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New Jersey Statutes - Title 46 Property - 46:8-9.6 Requirements for termination of lease.

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46:8-9.6. Requirements for termination of lease.

     3.     The tenant may terminate any lease of a residential property that has been leased and used by the tenant solely for the purpose of providing a dwelling place for the tenant, or for the tenant's family, prior to the expiration date thereof, if the tenant fulfills all requirements and procedures as established by P.L.2008, c.111 (C.46:8-9.4 et al.) and provides the landlord with:

     a.     written notice that the tenant or a child of the tenant faces an imminent threat of serious physical harm from another named person if the tenant remains on the leased premises; and

     b.     any of the following:

     (1)     a certified copy of a permanent restraining order issued by a court pursuant to section 13 of "The Prevention of Domestic Violence Act of 1991," P.L.1991, c.261 (C.2C:25-29), and protecting the tenant from the person named in the written notice;

     (2)     a certified copy of a permanent restraining order from another jurisdiction, issued pursuant to the jurisdiction's laws concerning domestic violence, and protecting the tenant from the person named in the written notice;

     (3)     a law enforcement agency record documenting the domestic violence, or certifying that the tenant or a child of the tenant is a victim of domestic violence;

     (4)     medical documentation of the domestic violence provided by a health care provider;

     (5)     certification, provided by a certified Domestic Violence Specialist, or the director of a designated domestic violence agency, that the tenant or a child of the tenant is a victim of domestic violence; or

     (6)     other documentation or certification, provided by a licensed social worker, that the tenant or a child of the tenant is a victim of domestic violence.

     L.2008, c.111, s.3.

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