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Executive Order No. 106 (2020)

Moratorium on removals of individuals due to evictions or foreclosures

Governor Philip D. Murphy · New Jersey (State)

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Jurisdiction
New Jersey
Level
State
Authority
N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq.; P.L. 2020, c. 1 (N.J.S.A. 2A:18-59.3)
Issued
2020-03-19 Mar. 19, 2020
Effective
2020-03-19 (immediately) (read as 2020-03-19)
End
By its terms no longer than two months after the end of the PHE or State of Emergency; listed in P.L. 2021, c. 103, sec. 1(1) to remain in effect until January 1, 2022; modified by EO 249 (Aug. 4, 2021): expired Aug. 31, 2021 for non-low-income tenants, Dec. 31, 2021 for very low-, low- and moderate-income households with certification, Nov. 15, 2021 for foreclosure removals (read as 2022-01-01)
In force
Mar. 19, 2020 to Jan. 1, 2022
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Courts and public officesOther
Addressees
  • sheriffs, court officers and their agents
  • landlords and lenders
  • residential tenants and homeowners
Functions reached
  • PM property management (no removals)
  • SV servicing, collections and foreclosure
  • CL closings on foreclosed property
  • CB tenants and borrowers
Collection
New Jersey NJ

Operative words

Para. 1: "Any lessee, tenant, homeowner or any other person shall not be removed from a residential property as the result of an eviction or foreclosure proceeding." Para. 2: "While eviction and foreclosure proceedings may be initiated or continued during the time this Order is in effect, enforcement of all judgments for possession, warrants of removal, and writs of possession shall be stayed while this Order is in effect"... Para. 3: "Sheriffs, court officers, and their agents shall refrain from acting to remove individuals from residential properties through the eviction or foreclosure processes during the time this Order is in effect"... Para. 5: "This Order shall take effect immediately and remain in effect for no longer than two months following the end of the Public Health Emergency or State of Emergency established by Executive Order No. 103 (2020), whichever ends later".

Enforcement

Stay of enforcement of judgments for possession, warrants of removal and writs of possession; sheriffs and court officers directed not to act

Notes

Real estate, property management and lenders: the removal stay ran the whole period and was in force July 1 - Sept. 30, 2021 as restructured by EO 249 (NJ-054) and P.L. 2021, c. 188 (NJ-089).

Retrieval note

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