Ban on real estate lessors using service providers
Jersey City Code § 218-12(2)(a)City law
A real estate lessor, its agent, or its subcontractor may not subscribe to, contract with, or exchange anything of value for a service provider’s services.
Answers the question “Can rent-setting software be used on my rent?”
The source
… but not limited to prices, supply levels, security deposits, ideal occupancy levels, lease contract termination, renewal dates of residential dwelling units or any other material lease terms that is less than 365 days old and is not widely and readily available to the public at no cost. 2.Unlawful Conduct a.It is unlawful for any real estate lessor, agent, or subcontractor thereof, to subscribe to, contract with, or otherwise exchange anything of value in return for the services of a Service Provider. b.No service provider shall facilitate an agreement not to compete among real estate lessors with respect to any aspect of residential dwelling units, including rental pricing, fees, or any other rental terms. 3.Enforcement a.Public Enforcement. The Attorney General or any municipal or county attorney may bring a…
- Official law
- Open the official source
- Document
- S001, retrieved Oct 3, 2026
- Dates
- In force since Jun 10, 2025
- Status on Oct 1, 2026
- In force
What it depends on
- Covers
- Conditions not extracted yet.
- Exemptions
- The definition of “Coordinate” exempts owners of multiple properties for actions related exclusively to properties controlled by the same rental property owner. Licensed real estate agents operating in accordance with applicable state regulations are excluded from the definition of service provider.
- Open question
- New Jersey’s FAIR Act may override the local algorithmic-rent-setting ordinances in Jersey City and Hoboken once the state law takes effect.
- What you can do next
- Read the law at its official source
Audit trail
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Extracted by the model
What the model read from the source text, checked by code (the quote must appear word for word).
- Category
- Rent-setting software
- Requirement
- A real estate lessor, its agent, or its subcontractor may not subscribe to, contract with, or exchange anything of value for a service provider’s services.
- Key value
- none
- 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-JERSEY-CITY.
- Dates: in force from 2025-06-10 (New Jersey municipal default: 20 days after final passage 2025-05-21 (N.J.S.A. 40:49-2(d), 40:69A-181(b)); mayoral approval or publication may make it later); before that, not yet in force.
- Coverage: no building condition the data can test; conditions in words stay with the text.
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.
- 50 applies
- 90 not covered
Every dot is the rule engine’s result for that address. The larger dots are the example addresses listed below.