New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 44D - PUBLIC MOVERS AND WAREHOUSEMEN
Subchapter 4 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 13:44D-4.17 - Short-notice move or warehousing

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 13:44D-4.17

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) Pursuant to 13:44D-4.2, 4.3 and 4.4, a public mover and/or warehouseman shall not perform a move, or provide warehouse property, on the same day a consumer contacts the mover and/or warehouseman except as provided in (b) below.

(b) A public mover and/or warehouseman may only perform a short-notice move or warehousing if:

1. The consumer has been evicted from his or her residence or office and needs to move or store his or her property within 24 hours of the eviction;

2. The consumer's residence or office has been damaged by fire and he or she needs to move or store his or her property within 24 hours of the fire;

3. The consumer contracted for a move or warehousing on that day and the other mover and/or warehouseman did not arrive to perform the move or warehousing; or

4. The total cost to the consumer of the move or warehousing, including tips or gratuities, will not exceed $ 1,000.

(c) A public mover and/or warehouseman who performs a short-notice move or warehousing shall issue all forms required by 13:44D-4.2, 4.3 and 4.4, as appropriate. A public mover and/or warehouseman who performs a short-notice move or warehousing need not provide documents 24 hours prior to the move as required by 13:44D-4.2, 4.3 and 4.4.

(d) A public mover and/or warehouseman who performs a short-notice move shall obtain documentary proof that the consumer was evicted from the residence or office, had to move on account of a fire, had contracted with another mover for a move on that day, or that the cost of the move or warehousing did not exceed $ 1,000. The public mover and/or warehouseman shall maintain this documentary evidence as part of his or her records for at least three years.

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