Can a court in New Jersey, override the provisions of a commercial real property lease agreement?

Jul 8, 2021

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Author: John Kiritsis, Esq., CPA, MBA, MS, JD, LL.M

 

Yes, since New Jersey real estate laws are mostly based on common law. However, courts overriding or changing common law is the exception, not the rule.

 

Construing leases is often a matter of law. A jury will rarely resort to the parole evidence rule. Parties should NOT rely on courts to construe better bargains than those the lease provides. Courts will NOT construe a lease in a way that leads to absurd results. Due to constitutional and other concerns, courts will typically avoid construing a lease in a way that leads to civil forfeiture.

 

Constitutional provisions, especially the 13th Amendment, may work as a practical restrain with regards to landlords, having the ability to construct too overbearing/one-sided lease agreements, under the auspices of the freedom to contract.

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the laws revolving New Jersey leases, in many ways. Trying to account for all of the COVID-19 legal changes within this subtropical practice area will not only be an unrealistically ambitious venture but likely futile.

To better assist in a quest of further analyzing this type of question(s) as revolving per this legal guide article, it may be useful to make additional inquiries, such as: Should special zoning classification uses or restrictions be included in New Jersey real property leases, accounting for such uses by the tenant(s)?  Has the lease been reviewed and revised to account for any recent relevant changes in New Jersey law?Do any rent regulation laws apply to the lease?

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Sources:

U.S. Constitution

New Jersey State Constitution

New Jersey Eviction Statutes Act

New Jersey Board of Bar Association 

American Bar Association 

Truth in Renting Act

Truth in Lending Act

New Jersey Attorney General's Office

Sailor and Soldiers Civil Relief Act

New Jersey Department of Community Affairs

New Jersey Department of Civil Rights Division

Seton Hall University School of Law

New Jersey Law Journal

 

Perlman v. Lee, 2014 WL 4916999 (App. Div. 2014)
Clearview Farms, LLC v. Fannon, 145 A.D.3d 1556 (N.Y. App. Div. 2016)
172 Van Duler Realty Corp. v. Globe Alumni Student Assistance Ass’n, Inc. 24 N.Y.3d 528 (N.Y. Ct. App. 2014)
Islip U-Slip, LLC v. Jack’s of Route 23, Inc., 166 N.J. Super 36 (App. Div. 1979)
Cox v. Simon, 278 N.J. Super 419 (App. Div. 1995)
Ringwood Assocs., Ltd v. Jack’s of Route 23, Inc., 166 N.J. Super 36 (App. Div. 1979)
Caris v. Way, 192 N.J. Super 536 (Law Div. 1983)
River Road Assocs. v. Chesapeake Display and Packaging Co., Inc., 104 F.Supp.2d 418 (D.N.J. 2000)
Ultimate Computer Services, Inc. c. Baltimore Realty Co., Inc., 183 N.J. Super 144 (App. Div. 1982)
J.H. v. R&M Tegliareni, 2018 WL 1526736 (App. Div., March 29, 2018).
Jimenez v. Powell, 2018 WL 944418 (App. Div. 2018)

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