Tenant or Landlord Friendly

[Alex Musyoka]

Is New Jersey Tenant or Landlord Friendly

[Lynne Smith]

@Eric James my dad is in Southern jersey so I can speak to that area in particular. Usually 3-5 weeks for a court date. Generally always got an eviction decision that same day. Note - Tenant is required to bring all past due rent to court in order to even get a hearing on the cause for eviction. So for example, if tenant says "I haven't paid rent because repairs are needed" the tenant needs to have a cashiers check in hand showing that they COULD pay ALL back rent. All of my dad's evictions have been for non-payment of rent - he'll put up with anything if the person pays on time. After the court hearing for the eviction, he has to wait 2 weeks to have the sheriff go out and do a lock out. However every tenant has always moved out before the lockout. So all in all- by the time the tenant has missed a month of rent, had the 3-5 wks for a court date and another 2 weeks for a lockout it's about 2.5 months i would say. That was before covid however