N.J. DCA Landlord/Tenant Information Series — (English)

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N.J. DCA Landlord/Tenant Information Series — (English)
Jurisdiction
New Jersey (state)
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Taxpayers Information Service, 50 Barrack Street, Post Office Box 269, Trenton, NJ 08646, (609)
292-6400 or (800) 323-4400. (See Homestead Property Tax Credit Act, N.J.S.A. 54:4-8.57 through
8.75).
Identity of Landlord
A landlord who owns a one or two-family non-owner-occupied home is required by law to
file a registration statement with the clerk of the municipality in which the building is located. If
the building has three (3) or more units, the statement must be filed with the Bureau of Housing
Inspection, Post Office Box 810, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0810, on a registration form provided
by the Bureau. The Bureau sends a validated copy of the filed registration form to the municipal
clerk. Owner-occupied two-family homes are not required to be registered. The landlord
registration law prohibits a landlord from evicting a tenant in the building if the landlord has not
been properly registered (N.J.S.A. 46:8-27 to -37).
The registration statement must be given in writing to each tenant and posted in a place in
the building where it can be easily seen. The document must state the date of preparation and
contain the names and addresses of the following: 1) the owner or owners of the building and the
owners of the rental business if not the same person; 2) the registered agent and corporate officers
if the owner is a corporation; 3) a person who resides in or has an office in the same county as the
building and is authorized to accept service of process, if the owner is not located in the county;
4) the managing agent; 5) regular maintenance personnel; 6) the owner’s representative who must
be available and able to act in an emergency (the representative’s telephone number must be
listed); 7) every holder of a recorded mortgage on the building; 8) if fuel oil is