Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 5:16-2

  • 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
2. As used in this act:

a. “Last known address” means the address provided by the occupant in the latest rental agreement or the address provided by the occupant in a subsequent written notice of change of address.

b. “Occupant” means a person, the person’s sublessee, successor or assignee entitled to the use of a campground facility or a portion thereof under a rental agreement to the exclusion of others.

c. “Owner” means the proprietor, operator, lessor, sublessor or owner of a campground facility, the owner’s agent or any other person authorized by the owner to manage the facility or to receive rent from an occupant under a rental agreement.

d. “Personal property” means property, located at the campground facility, not affixed to the land and including but not limited to goods, merchandise, household items, trailers, boats, campers, tents and the contents thereof.

e. “Rental agreement” means any written agreement or lease that establishes or modifies the terms, conditions, rules or any other provisions concerning the use and occupancy of a campground facility or any portion thereof.

f. “Campground facility” means any real property designed and used for the purpose of renting or leasing individual portions thereof to occupants who are to have access for the purpose of camping and the recreation associated therein.

L.1999,c.299,s.2.