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