Federal Foreclosure Law 111-22, Div A, Title VII sec. 702, 123 Stat. 1660, before a tenant can be evicted due to foreclosure, the landlord must provide the tenant with a 90 day notice to quit when the foreclosed property has been purchased by a buyer who wants to personally occupy it as his or her primary residence.
The contract for sale between your landlord and the buyer must require that your unit be vacant at the time of closing (the last step in the sale process when the deed is transferred). The landlord has to give you at least two full calendar months' notice to vacate before filing an eviction complaint with the court.
702, 123 Stat. 1660, before a tenant can be evicted due to foreclosure, the landlord must provide the tenant with a 90 day notice to quit when the foreclosed property has been purchased by a buyer who wants to personally occupy it as his or her primary residence.
What Are the Steps Involved in the Foreclosure Process in New Jersey? Notice of Intention to Foreclose. The Lender Files the Foreclosure Complaint. The Lender Serves You With the Foreclosure Complaint. Foreclosure Mediation. Filing an Answer to the Foreclosure Complaint. Notice of Entry of Default and Entry of Final Judgment.
Once the complaint is filed, it enters a Lis pendens, meaning a suit is pending. The lender becomes the plaintiff, and the debtor becomes the defendant in the court record. The case receives a docket number. The plaintiff must serve the defendant with the foreclosure complaint.
No notice of lis pendens shall be effective after five years from the date of its filing.
File a request with the court to remove the lis pendens. Provide the legal reasons the lis pendens is improper, offering proof, for example, that the lis pendens affects real estate that is not connected to the litigation. If the lawsuit is frivolous and merely intended to harass the property owner, offer proof.
The Lis Pendens is a public notification that the property is being foreclosed upon. If the homeowner attempts to sell the property or get a second mortgage, the title search will reveal the Lis Pendens and notify any interested party that the property's title is in question due to the pending foreclosure.