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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 46:8-9.12

  • 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
10. The provisions of P.L.2008, c.111 (C. 46:8-9.4 et al.) shall not apply to any lease for the seasonal use or rental of real property. For purposes of this paragraph “seasonal use or rental” means use or rental for a term of not more than 125 consecutive days for residential purposes by a person having a permanent place of residence elsewhere, but shall not include use or rental of living quarters for seasonal, temporary or migrant farm workers in connection with any work or place where work is being performed. The landlord shall have the burden of proving that the use or rental of the residential property is seasonal.

L.2008, c.111, s.10.