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NJ Rev Stat § 46:8-49.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:8-49.2 - Receipt required.

46:8-49.2 Receipt required.  3. a. A landlord shall provide a receipt, either printed or emailed, to a tenant for each cash payment made to the landlord for any amount due to the landlord pursuant to a residential lease, renewal, or extension agreement. The receipt shall accurately indicate the amount of the payment, the purpose of the payment, when the payment was received, the printed or typed names of both the landlord and tenant, and who accepted the payment. b. A landlord who violates this section shall be subject to the penalty provisions of section 5 of P.L.1975, c.310 (C.46:8-47), except that the penalty shall be $100 more for a second violation by a landlord within a five-year period, and the penalty shall be $200 more for each subsequent violation by a landlord within a five-year period. c. It shall be a valid defense in any action or proceeding against a tenant to recover possession of real property for the nonpayment of rent that the landlord violated this section with respect to the months in which the violation or violations occurred. L.2019, c.300, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:8-49.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:8-49.3 - Acceptance by landlord of rent payment during three-day period.

46:8-49.3 Acceptance by landlord of rent payment during three-day period.  2. a. A landlord shall accept a rent payment made within the three business day period established by subsection a. of section 1 of P.L.2019, c.316 (C.2A:42-10.16a), whether made by cash, certified check, or money order, or through any federal, State, or local rental assistance program or bona fide charitable organization on behalf of the tenant. A landlord shall cooperate with any federal, State, or local rental assistance program or bona fide charitable organization which has committed to pay the rent due and owing. If a landlord does not respond to a tenant's efforts to resolve the issue of late payment through a third party, the tenant may seek a remedy by requesting an order to show cause. b. A landlord shall provide the tenant with a receipt after each rent payment is made within the three business day period established by subsection a. of section 1 of P.L.2019, c.316 (C.2A:42-10.16a), which shall include the date on which the payment was made. c. In the event that a landlord of a rent-controlled property is entitled to recover attorney's fees or expenses under the lease agreement, incurred as a result of the failure of the tenant to pay rent due and owing, unless otherwise limited by local ordinance, the court shall take into consideration all factors associated with each case and may limit the amount awarded to the landlord to a reasonable fee based on those factors. d. A landlord who violates any provision of P.L.2019, c.316 (C.2A:42-10.16a et al.), shall be subject to a penalty of not more than $500 for each offense. The penalty shall be collected and enforced by summary proceedings pursuant to the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.), in a court of competent jurisdiction. L.2019, c.316, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:8-50 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:8-50 - Notification to tenants if property is in flood zone

46:8-50. Notification to tenants if property is in flood zone  1. Every landlord shall notify each of the landlord's tenants upon the event that the rental property which is the subject of a lease has been determined to be located in a flood zone or area. Each new tenant shall be notified prior to the time that occupancy of the rental unit is assumed. For the purposes of this section, "landlord" means any person who rents or leases, for a term of at least one month, commercial space or residential dwelling units other than dwelling units in a premises containing not more than two such units, or in an owner-occupied premises of not more than three dwelling units, or in hotels, motels, or other guest houses serving transient or seasonal guests. L.2001,c.313.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:8-51 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:8-51 - Military, veteran housing allowance counted as income; definitions.

46:8-51 Military, veteran housing allowance counted as income; definitions.  1. a. A landlord, or any agent thereof, shall count a military or veteran housing allowance, supported by United States Department of Veterans Affairs documentation, as income for purposes of determining whether a qualified prospective tenant meets any minimum income qualifications to rent housing from the landlord. b. As used in this section: "Landlord" means any person who rents or leases or offers to rent or lease, for a term of at least one month, dwelling units. "Military" means the Armed Forces of the United States, including the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, the National Guard and any other reserve component of the armed forces, and the merchant marine when organized under the federal law as a public military force. "Military or veteran housing allowance" means any federal housing allowance or stipend provided to a service member of the military or a veteran, including, but not limited to, the basic allowance for housing authorized pursuant to 37 U.S.C. s.403 and the housing stipend authorized pursuant to 38 U.S.C. s.3313. "Qualified prospective tenant" means any service member of the military or a veteran who is receiving a military or veteran housing allowance. "Veteran" means a person who has served on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States and who was discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable. L.2019, c.206.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:8-52 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:8-52 - Short title.

46:8-52 Short title.  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Fair Chance in Housing Act." L.2021, c.110, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:8-53 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:8-53 - Findings, declarations regarding housing to those with criminal records.

46:8-53 Findings, declarations regarding housing to those with criminal records.  2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Recent research indicates that New Jersey suffers from a tragically high 36-month recidivism rate of over 30 percent; b. Housing instability appears to impact recidivism, considering that over one in 10 prisoners in the United States face homelessness upon release; c. Research from other states indicates a substantial increase in the likelihood of a parolee's arrest following each change in address, further supporting the conclusion that when ex-convicts are unable to find stable housing, recidivism becomes more likely and public safety is diminished; d. Prior to the 1990s when popular guidance documents began advising landlords to conduct criminal background checks on prospective tenants, criminal background information was not widely-available and convenient to landlords for informing rental decisions, but many landlords were nonetheless able to maintain safe and healthy rental properties; and e. It is, therefore, necessary and in the public interest for the Legislature to enact legislation for the purpose of establishing certain housing rights of persons with criminal records. L.2021, c.110, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:8-54 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:8-54 - Definitions relative to housing to those with criminal records.

46:8-54 Definitions relative to housing to those with criminal records.  3. As used in this act: "Applicant" means any person considered for, who requests to be considered for, or who requests to be considered for tenancy within a rental dwelling unit. "Conditional offer" means an offer to rent or lease a rental dwelling unit to an applicant that is contingent on a subsequent inquiry into the applicant's criminal record, or any other eligibility criteria that the housing provider may lawfully utilize.  "Criminal record" means information about an individual collected by criminal justice agencies consisting of identifiable descriptions and notations of arrests, detentions, indictments, criminal complaints, or other formal criminal charges, and any disposition arising therefrom, including acquittal, sentencing, correctional supervision, release or conviction, including, but not limited to, any sentence arising from a verdict or plea of guilty or nolo contendere, including a sentence of incarceration, a suspended sentence, a sentence of probation, or a sentence of conditional discharge. "Director" means the Director of the Division on Civil Rights. "Division" means the Division on Civil Rights in the Department of Law and Public Safety. "Housing provider" means a landlord, an owner, lessor, sublessor, assignee, or their agent, or any other person receiving or entitled to receive rents or benefits for the use or occupancy of any rental dwelling unit. "Pending criminal accusation" means an existing accusation that an individual has committed a crime, lodged by a law enforcement agency through an indictment, information, complaint, or other formal charge. "Rental dwelling unit" means a dwelling unit offered for rent by a housing provider for residential purposes, other than a dwelling unit in an owner-occupied premises of not more than four dwelling units. L.2021, c.110, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:8-55 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:8-55 - Application process.

46:8-55 Application process.  4. a. (1) A housing provider shall not require an applicant to complete any housing application that includes any inquiries regarding an applicant's criminal record prior to the provision of a conditional offer, except that a housing provider may consider whether an applicant has ever been convicted of drug-related criminal activity for the manufacture or production of methamphetamine on the premises of federally assisted housing, and whether the applicant is subject to a lifetime registration requirement under a State sex offender registration program. (2) A housing provider shall not make any oral or written inquiry regarding an applicant's criminal record prior to making a conditional offer. (3) An applicant may provide evidence to the housing provider demonstrating inaccuracies within the applicant's criminal record or evidence of rehabilitation or other mitigating factors. b. Prior to accepting any application fee, a housing provider shall disclose in writing to the applicant: (1) Whether the eligibility criteria of the housing provider include the review and consideration of criminal history; and (2) A statement that the applicant, pursuant to subsection a. of this section, may provide evidence demonstrating inaccuracies within the applicant's criminal record or evidence of rehabilitation or other mitigating factors. c. A housing provider shall apply the standards established by this section to each applicant in a nondiscriminatory manner. L.2021, c.110, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:8-57 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:8-57 - Director preparation of model documents.

46:8-57 Director preparation of model documents.  6. a. The director shall prepare: (1) a model disclosure statement as indicated in subsection b. of section 4 of this act which provides notice that a housing provider intends to review and consider a person's criminal record in determining eligibility for housing or in taking any other adverse housing action against that person. The statement shall also provide an explanation of the criminal records that may be considered and the manner in which they may be considered, in accordance with the provisions of section 5 of this act. The statement shall also notify the person of the right to dispute, within 10 days of receiving such statement, the relevance and accuracy of the criminal record and to offer evidence of any mitigating facts or circumstances, including but not limited to the person's rehabilitation and good conduct since the criminal offense in question; and (2) a model notice that provides notice that a housing provider has withdrawn a conditional offer or taken an adverse housing action based on a person's criminal record, provides space for the housing provider to identify with specificity the reason or reasons for withdrawing the conditional offer or taking the adverse housing action. The notification form shall also notify the person of the right to request from the housing provider a copy of all information upon which the housing provider relied in reaching its decision, including criminal records, and of the right to file a complaint with the division, as well as the applicable statute of limitations, and shall include such other additional information as the director deems appropriate. b. The model documents prepared pursuant to this section shall be made available on the division's Internet website, at no cost, and shall be in English, Spanish, and in any other language the director deems appropriate. L.2021, c.110, s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:8-58 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:8-58 - Discriminatory advertisement by house provider, prohibited.

46:8-58 Discriminatory advertisement by house provider, prohibited.  7. a. A housing provider shall not knowingly or purposefully publish, or cause to be published, any housing advertisement that explicitly provides that the housing provider will not consider any applicant who has been arrested or convicted of one or more crimes or offenses, except for drug-related criminal activity for the manufacture or production of methamphetamine on the premises of federally assisted housing, and whether the applicant is subject to a lifetime registration requirement under a State sex offender registration program. b. A housing provider shall not print, publish, circulate, issue, display, post, or mail, or cause to be printed, published, circulated, issued, displayed, posted or mailed any statement, advertisement, publication or sign, or use any form of application for the rental, lease, or sublease of any real property or part or portion thereof or make any record or inquiry in connection with the prospective rental, lease, or sublease of any real property or part or portion thereof which expresses, directly or indirectly, any unlawful limitation, specification or discrimination as to criminal record, except as permitted by this act and for drug-related criminal activity for the manufacture or production of methamphetamine on the premises of federally assisted housing, and whether the applicant is subject to a lifetime registration requirement under a State sex offender registration program. c. Unless otherwise required by law, a housing provider shall not: (1) distribute or disseminate an applicant's criminal record to any person who is not expected to use the criminal record for the purpose of evaluating the applicant in a manner consistent with this act; or (2) use an applicant's criminal record for a purpose that is not consistent with this act. L.2021, c.110, s.7.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:8-59 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:8-59 - Immunity.

46:8-59 Immunity.  8. a. To encourage residential landlords to provide housing opportunities to formerly incarcerated individuals, landlords subject to the provisions of this act shall be immune from liability in any civil action arising as a result of the landlord's decision to rent to individuals with a criminal record or who were otherwise convicted of a criminal offense, or as a result of a landlord's decision to not engage in a criminal background screening. b. Nothing in subsection a. of this section shall be construed to affect in any way the immunity from liability conferred by law upon a landlord who rents an apartment to a person with a conviction for murder, aggravated sexual assault, kidnapping, arson, human trafficking, sexual assault in violation of N.J.S.2C:14-2, causing or permitting a child to engage in a prohibited sexual act or in the simulation of such an act in violation of paragraph (3) of subsection b. of N.J.S.2C:24-4, or any crime that resulted in lifetime registration in a state sex offender registry. L.2021, c.110, s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:8-60 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:8-60 - Drug, alcohol test, drug abuse treatment information; requirement by housing provider, prohibited.

46:8-60 Drug, alcohol test, drug abuse treatment information; requirement by housing provider, prohibited.  9. A housing provider shall not require an applicant to submit to a drug or alcohol test, or request the applicant's consent to obtain information from a drug abuse treatment facility. L.2021, c.110, s.9.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:8-61 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:8-61 - Unlawful acts by housing provider.

46:8-61 Unlawful acts by housing provider.  10. A person shall not interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise of, or the attempt to exercise, any right protected under this act. If the division determines that a housing provider has engaged in one or more unlawful actions against a person with the intent of retaliating for the person's filing of an action against the housing provider pursuant to section 12 of this act, then each unlawful retaliatory action shall be enforced, pursuant to section 12 of this act, as a separate and distinct violation of this act. L.2021, c.110, s.10.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:8-62 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:8-62 - Complaint data maintenance.

46:8-62 Complaint data maintenance.  11. The division shall maintain data on the number of complaints filed pursuant to this act, demographic information on the complainants, the identity of the housing providers, the number of investigations conducted, and the disposition of every complaint and investigation. The division shall annually publish and post on the division's Internet website, information on substantiated complaints that have resulted in the issuance of a monetary penalty pursuant to section 12 of this act. The division shall not publish on the division's Internet website information regarding any complaint against a housing provider for which the housing provider is in good faith compliance with the requirements made by the director pursuant to subsection a. of section 12 of this act. L.2021, c.110, s.11.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:8-64 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:8-64 - Rules, regulations.

46:8-64 Rules, regulations.  13. In accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the director shall adopt the rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act on or before the first day of the fifth month next following enactment. L.2021, c.110, s.13.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:8A-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:8A-1 - Short title

46:8A-1. Short title  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Horizontal Property Act." L.1963, c. 168, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:8A-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:8A-3 - Horizontal property regimes; mergers

46:8A-3. Horizontal property regimes; mergers  Whenever a sole owner or the coowners of a building expressly declare, through the recordation of a master deed, which shall set forth the particulars enumerated in section 9, their desire to submit their property to the regime established by this act, there shall thereby be established a horizontal property regime. The coowners of property established as a single horizontal property regime may merge with the coowners of property in one or more other regimes to form a new single horizontal property regime, upon the consent of a majority of the coowners of the property in each of the merging regimes. L.1963, c. 168, s. 3. Amended by L.1978, c. 124, s. 2, eff. Oct. 5, 1978.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:8A-3.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:8A-3.1 - Organization of two or more regimes as nonprofit corporation; application of act

46:8A-3.1. Organization of two or more regimes as nonprofit corporation; application of act  Where the coowners of the apartments in two or more regimes, which together constitute a single community, are organized into a single entity, such as, but not limited to, a corporation formed under Title 15 of the Revised Statutes of the State of New Jersey, the provisions of this act shall apply to such an entity with the same force and effect as they would if such an entity were in fact a single regime. L.1978, c. 124, s. 11, eff. Oct. 5, 1978.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:8A-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:8A-4 - Status of apartments within horizontal property regime

46:8A-4. Status of apartments within horizontal property regime  Once the property is submitted to the horizontal property regime, an apartment in the regime may be individually conveyed and encumbered and may be the subject of ownership, possession or sale and of all types of juridic acts inter vivos or mortis causa, as if it were sole and entirely independent of the other apartments in the regime of which it forms a part, and the corresponding individual titles and interests shall be recordable. L.1963, c. 168, s. 4. Amended by L.1978, c. 124, s. 3, eff. Oct. 5, 1978.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:8A-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:8A-5 - Joint tenancies; tenancies in common; tenancies by the entirety

46:8A-5. Joint tenancies; tenancies in common; tenancies by the entirety  Any apartment may be held and owned by more than one person as joint tenants, as tenants in common, as tenants by the entirety or in any other real estate tenancy relationship recognized under the laws of this State. L.1963, c. 168, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:8A-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:8A-6 - Ownership of apartments; of common elements; value

46:8A-6. Ownership of apartments; of common elements; value  In each regime an apartment owner shall have the exclusive ownership of his apartment and shall have a proportionate undivided interest in the general common elements, equivalent to the percentage of the aggregate value of all the apartments represented by the value of his own apartment. Where limited common elements have been reserved for the use of his apartment, his proportionate undivided interest therein shall be equivalent to the percentage of the aggregate value of all apartments entitled to the use of said limited common elements represented by the value of his own apartment. For the sole purpose of establishing said percentages, the value of each apartment and the aggregate value of all the apartments in the regime shall be fixed by the owner or coowners of the property making up the regime, and shall be computed on the basis of the fair market value of said apartments at the time when the regime is established; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall prevent the owner of each apartment from attributing a different circumstantial value to his apartment in all types of acts and contracts. Said percentages shall have a permanent character, and shall not be altered without the acquiescence of the coowners of all the apartments in the regime. L.1963, c. 168, s. 6. Amended by L.1978, c. 124, s. 4, eff. Oct. 5, 1978.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:8A-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:8A-7 - Indivisibility of common elements

46:8A-7. Indivisibility of common elements  The common elements, both general and limited, shall remain undivided and shall not be the object of an action for partition or division of the co-ownership. Any covenant to the contrary shall be void. L.1963, c. 168, s. 7.