Rental registration in East Orange, NJ

One rule applies, with its citation below.

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A registered rent roll is a precondition to any increase

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Verified on 2026-08-18 — 44 days ago.

An annual rent roll must be registered with the Department of Property Maintenance at $100 per building. No rent increase may be sought without a current one, and an application filed without it is automatically denied.

§218-14B charges $100 per building for the annual rent-roll registration. Filing from September through December adds a progressive late charge of $300, $500, $750 or $1,000 respectively. Those building-level amounts stay in prose rather than the per-unit fee field. Separately, a rent-increase application is $5 per unit and non-refundable. Failing to keep a current roll bars any increase from that tenant for twelve months, and on receipt of an increase notice a tenant may request a free inspection; material violations suspend collection until corrected.

Sources

East Orange Code §§218-8B, 218-9, 218-10E, 218-14

Every rule for East Orange, NJ