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Highland Park Borough lead-safe certification for rentals (2026)

Middlesex County — lead-safe rental certification under P.L.2021, c.182, as amended by P.L.2024, c.74.

Summary

Inspection method
Visual assessment (state 2025-26 list: "Visual Inspection")
Who inspects
Not on file — check the ordinance
Municipal fee
$125 initial visual inspection (+$75 dust-wipe sampling if warranted); $100 reinspection; $150 emergency-inspection surcharge
Registration
unclear
Contact phone
Not on file — check the ordinance
Program / contact page
https://www.hpboro.com/departments/construction/housing-inspections-1167
Research completeness
filled
Last verified
2026-09-23

Notes

Fee schedule found via search snippet of ecode360 (direct fetch blocked by 403); could not confirm whether landlords may alternatively hire their own DCA-certified contractor, or get a direct contact phone number.

Statewide 3-year certification rule applies here too

Regardless of Highland Park Borough's specific process above, the certificate itself is valid three years statewide (P.L.2024, c.74) — not the two years some older DCA guidance still states. See the lead-safe hub for the full statewide timeline, deadlines, and landlord checklist.

Sources

Highland Park's rent control page →

Email me before my lead-safe certificate expires

We'll send a one-time confirmation email first (double opt-in) — no reminder is sent until you click the link in it. There's no scheduled reminder sender wired up yet on our end beyond that confirmation, so treat this as staking a place in line; see the disclaimer below.

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