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North Bergen Township lead-safe certification for rentals (2026)

Hudson 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
Landlord hires own certified contractor (required)
Municipal fee
Not on file — check the ordinance
Registration
Unclear - no dedicated lead/rental registration ordinance found; Township runs a separate annual Rent Control registration for rent-controlled units only
Contact phone
201-392-2000 (Township Hall); 201-392-2084 (Health Dept.)
Program / contact page
https://www.northbergen.org/pages/lead-testing
Research completeness
filled
Last verified
2026-09-23

Notes

Official Township page lists no municipal inspector option; it directs owners to hire any NJ-licensed lead-testing company and names two examples serving the area (All Lead NJ, LEW Environmental). A LEW Environmental marketing page separately claims an exclusive North Bergen partnership at $250/unit + $20 state fee, but this is not corroborated by the Township's own page and should be treated as an unverified vendor claim rather than a town-set fee.

Statewide 3-year certification rule applies here too

Regardless of North Bergen 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

North Bergen'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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