Covered towns would report abandoned properties for a statewide database

Designated town officials would compile abandoned-property lists and send them and additions to the Department of Community Affairs. The duty covers municipalities that meet the law's qualifications and have designated officials. Lists may cover the whole town or areas its governing body selects. A town must appoint the official only if it chooses to pass an ordinance finding certain conditions involving unfit abandoned properties. Properties undergoing timely repairs, with building permits and steady progress on the approved work, stay off the list. The duties would start on the first day of the seventh month following enactment. Officials would send lists and additions within ten days of establishing them.

The Department of Community Affairs would inventory reported abandoned properties and record them in a statewide database. The inventory would include all abandoned properties reported by municipalities through their abandoned-property lists. These duties would start on the first day of the seventh month following enactment.