On November 20, 2009, the state of New Jersey enacted Assembly Bill No. 2653 which requires disclosure when selling certain clothing apparel containing fur.

Under the new law, any new coat, jacket, garment or other clothing apparel made wholly or in part of fur, regardless of the price of the apparel or the value of the fur contained in the apparel, is required to have a tag or label containing the name(s) of the animal(s) that produced the fur, as set forth in the Fur Products Name Guide, a guide which is used in the enforcement of the federal Fur Products Labeling Act. 

Under the New Jersey law, retailers are exempt from liability if a manufacturer or supplier certifies to the retailer in an invoice or other written document describing the apparel, that any tag or label attached by the manufacturer or supplier conforms to the requirements of this law.  Retailers will be held liable, however, if they know or reasonably should have known that any such certification is false.  Clothing which is not offered for sale in the first instance (e.g. second-hand, consignment, goodwill, etc.) is exempt from the requirement.

Compliance with New Jersey Public Law 2009, Chapter 156 will become mandatory beginning March 1, 2010.