New Jersey Lease

A lease is automatically void when it is against the law, such as a lease for an illegal purpose. In other circumstances, like fraud or duress, a lease can be declared void at the request of one party but not the other.

When creating your Lease Amendment, you'll want to include information such as: the names of the landlord(s) and the tenant(s); the effective date of the original lease; the date of the lease amendment; the address and nature of the leased property; whether the original lease was recorded with the county; which

Changing the lease You can negotiate certain changes to the lease, sometimes known as 'varying the lease'. Speak to your landlord first. If you can't agree, you may be able to apply to a tribunal - contact Leasehold Advisory Service for advice.

The law provides that landlords cannot simply evict a tenant.Essentially, a landlord does have the right to place a unit for sale. In order to have cause for eviction, the buyer of the home must personally occupy the unit and the contract must call for the unit to be vacant at the time of closing.

In some circumstances, a tenant can break a fixed-term agreement early without penalty. A tenant can give 14 days' written notice to end an agreement early without penalty if: they have accepted an offer of social housing (e.g. from DCJ Housing)

Lease Renewal A landlord must allow the tenant to renew the lease unless the landlord has good cause for an eviction under the Anti-Eviction Act. (This does not apply to two or three-family owner occupied dwellings, motels, hotels, transients or seasonal tenants).

The Lease Must be in Writing It does not matter if the lease is handwritten or typed. If the lease is for more than one year, it must be in written form and contain the following terms.

If you are a leaseholder, you cannot change the lease terms without agreeing such change with your landlord. The reason for this is that as the lease is a contract between two parties, the leaseholder and the landlord, both parties must agree to change (referred to also as variation) of the terms of the lease.

The early termination is complete upon Landlord's receipt of written notice, payment of the early termination fee and all other rent owed, and Tenant vacating the property. Should the tenant fail to give property notice, pay the early termination fee, or pay outstanding rent, the early termination is deemed void.