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46 J.C. MITCHELL VS FIRST REAL ESTATE EQUITIES, INC. -- rank: 551

... plaintiff the balance due on a security deposit pursuant to N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1. We reverse and remand for the entry of judgment ... for the doubling of security deposit funds begins to run. N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1 provides in pertinent part as follows: Within 30 days ... the complaint, for the purpose of recovering double damages under N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1, was also premature since the statutory 30-day period ... the date of the "termination" of the breached lease under N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1 because that date establishes the earliest time when the ...

docket:	a5390-94
court:	njappellate
decided:	1996-02-29
status:	published
citation:	287 N.J.Super. 546
Document Size:	11977

47 HABSEE HADDAD v. HANNE KASSAS -- rank: 539

... landlord is found to have violated the Security Deposit Act, N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1, the tenant is mandatorily entitled to double the amount ... to the remaining issue of the landlord's cross-appeal. N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1 provides, in pertinent part: Within 30 days after the ... suit was instituted, there was nothing left to double under N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1. Id. at 537. We disagreed and held that "[t ...

docket:	a5934-10
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2012-11-16
status:	unpublished
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48 DORIS CANALES v. YUE YU -- rank: 530

... awarded plaintiff double the amount of the security deposit, under N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1, after finding that defendant failed to show that she ...

docket:	a1656-18
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2020-03-04
status:	Unpublished
citation:
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49 ROBERT MINSTER v. MICHAEL VOLOVNIK -- rank: 530

... terms of a contract, lease, or agreement, to the tenant.' N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1. '[T]he statutory penalty imposed for failure to return ... require to one and one- half times the monthly rent. N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.2. A landlord cannot circumvent the statutory limitation by characterizing ...

docket:	a3149-18
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2020-05-21
status:	Unpublished
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50 JOHN MAHONEY v. JAMES MCGOWAN -- rank: 530

... in sending an itemization letter by regular mail, defendant violated N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1. Consistent with our holding in Reilly v. Weiss , 406 ... defendant sent the letter by regular mail in violation of N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1. To support this argument, plaintiffs' counsel cited our decision ... t know of that requirement." The judge concluded that under N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1, defendant was required to send the letter "by personal ... to follow the literal requirements of the notice provision in N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1 was at worst a technical violation of the statute ...

docket:	a1709-15
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2017-08-02
status:	unpublished
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51 DARETTE BENTON v. ARTHUR FULOP -- rank: 527

... that was due and owing when the lease was terminated. N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1. "Any deductions the landlord makes must be 'itemized,' and ... 406 N.J. Super. 71, 80 (App. Div. 2009) (quoting N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1). If a landlord violates the Act by failing to ... and, in the court's discretion, reasonable attorney's fees." N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1. We have previously found that when a landlord fails ...

docket:	a3434-10
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2012-03-13
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	12747

52 LORRIL COMPANY et al. v. DEAN LA CORTE et al. -- rank: 524

... by personal delivery, registered or certified mail" in accordance with N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1. The judge, therefore, concluded that "if the notice is ... new tenant.     We need not consider whether any unlawful entry, N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1. The statute further provides that if the court finds ... deposit that is unlawfully held that can be doubled under N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1. Here, because the tenants remaining rent obligation exceeded the ...

docket:	a5663-00
court:	njappellate
decided:	2002-06-28
status:	published
citation:	352 N.J. Super. 433
Document Size:	17426

53 YVONNE BUDDINGTON v. EMANUEL SHAMAM -- rank: 521

... thirty days after the termination of the tenant's lease. N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1; see Watson v. United Real Estate, Inc. , 131 N ... and, in the court's discretion, reasonable attorney's fees." N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1. We have recently observed that: N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1 was specifically "intended to protect tenants from overreaching landlords ...

docket:	a0634-09
court:	superior court appellate division
decided:	2011-01-26
status:	Unpublished
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54 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/appellate/a4990-18.opn.html -- rank: 521

... need not extensively discuss defendant's Point II. We note N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1 provides in relevant part: Within 30 days after the ... 18T2 8 with the terms' of the lease.' Ibid. (quoting N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1). '[I]f there is no net balance due to ... we cannot discern whether she was entitled to relief under N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1. Accordingly, defendant's claims under this statute must abide ...

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55 SHERWOOD COURT VS BORO OF SOUTH RIVER, ET AL -- rank: 518

... S.A. 46:8-2l.l (the security deposit statute), N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.2. According to the security deposit statute, these deposits must ... the tenants within thirty days of their vacating the premises. N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1. Plaintiffs claim that these two statutes must be read ...

docket:	a4132-95
court:	njappellate
decided:	1996-10-28
status:	published
citation:	294 N.J.Super. 472
Document Size:	29833

56 SHERWOOD COURT VS BORO OF SOUTH RIVER, ET AL -- rank: 518

... S.A. 46:8-2l.l (the security deposit statute), N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.2. According to the security deposit statute, these deposits must ... the tenants within thirty days of their vacating the premises. N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1. Plaintiffs claim that these two statutes must be read ...

docket:	a4131-95
court:	njappellate
decided:	1996-10-28
status:	published
citation:	294 N.J.Super. 472
Document Size:	29829

57 TOP QUALITY REALTY, LLC v. JOSEPH CUPO -- rank: 509

... 4 Defendants challenge as error the court's reference to N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1 of the Security Deposit Act (SDA), N.J.S ... residential lease, within thirty days of termination of the lease. N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1. Clearly, the provisions N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1 are not applicable to the commercial lease under review ...

docket:	a3925-09
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2012-02-17
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	20809

58 JESSICA MARUSIAK v. PETER McCALL -- rank: 503

... double the amount of her security deposit pursuant to 2 N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1 provides, in pertinent part that '[i]n any action ...

docket:	a1529-09
court:	superior court appellate division
decided:	2010-09-07
status:	unpublished
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59 WAKENNA DOWELL v. HOSSEIN AMERI -- rank: 496

... he awarded a judgment to Dowell of $1550.34. See N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1 (requiring return of security deposit and interest "less any ...

docket:	a1486-10
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2012-01-26
status:	unpublished
citation:
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60 IN THE MATTER OF ROSA CRISTINA QUEIRO -- rank: 496

... 36 (the $3910 security deposit doubled with interest pursuant to N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1 et seq. for a total judgment of $8,016 ... in order to obtain return of security deposit pursuant to N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1 et. seq. 5. Judgment on the Fourth Count of ...

docket:	a3705-03
court:	njappellate
decided:	2005-01-14
status:	published
citation:	373 N.J. Super. 445
Document Size:	34031