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title: "New Jersey Home Sale Guides | NJ Home Sale Checklist"
description: "Guides to New Jersey home sale inspections and certificates: smoke/CO alarm certificate, well testing, radon, oil tanks and lead, with official sources."
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# New Jersey home sale guides

Guides to the inspections and certificates involved in selling or buying a New Jersey home. Each guide links the statute, regulation or agency page it relies on.

- [NJ home sale checklist](https://njhomesalechecklist.com/home-sale-checklist/): Checklist of the certificates and inspections in a New Jersey home sale: smoke/CO certificate, well test, town CO/CCO, radon, oil tank, lead.
- [Smoke and CO alarm certificate](https://njhomesalechecklist.com/smoke-co-certificate/): What New Jersey's smoke alarm / carbon monoxide certificate (CSACMAPFEC) requires before a sale or rental, who issues it, fees and timing.
- [Private well testing (PWTA)](https://njhomesalechecklist.com/well-testing/): New Jersey requires private well water testing before a home sale closes. What the Private Well Testing Act requires and how to find a certified lab.
- [Radon in a NJ home sale](https://njhomesalechecklist.com/radon/): Radon testing during a New Jersey home sale: no test is required, but testers must be NJDEP-certified. Who can test, DIY kits, and the disclosure rule.
- [Oil tanks and tank sweeps](https://njhomesalechecklist.com/oil-tanks/): No NJ law requires an oil tank sweep at sale, but closing a residential heating-oil tank requires a NJDEP-certified firm. What buyers and sellers should know.
- [Lead evaluation contractors](https://njhomesalechecklist.com/lead/): Browse NJ DCA-certified lead evaluation contractors by county, with certification numbers, expiry dates and phone numbers from the official DCA list.
- [Smoke/CO certificate: town guides](https://njhomesalechecklist.com/smoke-co-certificate/towns/): Town-by-town guides to the NJ smoke and carbon monoxide alarm certificate for home sales: who issues it, fees and timing, with official sources where found.