New Jersey's new Lead Safe Certification law requires that all landlords must have their properties tested for lead based paint every three years or when a new tenant takes up residence. All single-family, two-family, and multiple rental dwellings must be inspected, except for the following exempt properties:

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• Dwellings that were constructed during or after 1978.

• Single-family and two-family seasonal rental dwellings which are rented for less than six-months duration each year by tenants that do not have consecutive lease renewals.

• Dwellings that have been certified to be free of lead-based paint pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:17-3.16(b).

• Multiple rental dwellings that have been registered with the Department of Community Affairs for at least ten years and have no outstanding lead violations from the most recent cyclical inspection performed on the multiple dwelling under the “Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law” (N.J.S.A. 55:13A-1).

• This means that all multiple dwellings constructed prior to 1978 and registered with the Department for at least ten years that have a certificate of inspection issued by the Department of Community Affairs, Bureau of Housing Inspection, are exempt from this requirement.

• A multiple dwelling that has been registered with the Department for at least ten years with an open inspection that has no violations for paint is also exempt from this requirement.