Free Blank New Jersey Eviction Notice (2026)
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New Jersey rules that this document follows
| Nonpayment of rent | No statutory notice required — None required (Summary Dispossess Complaint); 30-day notice in federally subsidized housingSource: N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1(a); 2A:18-61.2 (no notice required for nonpayment except federally subsidized housing) |
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| Lease violation | 30 days — no statutory right to cure — two-step: Notice to Cease, then Notice to QuitSource: N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1(d), (e); 2A:18-61.2(b) (Notice to Cease, then 1-month Notice to Quit) |
| Unconditional quit | 3 days — Disorderly conduct after notice to cease, willful destruction of property, drug offenses, assault/terroristic threats against landlord, or conviction of theft from landlord/tenantsSource: N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.2(a); 2A:18-61.1(c), (e), (n)–(q) |
| Permitted service methods | Personal delivery to the tenant; Leaving with a family member over 14 at the residence; Certified mail (with regular mail)Source: N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.2 |
| Required content | Notice to Quit must specify in detail the cause of termination and the applicable ground under N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1. Grounds (b), (d), (e)(1) and (j) require a prior Notice to Cease. Nonpayment requires no notice (except 30 days in federally subsidized housing). Owner-occupied buildings with two or fewer rental units are exempt from the Anti-Eviction Act; there one month's notice under 2A:18-53 suffices. |
| Statute | New Jersey Anti-Eviction Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1 et seq.; Summary Dispossess 2A:18-51 et seq. |
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