New Jersey Department of Community Affairs
Division of Codes and Standards
Landlord-Tenant Information Service
Rights of Tenants in
Condominium Conversion
Post-Conversion Tenants
Post-Conversion Tenants are those tenants whose initial tenancy began after the master deed was recorded and
the units are offered for sale. Tenants in any residential rental property, may only be evicted, when the Court
has ordered an eviction. A landlord may ask a tenant to move; however, the tenant is not required to move
unless a landlord files a complaint in Superior Court and the Court has ordered the eviction. Self-Help
Evictions, that is entry into a dwelling unit and removal of the tenants, their property, disconnection of utilities
or changing the locks without the tenant’s consent or without a judgment from a court, are not permitted in N.J.
The landlord of a building being converted to a condominium must give tenants a two month Notice to
Quit, if he wishes to evict a tenant, because he has contracted to sell the rental unit to a buyer who
intends to personally occupy the unit and the contract for sale requires that the unit be vacant at the time
of the closing.
STATEMENT
THIS BUILDING IS BEING CONVERTED TO OR IS A CONDOMINIUM OR COOPERATIVE.
YOUR TENANCY CAN BE TERMINATED UPON 60 DAYS’ NOTICE IF YOUR APARTMENT IS
SOLD TO A BUYER WHO SEEKS TO PERSONALLY OCCUPY IT. IF YOU MOVE OUT AS A
RESULT OF RECEIVING SUCH A NOTICE, AND THE LANDLORD ARBITRARILY FAILS TO
COMPLETE THE SALE, THE LANDLORD SHALL BE LIABLE FOR TREBLE DAMAGES AND
COURT COSTS.