ASSEMBLY, No. 2723

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 10, 1997

 

 

By Assemblywoman POU

 

 

An Act authorizing municipalities to require address registration by certain property owners and supplementing chapter 48 of Title 40 of the New Jersey Statutes.

 

    Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

    1. a. A municipality is hereby authorized and empowered to enact an ordinance requiring an owner of real property situated within the municipality to register with the clerk of the municipality the street address of his residence whenever that owner does not reside at his property, in the case of residential premises, or does not operate a business at the property, in the case of commercial property. An ordinance so enacted shall provide for the assessment of reasonable penalties in the case of noncompliance.

    b. The clerk of the municipality may forward a copy of any address registration made pursuant to subsection a. of this section to the clerk of the county in which the municipality is situated. The county registrar shall maintain a file and index any address registrations received pursuant to this subsection.

    c. For the purposes of this act, "real property" shall mean any type of real estate including commercial or residential, improved or unimproved lots, single family homes, multiple dwellings, and property held in any manner, including fee simple, condominium or cooperative forms of ownership. "Street address" shall mean the address at which the person actually resides, and shall include a street name or rural delivery route in addition to any postal office box number which may be included.

 

    2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 STATEMENT

 

    This bill would authorize a municipality to enact an ordinance requiring owners of real estate to register their actual residential address with a municipality if the owners did not reside at the residence, in the case of residential property, or did not conduct business at the location, in the case of commercial property. The objective of this bill is to assist municipalities in locating absentee owners of real property.

    Under this bill, a municipality could require an owner to supply it with his residential street address, including the street name, rural delivery route, and any post office box which may be part of the address. The bill defines "street address" to mean the address at which the person actually resides.

    The bill would include all types of real estate, including commercial or residential, improved or unimproved lots, single family homes, multiple dwellings, and property held in any manner, including fee simple, condominium, or cooperative forms of ownership.

    The municipal clerk would have the option of sending a copy of any address registered to the appropriate county clerk's office for additional filing and indexing.

 

 

                             

Permits municipal ordinance requiring address registration of certain property owners.