rental dwelling in the Village of Ridgewood must undergo a lead-based…

Trenton inspects every registered non-occupant-owned rental structure once every five years, plus every vacant unit…

In Wayne Township, the Construction Official and Health Officer inspect buildings occupied by three or more families as…

In the Town of West New York, New Jersey, a landlord of a structure with more than two apartment dwelling units must…

No unit in Woodbridge Township can be rented, leased or sublet without a Certificate of Continued Rental Housing…

Bergenfield requires annual code-compliance inspections of every non-owner-occupied single-family and two-family rental…

Brick Township requires a rental certificate of occupancy before every new tenancy. Owners must apply in writing to the…

In East Brunswick Township, New Jersey, smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector inspections and certificates are…

In the City of Hoboken, Chapter 120 adopts the New Jersey State Rules for Maintenance of Hotels and Multiple Dwellings…

Registered commercial and multifamily properties in Irvington must let Township agents inspect the interior and…

Under Property Maintenance Code § 254-16, Jersey City's enforcing officer can inspect any rental building or unit, with…

Linden inspects every registered rental unit at least once a year for compliance with the Zoning Ordinance, Property…

In Monroe Township, Middlesex County, Chapter 54 directs the Sanitary Inspectors to inspect dwellings, dwelling units…

In the Township of Parsippany-Troy Hills, every residential rental property with three or more dwelling units is…

Every Paterson landlord must obtain a certificate of re-rental approval from the Division of Community Improvements…

Before the Township approves a Landlord Registration Statement, the Rental Housing Officer must inspect the dwelling…

Toms River Township inspects every registered rental unit before occupancy and recertifies nonseasonal rentals every…

In the City of Vineland, every rental unit must pass an inspection by the Director of Licenses and Inspections at least…

In the City of Bayonne, a tenant with no heat can trigger emergency Health Officer action once 12 hours pass with…

Jackson Township, New Jersey lets its Code Enforcement Official act on rental problems after issuance of a certificate…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, a City Inspector must inspect within 72 hours of receiving a complaint alleging…

When someone files a complaint about an illegal housing unit at a registered Bergenfield rental, § 239-11 authorizes…

In Bloomfield Township, an inspecting officer must inspect a rental property within 10 days of receiving a complaint…

Brick Township's Construction Official, Code Enforcement Officer, or police can inspect a rental unit and issue the…

Before the Cherry Hill Rent Review Board approves a rent increase, tenants get a formal complaint window: a repair…

A Clifton resident can trigger an unfitness review of a building by joining at least five other residents in a written…

A tenant in a rent control dwelling in East Brunswick Township who is not getting the same standard of service…

Tenants in the City of East Orange who lose essential services like heat, hot water or elevator service can file a…

Edison Township lets a public authority or at least five residents petition the public officer to investigate a…

Elizabeth's code enforcement agency can inspect any dwelling to check for unsafe or unsanitary conditions under Code…

Freehold Township must send an inspecting officer within 10 days of receiving a tenant complaint about a rental unit…

Under Hamilton Code § 268-18C(3), a tenant or resident who files a complaint alleging a housing code violation in a…

In the City of Hoboken, Chapter 154 lets any affected tenant, civic organization or municipal agency file a complaint…

Howell Township's housing code prints no separate tenant complaint form. Two routes are written into Chapter 178: under…

Five Irvington residents, or a public authority, can petition the Director of Housing Services to charge a dwelling as…

Jersey City tenants who believe a dwelling violates the property maintenance code can force a city inspection: Section…

At least five Lakewood Township residents, or a public authority, can petition the Department of Code Enforcement and…

Once Linden receives a tenant complaint alleging a rental-code violation, an inspecting officer must inspect within 10…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, a public officer must conduct an inspection within 72 hours of…

In Monroe Township, Middlesex County, a petition from a public authority or at least five residents, or the Public…

In the City of New Brunswick, New Jersey, a tenant who does not receive the same standard of service, maintenance…

When a Newark landlord stops supplying required heat, a tenant can lodge a complaint with the Department of…

When an Old Bridge Township landlord fails to fix broken heating equipment, Section 235-10I lets the Department of…

Any occupant, owner, prospective purchaser, mortgagee, or prospective occupant can apply directly to Passaic's Housing…

A written complaint is one of the grounds Piscataway's code official can cite when seeking a Municipal Court search…

Toms River Township's Bureau of Property Maintenance must inspect a rental within 10 days of receiving a complaint…

Any five Trenton residents can file a written petition with the Housing Inspector alleging a dwelling violates the…

In the City of Vineland, tenants who report a suspected Chapter 485 violation trigger a mandatory inspection: Section…

In the Town of West New York, New Jersey, § 198-8B provides that R uses are inspected upon sale, complaint or change of…

Woodbridge tenants covered by rent control can demand a free inspection from the Bureau of Housing whenever they get a…

Long Branch runs a voluntary Landlord-Tenant Dispute Review Board that hears written complaints over rent increases…

Paterson's Tenant Advisory Board hears tenant complaints about unit or property conditions and refers them to the…