The owner (landlord) is required by law to provide, install and maintain window guards in the apartment if a child or
children 10 years of age or younger is, or will be, living in the apartment or is, or will be, regularly present there for a
substantial period of time if the tenant gives the owner (landlord) a written request that the window guards be
installed. The owner (landlord) is also required, upon the written request of the tenant, to provide, install and
maintain window guards in the hallways to which persons in the tenant's unit have access without having to go out
of the building. If the building is a condominium, cooperative or mutual housing building, the owner (landlord) of the
apartment is responsible for installing and maintaining window guards in the apartment and the association is
responsible for installing and maintaining window guards in hallway windows. Window guards are only required to
be provided in first floor windows where the window sill is more than six feet above grade or there are other
hazardous conditions that make installation of window guards necessary to protect the safety of children.
History
HISTORY:
New Rule, R.2007 d.40, effective February 5, 2007.
See: 38 N.J.R. 3947(a), 39 N.J.R. 363(b).
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NJ - New Jersey Administrative Code > TITLE 5. COMMUNITY AFFAIRS > CHAPTER 10.
MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS > SUBCHAPTER 27. CHILD-
PROTECTION WINDOW GUARDS
APPENDIX 27B
TENANT'S GUIDE TO WINDOW GUARD SAFETY
What are window guards and why are they used?