Showing ordinances that apply to Vista Center, NJ
Vista Center is an unincorporated community (population 2,370) in Ocean County, New Jersey. Because Vista Center is not an incorporated city, it does not have its own municipal code. Instead, Ocean County ordinances apply directly to properties here. The just cause eviction rules below are the ones that govern your area.
NJ Anti-Eviction Act (N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1) requires good cause for all Ocean County residential evictions. Owner-occupied 1-2 unit homes and transient/seasonal guests are exempt. 18 statutory grounds apply.
New Jersey is a just-cause state by statute — no local ordinance needed. The Anti-Eviction Act (N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1) lists 18 grounds for eviction including nonpayment of rent, disorderly conduct, substantial lease violation after notice, habitual late payment, conversion to condominium, and owner personal occupancy. Landlords must serve a Notice to Cease, then a Notice to Quit, before filing in the Ocean County Superior Court Special Civil Part (Landlord-Tenant) in Toms River. Statutory exemptions: owner-occupied buildings with 2 or fewer rental units, and hotels/motels/rooming houses with transient or seasonal guests. This means Jersey Shore weekly summer rentals on Long Beach Island, Seaside Heights, and Point Pleasant Beach do NOT get just-cause protection. Year-round tenants do. Relocation assistance (N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.10) of six months' rent applies to no-fault displacement from code-condemned units.
Wrongful eviction: tenant may raise as defense in Landlord-Tenant Court or sue in Superior Court for damages. Self-help lockouts (N.J.S.A. 2A:39-1): treble damages and attorneys' fees. Retaliatory eviction (N.J.S.A. 2A:42-10.10): dismissal and damages.
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