New Jersey building permits: forms, steps and fees by town.
Most NJ home projects follow the same order under the Uniform Construction Code: zoning first (is the project allowed on your lot?), then the UCC construction permit from your town's construction office, then inspections until a final approval closes the permit. NJ DCA rules (opens official site in new tab)
We list 564 NJ municipalities across 21 counties. 25 have full researched packages, with 300 town-and-project guides built from each town's own sources.
Counties
- Atlantic County (23 towns)
- Bergen County (70 towns)
- Burlington County (40 towns)
- Camden County (36 towns)
- Cape May County (16 towns)
- Cumberland County (14 towns)
- Essex County (22 towns)
- Gloucester County (24 towns)
- Hudson County (12 towns)
- Hunterdon County (26 towns)
- Mercer County (12 towns)
- Middlesex County (25 towns)
- Monmouth County (53 towns)
- Morris County (39 towns)
- Ocean County (33 towns)
- Passaic County (16 towns)
- Salem County (15 towns)
- Somerset County (21 towns)
- Sussex County (24 towns)
- Union County (21 towns)
- Warren County (22 towns)