A.P. Development Corp. v. Band

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

GARIBALDI, J.

This appeal concerns a tenant’s eviction for habitual late payments of rent under New Jersey’s Anti-Eviction Act, N.J. S.A. 2A:18-61.1 to -61.12 (the Act). We find that the course of dealings between the landlord and tenants after the landlord served the tenants with Notice to Cease was such that the landlord was required to afford them subsequent notice that the terms of the Notice to Cease would be strictly enforced. We hold that the landlord could not proceed in evicting the tenants since it failed to provide them with such notice.

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