Central Jersey Legal Services is a nonprofit law firm that provides free legal assistance to low-income residents of Mercer, Middlesex, and Union Counties.

Central Jersey Legal Services is a nonprofit law firm that provides free legal assistance to low-income residents of Mercer, Middlesex, and Union Counties.

驅逐如何進行 – How Eviction Works

by Aleksandra Syniec, Esq. | May 16, 2025 | Chinese Articles, Eviction-Chinese

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租戶可能因多種原因被驅逐,包括未付租金或持續延遲支付租金、損壞公寓或違反租賃規則。房東只能透過法庭程序驅逐您。

您的房東必須向房東房客法庭提出驅逐投訴 (eviction complaint) 才能合法驅逐您。在新澤西州,房東如果不將你告上法庭就更換鎖頭是違法的。

驅逐投訴必須提供房東試圖驅逐您的理由。您將獲得一份房東向法院提交的文件副本。您還將收到一份傳票 (Summons),告知您出庭的日期、時間和地點。如果您因醫療原因或在外州,而無法按時出庭,您必須在開庭日期前 5 天向法院申請休庭 (adjournment) 並提供證明。追查您的請求非常重要。如果被拒絕,那麼您必須在原定日期出庭。如果您錯過開庭日期,您將因缺席而被預設驅逐 (evicted by default)。法官將對您作出佔有判決 (Judgment of Possession) ,從而啟動驅逐程序。您可以向法院請求新的聽證日期,但前提是您能提供錯過開庭日期的充分理由,並對驅逐提出有力的辯護。

如果您出庭時需要翻譯,請在審判日期至少一週前聯繫法院並要求翻譯。在開庭日,請攜帶辯護所需的所有材料。如果您因未支付租金而被驅逐並且正在接受租金援助,您應該有提供援助的機構所提供的所有文件,以顯示他們支付了多少錢。如果您因違反租約而被驅逐,重要的是要有證據證明您沒有違反租約,例如您單位的照片或證人。

當您在法庭內,法官將解釋當天的預期情況,然後法院工作人員將開始傳喚受理的案件。隨時準備好您的案卷編號,仔細聆聽,並在傳喚到您的案件時回答您的姓名。如果您和您的房東在開庭時都在現場,您們將被送往調解庭 (mediation) 嘗試解決案件。主要的和解協議 (settlement agreements) 有兩種:付款並留置 (Pay and Stay) 協議 和撤離 (Vacate) 協議。

付款並留置  (Pay and Stay) 是一種協議,其中房東和房客同意一項付款計劃來支付拖欠的租金。在撤離 (Vacate) 協議中,租戶同意在特定日期前搬離。如果雙方同意並達成和解協議,則該協議具有約束力 (binding)。如果您違反協議,房東可以要求換鎖頭 (lockout),而無需重新進行聽證。當和解協議的條款得到滿足時,驅逐案件將被駁回。

如果未達成和解協議,您的案件將於當天由法官審理。在審判期間,您和您的房東將向法官提供證據。如果房東無法證明其案件,或者您可以反駁或提供辯護,則該案件將被駁回,您可以保住您的公寓。如果法官判決房東勝訴,房東將被授予佔有判決。從那時起,您將有大約兩週的時間搬家,之後才有可能被鎖在門外。以下是時間先後順序表:

一旦房東獲得佔有判決,他們就可以申請驅逐令 (Warrant of Removal),也就是換鎖頭通知 (lockout notice)。您的房東必須等待開庭日期三天後才能申請驅逐令。

一旦申請了驅逐令,法庭官員就會把它貼在你家門上。從房東提出請求開始,通常需要大約一周的時間。驅逐令上會註明鎖頭將被換的日期 (lockout date)。這總是發生在驅逐令貼於您家門上的三天後,不包括週末。

來換鎖頭的 (Lockouts) 時間發生在週一至週五,上午 8:30 至下午 4:30 之間。這必須由法庭官員來執行換鎖頭的任務。

如果您尚未達成撤離 (Vacate) 協議,您可以在門上被貼驅逐令後申請合乎法定的遷出令 (Order for Orderly Removal)。法院將給您 7 天的換鎖頭延長期 (extension on the lockout),以便您有更多時間搬家。如果您因未支付租金而被驅逐,法律規定,如果您能支付所有拖欠的租金及當月到期的租金,房東必須在換鎖頭 (lockout) 後三天內接受租金,法庭將駁回訴訟,並恢復您的租賃。

Central Jersey Legal Services (CJLS) provides free civil legal aid to low-income families and the elderly. If you have landlord-tenant disputes, domestic violence, social welfare, immigration, consumer issues, etc., please call 732-249-7600. We have Chinese-speaking staff to serve you.

中部澤西法律服務處(Central Jersey Legal Services 簡稱CJLS) 專為低收入家庭和老年人提供免費民事法律援助。如果您有房東房客糾紛、家庭暴力、社會福利、移民、消費等問題,請撥打732-249-7600。我們有會說中文的工作人員為您服務。

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