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New Jersey is now the only state in America where it’s illegal for drivers to pump their own gas. There’s only one state left where it’s illegal to pump your own gas Skip to main content
The State of Oregon banned self-service in 1951, but legalised it from 2018 in counties with 40,000 residents or fewer. [6] In 2020, as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic Oregon temporarily allowed self-service statewide. [7] In August 2023, Oregon allowed fuel stations to provide a self-serve option to customers, up to half their pumps.
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The concept is similar to self-service, and one USA example is pumping gas: New Jersey banned customers from doing this in 1949; [9] now NJ is the only state "where drivers are not allowed to pump their own gasoline." [9]
Customers, in fact, are prohibited by law from pumping their own gasoline. The only exception to this within New Jersey is at the filling station next to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in Wrightstown. New Jersey prohibited self-service in 1949, with the passage of "Retail Gasoline Dispensing Safety Act," after lobbying by service station owners.
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The US states of Oregon and New Jersey (shown in red) do not allow self-service. New Jersey, along with Oregon, is one of only two states which prohibit customers from pumping gasoline at gas stations. (However, Oregon has recently changed the law, allowing self-service at night time in rural areas.)
Bills that would reform the Open Rublic Records Act and renew New Jersey's Transportation Trust Fund — increasing the gas tax in the process — have been streamlined to the point where they are ...