Title 2A, Title 2A: ADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

2A:18-34. Statement and affidavit filed with clerk; transcript entry of judgment 2A:18-34. The clerk of the Superior Court, shall require that there be filed in his office a statement, signed by the clerk of the Special Civil Part in which the judgment was entered containing: a. …

2A:18-35. Issue and return of execution not necessary 2A:18-35. It shall not be necessary, before obtaining the statement mentioned in this article, that execution issue out of and be returned into the Superior Court, Law Division, Special Civil Part. The statement may be made an…

2A:18-36. Clerks' dockets 2A:18-36. The clerk of the Superior Court shall provide and keep a docket, in which shall be entered, upon compliance with the provisions of this article, the judgments to be docketed pursuant to this article. The docket of the clerk of the Superior Cour…

2A:18-37. Indexes to dockets; dockets and indexes public records 2A:18-37. The clerk of the Superior Court shall make and keep a complete alphabetical index to the dockets required to be kept by this article. The dockets and the indexes thereto shall be public records, to which a…

2A:18-38. Operation and effect of docketed judgment in general 2A:18-38. A judgment docketed in the Superior Court in the manner herein provided shall, from the time of its docketing, operate as though it were a judgment obtained in an action originally commenced in the Superior …

2A:18-39. Satisfaction of docketed judgment; entry 2A:18-39. Satisfaction of a judgment docketed as herein provided may be entered in the same manner and upon the same evidence in which satisfaction of an original judgment of the Superior Court other than of the Special Civil Par…

2A:18-40. Execution out of Superior Court on docketed judgment 2A:18-40. Execution may issue on a judgment docketed as herein provided out of the Superior Court, with the same effect as to the real and personal property of the judgment debtor as if issued on a judgment originally…

2A:18-41. Jurisdiction of Special Civil Part over docketed judgments 2A:18-41. After a judgment has been docketed as herein provided, no execution shall issue in the Special Civil Part. The Special Civil Part shall have original jurisdiction with respect to the granting of a new …

2A:18-42. No execution on docketed judgments pending application for new trial or appeal 2A:18-42. If a judgment has been docketed before the grant of a new trial or an appeal taken, no execution shall issue thereon pending the final determination of such proceedings. L.1951 (1st…

2A:18-43. New trial notwithstanding judgment docketed and execution issued 2A:18-43. If a judgment has been docketed and execution issued thereon before the grant of a new trial by the Special Civil Part, the Special Civil Part may nevertheless grant a new trial, and, if granted,…

2A:18-44. Revival of docketed judgment 2A:18-44. A judgment docketed as provided in this article may be revived by proceedings in the Superior Court in the same manner, in the like cases and with the like effect as if such judgment had been obtained in an action commenced in the …

2A:18-45. Entry in docket of determination on appeal If a judgment docketed as provided in this article is reviewed upon appeal, and a duly certified transcript of the judgment of the court upon the appeal shall be delivered to the clerk of the court wherein the judgment is docke…

2A:18-51. Tenancy created by agent; termination by owner; recovery of possession or rentals 2A:18-51. If real estate is leased by an agent of the owner thereof, in his own name or as agent, the owner, his assignee or grantee may terminate the tenancy as the agent might do. The ow…

2A:18-52. Dismissal of action involving title of land If upon trial of a landlord and tenancy proceeding the plaintiff shall not be able to prove, by lease or other evidence, his right to the possession of the premises claimed by him without proving title to lands, tenements and …

2A:18-53. Removal of tenant in certain cases; jurisdiction 2A:18-53. Except for residential lessees and tenants included in section 2 of this act, any lessee or tenant at will or at sufferance, or for a part of a year, or for one or more years, of any houses, buildings, lands or …

2A:18-54. Notices and summons; substituted service; service by posting Where for any reason, any of the notices required by section 2A:18-53 of this title, cannot be served as provided in said section or a summons and complaint cannot be served as in other actions, such notices o…

2A:18-55. Discontinuance upon payment into court of rent in arrears; receipt If, in actions instituted under paragraph "b" of section 2A:18-53 of this title, the tenant or person in possession of the demised premises shall at any time on or before entry of final judgment, pay to …

2A:18-56. Proof of notice to quit prerequisite to judgment No judgment for possession in cases specified in paragraph "a." of section 2A:18-53 of this Title shall be ordered unless: a. The tenancy, if a tenancy at will or from year to year, has been terminated by the giving of 3 …

2A:18-57. Judgment for possession; warrant for removal; issuance If no sufficient cause is shown to the contrary when the action comes on for trial, the court shall issue its warrant to any officer of the court, commanding him to remove all persons from the premises, and to put t…

2A:18-58. Execution of warrant; use of force An officer, to whom a warrant is issued by virtue of this article, shall obey the command of and faithfully execute the same, and may, if necessary to the execution thereof, use such force as may be necessary. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

2A:18-59. Review; landlord liable for unlawful proceedings 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. L.1…

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…

2A:18-59.2. Inapplicability of act to hotel, motel or guest house rented to transient guest or seasonal tenant or to residential health care facility This act shall not apply to a hotel, motel or other guest house, or part thereof, rented to a transient guest or seasonal tenant, …

2A:18-59.3 Eviction, foreclosure prohibited during certain emergency circumstances. 1. a. (1) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, whenever a Public Health Emergency, pursuant to the "Emergency Health Powers Act," P.L.2005, c.222 (C.26:13-1 et seq.) has been declared by…

2A:18-60. Removal of proceedings into Law Division 2A:18-60. At any time before an action for the removal of a tenant comes on for trial, either the landlord or person in possession may apply to the Superior Court, which may, if it deems it of sufficient importance, order the cau…

2A:18-61. Trial by jury in Law Division 2A:18-61. A summary action for the removal of a tenant, commenced in the Special Civil Part but transferred to the Law Division shall be tried before a jury, unless a jury is waived. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1991,c.91,s.67.

2A:18-61.1 Grounds for removal of tenants. 2. 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 reside…

2A:18-61.10. Removal of tenant to allow conversion to cooperative or condominium; moving expense compensation Any tenant receiving notice under section 3 g. of P.L.1974, c. 49 who is not evicted for any cause under this act other than under section 3 g. shall receive from the own…

2A:18-61.11. Comparable housing; offer of rental; stay of eviction; alternative compensation; senior citizens and disabled protected tenancy period a. Tenants receiving notice under section 3 g. of P.L.1974, c. 49 may request of the landlord within 18 full months after receipt of…

2A:18-61.12. Rules and regulations In accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act" (P.L.1968, c. 410, C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), the Department of Community Affairs shall adopt rules and regulations setting forth procedures required to be followed by landlords in providing tenan…

2A:18-61.16a. Rent defined "Rent" means the amount currently payable by the tenant to the landlord pursuant to lease or other agreement, without regard to any modification thereof by any authorized board or agency, or any court. L.1981, c. 495, s. 4; expired as a supplement to 19…

2A:18-61.1a. Findings The Legislature finds that: a. Acute State and local shortages of supply and high levels of demand for residential dwellings have motivated removal of blameless tenants in order to directly or indirectly profit from conversion to higher income rental or owne…

2A:18-61.1b. Permanent retirement from residential use If an owner seeks an eviction alleging permanent retirement of the premises from residential use pursuant to subsection h. of section 2 of P.L. 1974, c. 49 (C. 2A:18-61.1) and if, pursuant to land use law, nonresidential use …

2A:18-61.1c. 5-year restriction The Department of Community Affairs shall not approve an application for registration of conversion pursuant to "The Planned Real Estate Development Full Disclosure Act," P.L. 1977, c. 419 (C. 45:22A-21 et seq.) for any premises for a period of fiv…

2A:18-61.1d. Maximum authorized rent In a municipality which has an ordinance regulating rents in effect, if a dwelling unit in the premises becomes vacated after notice has been given that the owner seeks to permanently board up or demolish the premises or seeks to retire perman…

2A:18-61.1e. Rights of former tenants 6. If a dwelling unit becomes vacated after notice has been given that the owner seeks to permanently board up or demolish the premises or seeks to retire permanently the premises from residential use pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection g…

2A:18-61.1f. Local ordinances permitted Nothing contained in this 1986 amendatory and supplementary act shall authorize any civil action to require that dwelling units remain vacant, shall limit any defense or challenge to evictions that is otherwise provided by law or shall proh…

2A:18-61.1g Relocation of displaced tenant; violations, penalty. 3. a. A municipality may enact an ordinance providing that any tenant who receives a notice of eviction pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1974, c.49 (C.2A:18-61.2) that results from zoning or code enforcement activity fo…

2A:18-61.1h. Reimbursement to displaced tenant 4. a. If a residential tenant is displaced because of an illegal occupancy in a residential rental premises pursuant to paragraph (3) of subsection g. of section 2 of P.L.1974, c.49 (C.2A:18-61.1) and the municipality in which the re…

2A:18-61.2 Removal of residential tenants; required notice; contents; service. 3. No judgment of possession shall be entered for any premises covered by section 2 of this act, except in the nonpayment of rent under subsection a. or f. of section 2, unless the landlord has made wr…

2A:18-61.22. Short title This amendatory and supplementary act shall be known and may be cited as the "Senior Citizens and Disabled Protected Tenancy Act." L.1981, c. 226, s. 1, eff. July 27, 1981.

2A:18-61.23. Legislative findings and declarations The Legislature finds that research studies have demonstrated that the forced eviction and relocation of elderly persons from their established homes and communities harm the mental and physical health of these senior citizens, a…

2A:18-61.24. Definitions As used in this amendatory and supplementary act: a. "Senior citizen tenant" means a person who is at least 62 years of age on the date of the conversion recording for the building or structure in which is located the dwelling unit of which he is a tenant…

2A:18-61.25. Protected tenancy status; conversion of dwelling unit of eligible senior citizen or disabled tenant Each eligible senior citizen tenant or disabled tenant shall be granted a protected tenancy status with respect to his dwelling unit whenever the building or structure…

2A:18-61.26. Administrative agency The governing body of the municipality may authorize a municipal board, agency or officer to act as its administrative agency for the purposes of this amendatory and supplementary act or may enter into a contractual agreement with a county offic…

2A:18-61.27. Notice to tenants The owner of any building or structure who, after the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act, seeks to convert any premises, shall, prior to his filing of the application for registration of conversion with the Department of Communi…