NJ A5130

Enforcing agencies must conduct construction inspections within three business days of a requested date and provide owners with a four-hour time window during which the inspection will occur.

Written notice of the four-hour inspection window must be given to the owner, agent, or responsible person within 24 hours of receiving the inspection request, and no later than 24 hours before the window begins.

If the enforcing agency cannot meet the inspection deadline or time window, they must notify the requestor in writing within 24 hours, and the parties may agree to an alternative date.

Property owners may hire authorized private on-site inspection agencies when enforcing agencies repeatedly fail to meet inspection timelines, subject to Department of Community Affairs authorization.

Owners may file complaints against local enforcing agencies on the Department of Community Affairs website for violations of inspection timing requirements; the law took effect on the first day of the third month following its December 19, 2025 approval.