There are 16 causes for eviction under New Jersey's Just Cause for Eviction Act. No tenant can be evicted unless the landlord can establish one of the 16 causes under the Act. Each cause, except for nonpayment of rent, must be described in detail by the landlord in a written notice to the tenant(s). The Act applies to tenants in all types of rentals except owner-occupied 1 to 3-family dwellings, hotels, motels, and other dwellings housing transient or seasonal tenants. Causes for eviction, notice requirements, and time before legal action for eviction may be instituted, are as follow:

• Non-Payment of Rent
• Disorderly Tenant
• Willful or Grossly Negligent Damage to Premises
• Violation of Rules and Regulations
• Violation of Lease Covenants
• Failure to Pay Rent After Increase
• Correcting Housing/Health Code Violations
• Landlords Wants To Board Up or Demolish Building
• Landlord Wants To Correct Violations
• Landlord Must Comply With Occupancy Rules
• Landlord Is a Government Agency
• Permanently Retiring Building From Residential Use
• Refusal of Reasonable Changes in Terms and Conditions at End of Lease Term
• Habitual Late Payment of Rent
• Conversion to Condominium or Co-Operative Ownership
• Personal Occupancy by Owner/Purchaser of Unit
• Condo or Coop Conversion
• Owner of Condo or Coop
• Owner of Residental Building
• Occupancy As Consideration of Employment
• Offenses Under Comprehensive Drug Reform Act of 1987
• Assaults or Threats Against Landlord or Certain Other Persons
• Eviction for "Civil Violations"