Rental Property Registration
If you are renting a dwelling unit such as a single, two family or multi family, boarding house or rooming house, you are required to file a rental property registration statement annually. Statements are due by July 31, 2024. Below you will find the annual statement to file:
Rental Property Registration Form
Please be advised that in order to rent a dwelling unit out, you must obtain a smoke alarm, carbon monoxide alarm and portable fire extinguisher certificate prior to a new tenant occupying the unit. Requirements for the inspection and the schedule please visit the Office of Fire Prevention page at https://www.wtmorris.org/index.php/departments/fire-prevention
Lead Paint Abatement Inspection
All single-family, two-family, and multiple rental dwellings must be inspected.
The following dwellings are exempt:
- Dwellings that were constructed during or after 1978.
- Single-family and two-family seasonal rental dwellings which are rented for less than six-months duration each year by tenants that do not have consecutive lease renewals.
- Dwellings that have been certified to be free of lead-based paint pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:17-3.6(b).
- Multiple rental dwellings that have been registered with the Department of Community Affairs for at least ten years and have no outstanding lead violations from the most recent cyclical inspection performed on the multiple dwelling under the “Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law” (N.J.S.A. 55:13A-1).
- This means that all multiple dwellings constructed prior to 1978 and registered with the Department for at least ten years that have a certificate of inspection issued by the Department of Community Affairs, Bureau of Housing Inspection, are exempt from this requirement.
- A multiple dwelling that has been registered with the Department for at least ten years with an open inspection that has no violations for paint is also exempt from this requirement.
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Dwellings with a valid lead-safe certificate issued pursuant to this law, P.L.2021, c.182. Lead-safe certificates are valid for two years from the date of issuance.
As required by New Jersey law, Washington Township must conduct visual lead paint abatement inspections on all rental dwelling units. To schedule an inspection, please call 908-876-8637.
Below you will find an informational guide from Division of Community Affairs
DCA Lead Paint Inspection Guide