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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After notifying a tenant as required by section 2 and 3 of P.L.1999, c.340 (C.2A:18-73 et seq.) a landlord shall store all
goods, chattels, manufactured or mobile homes and other personal property of the tenant in a place of safekeeping
and shall exercise reasonable care for the property, except that the landlord may promptly dispose of perishable food
and shall allow an animal control agency or humane society to remove any abandoned pets or livestock. A landlord
may store a tenant’s manufactured dwelling or residential vehicle on the space previously rented, elsewhere on the
premises or in a safe location off the premises. A landlord shall be entitled to reasonable storage charges and costs
incidental to storage. A landlord may store property in a commercial storage facility, in which case the storage cost
shall include the actual storage charge plus the reasonable cost of removal of the property to the place of storage.
L.1999,c.340, s.4.

2A:18-76. Conditions under which the property is considered abandoned

a. If a tenant responds in writing or orally to the landlord, on or before the day specified in the required notice, that the
tenant intends to remove the property from the premises, or from the place of safekeeping if the landlord has stored
the property as provided in section 4 of P.L.1999, c.340 (C.2A:18-75), and does not do so within the time specified in

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the notice or within 15 days after the written response, whichever is later, the tenant’s property shall be conclusively
presumed to be abandoned.