Resale CO checklistWestampton Township
Certificate of Occupancy Not required
Westampton Township doesn’t require a resale Certificate of Occupancy.
- Phone: (609) 267-1891 ext. 101
- Official page: https://www.westamptonnj.gov/construction-code-enforcement-inspections/pages/resalerental-home
Smoke and CO alarm certificate Required
- House numbers at least 4 inches high, contrasting color, permanently fixed to the house and visible from the street (mailbox or lamp post numbers not accepted)
- Smoke alarm on every level; basement alarm at the bottom of the stairwell on the ceiling (not between joists)
- Hallway smoke alarms within 10 feet of all bedroom doors; smoke alarms on the ceiling in each bedroom if the home was built after 1991
- Smoke and CO alarms must be less than 10 years old and working; battery smoke alarms must be the 10-year sealed type; hard-wired alarms cannot be replaced with battery alarms
- CO alarm in the hallway within 10 feet of all bedrooms (plug-in, battery or hard-wired accepted; not in switched outlets)
- Homes with a low-voltage fire alarm system need the system tested and certified by an alarm contractor before the inspection, with the certificate shown to the inspector
- Fire extinguisher still listed on the WTES page (2026): mounted on a bracket within 10 feet of the kitchen in the path of egress, minimum rating 2A-10B:C, under 10 pounds
Westampton Township Emergency Services Bureau of Fire Prevention (WTES)
| Request received 14 calendar days before settlement | $70.00 |
| Request received 13 calendar days or less before settlement | $140.00 |
| Request received 4 calendar days or less before settlement | $165.00 |
| Re-inspection | $70.00 |
- Phone: 609-267-2041 (option 3 for the Fire Marshal)
- Timing: Submit the request 3 to 4 weeks before settlement. The lowest fee applies when the request is received 14 calendar days or more before settlement.
- Application: https://westamptonfire.formstack.com/forms/smoke_detector_inspection_application