N.J. DCA Landlord/Tenant Information Series — Eviction Law

Citation: N.J. DCA Landlord/Tenant Information Series — Eviction Law
Jurisdiction: New Jersey (state)
Source: Official source
Original Source: https://www.nj.gov/dca/codes/publications/pdf_lti/evic_law.pdf ↗

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Proceedings had by virtue of this article shall not be appealable except on the ground of lack of jurisdiction. The
landlord, however, shall remain liable in a civil action for unlawful proceedings under this article.

2A:18-59.1. Terminally ill tenants

Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the Superior Court may authorize and review one year
stays of eviction during which the tenant shall be entitled to renew the lease at its term of expiration, subject to
reasonable changes proposed to the tenant by the landlord in written notice, whenever:
a. The tenant fulfills all the terms of the lease and removal is sought under subsection a. of N.J.S.2A:18-53
where a residential tenant holds over after written notice for delivery of possession; and
b. The tenant has a terminal illness which illness has been certified by a licensed physician; and
c. There is substantial likelihood that the tenant would be unable to search for, rent and move to a
comparable alternative rental dwelling unit without serious medical harm; and
d. The tenant has been a tenant of the landlord for a least two years prior to the issuance of the stay.

In reviewing a petition for a stay of eviction, the court shall specifically consider whether the granting of the stay of
eviction would cause an undue hardship to the landlord because of the landlord's financial condition or any other factor
relating to the landlord's ownership of the premises.
L.1983,c.446, s.1; Amended 1991,c.91,s.65.

2A:18-59.2. Inapplicability of act to hotel, motel or guesthouse rented to transient guest or seasonal tenant or
to residential health care facility