COVID-19: New Jersey Governor Issues Executive Order Allowing Residential Tenants to Use Security Deposits for Rent | Practical Law
New Jersey Governor Philip D. Murphy issued an executive order allowing residential tenants to apply security deposits to rent payments during the COVID-19 public health emergency declared by the Governor on March 9, 2020. The order, which supersedes provisions of New Jersey's Rent Security Deposit Act during the public health emergency, became effective on April 24, 2020.