Rental registration in Atlantic City, NJ

One rule applies, with its citation below.

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These summaries are compiled from ordinance text and public sources and are dated at the point they were last checked. Rules change between checks — Newark replaced its whole registration regime in a single month — so confirm anything you are about to underwrite against the primary source or the municipal office named in the citation.

Atlantic Cityhigh confidence

Verified on 2026-08-18 — 44 days ago.

Within 30 days of occupancy or of purchase, every owner or rental agent must register with the Office of Landlord-Tenant Affairs and apply for an inspection of the premises for city code violations. The legal base rent is established at that point.

This is a closing task, not an annual one: the base rent from which every future increase is computed is fixed at registration, so registering late means arguing about the starting figure later. Annual registration is $30, a reinspection $15, and there is a $30 surcharge once payment is 30 days overdue. An owner aged 65 or over living in one unit of a two-family and qualifying under N.J.S.A. 54:4-8.41 pays nothing. Each unregistered leasehold is a separate violation.

Fee per unit: $30

Sources

Atlantic City Code §41-5 — Registration, inspection and feesFees added 6 October 2010 by Ord. 69-2010.

Every rule for Atlantic City, NJ