New Jersey Department of Community Affairs
Division of Codes and Standards
Landlord-Tenant Information Service
Rights of Tenants in
Condominium Conversion
Pre-Conversion Tenants
Pre-Conversion Tenants are those tenants whose initial tenancy began before the master
deed was recorded. 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 must give tenants a three-year Notice to Quit before he or she can
file for an eviction. The landlord must wait 60 days after serving the “Notice of
intent” to convert and the “the full plan of conversion” before giving the three-
year notice. N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.8.
The landlord must provide the tenants with a Notice of Intent to Convert and the
Full Plan of Conversion (after the landlord has registered with the Planned Real
Estate Development Office). N.J.A.C. 5:24-1.3.
In the notice of the intent to convert, tenants shall be notified of their exclusive
right to purchase his or her unit, for the first 90 days after the notice is given.
N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.8.
The landlord must provide the tenants with a copy of N.J.A.C. 5:24 as a part of the
notice of intent to convert and full plan of conversion. N.J.A.C. 5:24-1.11.