New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 45A - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES OF THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Subchapter 17 - HOME IMPROVEMENT CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION
Section 13:45A-17.4 - Exemptions

1. Any person registered pursuant to "the New Home Warranty and Builders' Registration Act," P.L. 1977, c.467 (46:3B-1 et seq.), but only in conjunction with the building of a new home as defined in 5:25-1.3;

2. Any person performing a home improvement upon a residential or non-commercial property owned by that person, or by the person's family;

3. Any person performing a home improvement upon a residential or non-commercial property owned by a bona fide charity or other non-profit organization;

4. Any person regulated by the State as an architect, professional engineer, landscape architect, land surveyor, electrical contractor, master plumber, locksmith, burglar alarm business, fire alarm business, or any other person in any other related profession requiring registration, certification, or licensure by the State, who is acting within the scope of practice of that profession;

5. Any person employed by a community association or cooperative corporation who is making home improvements within the person's scope of employment at the residential or non-commercial property that is owned or leased by the community association or cooperative corporation;

6. Any public utility as defined under 48:2-13;

7. Any person licensed as a home financing agency, a home repair contractor or a home repair salesman pursuant to 17:16C-77 , provided that the person is acting within the scope of such license;

8. Any home improvement retailer with a net worth of more than $ 50,000,000 or any employee of such home improvement retailer who is making or selling such home improvements within the person's scope of employment of the home improvement retailer; and

9. Any person holding a valid registration as a home elevation contractor pursuant to 13:45A-17A.3 ; provided that if the person's home elevation registration is surrendered, suspended, revoked, not renewed, or otherwise is no longer valid, the person shall register as a home improvement contractor prior to engaging in the business of making or selling home improvements unless the person qualifies for exemption from registration pursuant to (a)1 through 8 above.