Consumer Affairs

If you’re planning to buy a used car, New Jersey officials are advising you to make sure you don’t unknowingly wind up with a vehicle that was flooded during Superstorm Sandy.

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It's National Consumer Protection Week and the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs is offering new tools to empower consumers with information in the form of two handbooks and a video. 

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Atlantic County residents are warned to be wary of price gouging, or high markups on necessary items following the severe storms. Price gouging during a state of emergency is illegal in NJ.

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New Jersey merchants were warned today that price gouging is prohibited during the states of emergency that have been declared in a handful of counties, and any others that may be declared.

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The Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee advanced two measures Monday aimed at protecting New Jersey consumers from deceptive charges. Discussion of the bills displayed a few ways consumers could be paying more each month without knowing.

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The Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee advanced two measures today aimed at protecting New Jersey consumers from deceptive charges.

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New Jersey's new attorney general is reorganizing the enforcement arm of the state's Division of Consumer Affairs to crack down on crimes involving prescription drugs.

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A state audit finds a record number of New Jersey's licensed accountants are lying about their education.

Four percent of the 20,000 reviewed from 2006 to 2008 falsely reported that they had returned to school for a required ethics course

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The New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs are warning trick-or-treaters to stay away from novelty contact lenses that are designed to change the eye's appearance.  The contact lenses are said to cause infections and even permanent vision loss in some cases.

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