{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-52-27d-126.2","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 52:27D-126.2","heading":"Persons appointed as construction officials or subcode officials;  licenses","body":"Notwithstanding the provisions of the  \"State Uniform Construction Code Act,\"  P.L.1975, c. 217 (C. 52:27D-119 et seq.), or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto to the contrary, on or after January 1, 1981, no person who received an appointment as a construction official or a subcode official prior to October 1, 1978, shall hold or perform the duties of an office for which a license is required under that act, or represent himself as qualified for that position, use a title denoting that he is so licensed or otherwise represent himself as licensed or authorized to act under the code, unless that person possesses the appropriate license;  except that a subcode official or municipal engineer appointed prior to October 1, 1978, and acting as a construction official on January 1, 1981, or a municipal official appointed prior to October 1, 1978, and acting as a subcode official on January  1, 1981, may continue to act as a construction official or a subcode official,  respectively, until March 1, 1981, without licensing by the commissioner.\nL.1983, c. 35, s. 1.","path":["TITLE 52 STATE GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICERS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"8154dd76ffd79bd906220d6582bc306e055b313755a1a4cc2d3f18b8f4f81c97","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-52-27d-126.1","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-52-27d-126.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}