{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-65-6","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 2A:65-6","heading":"Tenant's liability for waste committed or suffered by him after leasing or granting his estate to another","body":"When any tenant for a term, including a life tenant, in property demised to  or held by him, has or shall lease or grant his estate in the property to any  person, and shall thereafter continue to occupy such property, or to take the  profits thereof, and shall commit or suffer waste and destruction thereof, the  owner, remainderman or reversioner of such property may maintain a civil action  against such tenant and recover from him the property wasted or its money value  and treble damages, provided such tenant was liable for waste before he leased  or granted his estate, but not otherwise.\nL.1951 (1st SS), c.344","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":"31a3f77d18d604503f8154f82e04f09ac7a757269d1ab9bffd63b04b9133ff5b","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-65-5","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-65-7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}