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46 GEORGE WUBSHET v. CALIFORNIA APARTMENTS -- rank: 648

... 380[] for the carpet." Judge Littlefield concluded that pursuant to N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1 and our decision in Yi v. Re/Max Fortune Properties ... in plaintiff’s favor. We disagree. We have said that " N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1 was specifically 'intended to protect tenants from overreaching landlords who ... Alvarado , 302 N.J. Super. 583 , 586 (App. Div. 1997)). N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1 requires the landlord to return the tenant's security deposit ... App. Div. 2002) (noting that as to any violation of N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1, the tenant was limited to recovery of double "the net ...

docket:	a6252-12
court:	New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2014-09-29
status:	Published
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47 SIRIS PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC v. UNITY BANK -- rank: 641

... security deposit in reliance on the Security Deposit Act (SDA), N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1. Another order was entered on July 9, 2015, that dismissed ...

docket:	a3424-16
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2018-06-14
status:	unpublished
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48 JOHN KARGBU v. SUJUAN WANG -- rank: 638

... John Kargbo1 double his security deposit, plus costs, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1; and (2) the November 8, 2017 order denying reconsideration of ... opinion, the court concluded that Wang failed to comply with N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1 by failing to provide written notice to Kargbo within thirty ... Wang repeats her argument that she could not comply with N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1 because Kargbo did not give her his new address when ... Alvarado, 302 N.J. Super. 583, 586 (App. Div. 1997)). N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1 requires the landlord to return the tenant's security deposit ...

docket:	a1928-17
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2019-01-18
status:	Unpublished
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49 DAVID PERLMAN v. EDWARD S. LEE, M.D. -- rank: 638

... charges expended in accordance with the terms of [the] lease[.]" N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1. If a landlord violates this requirement, the tenant may sue ...

docket:	a5862-12
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2014-10-02
status:	unpublished
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50 VITO CUCCURULLO, JR v. SCOTT LYSENKO -- rank: 635

... from the security deposit, and consistent with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1, the judge doubled 1 the amount and entered judgment in ... The judge concluded that defendants wrongfully withheld $510.88. Applying N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1, she doubled the amount defendants owed plaintiffs to $1021.76 ... J. Super. 84 , 87 (App. Div. 1979). In pertinent part, N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1 provides: Within 30 days after the termination of the tenant ... we find no merit in defendants' appeal. A ffirmed. 1 N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1 provides in relevant part: "In any action by a tenant ...

docket:	a2910-10
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2011-10-25
status:	unpublished
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51 CHEESEQUAKE REALTY, L.L.C /Cross v. MARK FINKELSTEIN, THOMAS HEIM TANZBODEN CORP. and RENDL CORP -Respondents and J. ENTERPRISES, INC., d/b/a LONGO LIMOUSINE and JOSEPH LONGO Defendants-Respondents/Cross -- rank: 608

... of its security deposit has merit. The judge relied on N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1, a statute that applies to residential not commercial leases, see ...

docket:	a1877-08
court:	superior court appellate division
decided:	2010-07-28
status:	Unpublished
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52 FELICIA K. BINDLER v. PAUL HIRA -- rank: 604

... J.S.A. 46:8-19(c).] Finally, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1, [i]n any action by a tenant . . . for the return ...

docket:	a1171-20
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2022-03-09
status:	Unpublished
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53 JOHN MAHONEY v. JAMES MCGOWAN -- rank: 604

... 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 N ... 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 in ... 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 delivery ... 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. The ...

docket:	a1709-15
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2017-08-02
status:	unpublished
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54 INGRID VALDIVIA and DINO VALDIVIA v. JOHN DERAFFELE -- rank: 598

... what they allege was their unlawfully withheld security deposit, see N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1, rent abatement for half of February 2016, $4500 in attorney ...

docket:	a1917-17
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2019-02-28
status:	Unpublished
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55 HABSEE HADDAD v. HANNE KASSAS -- rank: 592

... 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 wrongfully ... 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 termination ... 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]he ...

docket:	a5934-10
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2012-11-16
status:	unpublished
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56 IN THE MATTER OF ROSA CRISTINA QUEIRO -- rank: 589

... 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 $8,016.86 ... 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 the ...

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

57 WAKENNA DOWELL v. HOSSEIN AMERI -- rank: 589

... 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 charges ...

docket:	a1486-10
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2012-01-26
status:	unpublished
citation:
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58 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/appellate/a4990-18.opn.html -- rank: 583

... 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 termination ... 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 the ... 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 the ...

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59 KELLY O'LEARY v. TED KOZIOL -- rank: 580

... October 7, 2014, and thereby violated the Security Deposit Act, N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1. She awarded double damages of $3900.58. The judge found ... status that existed at the beginning of the suit. Ibid. N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1 provides in pertinent part: Within 30 days after the termination ...

docket:	a2275-14
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2016-07-14
status:	unpublished
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60 JOSE PICADO AND TAMMY DOAN v. MICHAEL SOLLECITO -- rank: 577

... him for improperly withholding the plaintiffs/tenants' security deposit. See N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1. We affirm the judgment in favor of plaintiffs but modify ... with the trial judge is his methodology in computing damages. N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.1 provides, in part, that the landlord is obligated to "return ...

docket:	A2535-05
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2006-12-21
status:	unpublished
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