New Jersey: 3 business days before you dig.
New Jersey One Call · N.J.A.C. 14:2-3.3
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A waiting period is not always permission. Some states also require that every operator has answered before you break ground, and some require you to mark your own dig path first. Where we have read that requirement, it is in the notes on this page. Where this page is silent, we have not checked it yet — silence here is not the same as absence. We are working through the rest and dating each one as it lands.
Notice before you break ground
3 business days
Three to ten business days ahead.
Tolerance zone
24" each side
Two feet horizontally from the outside wall of the marked facility. No mechanized equipment inside it until the facility has been located by hand digging.
Ticket good for
45 business days from when the ticket goes out to the utilities
Worth knowing in New Jersey
Forty-five BUSINESS days is about nine calendar weeks — far longer than the number suggests.
Common questions about digging in New Jersey
- How much notice do you have to give before digging in New Jersey?
- 3 business days before you break ground, through New Jersey One Call. Three to ten business days ahead.
- How long is an 811 ticket good for in New Jersey?
- 45 business days from when the ticket goes out to the utilities.
- What is the tolerance zone in New Jersey?
- 24" each side. Two feet horizontally from the outside wall of the marked facility. No mechanized equipment inside it until the facility has been located by hand digging.
Check it yourself
Every figure here was read off N.J.A.C. 14:2-3.3, not off a summary — summaries of these get the unit wrong, and the unit is usually a weekend. Read the source.
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