{"id":"NJ-089","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"New Jersey Legislature (Senate Bill No. 3691); approved by Governor Philip D. Murphy","authority":"N.J. Const. art. IV; N.J.S.A. 52:27D-287.7 et seq.","instrument":"P.L. 2021, c. 188","title":"Act concerning residential tenants and rental assistance: eviction protections for rent that accrued during the \u0022covered period\u0022 (March 1, 2020 - August 31, 2021), extended to December 31, 2021 for very low-, low- and moderate-income households with certification; dismissal of pending nonpayment actions; rental arrears converted to civil debt; Eviction Prevention Program","dateIssued":"2021-08-04","effective":"2021-08-04","end":"Protections for arrears through Aug. 31, 2021 (all tiers up to middle income) and through Dec. 31, 2021 (very low- to moderate-income with certification); civil-debt and credit-reporting provisions continuing","startDate":"2021-08-04","endDate":"2021-08-31","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["CRT","OTHER"],"addressees":["landlords","residential tenants of very low-, low-, moderate- and middle-income households","the Superior Court (Special Civil Part)","credit reporting agencies"],"clause":"C.52:27D-287.8: \u0022\u0027Covered period\u0027 means the period beginning on March 1, 2020, and ending on August 31, 2021.\u0022 C.52:27D-287.9(a): \u0022Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no residential tenant of a very low-income household, low-income household, moderate-income household, or middle-income household shall be evicted based upon nonpayment or habitual late payment of rent, or failure to pay a rent increase, that accrued during the covered period.\u0022 (b): rent due during the covered period \u0022shall be considered civil debt and may be pursued as a money judgment\u0022. (d)(1)(a): very low-, low- and moderate-income households \u0022shall have continued protections from evictions... for residential rent arrearages incurred from the end of the covered period through December 31, 2021 if the household certifies under penalty of perjury\u0022 [income; inability to pay due to COVID-19; application for assistance]. (e): \u0022All pending eviction actions alleging nonpayment or habitual late payment of residential rent, or failure to pay a rent increase, that accrued during the covered period shall be dismissed upon certification by the tenant\u0022.","enforcement":"Statute; court dismissal of covered actions; bar on sale or assignment of covered-period rent debt","functions":["PM property management (nonpayment evictions barred for covered-period arrears; pending actions dismissed)","SV collections (arrears converted to civil debt; credit reporting limited)","CL landlord-tenant litigation channelled to the Special Civil Part","CB tenants"],"notes":"Real estate and property management: the Legislature\u0027s Q3 2021 instrument, paired with EO 249 (NJ-054), governing the entire quarter.","sourceUrl":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2020/PL21/188_.HTM","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":194600,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NJ","url":"/library/NJ-089","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NJ-089","citation":"New Jersey Legislature (Senate Bill No. 3691); approved by Governor Philip D. Murphy, P.L. 2021, c. 188 (Aug. 4, 2021) (Ex. NJ-089)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":["NJ-054","SEC-13-049","NJ-003"]}