Application fee cap
N.J. Stat. § 46:8-18.1(a)State law
A landlord or agent may not require an application or similar fee exceeding the statutory limit to apply to lease or sublease a residential rental property for dwelling purposes.
Answers the question “What can they charge me to apply?”
The source
… 4R) CHAPTER 405 An Act limiting the amount of residential rental property application fees and supplementing chapter 8 of Title 46 of the Revised Statutes. Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: C.46:8-18.1 Residential rental property application fee not to exceed $50. 1. a. A landlord, or agent thereof, shall not require an application or other similar fee to apply to lease or sublease a residential rental property for dwelling purposes, which exceeds $50. b. A landlord, or agent thereof, who violates subsection a. of this section shall be liable for a penalty of up to $500 for a first offense, up to $750 for a second offense, and up to $1,000 for each subsequent offense, which shall be collected and enforced by summary proceedings pursuant to the "Penalty Enforcement…
- Official law
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- Document
- D066, retrieved Oct 1, 2026
- Dates
- In force since May 1, 2026
- Status on Oct 1, 2026
- In force
What it depends on
- Covers
- Conditions not extracted yet.
- Key value
- $50
- Exemptions
- Does not apply to a dwelling unit in a one-family or two-family dwelling offered for rent, or to a New Jersey Real Estate Commission licensee unless the licensee is the landlord.
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Audit trail
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Extracted by the model
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- Category
- Application fees
- Requirement
- A landlord or agent may not require an application or similar fee exceeding the statutory limit to apply to lease or sublease a residential rental property for dwelling purposes.
- Key value
- $50
- Effect
- protection_or_duty
- Quote found in source
- yes
- Confidence
- 90%
reasoning boundary
Decided by code
Deterministic: same rules, facts and date give the same answer.
- Jurisdiction: listed only for addresses whose state or legal city is NJ.
- Dates: in force from 2026-05-01 (first day of month 4 after enactment 2026-01-20); before that, not yet in force.
- Coverage: tested against what the building is used for; a missing fact gives "unknown", never a guess.
As of Oct 1, 2026Engine run
Sources retrieved Oct 1, 2026.
Which buildings it reaches
All 140 sample addresses in New Jersey on Oct 1, 2026.
- 140 applies
Every dot is the rule engine’s result for that address. The larger dots are the example addresses listed below.
Decided by code for the example addresses
On Oct 1, 2026. Rules that don’t apply are left out.
- 327 Jackson St, Hoboken: Applies. N.J. Stat. § 46:8-18.1(a) covers this address: apartment building (NJ class 4C (apartments, 5+ units)).