Executive Order No. 106

The record

Jurisdiction

New Jersey

Level

State

Authority

N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq.; N.J.S.A. 26:13-1 et seq.; P.L. 2020, c. 1 (Mar. 19, 2020)

Issued

2020-03-19 Mar. 19, 2020

Effective

2020-03-19 (immediately) (read as 2020-03-19)

End

by its terms no longer than two months after the end of the Public Health Emergency or State of Emergency; kept in effect to Jan. 1, 2022 by P.L. 2021, c. 103 (June 4, 2021); modified by EO 249 and P.L. 2021, c. 188 (Aug. 4, 2021): expired Aug. 31, 2021 for above-moderate-income tenants, Nov. 15, 2021 for foreclosure removals, Dec. 31, 2021 for very low-, low- and moderate-income households (read as 2022-01-01)

In force

Mar. 19, 2020 to Jan. 1, 2022

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Courts and public officesOther

Addressees

• landlords and mortgagees
• sheriffs and court officers

Functions reached

• SV (foreclosure removals stayed statewide for every mortgagee and servicer)
• CB

Collection

Financial Services SEC-13

Operative words

1. Any lessee, tenant, homeowner or any other person shall not be removed from a residential property as the result of an eviction or foreclosure proceeding. 2. While eviction and foreclosure proceedings may be initiated or continued during the time this Order is in effect, enforcement of all judgments for possession, warrants of removal, and writs of possession shall be stayed while this Order is in effect, unless the court determines on its own motion or motion of the parties that enforcement is necessary in the interest of justice.... 3. Sheriffs, court officers, and their agents shall refrain from acting to remove individuals from residential properties through the eviction or foreclosure processes during the time this Order is in effect

Enforcement

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