Last reviewed September 2026
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New Jersey Lead-Based Paint Disclosure
This Lead-Based Paint Disclosure is built with New Jersey as the governing state. These are the New Jersey landlord-tenant rules that most often bear on it, with the statute for each.
New Jersey rules at a glance
| Lead-based paint | The federal lead warning and known-hazard disclosure apply to housing built before 1978 (42 U.S.C. §4852d). Separately, New Jersey’s 2021 lead-safe law (P.L.2021, c.182) requires most pre-1978 rentals to pass a lead-paint inspection at tenant turnover, with limited exemptions. |
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| Landlord entry | No general statute; one day’s notice for inspection and repairs in buildings of 3+ unitsN.J.A.C. 5:10-5.1 |
Landlord entry & access
New Jersey has no statute setting a general entry-notice period for houses and two-family homes, so the lease should spell out access. In buildings with three or more units (“multiple dwellings”), State housing regulations require tenants to allow access for inspection, maintenance and repair on reasonable notice — ordinarily one day — with immediate access in a safety or structural emergency (N.J.A.C. 5:10-5.1).
Outside those rules, entry should be with the tenant’s consent or on the terms the lease sets, and a landlord may never enter by force. Entering and taking possession or removing belongings without consent or a judgment is an unlawful entry and detainer that can cost the landlord damages, costs and attorney’s fees (N.J.S.A. 2A:39-1 et seq.).
Required disclosures in New Jersey
Leases must also be written in plain, understandable language under New Jersey’s Plain Language Act (N.J.S.A. 56:12-2).
- Lead-based paint — The federal lead warning and known-hazard disclosure apply to housing built before 1978 (42 U.S.C. §4852d). Separately, New Jersey’s 2021 lead-safe law (P.L.2021, c.182) requires most pre-1978 rentals to pass a lead-paint inspection at tenant turnover, with limited exemptions.
- Truth in Renting statement — In buildings with more than two units (more than three if owner-occupied), the landlord must give each new tenant the current DCA Truth in Renting statement at or before lease signing (N.J.S.A. 46:8-46).
- Flood risk rider — Since March 2024, landlords covered by the same unit-count threshold must disclose FEMA flood-zone status and known flooding history on a separately signed rider using the State’s model notice (N.J.S.A. 46:8-50).
- Security deposit notice — Bank name and address, account type, interest rate and amount, within 30 days of receipt (§46:8-19(c)).
- Landlord identity — Rental buildings other than owner-occupied two-family homes must be registered, and each tenant must receive the registration statement naming the owner, managing agent and emergency contact. An unregistered landlord can’t obtain a judgment for possession (N.J.S.A. 46:8-27 to -37).
- Window guards — In multiple dwellings, the lease must tell tenants they can request window guards where a child 10 or younger lives in the unit (N.J.A.C. 5:10-27.1).
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