New Jersey Landlord-Tenant Laws
New Jersey Security deposits
New Jersey caps security deposits at one and a half months' rent — and the cap counts every dollar of prepaid money however it's labeled, so a landlord cannot stack 'last month's rent' on top of a full deposit.
New Jersey Rent increase notice
New Jersey has no single rent-increase-notice statute; instead, to raise the rent on a month-to-month tenant the landlord must serve a written notice to quit terminating the existing tenancy — one month's notice under N.J.S.A. 2A:18-56 — paired with an offer of a new tenancy at the higher rent.
New Jersey Late fees
New Jersey sets no statewide cap on residential late fees and no general grace period — a late charge is enforceable if the lease clearly provides for it and the amount is reasonable.
New Jersey Entry notice
New Jersey has no statute fixing how many hours of notice a landlord must give before entering a rental unit.
The New Jersey FAIR Act: rent-pricing software is now regulated
Signed July 20, 2026, effective July 1, 2027 — what P.L.2026, c.43 bans, who it covers (every NJ landlord, from one unit up), and what stays legal.
New Jersey Fair Market Rents (FY 2026) — HUD's benchmark rents for every New Jersey metro area and county.
How this record was verified: Direct read of statute text of N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1 (full text via the 2025 code mirror, corroborated by a 2025 NJ Appellate Division opinion on njcourts.gov construing 46:8-19 and 46:8-21.1), cross-checked against the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs' official 'Truth in Renting' guide (the state's authoritative landlord-tenant publication) for the 46:8-21.2 cap, prepaid-rent rule, 10% annual increase cap, pet-deposit rule, late-charge rules, and the 2A:42-6.1 protected-tenant grace period. New Jersey's official statute portal (njleg.state.nj.us) does not provide stable deep links to code sections, so section citations link to a code mirror where no official URL exists, with the official DCA guide and court opinion cited as official sources.