New Jersey § 52:27d-123
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§ 52:27d-123.
a. No later than three years after the effective date of P.L.2023, c. 299 ( C.52:27D-123.13a et al.), 1 every contract of sale of real property upon which an operable automatic lawn sprinkler
system was installed on or prior to September 8, 2000 shall include a provision requiring,
as a condition of the sale, the installation of an operational automatic rain sensor
or a smart sprinkler or the deposit of monies in escrow in an amount sufficient to
cover the costs of the installation of an operational automatic rain sensor or a smart
sprinkler. b. Closing of title on the sale of any real property shall not occur unless documentation
is provided demonstrating the installation of an operational automatic rain sensor
or smart sprinkler or the deposit of monies in escrow as required by subsection a.
of this section. At closing, the buyer and seller both shall certify in writing that the requirements
of this subsection have been met. c. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to the closing of title on the
sale of property within a common interest community. d. No later than 60 days after the effective date of P.L.2023, c. 299 ( C.52:27D-123.13a et al.), a person with a business permit issued by the New Jersey Board of Landscape
Irrigation Contractors, pursuant to the “Landscape Irrigation Contractor Certificate
Act of 1991,” P.L.1991, c. 27 ( C.45:5AA-1 et seq. ), engaging in the business of landscape irrigation on a property upon which an automatic
lawn sprinkler system was installed on or prior to September 8, 2000, shall be required
to provide notice, to all past and present clients, of the provisions of subsection
a. of this section, requiring the installation, by such person, of an operational
automatic rain sensor or a smart sprinkler, or the deposit of monies in escrow in
an amount sufficient to cover the costs of the installation of an operational automatic
rain sensor or a smart sprinkler. e. Failure to comply with the requirements of this section shall neither defeat nor
impair the title conveyed. 1
L.2023, c. 299, eff. Jan. 16, 2024.
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