N.j. R. Appendices XI-G(3)

As amended through October 28, 2024
Appendix XI-G(3) - Notice Regarding Illegal Eviction

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To: Landlord XXXXX XXXXX

Address: XXXXXXXXXXX

City, NJ 00Z IP

Telephone: (XXX) XXX-XXXX

Attached is the warrant of removal in the above captioned matter. You are hereby advised of the following:

A person commits a disorderly person's offense in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:33-11.1 if they do any of the following actions after being warned by a law enforcement officer or other public official that the actions are illegal:

(1) evicts a residential tenant without a warrant of removal issued by a court or without the consent of the tenant; or

(2) refuses to immediately let the tenant who was evicted this way back into the premises to live there.

A law enforcement officer has the duty to prevent any person from blocking or preventing a tenant from reentering and reoccupying the rental property after the tenant was illegally evicted. Any tenant who was illegally evicted has a right to file a court proceeding and seek repossession of the rental property or damages.

"Illegal eviction" means to enter onto or into the rental premises and hold it by:

(1) any kind of violence including threatening to kill or injure the tenant;

(2) words, circumstances or actions which are clearly intended to incite fear, apprehension or a sense of danger in the tenant;

(3) putting the personal property or furniture of the tenant outside;

(4) entering peacefully and then, by force or threats, putting the tenant out;

(5) padlocking or changing the locks;

(6) shutting off vital services such as heat, electricity and water or causing them to be shut off; or

(7) any means other than a court officer executing a warrant of removal issued by a court.

A person who is convicted of an offense under this section more than once within a five-year period is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree.

Date: _____________

____________________________

(Judge)

____________________________

Clerk of the Superior Court

N.j. R. Appendices XI-G(3)

Adopted July 14, 2021 to be effective 9/1/2021.