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On January 16, 2024, Governor Phil Murphy signed the New Jersey Data Privacy Law, P.L. 2023, c. 266. The law went into effect on January 15, 2025. Please click on this Frequently Asked Questions link to learn more about the new law and your rights under it.
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On January 8, 2024, Governor Murphy signed into law P.L. 2023, c. 237, which, among other things: amended the Contractors’ Business Registration Act (“CBRA,” formerly the “Contractors’ Registration Act”), N.J.S.A. 56:8-136 et seq., and created the “Home Improvement and Home Elevation Contractor Licensing Act,” N.J.S.A. 45:5AAA-1 et seq. For more information on the registration requirements for contractors and businesses under these laws, click here.
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On July 10, 2024, Governor Murphy signed into law the Real Estate Consumer Protection Enhancement Act, P.L. 2024, c.32, which, among other things, requires sellers of residential property located in New Jersey to use the "Seller's Property Condition Disclosure Statement" ("Disclosure Statement," questions 1 through 108).

Additionally, on July 3, 2023, Governor Murphy signed into law P.L. 2023, c.93, which, among other things, requires sellers of all real property located in New Jersey to make certain additional disclosures concerning flood risks on the "Disclosure Statement." On July 15, 2024, the Division published a "Flood Risk Addendum" to the Disclosure Statement (questions 109 through 117), which includes the additional disclosures concerning flood risks.

As a result of these two laws, effective August 1, 2024:
  • Sellers of residential property must complete the Disclosure Statement (questions 1 through 108). A copy of the Disclosure Statement is available here; and
  • All sellers of real property, both residential and non-residential, must complete the Flood Risk Addendum to the Disclosure Statement (questions 109 through 117). A copy of the Flood Risk Addendum is available here.

The Division has created an instruction sheet with additional information regarding the use of these forms. The forms linked above supersede any forms previously posted by the Division, including, but not limited to, the "Amended Disclosure Statement" posted on December 21, 2023.

Press Release

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​For Immediate Release:
July 31, 2019

Office of The Attorney General
Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General

Division of Consumer Affairs
Paul R. Rodríguez, Acting Director
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​ Division of Law
Michelle Miller, Director
​​​​ For Further Information Contact:
Lee Moore 609-292-4791

Federal Court Sides with New Jersey, Montana in Challenge
to IRS’s Decision to Eliminate “Dark Money” Donor Reporting Requirement

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TRENTON – Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced that a federal court ruled on Tuesday night that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and U.S. Department of the Treasury violated federal law last year when they abandoned a fifty-year-old policy requiring “dark money” groups and other non-profit organizations to report information about their major donors to the federal government. 

The court’s ruling handed a win to the State of New Jersey, which joined Montana Governor Stephen C. Bullock and the Montana Department of Revenue in a lawsuit https://www.nj.gov/oag/newsreleases19/pr20190314a.html challenging the federal government’s policy change.

In yesterday’s decision, U.S. District Court Judge Brian Morris from Montana ruled that the IRS acted unlawfully when it changed its policy after powerful advocacy organizations had requested the change and without seeking public comment. According to the court, the IRS “attempt[ed] to evade” seeking the public input required by law when it adopted a new rule that “explicitly upends” fifty years of practice requiring donor reporting by dark money groups.

“This decision is a big win for democracy and for the rule of law,” said Attorney General Grewal. “Not only did the IRS try to make it easier for dark money groups to hide their funding sources, it did so behind closed doors, without seeking public input. By setting the IRS’s decision aside, the court has ensured that the IRS will be held accountable for its actions -- and dark money groups can be held accountable for theirs.”

In addition to filing a lawsuit to challenge the IRS’s elimination of the federal donor reporting requirement for dark money groups, New Jersey has clarified its own charitable organization reporting requirements https://www.nj.gov/oag/newsreleases19/pr20190513a.html to ensure that they continue to report their donor information to the Division of Consumer Affairs’ Charities Registration Section regardless of any changes in federal law.

Deputy Attorney General Katherine A. Gregory and Assistant Attorney General Glenn J. Moramarco are representing the State of New Jersey in this matter.

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Last Modified: 7/31/2019 6:21 AM

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