Eviction is the legal procedure to force a tenant to leave the premises. A landlord must lave a legal reason for eviction, such as the tenant not paying rent or violating other lease terms.

In New Jersey any non-residential tenant or subtenant can be evicted for one of these reasons:

• Staying after the lease has ended and the landlord has notified the tenant in writing to leave;
  
• Staying after failing to pay rent;
  
• Being disorderly and disrupting other tenants or neighbors;
• Intentionally destroying the property;
  
• Consistently violating the landlord’s rules and regulations that were part of the lease; or
  
• Violating any other part of the lease that specifically gave the landlord the right to evict.