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

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

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No lessee or tenant or the assigns, under-tenants or legal representatives of such lessee or tenant may be removed by
the Superior Court from any house, building, mobile home or land in a mobile home park or tenement leased for
residential purposes, other than (1) owner-occupied premises with not more than two rental units or a hotel, motel or
other guesthouse or part thereof rented to a transient guest or seasonal tenant; (2) a dwelling unit which is held in
trust on behalf of a member of the immediate family of the person or persons establishing the trust, provided that the
member of the immediate family on whose behalf the trust is established permanently occupies the unit; and (3) a
dwelling unit which is permanently occupied by a member of the immediate family of the owner of that unit, provided,
however, that exception (2) or (3) shall apply only in cases in which the member of the immediate family has a
developmental disability, except upon establishment of one of the following grounds as good cause:
a. The person fails to pay rent due and owing under the lease whether the same be oral or written; provided
that, for the purposes of this section, any portion of rent unpaid by a tenant to a landlord but utilized by the
tenant to continue utility service to the rental premises after receiving notice from an electric, gas, water or
sewer public utility that such service was in danger of discontinuance based on non payment by the
landlord, shall not be deemed to be unpaid rent.
b. The person has continued to be, after written notice to cease, so disorderly as to destroy the peace and
quiet of the occupants or other tenants living in said house or neighborhood.
c. The person has willfully or by reason of gross negligence caused or allowed destruction, damage or injury