Rental registration in Montclair, NJ

Every covered dwelling registers its base rent annually on 1 April, at $10 per dwelling unit. A late notice costs $20 a unit, and failing to file within 45 days of the Rent Control Officer's notice prohibits any rent increase until it is filed.

In addition to the statewide registration under N.J.S.A. 46:8-27, not instead of it. The other fees are worth knowing because they price the routes out of the 4%: a legal rent determination is $25 a unit, an appeal of the Rent Control Officer $100, a capital-improvement or service increase $250 a unit and a hardship application $300 a unit. A substantial-compliance certification from the township must accompany the annual increase notice itself, and a tenant who successfully contests that certification voids the increase.

Fee per unit

$10