Resale CO checklistProspect Park Borough
Certificate of Occupancy Required
Certificate of Compliance (for sale) · Borough of Prospect Park Housing Department / Building Department (Code Enforcement), under Borough Code Chapter 90-33
- Working smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms (the Housing Department inspects for both)
- Ten-year sealed battery smoke alarms on each floor, including the basement and attic, and within 10 feet of all bedrooms
- Battery smoke alarms cannot replace hardwired smoke alarms; hardwired systems must work
- Carbon monoxide alarm within 10 feet of all bedrooms (plug-in, battery or combination units); the Housing Department page says one per floor
- Fire extinguisher (4 to 10 lb) in every kitchen, wall-mounted no higher than 5 feet above the floor (listed on the fire safety sheet bundled with the 2026 sale form)
- Compliance with the Borough's unfit buildings and housing standards ordinances
| Certificate of Compliance inspection, 1 family house | $75.00 |
| Certificate of Compliance inspection, 2 family house | $150.00 |
| Certificate of Compliance inspection, 3 family house | $225.00 |
| Certificate of Compliance application for sale, 1 family / 2 family / 3 family (form) | $75.00 / $150.00 / 225.00 |
| State online certificate, more than 10 business days before closing (only if the State issues the certificate for Prospect Park; the portal marks the Borough smoke-certificate exempt) | $45 |
| State online certificate, 4 to 10 business days before closing (same caveat) | $90 |
| State online certificate, less than 4 business days before closing (same caveat) | $161 |
- Phone: (973) 790-7902 .ext 524
- Application: https://www.prospectpark.net/Departments/Housing/Certificate%20of%20Compliance%20for%20Sale.pdf
Smoke and CO alarm certificate Required
- Ten-year sealed battery smoke alarms on each floor, including the basement and attic, and within 10 feet of all bedrooms (Borough sheet)
- Carbon monoxide alarm within 10 feet of all bedrooms (Borough sheet)
- Fire extinguisher (4 to 10 lb) mounted in the kitchen no higher than 5 feet (still listed on the Borough's 2026 sheet even though the state dropped it from the state certificate in February 2025)
Borough of Prospect Park Housing Department / Building Department (Certificate of Compliance includes the smoke and carbon monoxide alarm inspection)
Entire borough
- Phone: (973) 790-7902 .ext 524
- Application: https://www.prospectpark.net/Departments/Housing/Certificate%20of%20Compliance%20for%20Sale.pdf
NJ DCA Division of Fire Safety, Bureau of Fire Code Enforcement (State is the fire code enforcing agency)
Entire borough (State enforces the fire code; whether the State issues resale smoke certificates here is doubtful, see notes)
| State online certificate, more than 10 business days before closing (only if the State issues the certificate for Prospect Park; the portal marks the Borough smoke-certificate exempt) | $45 |
| State online certificate, 4 to 10 business days before closing (same caveat) | $90 |
| State online certificate, less than 4 business days before closing (same caveat) | $161 |
- Phone: (609) 633-6132
- Timing: More than 10 business days before closing for the lowest state fee
- Application: https://firesolutions.dca.nj.gov/ultra-fire-home/smoke-application-create/