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Manchester Township lead-safe certification for rentals (2026)

Ocean 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
Either (municipality or owner-hired contractor)
Municipal fee
Not on file — check the ordinance
Registration
yes - landlord registration fee of $100 per rental property, paid annually (separate from lead inspection)
Contact phone
(732) 657-8121
Program / contact page
https://manchestertwp.com/departments/department-of-inspection/inspections-division/permits/
Research completeness
filled
Last verified
2026-09-23

Notes

Township Code Ch. 244 (Housing Standards) requires a lead-safe certificate for pre-1978 rentals at turnover or every 3 years; municipality may charge a fee covering inspection cost incl. hiring a lead evaluation contractor. A $28 "lead abatement clearance certificate" fee was found but that appears to be a post-remediation clearance fee, not the standard per-unit inspection fee, so municipal_fee is left null pending confirmation.

Statewide 3-year certification rule applies here too

Regardless of Manchester Township'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

Manchester'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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