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Ex. SEC-13-047 Order Primary source read

Executive Order No. 106

Moratorium on removals of individuals from residential properties as the result of eviction or foreclosure proceedings

Governor Philip D. Murphy · New Jersey (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
New Jersey
Level
State
Authority
N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq.; N.J.S.A. 26:13-1 et seq.; P.L. 2020, c. 1 (Mar. 19, 2020)
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 Public Health Emergency or State of Emergency; kept in effect to Jan. 1, 2022 by P.L. 2021, c. 103 (June 4, 2021); modified by EO 249 and P.L. 2021, c. 188 (Aug. 4, 2021): expired Aug. 31, 2021 for above-moderate-income tenants, Nov. 15, 2021 for foreclosure removals, Dec. 31, 2021 for very low-, low- and moderate-income households (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
  • landlords and mortgagees
  • sheriffs and court officers
Functions reached
  • SV (foreclosure removals stayed statewide for every mortgagee and servicer)
  • CB
Collection
Financial Services SEC-13

Operative words

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. 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, unless the court determines on its own motion or motion of the parties that enforcement is necessary in the interest of justice.... 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

Enforcement

N.J.S.A. App. A:9-49, -50 (disorderly persons offense for violation of emergency orders)

Notes

Same instrument as NJ-003 in the New Jersey State file. In force on every day of all six quarters.