a. A landlord shall not arbitrarily refuse to renew a lease for a dwelling unit in a senior
citizen housing project to any senior citizen who owns, harbors or cares for a domesticated
animal in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of this act, except as provided in section 5
of this act.
Any landlord who so refuses to renew any such lease shall be subject to a civil penalty of not
more than $500 for each offense, recoverable by the senior citizen resident in a civil action in a
summary proceeding under "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S.2A:58-1 et seq.). The
municipal court or the Special Civil Part of the Law Division of the Superior Court of the county
in which the senior citizen housing project is located shall have jurisdiction to enforce the
penalty.
b. A landlord shall not require any senior citizen who resides in a senior citizen housing
project to remove, by sale, donation, gift, or otherwise, any domesticated animal which that
senior citizen owns, harbors or cares for in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of this
act, except as provided in section 5 of this act.
L.1990,c.55,s.3.
2A:42-106. Landlord immunity
a. A landlord who is in compliance with the provisions of this act shall not be liable to
respond in damages in any civil action for injury to persons or property caused by a domesticated
animal owned, harbored or cared for by a senior citizen who is in compliance with the provisions
of this act.
b. Nothing in this section shall grant the landlord immunity for a willful or wanton act of
commission or omission.
L.1990,c.55,s.4.
2A:42-107. Allowable circumstances for refusal to renew lease