The Metrc-connected register for New Jersey dispensaries.
New Jersey has run on Metrc since December 2022. Batchly reports each sale to Metrc as a sales receipt with the package tag, puts the 6.625% Sales Tax on the receipt as its own line, logs the 21+ ID check on every age-restricted sale, and runs the order-ahead queue. Production Metrc API access in New Jersey, and we set Metrc up with you.
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Shopping for a dispensary POS in New Jersey starts with the same question it does in every Metrc state: does it talk to the state system, correctly, on every sale? Everything below is what the register does about each New Jersey rule, with the rule attributed to the regulator and dated. Rules change; the dates are there so you can see what was checked and when.
Who regulates what in New Jersey
As of September 2026
- Licensing and rules: the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC) establishes and enforces the rules governing the licensing, cultivation, testing, selling and purchasing of cannabis in the state, for both the Medicinal Cannabis Program under the Jake Honig Act and the adult-use market under the CREAMM Act. Main line 609-376-7300; licensing questions go to crc.licensing@crc.nj.gov (609-376-7373); the Office of Compliance and Investigations takes reports of violations at crc.compliance@crc.nj.gov (CRC contact page, as of September 2026).
- Taxes: the New Jersey Division of Taxation administers Sales and Use Tax on adult-use sales; its guide ANJ-30 (revised December 2024) is the reference used on this page. Municipalities administer their own Local Cannabis Transfer Tax, so questions about that line go to the municipality, not the Division.
- Vendors: we found no POS certification, registration or approved-vendor list in New Jersey. The CRC's Confidentiality and API User Agreement is the instrument for track-and-trace access, and a licensee lists its vendor-contractors in its annual application (N.J.A.C. 17:30-7.10(d)18).
Seed-to-sale: Metrc, since December 2022
As of September 2026
Metrc is the CRC's seed-to-sale tracking portal, used to comply with both the Jake Honig Act and the CREAMM Act; the CRC designated it by Resolution 2022-2 and N.J.A.C. 17:30-3.6. It launched in New Jersey in December 2022 (Metrc's E/ATC launch guidance is dated December 28, 2022). The CRC requires every cannabis plant and product to be entered and tracked in Metrc, and failure to do so may bring enforcement action. One Metrc deployment covers both markets, so a site that sells both holds an adult-use license number and a medicinal permit number in Metrc.
The CRC's API User Agreement (the November 2022 form) says what the connection is for. The API key exists for the purposes of communicating real-time sales information to the Metrc system, and transactional data is to be entered on a real-time or as-close-as-possible basis. The licensee is responsible for every POS transaction being accurately represented in Metrc, with daily reconciliation verification and reporting to the State on request. A first non-reporting offense draws a warning; recurrence can cost the licensee its API key. The agreement also requires state data to be kept in U.S. data centers. For patient sales, the agreement also requires the vendor to perform a GET call on the patient's available dispensing limit before dispensing.
One New Jersey detail worth knowing before onboarding: retailers do not create Metrc items. Cultivators and manufacturers create them, and a retailer sells against the items it received (Metrc bulletin NJ_IB_0025, September 2024).
What Batchly does: Batchly is Metrc-connected. Inventory is held by Metrc package tag as received, and each sale is reported to Metrc as a sales receipt carrying the package tag, quantity and price, depleting the package. Reporting runs from a durable outbox with retry, so a Metrc slowdown never blocks the line, a retried sale is checked against Metrc by receipt number before it is re-sent so nothing is doubled, and a scheduled reconcile compares Batchly's active package count with Metrc's and flags any report that failed or stalled. The daily reconciliation verification in the CRC agreement stays the licensee's; Batchly's reconcile and outbox status are what you check it against. Batchly holds production Metrc API access in Michigan, New Jersey and Illinois. We set Metrc up with you: your Metrc user key, the license number your sales report under, your item mapping, before the first sale.
ID checks the way N.J.A.C. 17:30-14.3 reads
As of September 2026
Under N.J.A.C. 17:30-14.3(a), per the CRC, retail personnel examine a consumer's photographic identification prior to selling or serving cannabis items, for each transaction: a passport, any state's driver's license, a New Jersey MVC identification card, or another government-issued photo ID showing name, date of birth and a physical description. Subsection (c) requires personnel to log, in a record, that the examination and the confirmation of legal age occurred. Subsection (b) is the one vendors get wrong: the retailer shall not keep a copy of the consumer's photographic identification, and may not retain more personal information than is typical for an alcohol sale. The CRC's consumer page puts the age at 21+ for residents and visitors; the CRC's patient FAQ says medical customers present their MCP ID to buy from the medical menu.
What Batchly does: every age-restricted sale prompts for the 21+ ID check before it rings, and the register logs that the check occurred on the sale row, so a new hire cannot skip it on a busy Friday and the record exists when the CRC asks. Batchly keeps no copy of the ID, which is what 17:30-14.3(b) requires. Refunds and voids carry a server-stamped actor. Details on the compliance page.
Purchase limits: one ounce per transaction, three ounces per month for patients
As of September 2026
N.J.A.C. 17:30-14.3(d), per the CRC, caps what an adult-use retailer may sell in a single transaction:
| Adult use, per transaction | Limit |
|---|---|
| Usable cannabis | 28.35 g (1 oz) |
| Solid concentrate | 4 g |
| Liquid concentrate | 4 mL |
| Ingestible products | 1,000 mg THC total |
| Mixed order | the one-ounce equivalent across the combination |
Subsection (e) adds that the retailer makes a good-faith effort to keep a consumer under one ounce across multiple transactions. Medical is a different counter. Per the CRC's patient FAQ, a qualifying patient or designated caregiver may purchase up to 85 g (3 oz) in a 30-day period; under N.J.S.A. 24:6I-10(f) the cap does not apply to terminally ill and hospice patients, and other patients may petition the CRC for an exemption.
What Batchly does: every sale is itemized by package tag, quantity and unit, and server-stamped, so a limit question always has an answer. The register has a patient sale type and runs the Metrc dispensing-limit status check before each patient sale (the check confirms status and remaining allotment; it is not a purchase-limit counter), as the CRC API agreement requires of the vendor before a patient sale. Two things it does not do today, stated plainly: the Metrc delivery record is scoped with you before delivery goes live, and automatic per-customer purchase-limit counters at the register are on the roadmap. Confirm the current figures with your counsel; the register keeps the record, the regulator sets the number.
Taxes on the receipt, per the Division of Taxation
As of September 2026, per the New Jersey Division of Taxation (ANJ-30, revised December 2024; Sales Tax rate per the Division's Sales and Use Tax page)
| Line on the receipt | Rate | Applies to |
|---|---|---|
| NJ Sales and Use Tax | 6.625% | Adult-use retail sales; 6.625% state rate in effect since January 1, 2018 (Division of Taxation); filed on Form ST-50C (ANJ-30) |
| Local Cannabis Transfer Tax | 0 to 2%, set by municipal ordinance | Adult-use sales in a municipality that has adopted one; administered by the municipality |
| Medical cannabis | 0% state Sales Tax since July 1, 2022 | Medical-menu sales (phase-out under P.L. 2019, c. 153); a municipal tax may still apply, which the CRC patient FAQ puts at up to 2% |
| State excise at retail | none | Not a receipt line in New Jersey |
What the CRC rule says about the receipt itself. N.J.A.C. 17:30-14.3(k): the retailer collects any tax from a consumer required by the Act and the chapter. 17:30-14.3(g): the receipt shows, at minimum, the retailer's name, address, license number and telephone number, the date of sale, and the items purchased with their prices. Safe-use information is offered at the point of sale (i), and a copy of the lab test report is offered (j).
SEEF is not your line. The Social Equity Excise Fee is charged by Class 1 cultivators on transfers to other cannabis establishments; the Division of Taxation's guide says it is not imposed on retail consumers. It is $2.50 per ounce for 2025 and, by CRC vote at its December 17, 2025 public meeting, stays at $2.50 per ounce for calendar 2026 (Division of Taxation SEEF page, as of September 2026; NJ-CRC bulletin, December 23, 2025). It does not appear on the receipt.
What Batchly does: the register carries one configurable, separately stated tax line per store: set it to 6.625% Sales Tax under your label, charged on taxable items and shown as its own line on the receipt, tax-added or tax-inclusive, rounded per line. Taxability is per item, so medical-menu items can be marked non-taxable. Two things it does not do today, stated plainly: it does not carry a second municipal transfer-tax line, and it has no separate patient sale type. If your municipality has adopted a transfer tax, raise it with us before go-live. Batchly describes what the register does; it does not give tax advice. Confirm your rates with the Division of Taxation, your municipality and your accountant.
Delivery and curbside, after CRC approval
As of September 2026
N.J.A.C. 17:30-14.8, per the CRC, lets a Class 5 cannabis retailer, using its own delivery personnel or a Class 6 cannabis delivery service, deliver to a consumer at a residence, including a temporary residence, in New Jersey. The conditions: a delivery operations plan approved by the Commission before the first delivery (x); orders placed in advance by the consumer (c); never to a P.O. box or federal land (h); in-person visual verification of the consumer's photo ID at the door before the items change hands (i); every transaction logged in the Commission-designated inventory management system (k). The retailer may set its own geographic and hourly limits (b)(1) and may charge a delivery fee (v).
The CRC's Class 5 Home Delivery Guidance (December 1, 2023) describes the approval: a letter requesting permission, a home-delivery standard operating procedure, and, if a Class 6 service is used, the agreement and the service's proof of licensure. Orders are assembled at the retailer's premises, and delivery personnel travel only between the premises and residential addresses.
Curbside runs under N.J.A.C. 17:30-14.4, also on CRC approval: the order is placed in advance, the ID is checked in person before the sale, and the transaction is logged in the inventory system.
What Batchly does: order-ahead by text and phone lands in one queue at the counter, and curbside orders sit in that same queue with the customer's name on the bag; the ID check and the Metrc receipt happen at the hand-off. Batchly's own local delivery, your drivers, your zones, a cutoff, a delivery fee, tonight's route and a tracking link per order, with no marketplace in between, is available to a Class 5 retailer whose delivery operations plan the CRC has approved. Two honest lines: the in-person ID check at the door that 17:30-14.8(i) requires is your driver's step, and Batchly does not log it on the delivery today; and Batchly reports in-store sales as Metrc sales receipts today, while the CRC requires every delivery logged in Metrc as well, so we scope both the delivery ID record and the Metrc delivery record with you before delivery goes live.
Your phone is ringing. That is revenue.
A dispensary's phone rings all day: is it in stock, how late are you open, can I order. Front Desk, the AI staffer built into the register, answers 24/7 from the live menu, and customers can order ahead by text. The order lands in the queue, your team pulls and labels, the customer walks in or pulls up to a bag with their name on it. The menu is the inventory, held by package tag, so nothing sells that is not on the shelf. It is also the shape the rules expect: N.J.A.C. 17:30-14.8(c) and 17:30-14.4 both expect orders placed in advance, which is what text and phone order-ahead is. The full flow is on the order ahead page.
Getting paid
Payments stay yours: bring the setup you use today and Batchly works around it. Dual pricing at the register is listed as permitted in New Jersey, with disclosure rules, on our dual pricing laws by state page; confirm current state law and card-network rules with your counsel. One thing we will never put on your counter is a cashless ATM. Details on the payments page.
More for dispensary operators
Cannabis overview
The register that answers your phone and takes orders by text, from the live menu.
Order ahead
The full text-to-pickup flow, from the first text to a named bag on the shelf.
Payments
Bring your own counter setup.
Compliance
ID checks on every sale and audit trails with names on them.
Questions New Jersey operators ask
Does New Jersey use Metrc?
Yes. Metrc has been the CRC's seed-to-sale system since December 2022, for both the medicinal and adult-use markets (as of September 2026, per the CRC and Metrc). Batchly is Metrc-connected, reports each sale as a sales receipt with the package tag, holds production Metrc API access in New Jersey, and we set Metrc up with you.
Is Batchly a CRC-approved or Metrc-validated POS in New Jersey?
New Jersey has no POS approval or certification; the CRC's API User Agreement governs track-and-trace access and puts the reporting duty on the licensee. Batchly holds production Metrc API access in New Jersey; we do not describe that as an approval or a listing. Nothing on this page is legal advice.
What taxes go on a New Jersey dispensary receipt?
Per the Division of Taxation (ANJ-30, as of September 2026): 6.625% Sales Tax on adult-use sales plus your municipality's Local Cannabis Transfer Tax of up to 2%, if adopted. Medical-menu sales carry 0% state Sales Tax since July 1, 2022. There is no state excise at retail; the Social Equity Excise Fee is charged to cultivators, not consumers, and is not a receipt line. Batchly carries one configurable tax line per store; a municipal transfer-tax line is not in the register today.
What are the purchase limits at a New Jersey counter?
Adult use: one ounce (28.35 g) of usable cannabis per transaction, or 4 g solid concentrate, 4 mL liquid concentrate, or 1,000 mg THC in ingestibles, or the one-ounce equivalent across a mix (N.J.A.C. 17:30-14.3, as of September 2026). Patients: 3 oz per 30 days unless terminally ill or exempted by the CRC. Batchly keeps itemized, server-stamped records of every sale and runs the Metrc dispensing-limit status check before each patient sale (the check confirms status and remaining allotment; it is not a purchase-limit counter).
What has to be on the receipt?
N.J.A.C. 17:30-14.3(g) (as of September 2026): your name, address, license number and phone number, the date, and each item with its price. Batchly's receipt carries the date, each item with its price and the tax as its own line. The retailer name, address, license number and phone header is not on the receipt today; raise it with us before go-live.
Can a New Jersey dispensary deliver?
Yes, a Class 5 retailer may deliver to New Jersey residences once the CRC approves its delivery operations plan (N.J.A.C. 17:30-14.8, as of September 2026): orders placed in advance, photo ID verified in person at the door, no P.O. boxes, every delivery logged in Metrc. Batchly's local delivery runs your own drivers and route; we scope the Metrc delivery record with you before it goes live.
Does Batchly keep a copy of the customer's ID?
No. N.J.A.C. 17:30-14.3(b) forbids keeping a copy. Batchly logs that the check occurred, on the sale row, and nothing more.
Sources checked September 2026
- New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission, home: nj.gov/cannabis; contact page (main line, licensing and compliance contacts): nj.gov/cannabis/about/contact-us; adult-use consumer page (21+, ID, one-ounce transactions): nj.gov/cannabis/adult-personal; Medicinal Cannabis Program patient FAQ (3 oz per 30 days, municipal tax up to 2%): nj.gov/cannabis/medicinalcannabis/patient-faqs
- N.J.A.C. 17:30, Personal Use Cannabis rules (17:30-3.6 designated system; 17:30-7.10(d)18 vendor-contractors): nj.gov (PDF)
- N.J.A.C. 17:30-14.3 retail sale, ID, limits, receipt, taxes: law.cornell.edu; 17:30-14.4 curbside: law.cornell.edu; 17:30-14.8 home delivery: law.cornell.edu
- CRC, Class 5 Retailer Home Delivery Guidance, December 1, 2023: nj.gov (PDF)
- New Jersey Division of Taxation, ANJ-30 Cannabis and New Jersey Taxes, revised December 2024: nj.gov (PDF); Social Equity Excise Fee: nj.gov/treasury; 2026 SEEF rate bulletin, December 23, 2025: govdelivery.com
- New Jersey Division of Taxation, Sales and Use Tax (6.625% since January 1, 2018): nj.gov/treasury/taxation/salestax.shtml; rate-change notice, December 27, 2017: nj.gov (PDF)
- P.L. 2019, c. 153 (N.J.S.A. 24:6I-10; patient purchase limit, terminally ill and hospice exemption, CRC petition): pub.njleg.gov (PDF)
- Metrc, New Jersey partner page: metrc.com; New Jersey E/ATC launch document, December 2022: metrc.com (PDF); CRC Confidentiality and API User Agreement, November 2022 form: metrc.com (PDF); bulletin NJ_IB_0025, item approvals, September 2024: metrc.com (PDF)
- Batchly, dual pricing laws by state: batchly.shop/dual-pricing-laws-by-state
Batchly is business software for licensed cannabis retailers, 21+. Rules change and vary by state and license type. Nothing on this page is legal or tax advice. Verify current requirements with your counsel, the CRC, and the Division of Taxation.
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