New Jersey Statutes 2A:18-59.1. Terminally ill tenants
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:18-59.1
- 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
a. The tenant fulfills all the terms of the lease and removal is sought under subsection a. of N.J.S. 2A:18-53 where a residential tenant holds over after written notice for delivery of possession; and
b. The tenant has a terminal illness which illness has been certified by a licensed physician; and
c. There is substantial likelihood that the tenant would be unable to search for, rent and move to a comparable alternative rental dwelling unit without serious medical harm; and
d. The tenant has been a tenant of the landlord for a least two years prior to the issuance of the stay.
In reviewing a petition for a stay of eviction, the court shall specifically consider whether the granting of the stay of eviction would cause an undue hardship to the landlord because of the landlord’s financial condition or any other factor relating to the landlord’s ownership of the premises.
L.1983,c.446,s.1; amended 1991,c.91,s.65.