New Jersey § 2a:18-53

§ 2a:18-53.

Except for residential lessees and tenants included in section 2 of this act, 1 any lessee or tenant at will or at sufferance, or for a part of a year, or for one

or more years, of any houses, buildings, lands or tenements, and the assigns, undertenants

or legal representatives of such tenant or lessee, may be removed from such premises

by the Superior Court, Law Division, Special Civil Part in an action in the following cases: a. Where such person holds over and continues in possession of all or any part of

the demised premises after the expiration of his term, and after demand made and written

notice given by the landlord or his agent, for delivery of possession thereof. The notice shall be served either personally upon the tenant or such person in possession

by giving him a copy thereof or by leaving a copy of the same at his usual place of

abode with a member of his family above the age of 14 years. b. Where such person shall hold over after a default in the payment of rent, pursuant

to the agreement under which the premises are held. c. Where such person (1) shall be so disorderly as to destroy the peace and quiet

of the landlord or the other tenants or occupants living in said house or the neighborhood,

or (2) shall willfully destroy, damage or injure the premises, or (3) shall constantly

violate the landlord's rules and regulations governing said premises, provided, such

rules have been accepted in writing by the tenant or are made a part of the lease;

or (4) shall commit any breach or violation of any of the covenants or agreements

in the nature thereof contained in the lease for the premises where a right of re-entry

is reserved in the lease for a violation of such covenants or agreements, and shall

hold over and continue in possession of the demised premises or any part thereof,

after the landlord or his agent for that purpose has caused a written notice of the

termination of said tenancy to be served upon said tenant, and a demand that said

tenant remove from said premises within three days from the service of such notice. The notice shall specify the cause of the termination of the tenancy, and shall

be served either personally upon the tenant 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. 1

N.J.S.A. § 2A:18-61.1.