New Jersey Three-Day Notice to Quit for a Qualifying Tenant Drug Conviction
New Jersey Three-Day Notice to Quit for a Qualifying Tenant Drug Conviction
Before use: Use this form only for the tenant's own qualifying conviction under N.J.S.A. § 2A:18-61.1(n) and only where the Anti-Eviction Act covers the home. A charge, arrest, or accusation alone does not meet this form's stated ground. Confirm the statute's rehabilitation exception and two-year filing limit before service.
Notice date: [__/__/____]
To tenant: [FULL LEGAL NAME]
Premises: [STREET ADDRESS, UNIT, MUNICIPALITY, NEW JERSEY ZIP]
From landlord: [FULL LEGAL NAME AND ADDRESS]
Notice to quit and demand for possession
The landlord gives written notice and demands delivery of possession under N.J.S.A. §§ 2A:18-61.1(n) and 2A:18-61.2(a). The landlord relies only on the following qualifying conviction of the tenant named above:
Criminal case and court: [CAPTION, DOCKET NUMBER, COURT]
Offense and statute: [IDENTIFY THE CONTROLLED-SUBSTANCE OR DRUG-PARAPHERNALIA OFFENSE AND NEW JERSEY STATUTE]
Conviction date: [__/__/____]
Offense location and connection to the premises, building, complex, or mobile home park: [SPECIFIC ADDRESS, PART OF PROPERTY, AND FACTS]
Evidence of conviction and location: [IDENTIFY JUDGMENT AND SUPPORTING RECORDS]
Rehabilitation exception checked: The landlord has confirmed that this tenant did not, in connection with the sentence for this offense, successfully complete or enter and continue on probation while completing a rehabilitation program under N.J.S.A. § 2C:35-14. Basis: [SPECIFIC RECORD OR FACTS].
Two-year filing limit checked: Conviction date: [__/__/____]. Release from incarceration, if any: [__/__/____ / NONE]. Later of the applicable dates: [__/__/____]. The landlord will file any action for removal no later than the second anniversary of that later date.
You are requested to leave and deliver possession by [DATE AND TIME]. The landlord will allow at least three days after service of this notice before instituting any action for possession. If you do not deliver possession, the landlord may seek a judgment for possession from the Superior Court. This notice itself is not a court order.
Landlord signature
Signature: ______________________________
Printed name and capacity: [NAME AND TITLE]
Date signed: [__/__/____]
Record of service
Tenant served: [NAME]
Service date and time: [__/__/____] at [TIME]
☐ I personally handed a copy to the tenant, lessee, or person in possession at [PLACE].
☐ I left a copy at that person's usual place of abode with [NAME], a member of that person's family older than 14 years.
☐ I sent a copy by certified mail to [ADDRESS] on [DATE]. Tracking number: [NUMBER]. If it was unclaimed, I then sent a copy by regular mail on [DATE] to [ADDRESS].
Proof or details of delivery: [RECEIPT, TRACKING, RECIPIENT, OR OTHER DETAILS]
Person completing service: [PRINTED NAME]
Signature: ______________________________ Date: [__/__/____]
Sources and references
- N.J.S.A. §§ 2A:18-61.1(n) and 2A:18-61.2, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs compilation
- October 29, 2026 New Jersey Legislative Digest — enactment check through P.L.2026, c.101.
About this template
- Last updated
- November 10, 2026
- Citations checked
- November 10, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- New Jersey
- Category
- Landlord & Tenant
Legal authority
- N.J.S.A. § 2A:18-61.1(n)
- N.J.S.A. § 2A:18-61.2(a)
- N.J.S.A. § 2A:18-61.2 (cause and service)
Landlord-tenant paperwork governs who can stay in a property, on what terms, and what happens when something goes wrong. Leases, notices to quit, security deposit demands, and habitability complaints all have state and often city-specific requirements for timing, content, and service. Getting the paperwork right is what makes an eviction actually succeed or a security deposit actually come back, because judges regularly dismiss cases over small procedural mistakes.
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Checked against the law it cites
A reviewer verified this template's legal citations against the official source on November 10, 2026.
N.J.S.A. § 2A:18-61.1(n) (offense and rehabilitation) (checked November 10, 2026): "The person has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to, or if a juvenile, has been adjudicated delinquent on the basis of an act which if committed by an adult would constitute an offense under the “Comprehensive Drug Reform Act of 1987,” N.J.S.2C:35-1 et al., involving the use, possession, manufacture, dispensing or distribution of a controlled dangerous substance, controlled dangerous substance analog or drug paraphernalia within the meaning of that act within or upon the leased premises or the building or complex of buildings and land appurtenant thereto, or the mobile home park, in which those premises are located, and has not in connection with his sentence for that offense either (1) successfully completed or (2) been admitted to and continued upon probation while completing, a drug rehabilitation program pursuant to N.J.S.2C:35-14;"
N.J.S.A. § 2A:18-61.1(n) (time limit) (checked November 10, 2026): "No action for removal may be brought pursuant to this subsection more than two years after the date of the adjudication or conviction or more than two years after the person’s release from incarceration whichever is the later."
N.J.S.A. § 2A:18-61.2(a) (checked November 10, 2026): "For an action alleging disorderly conduct under subsection b. of section 2, or injury to the premises under subsection c. of section 2, or any grounds under subsection m., n., o., p., q., or r. of section 2, three days’ notice prior to the institution of the action for possession;"
N.J.S.A. § 2A:18-61.2 (cause and service) (checked November 10, 2026): "The notice in each of the foregoing instances shall specify in detail the cause of the termination of the tenancy and shall be served either personally upon the tenant or lessee or such person in possession by giving him a copy thereof, or by leaving a copy thereof at his usual place of abode with some member of his family above the age of 14 years, or by certified mail; if the certified letter is not claimed, notice shall be sent by regular mail."
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