The owner is not giving my deposit back even after 2 months of leaving the place. Please help how to get my money back.

Under NJ law the LL has 30 to refund the security and repay the balance left. You are entitled to Double Damages if he fails to do so. I would...

I am in a month to month lease with my husband. I am leaving and gave the landlord proper notice to remove my name from the

In a month to month tenancy, you need to give one month notice that you are terminating the rental. It will be effective the first day of the next...

Can a tenant be evicated for hoarding to a point of a safity issue?

It is a basis for eviction. Unlike nonpayment of rent, the anti eviction act has some very technical requirements which must be complied with or...

This is not a defense to the violation. I agree with counsel that you need to contact the court clerk, them know you plead not guilty andthey will...

Can my landlord evict me for having my brother with me at almost all times n my apartment and he is not on the lease?

The answer here depends on the lease. Most leases have a clause that lists who is authorized under the lease to live in the premises. There is a...

Can I decline to renew a N J tenant's lease whom were three times late, with two eviction filings, and wanted to fight me?

Assuming the tenancy is covered by the anti eviction act the answer is maybe. Under the act, tenant is entitled to be renewed unless he has...

Question for Tenant/Landlord lawyer.

Your lease controls the situation. Generally speaking to make repairs on a nonemergent basis you need to give reasonable notice, this is usually...

Wanted to break a lease do to inhabitable living conditions, mold, leaking ceiling when rains, junkyard outside window.

You present several issues. The first step is to figure out how you want to proceed. You indicate that you have not received notice of where your...

What is date of receipt law for absentee landlords?

Unless the lease provides otherwise, posting the check by the fifth is sufficient.

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Can I be sued for having my boyfriend committed into treatment? Or for talking to his friends on Facebook about it?

Probablynot.