New Jersey Statutes 46:8-9.6. Requirements for termination of lease
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 46:8-9.6
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
a. written notice that the tenant or a child of the tenant faces an imminent threat of serious physical harm from another named person if the tenant remains on the leased premises; and
b. any of the following:
(1) a certified copy of a permanent restraining order issued by a court pursuant to section 13 of “The Prevention of Domestic Violence Act of 1991,” P.L.1991, c.261 (C. 2C:25-29), and protecting the tenant from the person named in the written notice;
(2) a certified copy of a permanent restraining order from another jurisdiction, issued pursuant to the jurisdiction’s laws concerning domestic violence, and protecting the tenant from the person named in the written notice;
(3) a law enforcement agency record documenting the domestic violence, or certifying that the tenant or a child of the tenant is a victim of domestic violence;
(4) medical documentation of the domestic violence provided by a health care provider;
(5) certification, provided by a certified Domestic Violence Specialist, or the director of a designated domestic violence agency, that the tenant or a child of the tenant is a victim of domestic violence; or
(6) other documentation or certification, provided by a licensed social worker, that the tenant or a child of the tenant is a victim of domestic violence.
L.2008, c.111, s.3.