{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-42-144","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 2A:42-144","heading":"Definitions.","body":"1.\tAs used in this act:\n\"Emergency period\" means the period during which a public health emergency exists as declared by the Governor in Executive Order No. 103 of 2020, as extended, and the 60 days following the conclusion of this period.\n\"Emergency period nonpayment court record\" means any record of a landlord-tenant action filed with a court arising as a result of nonpayment or habitually late payment of rent during the emergency period, including but not limited to:\na.\tany information maintained by a court in any form in connection with a landlord-tenant case or proceeding, including but not limited to pleadings, evidentiary exhibits, indices, calendars, and dockets;\nb.\tany order, judgment, or warrant related to a landlord-tenant action;\nc.\tany official transcript or recording of a public landlord-tenant proceeding, in any form;\nd.\tany information in a computerized case management system created or prepared by the court in connection with a landlord-tenant action; and\ne.\tany record provided to, made, or maintained by a judicial officer.\nL.2021, c.189, s.1.","path":["TITLE 2A ADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"e2eff568940e5418794b84c7a0b386fbad9a7cb4579b5ceb11a07f3d54414f0b","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-42-143","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-42-145"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}