Vineland, NJ

In the City of Vineland, dogs are declared vicious or potentially dangerous by the Municipal Court based on what the dog actually did, not its breed. City Code §§ 224-60 and 224-61 set…

Every cat over seven months old in the City of Vineland must carry an annual license from the Department of Licenses and Inspections. Spayed or neutered cats cost $10 a year and…

In the City of Vineland, an unaltered dog or cat is ordered spayed or neutered at the owner's expense once its owner racks up a § 224-19 running-at-large violation on top of two other…

Feeding deer, geese, strays or any other wild animal on City of Vineland parkland or other city-owned property is prohibited under Code § 224-79. Vineland Police and the Division of…

In the City of Vineland, any dog on a public street or in a public place must be with a responsible person and secured on an adequate leash no more than six feet long, under City Code…

In the City of Vineland, no residence may keep more than six dogs of licensing age and, separately, no more than six cats of licensing age at any one time, under §§ 224-40.1 and…

In the City of Vineland, an animal hospital may locate only in the B-3 Business Zone, where City Code § 425-295 lists it as a permitted use alongside restaurants, gas stations and…

In the City of Vineland, Section 507-7 of the parks article bars anyone in a public park or recreation area from hunting, harming, trapping or killing any bird, reptile or wild animal…

New Jersey requires beekeepers who overwinter colonies to register annually with the Department of Agriculture, and statewide beekeeping rules limit how far towns may restrict…

New Jersey's Right to Farm Act protects commercial farms from local restrictions, while the Department of Agriculture sets statewide livestock standards.

City Code § 247-1 caps brush, hedges and other plant life at two and a half feet within 10 feet of any roadway and within 25 feet of a street intersection in the City of Vineland…

In the City of Vineland, § 425-85 of the City Code bars cutting or removing any tree with a diameter breast height of six inches or greater on a development site unless the removal is…

Vineland City Code § 687-149 sets a year-round odd/even outdoor watering schedule for the City of Vineland: even-numbered addresses may water Wednesdays and Saturdays, odd-numbered…

In the City of Vineland, owners of trees overhanging a street right-of-way must prune branches to keep an eight-foot clear space above sidewalks and must remove dead or dangerous…

New Jersey's statewide stormwater rule, N.J.A.C. 7:8, requires major developments to manage runoff with green infrastructure and expressly counts storing stormwater runoff for reuse…

In the City of Vineland, keeping, harboring or maintaining a dog that habitually barks, howls or cries is itself a code violation under § 224-23, part of the City's Animal Control…

In the City of Vineland, Noise Code Section 469-2 bars operating a radio, television, phonograph, jukebox, musical instrument or other sound device louder than necessary or in a way…

In the City of Vineland, Noise Code Section 469-5 bars excavation, demolition, erection, alteration, repair or other building operations within 1,000 feet of any dwelling or business…

In the City of Vineland, § 469-1 defines plainly audible noise using a vehicle's own sound-amplification system as its worked example, and § 469-2 bars playing a car radio, phonograph…

New Jersey's Noise Control Act sets uniform statewide decibel limits for stationary commercial and industrial sources, preempting conflicting local rules.

In the City of Vineland, an accessory apartment (also called an ADU) is a separate, complete dwelling unit inside a single-family home. City Code Section 425-270 allows it only if it…

In the City of Vineland's R-1 Residential Zone, City Code Section 425-272 caps a single storage shed at 200 square feet on a residential property with five or fewer dwelling units…

Converting a garage to habitable space requires a NJ Uniform Construction Code permit statewide, with mandatory inspections for framing, insulation, electrical, and plumbing changes.

In the City of Vineland, a home occupation must provide at least two on-site parking spaces for visitors under City Code § 425-305L(3), separate from the parking the dwelling itself…

In the City of Vineland, a home occupation is permitted in residential zones only if it meets all six standards in City Code § 425-305L, starting with a cap of 25% of the dwelling's…

In the City of Vineland, a home occupation cannot post any advertising display except a single identification sign, and that sign is capped at two square feet under City Code §…

In the City of Vineland, a family day-care home is a permitted use in every residential zoning district under City Code § 425-305E, with the same requirements that apply to any…

New Jersey allows for-profit home food production only through a Cottage Food Operator Permit issued by the Department of Health's Public Health and Food Protection Program under…

New Jersey has no microenterprise home kitchen permit and no way to license a home kitchen as a restaurant. N.J.A.C. 8:24-2.1(c)1 makes the person in charge responsible for ensuring…

In the City of Vineland, erecting a fence requires a zoning permit under City Code § 425-307A before construction begins, the same permit the code requires for any structure. The…

In the City of Vineland, § 425-75C(6) of the Land Use chapter's streets-and-easements standards bars building any retaining wall inside the public right-of-way, keeping the structure…

In the City of Vineland, § 425-77D(1) caps residential fences at six feet from the building line back and four feet between the property line and the building line. Any front-yard…

New Jersey common law and statute apply uniformly statewide to spite fences, boundary fences, and shared maintenance disputes between adjoining landowners.

Before selling, leasing or otherwise changing occupancy of a one- or two-family dwelling in the City of Vineland, owners must obtain a certificate of smoke detector compliance from the…

In the City of Vineland, discharging, selling or displaying fireworks at a public event on private property requires a separate fireworks permit under Section 630-26.1, on top of any…

New Jersey's Air Pollution Control Act prohibits open burning of refuse, leaves, and most yard waste statewide, with narrow permitted categories overseen by NJDEP and the Forest Fire…

The New Jersey Forest Fire Service has statewide jurisdiction over wildland fire prevention, declares burn bans, and enforces forest fire districts that supersede conflicting municipal…

In the City of Vineland, City Code § 425-74C(7) limits parking on residential lots in every zone to Federal Highway Administration Class 1, 2, 3 and 5 vehicles, plus camping or…

In the City of Vineland, curbs marking a fire lane must be painted exclusively with yellow traffic paint meeting the New Jersey Department of Transportation's Type I Pure Drying Yellow…

Vineland City Code § 694-5 bars parking during the hours fixed for each street in Schedule II. Almond Street's north side, for example, is off-limits from 2:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. Monday…

Vineland City Code § 694-6 bars stopping or standing on streets listed in Schedule III, and § 694-8 separately makes it unlawful to park on any street to display a vehicle for sale…

Vineland City Code § 694-13 designates specific street locations as loading zones, listed by name, side, and exact curb-to-curb distance in Schedule IX at § 694-38. East Elmer Street's…

In the City of Vineland, § 694-52 bans parking on eight named streets, including Landis Avenue, Elmer Street and Wood Street, whenever snowfall covers the roadway, and the ban stays in…

In the City of Vineland, the Police Department may order the towing and storage of unregistered, abandoned, or illegally parked vehicles on public streets or property. Owners are…

New Jersey's Predatory Towing Prevention Act, N.J.S.A. 56:13-7 et seq., and its implementing rule, N.J.A.C. 13:45A-31, control every non-consensual tow in the state. A private property…

In the City of Vineland, § 425-77D(4) sets a four-foot minimum fence height for in-ground swimming pools. A separate construction-permit fee schedule, § 300-3A(1), charges $50 for an…

Building a pool in the City of Vineland takes a construction permit under the Uniform Construction Code, plus separate electrical work sign-off if the pool has pumps, heaters or…

New Jersey applies state sales tax and the State Occupancy Fee to transient short-term rentals statewide, regardless of which municipality the property sits in.

In the City of Vineland, landowners in the Pinelands Agricultural (P-A) Zone hold a use right called a Pinelands development credit under City Code § 425-196D, redeemable to secure a…

In the City of Vineland, the Downtown Improvement District Area operates under its own facade and signage design review, set up by City Code § 425-326. No zoning or construction permit…

In the City of Vineland's Pinelands Forest (P-F) and Pinelands Residential (P-R) Zones, City Code § 425-202U requires single-family homes to cluster once two or more units are…

In the City of Vineland, redevelopment of an institutional campus, such as the Vineland Developmental Center, into age-restricted senior housing under the IN-2 Institutional Zone's…

In the City of Vineland, single-family homes built as part of an age-restricted planned development on an IN-2 Institutional Zone campus, the kind of adaptive reuse the Code envisions…

In the City of Vineland's Pinelands Area wetlands, City Code § 425-203A allows a landowner's private dock, pier, mooring or boat launch, and a commercial or public one only on…

New and substantially improved buildings in Vineland's flood hazard areas must meet a local design flood elevation that adds required freeboard above the base flood elevation, set…

City of Vineland City Code Section 425-71 establishes the Floodplain Management Regulations, which apply to all proposed development in mapped flood hazard areas alongside the New…

Construction sites in the City of Vineland disturbing more than 500 square feet need a land grading permit that includes soil erosion and sediment control measures: silt fences, a…

City Code Section 425-72 sets Vineland's stormwater management standards for "major development," covering any project that disturbs one acre or more, or adds 5,000 square feet or more…

The Coastal Area Facility Review Act gives the New Jersey DEP exclusive permit jurisdiction over development in the coastal zone, applying uniform statewide standards regardless of…

Riding a skateboard, unicycle, bicycle or similar wheeled machine on the sidewalks of either side of Landis Avenue between Myrtle Street and West Avenue is banned under City Code §…

Consuming cannabis or cannabis products in any public place within the City of Vineland is prohibited under City Code § 266-2H, covering privately owned spaces generally open to the…

In the City of Vineland it is unlawful to drink alcohol, or even carry an open container of it, on any public street, sidewalk, alley, park, shopping-plaza parking lot or other outdoor…

In the City of Vineland, smoking and tobacco use are prohibited on any public property where a municipal building or improvement open to the public is located, and anywhere on the…

In the City of Vineland, Section 507-7B of the parks article bars loitering or remaining in any pavilion or park structure reserved by the Recreation Commission for the opposite sex…

City Code § 247-2 bars any owner or tenant of a building, dwelling or lands in the City of Vineland from letting brush, ragweed and other weeds, dead trees, stumps, garbage and debris…

In the City of Vineland, the owner of any premises abutting a public sidewalk must clear snow and ice within 24 hours of daylight after it falls, under City Code § 630-13. Business…

Chapter 530 of the City Code lets the City of Vineland's Public Officer designate a property as vacant, abandoned or a nuisance when it shows conditions such as unfit-for-habitation…

In the City of Vineland, land inside the city's agricultural zones gets priority for farming use under City Code Chapter 205. Adopted in 1988, the ordinance directs that agricultural…

In the City of Vineland, anyone selling land inside an agricultural zone must tell prospective buyers under City Code § 205-2 that the parcel sits in an agricultural zone and is…

In the City of Vineland, a harm reduction center or sterile syringe program is allowed only as a Planning Board conditional use under City Code § 425-304. The site must sit at least…

City Code § 537-2 amends the International Property Maintenance Code, 2024 Edition, adopted for the City of Vineland, to require every structure and exterior property to stay free of…

City Code § 563-3 requires every restaurant, bakery, mobile food unit, retail food market and vending machine operator in the City of Vineland to hold a license from the Director of…

In the City of Vineland, an 'establishment which does tattooing, massage, body piercing' is a flatly prohibited use in the R-B-1 Residential-Business Zone under City Code Section…

In the City of Vineland, a vehicle repair operation run out of a home falls under the home occupation standards of City Code § 425-305L, which bar any on-site retail sales and require…

In the City of Vineland, no one may own, construct or operate a body art establishment, or perform tattooing, permanent cosmetics, body piercing or ear piercing, without a license from…

In the City of Vineland, no one may operate a retail vapor product establishment without a license from the Department of Health under City Code § 660-8. The annual license runs $600…

Anyone doing business as a secondhand dealer in the City of Vineland, including scrap metal and cash-for-gold buyers, needs a license from the Vineland Police Department under City…

In the City of Vineland, any towing operator seeking a spot on the Police Department tow list must hold a City license issued through the Department of Licenses and Inspections…

In the City of Vineland, pawnbrokers licensed under state law are exempt from the City's secondhand dealer license under City Code Chapter 574. A pawnbroker who buys or sells…

In the City of Vineland, Section 511-11 restricts sexually oriented businesses, including adult bookstores, to operating only between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday…

In the City of Vineland, § 425-78 defines HOLIDAY DECORATIONS as decorations with no commercial message that are clearly incidental to and customarily associated with a national, local…

In the City of Vineland, § 425-78 defines a POLITICAL SIGN as one announcing or supporting a candidate or issue in any national, state or local election, and treats it as not a…

In the City of Vineland, § 425-78C defines a PRIVATE SALE OR EVENT SIGN to include garage sales, rummage sales and similar private events, erected only for a limited period of time…

In the City of Vineland, § 425-78.L(3) of the City Code sets detailed operating standards for digital signs, including digital billboards: displays must hold for at least eight…

In the City of Vineland, § 425-78 of the City Code treats every window sign as a wall sign, so its allowed coverage is set by the wall-sign area standard rather than a separate window…

In the City of Vineland, § 425-78.I(1)(g) of the City Code singles out limited access highways such as Route 55 for the toughest sign restriction in the chapter: freestanding signage…

In the City of Vineland, cannabis businesses are permitted uses under Land Use Code Article XXVII, but the number of licensed cannabis retailers is capped at two citywide and…

In the City of Vineland, a medical cannabis dispensary or cannabis retailer cannot locate closer than 500 feet to a day-care center, park, church, liquor store or another dispensary or…

New Jersey state law prohibits home cultivation of cannabis statewide, even for adults 21 and over and registered medical patients, and municipalities cannot legalize personal grows.

In the City of Vineland, every rental unit except owner-occupied units must be registered with the Director of Licenses and Inspections before and during occupancy, with registration…

City Code § 537-3 lets the Director of the Department of Licenses and Inspections declare a City of Vineland dwelling unfit for human habitation when conditions are dangerous or…

Under New Jersey's Anti-Eviction Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1, a landlord may evict a covered tenant only on a statutory good-cause ground. Non-payment under subsection a. needs no advance…

The New Jersey Anti-Eviction Act preempts local landlord-tenant law and limits residential evictions to specifically enumerated good-cause grounds statewide.

New Jersey sets no general statutory cap on residential late fees, leaving the amount to the lease subject to reasonableness. For senior citizens on government pensions and recipients…

To end a month-to-month residential tenancy in New Jersey, either party gives at least one month's written notice expiring at a rental period. Because the Anti-Eviction Act bars…

New Jersey caps a residential security deposit at 1.5 times one month's rent, and any later additional deposit may rise by no more than 10% per year. After a tenancy ends, the landlord…

A squatter cannot gain title quickly in New Jersey. Under N.J.S.A. 2A:14-30, thirty years of actual, continuous possession of real estate vests title in the possessor, and sixty years…

In the City of Vineland, solar heating and electricity generation systems are permitted accessory uses to any principal building, but a zoning permit is required before any building…

N.J.S.A. 45:22A-48.2 forbids a New Jersey community association from adopting or enforcing any restriction, covenant, bylaw, rule or regulation that prohibits solar collectors on two…

In the City of Vineland, Noise Code Section 469-1 defines "plainly audible" sound as anything detectable by unaided hearing at 25 feet, and specifically states that detecting the…

In the City of Vineland, Noise Code Section 469-6 bars any plainly audible noise from loading or unloading a vehicle, or opening or destroying bales, boxes, crates or other containers…

In the City of Vineland, § 425-78.I(5) of the City Code sets the only illumination standard that applies to every permitted sign type, including billboards: no direct light or…

In the City of Vineland, § 425-86.M(9) of the City Code requires parking area lighting to be shielded from adjacent properties with flat glass lenses, house-side shields and NEMA Type…

In the City of Vineland, § 425-86.M of the City Code caps outdoor site lighting at the property line between 0.0 and 1.0 footcandle near residential land and requires house-side…

In the City of Vineland, § 425-85.B(5) of the City Code requires development design to give particular attention to conserving 'significant trees,' meaning the largest known individual…

In the City of Vineland, street trees planted between property lines and the roadway must come from an approved species list and follow spacing and setback rules set by size class…

Vineland has no standalone food-truck chapter; mobile food vendors are regulated through the City's public-events-on-private-property rules at City Code § 630-26.1. An organizer's…

In the City of Vineland, City Code § 516-7.F bars anyone, licensed or not, from parking or stopping a vehicle, cart or van on any public street, sidewalk, right-of-way or public…

In the City of Vineland, the owner of any building, structure or vacant lot fronting a street must maintain the abutting sidewalk in good repair at his or her own expense, under City…

In the City of Vineland, anyone outside the municipal government who wants to use or occupy a City street or public right-of-way, above, below or on the surface, must first petition…

City Code § 630-4 bars placing any object on a Vineland sidewalk that encumbers it or makes travel dangerous or unsafe. Section 630-8 gives the Director of Public Safety full power to…

In the City of Vineland, hotel and motel room rentals are subject to a 3% occupancy tax under City Code § 647-38, on top of the state sales tax. Purchasers pay the tax, vendors cannot…

In the City of Vineland, no retailer may sell, offer for sale, give away or distribute any vapor product with a 'characterizing flavor' such as fruit, candy, mint or menthol, under…

Under N.J.S.A. 2A:170-51.4, New Jersey prohibits the sale, gift, or distribution of tobacco and electronic smoking products to anyone under 21, with escalating civil penalties for…

In the City of Vineland, anyone who goes house to house selling merchandise, taking orders or soliciting money must hold a peddler, hawker, canvasser or solicitor license under City…

City Code § 537-2.L amends the adopted Property Maintenance Code to prohibit keyed exterior door locks, deadbolt locks and padlocks on interior doors throughout the City of Vineland…

City Code § 537-2.T amends the adopted Property Maintenance Code to require carbon monoxide alarms in the immediate vicinity of every sleeping room and on every level of a dwelling in…

The City of Vineland requires a construction permit, paid up front, before any new building, addition, renovation or demolition starts. The fee is the sum of the building, plumbing…

In the City of Vineland, building inspections run through the Construction Enforcement Agency under the Department of Licenses and Inspections. The Construction Official heads a team…

Plumbing work in the City of Vineland needs a permit under the Uniform Construction Code plumbing subcode, billed per fixture. Standard fixtures cost $15 each, special devices like…

Electrical work in the City of Vineland requires an electrical subcode permit priced in blocks of fixtures and devices. The first block of up to 50 receptacles, fixtures or devices…

Elevators in the City of Vineland must pass a six-month routine inspection, a one-year periodic inspection and a three-to-five-year inspection under the elevator subcode, each charged…

Vineland City Code § 687-154 exempts outdoor use of harvested rainwater, gray water, and reclaimed water from the city's odd/even watering-day and hour restrictions in § 687-149. Gray…

In the City of Vineland, § 694-51.1 designates specific street segments, including Elmer Street, South Seventh Street and Wood Street, as bicycle lanes and bars any vehicle other than…

New Jersey has a full low-speed vehicle regime and no golf cart regime at all. An LSV must be titled, registered, insured and plated with the Motor Vehicle Commission, and it may be…

In the City of Vineland, City Code § 620-12 makes source separation of recyclables mandatory for every residential and nonresidential property, whether or not the property receives…

Vineland's recycling rules put compliance on the property owner: § 620-13 requires owners and building management to hand new tenants the collection rules and repeat that notice every…

Dumping brush, trash, garbage or debris onto a City or county right-of-way, an easement or a neighbor's land violates § 247-4 of the Vineland City Code. Fines escalate under § 247-6…

In the City of Vineland, collectors cannot pick up solid waste that is mixed with visible recyclables or that carries a warning sticker flagging contamination, under City Code §…

In the City of Vineland, leaves and other yard waste must be source-separated from regular trash and can only go to the curbline during the seven days before an announced collection…

Any construction, renovation or demolition project in the City of Vineland that needs a building or demolition permit and places a dumpster or roll-off container on site is a covered…

In the City of Vineland, City-issued solid waste and recycling totes must go out no earlier than 5:00 p.m. the evening before collection and come back off the curb by 7:00 p.m. on…

The City of Vineland collects solid waste and recyclables only from residential properties of 10 or fewer dwelling units under City Code § 620-3, while businesses, larger multifamily…

In the City of Vineland, bulky items like white goods must be scheduled for pickup with the Division of Solid Waste and Recycling and cannot go to the curb more than 24 hours before…

The Mayor of the City of Vineland can close any street for a block party or similar public activity under § 626-1, and § 626-3 lets that closure include information booths, seating…

No one may hold or take part in organizing a parade in the City of Vineland without a permit lawfully issued under § 630-28. The application, due at least three business days ahead…

In the City of Vineland, artisan vendors selling goods at Vineland Downtown Improvement District or City-sponsored events must obtain an artisan license through the VDID Board or the…

In the City of Vineland, anyone wanting to hold a special event in a public park needs a permit from the Recreation Commission under Section 507-9, limited to one permit per day per…

Vineland bans camping or sleeping on any street, sidewalk or streetscape improvement at any time under § 630-3B. Before anyone is cited, the City must first offer a referral to a…

In the City of Vineland, every rental unit must pass an inspection by the Director of Licenses and Inspections at least once every twelve-month period before it can be leased. The…

In the City of Vineland, tenants who report a suspected Chapter 485 violation trigger a mandatory inspection: Section 485-4 requires an inspecting officer to inspect the rental unit…

In the City of Vineland, Section 507-8 lets the Recreation Commission set and post the opening and closing hours for each public park, which must stay open every day of the year except…

The City of Vineland bars minors 13 and under from City streets at 10 p.m. every night, and minors 14 to 17 from 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and midnight on Friday and Saturday…

Commercial drone operations in New Jersey are governed by federal FAA Part 107 plus the uniform state criminal restrictions in N.J.S.A. 2C:40-27, leaving little room for conflicting…

New Jersey state law (N.J.S.A. 2C:40-27) sets uniform criminal restrictions on drone operations statewide, including bans on flying impaired, near critical infrastructure, or near…

New Jersey sets a uniform statewide minimum wage under NJSA 34:11-56a, scheduled to reach $15 per hour, with limited authority for municipalities to enact higher local wage floors.

The New Jersey Earned Sick Leave Law at NJSA 34:11D provides up to 40 hours of paid sick time and preempts local sick leave ordinances, creating a single statewide standard.

New Jersey issues concealed carry permits under NJSA 2C:58-4 with strict justifiable need replaced by shall-issue standards post-Bruen, while sensitive-place restrictions limit where…

New Jersey effectively prohibits open carry of handguns without a Permit to Carry under NJSA 2C:39-5, and long-gun open carry is restricted in most public contexts.

New Jersey strictly regulates firearm transport in vehicles under NJSA 2C:39-5 and 2C:39-6, requiring unloaded firearms in locked containers absent a valid Permit to Carry, with…

New Jersey splits the state into two frost zones: 2 feet 6 inches in Monmouth and Burlington counties and everything south, and 3 feet in Mercer and Middlesex counties and everything…

New Jersey's Casino Control Act, N.J.S.A. 5:12-1 et seq., confines legal casino gambling to a single city. State law defines an "approved hotel" eligible for a casino license as a…

New Jersey lets churches, veterans posts, fire companies, and other nonprofits run bingo or raffles only after two steps: registration with the state's Legalized Games of Chance…

New Jersey's Code of Criminal Justice defines a 'player' as a person who gambles only as a contestant or bettor and collects nothing beyond personal winnings, without otherwise…

New Jersey legalized sports betting in June 2018 under the Sports Wagering Act, N.J.S.A. 5:12A-10 et seq. Only Atlantic City casinos and Meadowlands/Monmouth Park-class racetracks…

New Jersey gives both condominium and planned-community associations a foreclosable assessment lien with a limited 6-month priority over a prior first mortgage. The Condominium Act…

N.J.S.A. 45:22A-46(a) requires association bylaws to open every executive board meeting to members and voting-eligible tenants, except conference or working sessions where no binding…

New Jersey associations enforce recorded covenants and architectural standards through their declaration, but PREDFDA's Radburn regulations require associations to make alternative…

N.J.S.A. 45:22A-48.4 bars a New Jersey community association from prohibiting or unreasonably restricting the installation or use of an electric vehicle charging station in a…

N.J.S.A. 45:22A-48.1 makes any association rule or bylaw that limits or prohibits display of the flag of the United States, yellow ribbons, or signs supporting United States troops…

N.J.S.A. 46:8B-15(f) lets a New Jersey condominium association impose reasonable fines only if the master deed or bylaws authorize it, and then caps each fine at the maximum monetary…

A New Jersey condominium or homeowners association can record a lien on a unit for unpaid assessments and foreclose it by suit in the same manner as a mortgage foreclosure. The lien…

New Jersey runs sobriety checkpoints, and the Legislature has never passed a statute authorizing or regulating them. The phrase "sobriety checkpoint" returns no documents at all in the…

New Jersey is a one-party consent state, so recording an encounter you are part of is lawful under N.J.S.A. 2A:156A-4(d), and there is no New Jersey statute that bans filming police…

New Jersey has no stop-and-identify statute. A full-text search of the New Jersey General and Permanent Statutes returns no provision requiring a pedestrian who is stopped on suspicion…

New Jersey put its vehicle-search rule inside the legalization act itself. N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10c, enacted as section 61 of CREAMMA, provides that the odor of cannabis or burnt cannabis…

Under NJSA 13:1E-99.126, New Jersey banned single-use plastic carryout bags and single-use paper bags at large grocery stores effective May 2022, the strongest such law nationally.

New Jersey prohibits polystyrene foam food service products under NJSA 13:1E-99.126, banning foam clamshells, cups, trays, and similar items statewide effective May 2022.

Under NJSA 13:1E-99.126, New Jersey food service businesses may provide single-use plastic straws only upon customer request, effective November 2021 statewide.

New Jersey controls add-on lighting with an aiming rule, a counting rule and a flat ban on flashing. Under R.S. 39:3-54, any lighted lamp other than a headlamp, spot lamp or auxiliary…

New Jersey gives dash cams no windshield allowance. R.S. 39:3-74 forbids driving with any sign, poster, sticker or other non-transparent material on the front windshield, wings…

New Jersey has never authorized lane splitting or lane filtering, and the words appear nowhere in the Revised Statutes. A motorcycle riding the stripe between two lines of traffic is…

New Jersey does not ban license plate frames outright. R.S. 39:3-33 makes it an offence to drive with a frame or holder that conceals or obscures the state name, the registration…

New Jersey has no statute prohibiting a radar detector in a private passenger vehicle. A full-text search of the New Jersey statutes returns no provision on radar detectors at all, and…

Studded tires are legal in New Jersey, but only from November 15 to April 1 of a winter season. There is no permit, no sticker and nothing to apply for, and the window does not appear…

New Jersey publishes no legal darkness for the front of a passenger car, because add-on tint on the windshield and on the two front side windows is prohibited outright. R.S. 39:3-74…