N.J. Admin. Code § 7:27-29.3

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 7:27-29.3 - Applicability-LEV program

(a) Except as set forth at (b) and (c) below, no dealer or other person within this State shall deliver for sale, offer for sale, sell, import, deliver, purchase, rent, acquire, receive, or register on or after January 1, 2009, a new 2009 through 2025 model-year passenger car or light-duty truck, unless the vehicle has been certified by the CARB and has received a CARB Executive Order.

(b) Prior to January 1, 2010, model year 2009 vehicles that do not meet the requirements of (a) above, but were produced and delivered for sale in New Jersey on or before January 1, 2009, and have a certificate of conformity issued pursuant to the Clean Air Act, may be sold, offered for sale, purchased, acquired or received in New Jersey.

(c) The prohibitions contained in (a) above shall not apply to passenger cars and light-duty trucks that are:

1. Held for daily lease or rental to the general public or engaged in interstate commerce, that are registered and principally operated outside of New Jersey;

2. Test vehicles and emergency vehicles;

3. Acquired by a resident of this State for the purposes of replacing a vehicle registered to such resident, which vehicle was damaged, or became inoperative beyond reasonable repair, or was stolen while out of this State; provided that such replacement vehicle is acquired out of State at the time the previously registered vehicle was either damaged or became inoperative beyond reasonable repair or was stolen;

4. Transferred by inheritance;

5. Transferred by court decree;

6. Have a certificate of conformity issued pursuant to the Clean Air Act and originally registered in another state by a resident of that state who subsequently establishes residence in this State;

7. Sold directly from one dealer to another dealer;

8. Sold for the purpose of being wrecked or dismantled;

9. Sold exclusively for off-highway use; or

10. Sold for registration out of State.

(d) For the purposes of this subchapter, it is presumed that the equitable or legal title to any motor vehicle with an odometer reading of 7,500 miles or more has been transferred to an ultimate purchaser and that the equitable or legal title to any motor vehicle with an odometer reading of fewer than 7,500 miles has not been transferred to an ultimate purchaser.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:27-29.3

Amended by 55 N.J.R. 2481(b), effective 12/18/2023