Rental registration in Passaic, 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.

No registration, no rent increase

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Verified on 2026-08-18 — 44 days ago.

Section 231-24 requires every landlord subject to Chapter 231 to file complete tenant registrations for all dwelling units and to submit copies of the filed registrations to the Rent Leveling Board annually. No rent increase is permissible unless the landlord has complied.

Chapter 185 was read with §231-24: the owner and tenant or prospective tenant jointly file the registration information, including the tenancy and rent data, within 15 days of occupancy, and annual copies go to the Rent Leveling Board. The 30-day increase notice must certify both registration and substantial Property Maintenance Code compliance. Chapter 231A separately charges a rental-property registration fee of $25 per unit for one- and two-family property and $10 per unit for other multiple dwellings; it is not represented as a Chapter 185 tenant-registration fee.

In effect since 2025-09-02.

Sources

City of Passaic Ordinance 2494-25 §§231-24, 231-25
City of Passaic Code Chapters 185 and 231A — tenant and rental-property registrationChapter 185 states the joint filing and 15-day occupancy deadline; Chapter 231A states the separate per-unit rental-property fee.

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