Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in New Jersey

Re: lease agreement

Whether the lease is binding or not has little to do with the term of the lease. If everything else is in order, the lease is a binding contract even though the term has not started. However, if you are looking to avoid the lease, read the contract carefully. Some leases say that they are not binding on either party until the landlord signs and returns a signed copy to the tenant. So, terms like that may provide a way out depending on the facts.

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Re: lease agreement

It is legal and binding unless you have some basis for declaring the lease unenforceable due to some failure of the landlord to abide by the lease or to maintain the leased premises in a habitable condition.

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Gary Moore, Esquire

Hackensack, New Jersey

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