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WatchdogResale CO checklist

Quinton Township

Salem County, New Jersey · Checked September 30, 2026

Certificate of Occupancy Required

Certificate of Continued Occupancy · Housing Office (Department of Housing)

  • Water test meeting NJDEP and federal EPA chemical, bacteriological and gross alpha limits (not needed on public water)
  • Septic certification (not needed on public sewer)
  • Chimney certification for all fossil fuel systems
  • Fire extinguisher (Township packet includes the 2005 state extinguisher memo)
  • Carbon monoxide alarms
  • Smoke detectors
  • Electrical panel box labeled; 100 amp service
  • Corrections and re-inspections must be done before occupancy
Certificate of Continued Occupancy, initial inspection$40.00
Re-inspection$40.00

Smoke and CO alarm certificate Required

  • Township CCO guideline requires smoke detectors, carbon monoxide alarms and a fire extinguisher before the certificate is issued; the extinguisher sheet in the Township packet is a 2005 state memo (2A:10B:C, no more than 10 pounds, within 10 feet of the kitchen, top no more than 5 feet above the floor)

Not confirmed. Likely the Quinton Township Housing Office, which checks smoke detectors, CO alarms and the fire extinguisher for the Certificate of Continued Occupancy