Legal Question in Real Estate Law in New Jersey
E-mailed notice as evidence
I gave my landlord a notice via email informing him of my decision to move out. He acknowledged the receipt of the email by replying to me the very next day (also via e-mail) but he claimed the notice was not given early enough and that I would owe him rent for one more month (even though the timing of my notice did not violate the terms specified in our lease agreement).
My question is:
Should this matter go to small claims court, will the court admit my initial E-MAILED notice to end the lease and subsequent correspondence as evidence?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: E-mailed notice as evidence
Presuming you printed both e-mails, a Court should allow them as evidence. since they refer to and acknowledged your notice. What you don't say is whether or not your notice was given and received before the first of the month? For a thirty-day notice to be effective, it must be received before the first of a month. Even missing by one day can expose you to an additional month's rent payment.
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