New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING NEW HOME WARRANTIES AND BUILDERS' REGISTRATION
Subchapter 3 - WARRANTY COVERAGE AND STANDARDS
Section 5:25-3.3 - Builder responsibilities

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 5:25-3.3

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

(a) Each builder shall be responsible for the correction of any defect which appears during any of the warranty period specified in this section, unless such responsibility is otherwise assumed by the private plan of which he is a member. Participants in the State Plan shall be responsible for correction of defects for the first two years of the warranty.

(b) The builder's responsibility in the case of a defect covered by this warranty shall include removal of the defects by repair or replacement or payment of the reasonable cost of repair or replacement. The choice as between repair, replacement or payment is the builders. The builder's responsibility shall include actual reasonable shelter expenses during repairs.

(c) Steps taken by the builder to correct defects shall not be deemed to extend the term of the warranty beyond that specified in this section.

(d) Written notice of a defect in any item under the warranty must be received by the builder not later than seven calendar days after the date on which the warranty on that item expires.

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