How much notice to end a month-to-month lease in New Jersey?
We could not find a fixed notice period for New Jersey that we can calculate for a month-to-month lease; the verified rule text is below.
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We can't compute a notice date for a tenant in New Jersey: the law sets no fixed period we could verify for this case. See the rule text below.
What the law says (tenant): No New Jersey statute found that sets how much notice a tenant must give to end a month-to-month tenancy. Check the lease. A tenant who holds over after a lease of one month or longer becomes a month-to-month tenant if the landlord accepts rent (46:8-10).
Month-to-month only; your lease or city may require more.
Source: N.J.S.A. 46:8-10; 2A:18-61.1, 2A:18-61.2, 2A:18-61.3, 2A:18-61.4; 2A:18-53, 2A:18-56 · All New Jersey tenant law rules
What the law says in New Jersey
tenant: No New Jersey statute found that sets how much notice a tenant must give to end a month-to-month tenancy. Check the lease. A tenant who holds over after a lease of one month or longer becomes a month-to-month tenant if the landlord accepts rent (46:8-10).
landlord: Most residential tenants are covered by the Anti-Eviction Act: the landlord may not evict or refuse to renew except for one of the listed good causes (2A:18-61.1, 61.3), and the end of the term alone is not enough. The written notice depends on the cause: 3 days (disorderly conduct, damage, certain crimes), one month (rule or lease violations after a notice to cease, habitual late payment, refusing reasonable lease changes), 3 months (code-violation removal), 2 months (owner occupancy in buildings of 3 or fewer units), 18 months (retiring the building), 3 years (condo/co-op conversion) (2A:18-61.2). Not covered: owner-occupied buildings with no more than 2 rental units, plus seasonal and transient rentals; for these, a month-to-month tenancy ends with one month's notice to quit (2A:18-56(b)).
Source: N.J.S.A. 46:8-10; 2A:18-61.1, 2A:18-61.2, 2A:18-61.3, 2A:18-61.4; 2A:18-53, 2A:18-56
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New Jersey move-out notice questions
How much notice does a tenant have to give to end a month-to-month lease in New Jersey?
No New Jersey statute found that sets how much notice a tenant must give to end a month-to-month tenancy. Check the lease. A tenant who holds over after a lease of one month or longer becomes a month-to-month tenant if the landlord accepts rent (46:8-10).
How much notice does a landlord have to give to end a month-to-month tenancy in New Jersey?
Most residential tenants are covered by the Anti-Eviction Act: the landlord may not evict or refuse to renew except for one of the listed good causes (2A:18-61.1, 61.3), and the end of the term alone is not enough. The written notice depends on the cause: 3 days (disorderly conduct, damage, certain crimes), one month (rule or lease violations after a notice to cease, habitual late payment, refusing reasonable lease changes), 3 months (code-violation removal), 2 months (owner occupancy in buildings of 3 or fewer units), 18 months (retiring the building), 3 years (condo/co-op conversion) (2A:18-61.2). Not covered: owner-occupied buildings with no more than 2 rental units, plus seasonal and transient rentals; for these, a month-to-month tenancy ends with one month's notice to quit (2A:18-56(b)).
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