Just cause eviction rules in Atlantic County, NJ — sometimes called tenant protection or "for cause" eviction ordinances — list the specific legal reasons a landlord can end a tenancy.
New Jersey bars eviction without good cause statewide. Under the Anti-Eviction Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1, a landlord may remove a residential tenant only on an enumerated ground. It binds every Atlantic County municipality, but it does not reach seasonal shore rentals or owner-occupied buildings of two or fewer units.
The Anti-Eviction Act makes New Jersey one of the most tenant-protective states. It forbids the Superior Court from removing a residential tenant except on a listed good-cause ground: nonpayment of rent, habitual late payment, disorderly conduct after written notice, willful or grossly negligent damage, violation of reasonable lease rules, the owner permanently retiring the unit from residential use, and more. A month-to-month tenant who pays rent and follows the lease cannot be evicted just because the term ended. Two exceptions matter heavily on the Jersey Shore: the Act does not protect a tenant in an owner-occupied building with two or fewer rental units, and it does not protect a seasonal or transient occupancy.
A landlord who files to evict a year-round tenant without a statutory ground loses in the Superior Court, and a self-help lockout or utility shutoff exposes the landlord to damages and to charges under New Jersey's unlawful-entry and eviction statutes.
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