Room Rental Agreement in New Jersey

For renting a room in a home, including your own home. Some states treat a renter in the owner's home (a lodger) differently when ending the arrangement — see your state's household rules.

What New Jersey law says

Renting a room in your own home (lodgers)	No separate lodger statute was located. Owner-occupied premises with not more than two rental units are excepted from the good-cause requirement of the Anti-Eviction Act. In those premises, the landlord may remove a tenant at will, at sufferance, or for a set term (and the tenant's undertenants) through a summary dispossess action in court after the required notice to quit. Good-cause section: https://lis.njleg.state.nj.us/nxt/gateway.dll/statutes/1/112/670?f=templates$fn=document-frame.htm$3.0. Source: N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1; 2A:18-53; 2A:18-56
Tenancy at will	Where the good-cause law does not apply, a tenant at will or at sufferance can be removed by summary dispossess after a holdover. Before a possession judgment, the landlord must prove the required notice to quit was given: three months' notice for a tenancy at will or from year to year, one month for month-to-month, and one term for other periodic tenancies. Most residential tenants are instead covered by the Anti-Eviction Act (N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1), which requires good cause. Source: N.J.S.A. 2A:18-53(a); 2A:18-56

Renting a room in your own home (lodgers)

No separate lodger statute was located. Owner-occupied premises with not more than two rental units are excepted from the good-cause requirement of the Anti-Eviction Act. In those premises, the landlord may remove a tenant at will, at sufferance, or for a set term (and the tenant's undertenants) through a summary dispossess action in court after the required notice to quit.

Good-cause section: https://lis.njleg.state.nj.us/nxt/gateway.dll/statutes/1/112/670?f=templates$fn=document-frame.htm$3.0.

Source: N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1; 2A:18-53; 2A:18-56

Tenancy at will

Where the good-cause law does not apply, a tenant at will or at sufferance can be removed by summary dispossess after a holdover. Before a possession judgment, the landlord must prove the required notice to quit was given: three months' notice for a tenancy at will or from year to year, one month for month-to-month, and one term for other periodic tenancies.

Most residential tenants are instead covered by the Anti-Eviction Act (N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1), which requires good cause.

Source: N.J.S.A. 2A:18-53(a); 2A:18-56

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ROOM RENTAL AGREEMENT

Owner/landlord: [owner name] Renter: [renter name]

Room: [room description] in the home at [home address]. Shared areas the renter may use: [shared areas].

Term: begins [start date]; [ends on end date / continues month to month].

Rent: $[monthly rent] due on [due day] by [payment method]. Deposit: $[deposit amount].

Utilities included: [utilities included]. House rules: [house rules, e.g. guests, kitchen use, smoking].

Ending the agreement: either side gives at least [notice period] written notice, and never less than state law requires.

Signatures and dates: [signatures]

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