New Jersey Revised Statutes Title 2a - Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice
- Section 2a:3-14 - Appointment To Judgeships; "Political Parties" Defined
In every county in which there are or may be 2 or more judges of the county court, all appointments to such judgeships shall...
- Section 2a:4-30.65 - Definitions Relative To Child Support Proceedings.
1.As used in this act: "Child" means a person, whether over or under the age of majority, who is or is alleged to be...
- Section 2a:4-30.66 - Tribunal Designated.
2.The Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part is the tribunal of this State. L.1998, c.2, s.2.
- Section 2a:4-30.67 - Remedies Provided Deemed Cumulative.
3.Remedies provided by this act are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law. L.1998, c.2, s.3.
- Section 2a:4-30.68 - Personal Jurisdiction Over Nonresident Individual.
4.In a proceeding to establish, enforce, or modify a support order or to determine parentage, a tribunal of this State may exercise personal jurisdiction...
- Section 2a:4-30.69 - Applicable Laws Governing Exercise Of Jurisdiction Over Nonresident.
5.A tribunal of this State exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident under section 4 of this act may apply section 28 of this act...
- Section 2a:4-30.70 - Initiating, Responding Tribunal.
6. Under this act, a tribunal of this State may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to another state and as a...
- Section 2a:4-30.71 - Establishment Of Support Order, Jurisdictional Basis.
7. a. A tribunal of this State may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the complaint, petition or comparable pleading is filed...
- Section 2a:4-30.72 - Continuing Exclusive Jurisdiction Of Tribunal; Exceptions; Modifications.
8. a. A tribunal of this State issuing a support order consistent with the law of this State has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a...
- Section 2a:4-30.73 - Powers Of Initiating, Responding Tribunals.
9. a. A tribunal of this State shall serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce or modify...
- Section 2a:4-30.74 - Recognition Of Orders By Tribunals; Conditions.
10. a. If a proceeding is brought under this act, and only one tribunal has issued a child support order, the order of that...
- Section 2a:4-30.75 - Response To Multiple Registrations, Petitions For Enforcement.
11.In responding to multiple registrations or petitions for enforcement of two or more child support orders in effect at the same time with regard...
- Section 2a:4-30.76 - Crediting Of Amounts Collected.
12.Amounts collected and credited for a particular period pursuant to a support order issued by a tribunal of another state must be credited against...
- Section 2a:4-30.77 - Applicability Of Article; Proceedings.
13. a. Except as otherwise provided in this act, this article applies to all proceedings under this act. b.This act provides for the following...
- Section 2a:4-30.78 - Maintenance Of Proceeding For Benefit Of Child Of A Minor.
14.A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative of a minor parent, may maintain a proceeding on behalf of or for the...
- Section 2a:4-30.79 - Duties Of Responding Tribunal Of New Jersey.
15.Except as otherwise provided by this act, a responding tribunal of this State: a.shall apply the procedural and substantive law, including the rules on...
- Section 2a:4-30.80 - Forwarding Of Documents By Initiating Tribunal, Support Enforcement Agency To Responding State.
16. a. Upon the filing of a complaint, petition or comparable pleading authorized by this act, an initiating tribunal or the support enforcement agency...
- Section 2a:4-30.81 - Filing Of Complaint, Petition, Comparable Pleading; Notification To Petitioner; Powers Of Tribunal.
17. a. When a responding tribunal of this State receives a complaint, petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to...
- Section 2a:4-30.82 - Forwarding Of Documents To Appropriate Tribunal.
18.If a complaint, petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of this State, it shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents...
- Section 2a:4-30.83 - Services To Petitioner Provided By Support Enforcement Agency.
19. a. A support enforcement agency of this State, upon request, shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under this act. b.A...
- Section 2a:4-30.84 - Attorney General May Order Support Enforcement Agency To Perform Duties.
20.If the Attorney General determines that the support enforcement agency is neglecting or refusing to provide services to an individual, the Attorney General may...
- Section 2a:4-30.85 - Employment Of Private Counsel.
21.An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this act. If the tribunal of this State is acting...
- Section 2a:4-30.86 - Aoc Designated State Information Agency; Duties.
22. a. The Administrative Office of the Courts is the State information agency under this act. b.The State information agency shall: (1)compile and maintain...
- Section 2a:4-30.87 - Verification Of Complaint, Petition, Pleadings; Contents.
23. a. A petitioner seeking to establish or modify a support order or to determine parentage in a proceeding under this act shall verify...
- Section 2a:4-30.88 - Disclosure Of Identifying Information, Protective Order.
24.Upon a finding, which may be made ex parte, that the health, safety, or liberty of a party or child would be unreasonably put...
- Section 2a:4-30.89 - Assessment Of Fees, Costs.
25. a. The petitioner may not be required to pay a filing fee or other costs. b.If an obligee prevails, a responding tribunal may...
- Section 2a:4-30.90 - Participation By Petitioner; Immunity, Certain.
26. a. Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding before a responding tribunal, whether in person, by private attorney, or through services provided by...
- Section 2a:4-30.91 - Nonparentage Plea Not Available, Certain.
27.A party whose parentage of a child has been previously determined by or pursuant to law may not plead nonparentage as a defense to...
- Section 2a:4-30.92 - Physical Presence Of Petitioner Not Required; Evidentiary Matters.
28. a. The physical presence of the petitioner in a responding tribunal of this State is not required for the establishment, enforcement, or modification...
- Section 2a:4-30.93 - Communication With Out-of-state Tribunal.
29.A tribunal of this State may communicate with a tribunal of another state in writing, or by telephone or other means, to obtain information...
- Section 2a:4-30.94 - Interstate Discovery Matters.
30.A tribunal of this State may: a.request a tribunal of another state to assist in obtaining discovery; and b.upon request, compel a person over...
- Section 2a:4-30.95 - Prompt Disbursement Of Amounts Received.
31.A support enforcement agency shall disburse promptly any amounts received pursuant to a support order, as directed by the order. The agency or tribunal...
- Section 2a:4-30.96 - Issuance Of Support Order, Temporary Child Support Order.
32. a. If a support order entitled to recognition under this act has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this State may issue...
- Section 2a:4-30.97 - Income-withholding Order Issued Out-of-state Sent To Payor.
33.An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent to the person or entity defined as the obligor's payor under P.L.1981, c.417 (C.2A:17-56.7...
- Section 2a:4-30.98 - Income-withholding Order Received By Employer, Compliance.
34. a. Upon receipt of an income-withholding order, the obligor's employer shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the obligor. b.The employer...
- Section 2a:4-30.99 - Satisfaction Of Multiple Orders Of Withholding.
35.If an obligor's employer receives multiple orders to withhold support from the earnings of the same obligor, the employer shall be deemed to have...
- Section 2a:4-30.100 - Immunity From Civil Liability For Employer.
36.An employer who complies with an income-withholding order issued in another state in accordance with this article is not subject to civil liability to...
- Section 2a:4-30.101 - Noncompliance; Penalties.
37.An employer who willfully fails to comply with an income- withholding order issued by another state and received for enforcement is subject to the...
- Section 2a:4-30.102 - Contesting Of Validity, Enforcement Of Income-withholding Order.
38. a. An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income-withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an employer...
- Section 2a:4-30.103 - Order Issued Out-of-state Sent To Support Enforcement Agency.
39. a. A party seeking to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both, issued by a tribunal of another state may...
- Section 2a:4-30.104 - Registration Of Out-of-state Order.
40.A support order or an income-withholding order issued by a tribunal of another state may be registered in this State for enforcement. L.1998,c.2,s.40.
- Section 2a:4-30.105 - Procedure For Registration.
41. a. A support order or income-withholding order of another state may be registered in this State by sending the following documents and information...
- Section 2a:4-30.106 - Filing Of Order; Enforcement.
42. a. A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of...
- Section 2a:4-30.107 - Law Of Issuing State Governs; Longer Statute Of Limitation Applies.
43. a. The law of the issuing state governs the nature, extent, amount, and duration of current payments and other obligations of support and...
- Section 2a:4-30.108 - Notification Of Nonregistering Party By Tribunal.
44. a. When a support order or income-withholding order issued in another state is registered, the registering tribunal shall notify the nonregistering party. The...
- Section 2a:4-30.109 - Contesting Validity, Enforcement Of Registered Order, Procedure.
45. a. A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or enforcement of a registered order in this State shall request a hearing within...
- Section 2a:4-30.110 - Grounds For Contesting Validity, Enforcement, Vacating Registration.
46. a. A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a registered order or seeking to vacate the registration has the burden of proving...
- Section 2a:4-30.111 - Confirmation Of Registered Order Precludes Further Contest.
47.Confirmation of a registered order, whether by operation of law or after notice and hearing, precludes further contest of the order with respect to...
- Section 2a:4-30.112 - Modification, Enforcement Of Order Issued Out-of-state.
48.A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a child support order issued in another state shall register...
- Section 2a:4-30.113 - Enforcement Of Order Issued Out-of-state.
49.A tribunal of this State may enforce a child support order of another state registered for purposes of modification, in the same manner as...
- Section 2a:4-30.114 - Modification Of Registered Order Issued Out-of-state.
50. a. After a child support order issued in another state has been registered in this State, the registering tribunal of this State may...
- Section 2a:4-30.115 - Modification Of Order By Another State Recognized.
51.A tribunal of this State shall recognize a modification of its earlier child support order by a tribunal of another state which assumed jurisdiction...
- Section 2a:4-30.116 - Jurisdiction To Enforce, Modify Issuing State's Order; Law Applicable.
52. a. If all of the individual parties reside in this State and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal...
- Section 2a:4-30.117 - Issuance, Filing Of Modified Child Support Order.
53.Within 30 days after issuance of a modified child support order, the party obtaining the modification shall file a certified copy of the obligation...
- Section 2a:4-30.118 - Proceeding To Determine Parentage.
54. a. A tribunal of this State may serve as an initiating or responding tribunal in a proceeding brought under this act or a...
- Section 2a:4-30.119 - "Governor" Defined; Extradition, Conditions.
55. a. For the purposes of this article, "governor" includes an individual performing the functions of governor or the executive authority of a state...
- Section 2a:4-30.120 - Surrender Of Individual Charged To Other State; Rendition; Conditions.
56. a. Before making demand that the governor of another state surrender an individual charged criminally in this State with having failed to provide...
- Section 2a:4-30.121 - Application, Construction Of Act.
57.This act shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this...
- Section 2a:4-30.122 - Short Title.
58. This act may be cited as the "Uniform Interstate Family Support Act." L.1998,c.2,s.58.
- Section 2a:4-30.123 - Pending Actions, Rights, Duties Unaffected By Repeal.
60.The repeal of P.L.1981, c.243 (C.2A:4-30.24 et seq.) and sections 15 and 16 of P.L.1985, c.278 (C.2A:17-56.18 and 2A:17-56.19) does not affect pending actions,...
- Section 2a:4-41 - Expenses
Except as otherwise provided by law, all expenses incurred in complying with the provisions of this chapter shall be a county charge. L.1951 (1st...
- Section 2a:4-68 - Repeals
The following sections are hereby repealed: N.J.S. 2A:4-14 to 2A:4-17, inclusive, 2A:4-20, 2A:4-21, 2A:4-32, 2A:4-33, 2A:4-35, 2A:4-37, 2A:4-39; R.S. 30:4-157.3 and P.L. 67, c....
- Section 2a:4a-20 - Short Title
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Code of Juvenile Justice." L.1982, c. 77, s. 1, eff. Dec....
- Section 2a:4a-21 - Purposes.
2.Purposes. This act shall be construed so as to effectuate the following purposes: a.To preserve the unity of the family whenever possible and to...
- Section 2a:4a-22 - General Definitions.
3.General definitions. As used in this act: a."Juvenile" means an individual who is under the age of 18 years. b."Adult" means an individual 18...
- Section 2a:4a-23 - Definition Of Delinquency.
4.Definition of delinquency. As used in this act, "delinquency" means the commission of an act by a juvenile which if committed by an adult...
- Section 2a:4a-24 - Exclusive Jurisdiction Of The Court And Nature Of Jurisdiction
a. Except as otherwise provided by law, the court shall have exclusive jurisdiction in all cases where it is charged that a juvenile has...
- Section 2a:4a-25 - Transfer From Other Courts
6. Transfer from other courts. Except as provided in section 4 of P.L.1982, c.77 (C.2A:4A-23), and unless jurisdiction has been waived under section 7...
- Section 2a:4a-26.1 - Filing Motion Seeking Waiver Of Jurisdiction; Hearing.
1. a. A prosecutor seeking waiver of jurisdiction of a juvenile delinquency case by the Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part to an appropriate...
- Section 2a:4a-27 - Referral To Other Court At Election Of Juvenile
Any juvenile 14 years of age or older charged with delinquency may elect to have the case transferred to the appropriate court having jurisdiction....
- Section 2a:4a-28 - Effect Of Referral To Other Court
9. Effect of referral to other court. Whenever a case is referred to another court as provided by section 7 of P.L.1982, c.77 (C.2A:4A-26)...
- Section 2a:4a-29 - Use Of Juvenile's Testimony At Referral Hearing
10. Use of juvenile's testimony at referral hearing. No testimony of a juvenile at a hearing pursuant to section 7 of P.L.1982, c.77 (C.2A:4A-26)...
- Section 2a:4a-30 - Complaints And Petitions
a. Complaints charging delinquency may be signed by any person who has knowledge of the facts alleged to constitute delinquency or is informed of...
- Section 2a:4a-31 - Taking Into Custody
a. A juvenile may be taken into custody: (1) Pursuant to an order or warrant of any court having jurisdiction; or (2) For delinquency,...
- Section 2a:4a-32 - Short-term Custody
13. Short-term custody. a. Under no circumstances shall any juvenile taken into short-term custody under section 12 of P.L.1982, c.77 (C.2A:4A-31) be held more...
- Section 2a:4a-33 - Taking Into Custody; Notice To Parents
a. Any person taking a juvenile into custody shall immediately notify the parents, or the juvenile's guardian, if any, that the juvenile has been...
- Section 2a:4a-34 - Criteria For Placing Juvenile In Detention.
15. Criteria for placing juvenile in detention. a.Except as otherwise provided in this section, a juvenile charged with an act of delinquency shall be...
- Section 2a:4a-35 - Release Of Juvenile On Own Recognizance
A juvenile charged with delinquency may be released at either the police or court level on his own recognizance if all of the following...
- Section 2a:4a-36 - Detention Of Waiver Cases.
17. a. If the court waives jurisdiction over a case and refers that case to the appropriate court and prosecuting authority, there shall be...
- Section 2a:4a-37 - Place Of Detention Or Shelter.
18.Place of detention or shelter. a. The Juvenile Justice Commission established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1995, c.284 (C.52:17B-170) shall specify the place where...
- Section 2a:4a-38 - Detention Hearing
19. Detention hearing. a. When a juvenile is taken into custody and detained a complaint shall be filed forthwith as provided by the Rules...
- Section 2a:4a-39 - Right To Counsel.
20. a. A juvenile shall have the right, as provided by the Rules of Court, to be represented by counsel at every critical stage...
- Section 2a:4a-40 - Rights Of Juveniles
All defenses available to an adult charged with a crime, offense or violation shall be available to a juvenile charged with committing an act...
- Section 2a:4a-41 - Dispositional Hearing
Where a juvenile is adjudicated delinquent, the disposition of the case shall be entered within 30 days of such adjudication if the juvenile has...
- Section 2a:4a-42 - Predispositional Evaluation.
23.Predispositional evaluation. a. Before making a disposition, the court may refer the juvenile to an appropriate individual, agency or institution for examination and evaluation....
- Section 2a:4a-43 - Disposition Of Delinquency Cases.
24.Disposition of delinquency cases. a. In determining the appropriate disposition for a juvenile adjudicated delinquent the court shall weigh the following factors: (1)The nature...
- Section 2a:4a-43.1 - Certain Juveniles To Submit To Serological Tests
3. In accordance with section 4 of P.L.1993, c.364 (C.2C:43-2.2) and in addition to any other disposition authorized pursuant to N.J.S.2A:4A-43, a court shall...
- Section 2a:4a-43.2 - Additional Penalty For Juvenile Adjudicated Delinquent
5.In addition to any other penalty imposed by the court, any juvenile adjudicated delinquent for an offense which, if committed by an adult, would...
- Section 2a:4a-43.3 - Suspension, Postponement Of Right To Operate Motor Vehicle
6.Instead of or in addition to any other disposition ordered by the court under section 24 of P.L.1982, c.77 (C.2A:4A-43) for an initial act...
- Section 2a:4a-43.4 - Orders For Certain Serological Testing Of Juveniles Required Under Certain Circumstances
8. a. In addition to any other disposition made pursuant to law, a court shall order a juvenile charged with delinquency or adjudicated delinquent...
- Section 2a:4a-44 - Incarceration - Aggravating And Mitigating Factors.
25.Incarceration--Aggravating and mitigating factors. a. (1) Except as provided in subsections e. and f. of section 24 of P.L.1982, c.77 (C.2A:4A-43), in determining whether...
- Section 2a:4a-44.1 - State Incarceration Of Juveniles In County Juvenile Detention Facilities
1.The Juvenile Justice Commission established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1995, c.284 (C.52:17B-170) may enter into an agreement with any county concerning the use...
- Section 2a:4a-45 - Retention Of Jurisdiction
26. Retention of jurisdiction. a. The court shall retain jurisdiction over any case in which it has entered a disposition under paragraph 7 of...
- Section 2a:4a-46 - Disposition Of Juvenile-family Crisis.
27. a. The court may order any disposition in a juvenile-family crisis provided for in paragraphs (2), (4), (5), (6), (7) and (13) of...
- Section 2a:4a-47 - Termination Of Orders Of Disposition
28. a. Any order of disposition entered in a case under this act shall terminate when the juvenile who is the subject of the...
- Section 2a:4a-48 - Effect Of Disposition
No disposition under this act shall operate to impose any of the civil disabilities ordinarily imposed by virtue of a criminal conviction, nor shall...
- Section 2a:4a-60 - Disclosure Of Juvenile Information; Penalties For Disclosure.
1.Disclosure of juvenile information; penalties for disclosure. a.Social, medical, psychological, legal and other records of the court and probation division, and records of law...
- Section 2a:4a-60.1 - Juvenile Information, Records; Rules Governing Disclosure Adoption
2.The Supreme Court of New Jersey may adopt Rules of Court governing the disclosure to State and local law enforcement agencies and prosecutors of...
- Section 2a:4a-60.2 - Disclosure, Use Of Juvenile's Statement Made In Course Of Screening.
4.Except as otherwise required by law, any statement made by a juvenile in the course of a suicide or mental health screening, conducted with...
- Section 2a:4a-60.3 - Disclosure Of Juvenile's Information To Court; Conditions.
13.Reports or records relating to mental health services provided to a juvenile prior to an adjudication of delinquency or a finding of guilt, regardless...
- Section 2a:4a-61 - Fingerprint Records; Photographs Of Juveniles
2. Fingerprint records; photographs of juveniles. a. Fingerprints of a juvenile may be taken only in the following circumstances: (1) Where latent fingerprints are...
- Section 2a:4a-62 - Sealing Of Records
3. Sealing of records. a. On motion of a person who has been the subject of a complaint filed under this act or on...
- Section 2a:4a-70 - County Court Intake Services
County court intake services. a. Each county shall establish a court intake service which shall have among its responsibilities the screening of juvenile delinquency...
- Section 2a:4a-71 - Review And Processing Of Complaints.
2.Review and processing of complaints. a.The jurisdiction of the court in any complaint filed pursuant to section 11 of P.L.1982, c.77 (C.2A:4A-30) shall extend...
- Section 2a:4a-71.1 - Diversionary Programs For Certain Juveniles.
2. a. Where a complaint against a juvenile pursuant to section 11 of P.L.1982, c.77 (C.2A:4A-30) alleges that the juvenile has committed an eligible...
- Section 2a:4a-72 - Recommendation Of Diversion
a. Where court intake services recommends diverting the juvenile, the reasons for the recommendation shall be submitted by intake services and approved by the...
- Section 2a:4a-73 - Diverting Complaints
a. The court may divert a complaint filed pursuant to section 11 of P.L.1982, c.77 (C.2A:4A-30) to intake conferences or juvenile conference committees. Where...
- Section 2a:4a-74 - Court Intake Service Conference.
5.Court intake service conference. a. Where the juvenile is diverted to a court intake service conference, notices of the conference shall be sent to...
- Section 2a:4a-75 - Juvenile Conference Committees.
6. a. The court may appoint one or more juvenile conference committees for each county or municipality to hear and decide matters referred to...
- Section 2a:4a-76 - Juvenile-family Crisis Intervention Units Established
There shall be established in each county one or more juvenile-family crisis intervention units. Each unit shall operate either as a part of the...
- Section 2a:4a-77 - Call Service To Attend And Stabilize Juvenile-family Crises; Referrals; Information; Form
The purpose of the unit shall be to provide a continuous 24-hour on call service designed to attend and stabilize juvenile-family crises as defined...
- Section 2a:4a-78 - Intervention Unit Response
A crisis intervention response shall consist of immediate interviews with the parents and juvenile involved by one or more crisis intervention workers. Where the...
- Section 2a:4a-79 - Intervention Unit Training And Skills
The juvenile-family crisis intervention unit shall have knowledge of community services and agencies and shall be specially trained in family counseling and crisis stabilization...
- Section 2a:4a-80 - Law Enforcement Referral
A law enforcement officer taking a juvenile into short-term custody pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1982, c.77 (C.2A:4A-31) shall immediately notify the juvenile-family crisis...
- Section 2a:4a-81 - Other Referrals
a. The juvenile-family crisis intervention unit shall also receive referrals on a continuous basis in situations where a juvenile-family crisis exists and there has...
- Section 2a:4a-82 - Juvenile-family Crisis Stabilized
When the juvenile-family crisis has been stabilized and the juvenile is residing in the home, the crisis intervention unit shall arrange a second interview...
- Section 2a:4a-83 - Juvenile-family Crisis Referral To The Court; Continuing Crisis
When, in the judgment of the crisis intervention unit, a juvenile-family crisis continues to exist despite the provision of crisis intervention services and the...
- Section 2a:4a-84 - Juvenile-family Crisis Recommendations
Court intake services shall submit with its petition facts as to the nature of the juvenile-family crisis and its recommendations for resolving the crisis,...
- Section 2a:4a-85 - Alcoholic, Drug-dependent Parent.
10.Alcoholic, drug-dependent parent. a. When a petition is filed and as a result of any information supplied on the family situation by the crisis...
- Section 2a:4a-86 - Juvenile-family Crisis Hearing; Disposition
Whenever the court receives a petition from court intake services stating that a juvenile-family crisis may exist the court shall hold a hearing and...
- Section 2a:4a-87 - Juvenile-family Crisis Referral To Courts; Out Of Home Placement
Juvenile-family crisis referral to courts; out of home placement. When, despite provision of crisis intervention services and the exhaustion of all alternative services, there...
- Section 2a:4a-88 - Temporary Placement.
13. Temporary placement. Placement of the juvenile prior to the placement hearing or pending determination by the court concerning placement under a family service...
- Section 2a:4a-89 - Out-of-home Placement Hearing.
14.When intake has filed with the court a petition for out of home placement, the court shall, within 24 hours, conduct a hearing on...
- Section 2a:4a-90 - Long-term Placement
In considering whether to approve or disapprove out of home placement under a family service plan on a long-term basis, the court shall consider...
- Section 2a:4a-92 - "Court Appointed Special Advocate" (Casa) Program.
1. a. As provided in P.L.2009, c.217, a "Court Appointed Special Advocate" (CASA) shall mean a community volunteer who has been recruited, screened, trained,...
- Section 2a:5a-1 - Continuation Of County Clerk As Officer
The county clerk shall continue as an elected constitutional officer in the executive branch of county government. L.1989, c.296, s.1.
- Section 2a:5a-2 - Position Of Deputy Clerk Of The Superior Court Created
There is created the position of deputy clerk of the Superior Court in each county of this State in addition to the position of...
- Section 2a:5a-3 - County Clerk, Eligibility To Apply For Position Of Deputy Clerk Of The Superior Court
3. a. Every county clerk shall be eligible, on January 1, 1995 and for a period up to and including the date the incumbent...
- Section 2a:5a-4 - County Clerk's Office, Transferred To Supervision Of Superior Court
a. All employees of each county clerk's office performing judicial functions shall be transferred to the supervision of the Superior Court and shall cease...
- Section 2a:5a-5 - Responsibilities Of Deputy Clerk
The deputy clerk of the Superior Court in each county shall be responsible to the assignment judge and trial court administrator for the management...
- Section 2a:5a-6 - Office Of County Register Not Affected
Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, the office of county register of deeds and mortgages in those counties in which the office of...
- Section 2a:8-13.1 - Tenure For Administrator Of Borough Municipal Court.
1.Any person holding office, position or employment as administrator of the municipal court in any borough who has held such office, position or employment...
- Section 2a:8-13.3 - Tenure For Full-time Administrator Of Municipal Court.
1.Any person holding office, position or employment as full-time administrator of a municipal court who has held such office, position or employment continuously for...
- Section 2a:10-1 - What Constitutes Contempt In General
The power of any court of this state to punish for contempt shall not be construed to extend to any case except the: a....
- Section 2a:10-2 - County Court; Punishment Of Sheriff For Contempt
The County Court of any county shall have the same power to punish for contempt a sheriff of the county, as the Superior Court....
- Section 2a:10-3 - Review Of Convictions For Contempt In Certain Inferior Courts
2A:10-3. Every summary conviction and judgment, by the Superior Court in the law division or chancery division or by any inferior court except the...
- Section 2a:10-4 - Breach Of Condition Of Supersedeas Bond
2A:10-4. Upon the breach of the condition of any supersedeas bond given to the clerk of any inferior court in a contempt proceeding, the...
- Section 2a:10-5 - Civil Contempt; Punishment
2A:10-5. Any person who shall be adjudged in contempt of the Superior Court by reason of his disobedience to a judgment, order or process...
- Section 2a:10-6 - Contempt By Sheriff Or Other Officer
2A:10-6. A sheriff or other officer to whom any writ, process, judgment or order of the Superior Court is directed or delivered, who shall...
- Section 2a:10-7 - Contempt In Municipal Courts
2A:10-7. The municipal courts in this State shall have full power to punish for contempt in any case provided by N.J.S.2A:10-1. L.1951 (1st SS),...
- Section 2a:10-8 - Issuance Of Warrant
Any court may issue a warrant for the arrest of any person subject to punishment for a contempt pursuant to the provisions of chapter...
- Section 2a:12-1 - Administrative Office Of The Courts; Administrative Director And Deputy
There shall be a State office to be known as the administrative office of the courts with an administrative director appointed by the Chief...
- Section 2a:12-2 - Employees; Other Gainful Pursuits Forbidden; Civil Service
2A:12-2. Employees; other gainful pursuits forbidden; civil service. The director, with the approval of the chief justice, shall appoint and fix the salaries of...
- Section 2a:12-3 - Functions Of Director
The director shall, subject to the direction of the chief justice, perform the following functions: (a) Examine the administrative methods, systems and activities of...
- Section 2a:12-4 - Information And Statistical Data
All judges, clerks, and stenographic reporters and their assistants and employees, shall comply with any and all requests made by the director for information...
- Section 2a:12-5 - Annual Report
The director shall submit annually as of August 31 to the Chief Justice, a report of the activities of the administrative office of the...
- Section 2a:12-5.1 - Findings, Declarations Relative To School-based Probation.
1.The Legislature finds and declares that: a.School-based probation is an approach to the supervision of children which shifts the primary location of probation operations...
- Section 2a:12-5.2 - Annual Report To Legislature.
2. a. The Administrative Director of the Courts, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education, shall submit an annual report to the Legislature evaluating...
- Section 2a:12-5.3 - Dlwd, Dhs To Receive Incarceration Information Electronically From Aoc.
7.The Administrative Office of the Courts shall compile and provide to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development and the Department of Human Services...
- Section 2a:12-6 - Distribution Of Law Reports.
2A:12-6. The Administrative Director of the Courts is authorized to distribute or cause to be distributed any bound volumes of the New Jersey Reports...
- Section 2a:12-7 - Legislative Findings And Declarations
The Legislature finds and declares that: a. In the area of child visitation a court often orders supervised visitation where there has been a...
- Section 2a:12-8 - Definitions
As used in this act: a. "Approved community organization" means a community organization which applies to the director for participation in the program and...
- Section 2a:12-9 - Supervised Visitation Program; Creation
There is created a program to be known as the "Supervised Visitation Program" which shall be administered by the director. L.1983, c. 424, s.
- Section 2a:12-10 - Purpose
The purpose of the program shall be to promote court ordered supervised visitation by having approved community organizations throughout the State supply facilities and...
- Section 2a:12-11 - Duties Of Director
The director shall: a. Publicize the existence of the program; b. Adopt rules for the program including among other things-- (1) Standards for approved...
- Section 2a:12-12 - Court With Jurisdiction; Order For Visitation At Approved Community Organization
Any court having jurisdiction over a child visitation matter, which orders supervised child visitation, may direct in the order that the visitation take place...
- Section 2a:12-13 - Child Of Incarcerated Person; Care Ensured; Guideline Development By Administrative Director Of The Courts
1. a. The Administrative Director of the Courts, in consultation with the Governor's Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect, shall develop and recommend...
- Section 2a:12-14 - Advance Notice To Prosecutor; Notice To Victims; "Prosecutor Defined
2. a. The Administrative Office of the Courts shall establish procedures to ensure that advance notice is given to the prosecutor in any matter...
- Section 2a:13-1 - Oath Of Practitioner
Every counsellor at law or attorney at law, shall, before he is permitted to practice in any court of this state, take and subscribe...
- Section 2a:13-2 - Attorneys Suable
Attorneys may be sued as other persons in all courts of this state. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
- Section 2a:13-3 - Attorneys Not To Be Sureties On Bonds
No practicing attorney shall be surety on a bond as security for costs or a replevin bond or a bond given in connection with...
- Section 2a:13-4 - Liability For Damages
If an attorney shall neglect or mismanage any cause in which he is employed, he shall be liable for all damages sustained by his...
- Section 2a:13-5 - Lien For Services
After the filing of a complaint or third-party complaint or the service of a pleading containing a counterclaim or cross-claim, the attorney or counsellor...
- Section 2a:13-6 - Recovery Of Fees And Disbursements
Every attorney and counsellor may commence and maintain an action for the recovery of reasonable fees, charges or disbursements against his client or his...
- Section 2a:13-7 - Bar Examiners; Salary And Expenses
Each bar examiner shall be paid a salary to be fixed by the supreme court and such traveling and incidental expenses as shall be...
- Section 2a:13-8 - Clerk Of Board Of Bar Examiners
The supreme court may appoint a suitable person to be clerk to the board of bar examiners to hold office during the pleasure of...
- Section 2a:13-9 - Filing Of Certificates Of Commission And Qualification And Autographed Signature In County Clerks' Offices
Any attorney-at-law, after having been duly commissioned and qualified, shall, upon request, receive from the Clerk of the Supreme Court as many certificates of...
- Section 2a:13-10 - Certification By County Clerk Of Authority Of Attorney To Take Proofs, Acknowledgments Or Affidavits
The county clerk of any county in which any such attorney-at-law shall have filed his autographed signature and certificate, as provided in section 1...
- Section 2a:13-11 - Notice Of Disbarment; Cancellation Of Certificates Filed By Attorney
In event that any such attorney-at-law shall be disbarred, the Clerk of the Supreme Court shall notify each county clerk accordingly and the county...
- Section 2a:13-12 - Process For Suspension Of Attorney's License For Failure To Repay Student Loans.
2.The Supreme Court of the State of New Jersey may adopt Rules of the Court establishing a process for the suspension of the license...
- Section 2a:14-1 - 6 Years
Every action at law for trespass to real property, for any tortious injury to real or personal property, for taking, detaining, or converting personal...
- Section 2a:14-1.1 - Damages For Injury From Unsafe Condition Of Improvement To Real Property; Statute Of Limitations; Exceptions; Terms Defined
1. a. No action, whether in contract, in tort, or otherwise, to recover damages for any deficiency in the design, planning, surveying, supervision or...
- Section 2a:14-1.2 - Civil Actions Commenced By The State, 10 Years; "State" Defined; Exceptions.
2. a. Except where a limitations provision expressly and specifically applies to actions commenced by the State or where a longer limitations period would...
- Section 2a:14-1.3 - Prohibition Of Certain Actions After 10 Years
2.No action whether in contract, in tort or otherwise to recover damages for any deficiency in a survey of real property performed under contract...
- Section 2a:14-1.4 - Inapplicability Of Time Limitation For Adverse Possession Cases
3.The 10-year time period limitation on actions for the statute of repose set forth in section 1 of P.L.1967, c.59 (C.2A:14-1.1) for surveying shall...
- Section 2a:14-2 - Actions For Injury Caused By Wrongful Act, Appointment Of Guardian Ad Litem.
2A:14-2. a. Every action at law for an injury to the person caused by the wrongful act, neglect or default of any person within...
- Section 2a:14-2.1 - 2 Years; Action By Parent Or Other Person For Injury To Minor Child; Joinder With Action On Behalf Of Minor Child
Where a parent or other person has a claim for damages suffered by him because of an injury to a minor child caused by...
- Section 2a:14-3 - 1 Year; Libel Or Slander
Every action at law for libel or slander shall be commenced within 1 year next after the publication of the alleged libel or slander....
- Section 2a:14-4 - Actions On Lease, Specialty, Recognizance Or Award; 16 Years; Effect Of Payments; Action On Instrument Under Seal Brought By Merchant Or Financial Institution; 6 Years
Every action at law for rent or arrears of rent, founded upon a lease under seal, every action at law upon a single or...
- Section 2a:14-5 - 20 Years; Judgments
A judgment in any court of record in this state may be revived by proper proceedings or an action at law may be commenced...
- Section 2a:14-6 - 20 Years; Right Of Entry Into Real Estate
Every person having any right or title of entry into real estate shall make such entry within 20 years next after the accrual of...
- Section 2a:14-7 - 20 Years; Real Actions
Every action at law for real estate shall be commenced within 20 years next after the right or title thereto, or cause of such...
- Section 2a:14-8 - 20 Years; Actions By State For Real Estate Or Rents
No person or body politic or corporate shall be sued or impleaded by the state of New Jersey for any real estate, or for...
- Section 2a:14-9 - 2 Months; Actions Against Sheriffs By Claimants Of Personal Property Attached Or Levied Upon Under Execution
Where a person other than a defendant in attachment or execution lays claim to personal property attached, levied upon, taken or sold by a...
- Section 2a:14-10 - 2 Years And 1 Year; Actions On Penal Statutes
All actions at law brought for any forfeiture upon any penal statute made or to be made, shall be commenced within the periods of...
- Section 2a:14-11 - 1 Year; Action On Vacation Of Public Rights By Ordinance; Park Lands Accepted By Municipality
Whenever any municipality has heretofore adopted, or shall hereafter adopt, any ordinance vacating, extinguishing, or releasing the public rights in any road, street, avenue,...
- Section 2a:14-12 - 2 Years; Persons Claiming Interest In Park Lands Not Accepted By Municipality
Whenever any municipality shall after July 24, 1950 adopt any ordinance vacating any park or park lands or any part thereof, which shall have...
- Section 2a:14-13 - Enforcement Of Mortgage Judgment Or Lien
Section 2A:14-12 of this title shall not be construed to preclude the holder of a mortgage judgment or lien upon and enforceable against the...
- Section 2a:14-14 - 60 Years; Claims To Real Estate By Devisees Under Invalid Will As Heirs To Other Real Estate Mentioned Therein
Where lands are attempted to be devised to 2 or more persons, the heirs of the decedent, in severalty by a writing purporting to...
- Section 2a:14-15 - Actions By Public Officers Or Employees Whose Compensation Was Reduced To Be Brought Prior To November 18, 1938
L.1938, c. 200, p. 477 (R.S. 2:24-25) entitled "An act concerning the limitation of civil actions, and supplementing chapter 24 of Title 2 of...
- Section 2a:14-16 - 20 Years; Actions On Bonds Of Fiduciaries
No action at law brought upon a bond given by any executor, administrator, guardian, trustee, receiver or assignee under any law relating to insolvent...
- Section 2a:14-17 - 9 Years; Actions On Bonds Of Sheriffs, County Treasurers And Municipal Collectors Or Treasurers
No action at law brought upon any bond given by any sheriff and his sureties for the faithful performance of the office of sheriff,...
- Section 2a:14-18 - 4 Years; Actions On Bonds Of Constables
No action at law brought upon any bond given by any constable and his sureties for the faithful performance of all duties enjoined on...
- Section 2a:14-19 - 10 Years; Actions On Bonds Of Municipal Magistrates
No action at law brought upon a bond given by any municipal magistrate and his sureties or by the clerk of any municipal court...
- Section 2a:14-20 - 16 Years; Actions On Prison Limits Bonds
No action at law brought upon a prison limits bond, given to the sheriff of any county by an insolvent debtor or person arrested...
- Section 2a:14-21 - Disabilities Affecting Limitation; Action On Behalf Of Minor.
2A:14-21. If a person entitled to commence an action or proceeding specified in N.J.S.2A:14-1 to 2A:14-8 or N.J.S.2A:14-16 to 2A:14-20 or to a right...
- Section 2a:14-22 - Tolling Of Statute Of Limitations
2A:14-22. a. If (1) any person against whom there is any of the causes of action specified in sections 2A:14-1 to 2A:14-5 and 2A:14-8,...
- Section 2a:14-23 - Death Of Person Liable
If any person against whom there is any of the causes of action specified in sections 2A:14-1, 2A:14-2, 2A:14-4, 2A:14-5 and 2A:14-8 of this...
- Section 2a:14-23.1 - Cause Of Action Belonging To Decedent
No statute of limitation running on a cause of action belonging to a decedent which had not been barred as of the date of...
- Section 2a:14-24 - Acknowledgment Or New Promise
In actions at law grounded on any simple contract, no acknowledgment or promise by words only shall be deemed sufficient evidence of a new...
- Section 2a:14-25 - Indorsement Or Memorandum Of Payment On Written Obligation; Effect
No indorsement or memorandum of any payment written or made upon a promissory note, bill of exchange or other writing, by or on behalf...
- Section 2a:14-26 - Military Or Naval Service During War; Effect On Limitations
The period of service, in time of war and 6 months thereafter, of any person, in active service in any of the armed forces...
- Section 2a:14-26.1 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Statute Of Limitations Regarding Hemophiliacs Infected With Hiv, Aids; Accrual Of Actions
1. a. The Legislature finds and declares: (1) Over one-half of the people with hemophilia in this country were infected with the human immunodeficiency...
- Section 2a:14-26.2 - Inapplicability Of Act
2. The provisions of this act shall be inapplicable to any civil action governed by the statute of limitations of another jurisdiction. L.1996,c.23,s.2.
- Section 2a:14-27 - Set-off
The limitations provided by this chapter shall apply to the case of any debt or demand for liquidated damages alleged by way of set-off....
- Section 2a:14-28 - New Action After Judgment Reversed Or Relief Granted
If, in any of the actions or proceedings specified in sections 2A:14-1 to 2A:14-19, sections 2A:14-22 to 2A:14-25 or section 2A:14-27 of this Title,...
- Section 2a:14-29 - Limitation Of Lien Of Civil Recognizance
All recognizances of bail made or entered into before any court, judge or magistrate having civil jurisdiction, upon which no actions or proceedings to...
- Section 2a:14-30 - 30 Years' Possession Of Real Estate, Except Woodlands Or Uncultivated Tracts, And 60 Years' Possession Of Woodlands Or Uncultivated Tracts However Commenced Or Continued
Thirty years' actual possession of any real estate excepting woodlands or uncultivated tracts, and 60 years' actual possession of woodlands or uncultivated tracts, uninterruptedly...
- Section 2a:14-31 - 30 Years' Actual Possession Of Any Real Estate Under Claim Or Color Of Title
Thirty years' actual possession of any real estate, uninterruptedly continued by occupancy, descent, conveyance or otherwise, wherever such possession commenced or is founded upon...
- Section 2a:14-32 - Disabilities Affecting Right To Enforce Right Or Title To Real Estate.
2A:14-32. If any person having a right or title to real estate is under the age of 18, or has been adjudicated incapacitated, or...
- Section 2a:14-33 - Prescriptive Right To Maintain Wires Or Cables
Whenever any wire or cable used for any telegraph, telephone, electric light, or other wire or cable for electric purposes, is or shall be...
- Section 2a:14-34 - Immateriality Of Descent Cast
If the disseizor of an interest in real estate, having no right or title thereto, shall hereafter die seized of such interest, the descent...
- Section 2a:15-1 - Actions In Person Or By Attorney.
2A:15-1. Every person who has reached the age of majority pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1972, c.81 (C.9:17B-3) and has the mental capacity may...
- Section 2a:15-2 - Beneficiary In Contract Suing Or Defending
A person for whose benefit a contract is made, either simple or sealed, may sue thereon in any court and may use such contract...
- Section 2a:15-3 - Actions Which Survive; Torts To Decedent; Funeral And Burial Expenses; Statute Of Limitations.
2A:15-3. Executors and administrators may have an action for any trespass done to the person or property, real or personal, of their testator or...
- Section 2a:15-4 - Actions Which Survive; Torts Committed By Decedent
Where any testator or intestate shall, in his lifetime, have taken or carried away or converted to his use, the goods or chattels of...
- Section 2a:15-5 - Statutory Proceedings; Entitling; Filing Of Papers; Certified Copies
All statutory proceedings begun and conducted before a judge of any court, although not proceedings in the court itself, shall, nevertheless, be entitled in...
- Section 2a:15-5.1 - Contributory Negligence; Elimination As Bar To Recovery; Comparative Negligence To Determine Damages
Contributory negligence shall not bar recovery in an action by any person or his legal representative to recover damages for negligence resulting in death...
- Section 2a:15-5.2 - Findings Of Fact; Percentage Of Fault; Terms Defined
2. a. In all negligence actions and strict liability actions in which the question of liability is in dispute, including actions in which any...
- Section 2a:15-5.3 - Recovery Of Damages; Apportionment Among Responsible Parties
3. Except as provided in subsection d. of this section, the party so recovering may recover as follows: a. The full amount of the...
- Section 2a:15-5.4 - Exceptions
Nothing in this act shall be construed to apply to any action brought by the Department of Environmental Protection, or any other governmental agency...
- Section 2a:15-5.5 - Definitions
As used in this act: "Visibly intoxicated" means a state of intoxication accompanied by a perceptible act or series of actions which present clear...
- Section 2a:15-5.6 - Exclusive Civil Remedy
a. This act shall be the exclusive civil remedy for personal injury or property damage resulting from the negligent provision of alcoholic beverages by...
- Section 2a:15-5.7 - No Liability To Consumer
No social host shall be held liable to a person who has attained the legal age to purchase and consume alcoholic beverages for damages...
- Section 2a:15-5.8 - Joint Tortfeasors
Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L. 1952, c. 335 (C. 2A:53A-1 et seq.), section 3 of P.L. 1973, c. 146 (C. 2A:15-5.3) or any other...
- Section 2a:15-5.9 - Short Title
1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Punitive Damages Act." L.1995,c.142,s.1.
- Section 2a:15-5.10 - Definitions Relative To Punitive Damages Awards.
2. As used in this act: "Actual malice" means an intentional wrongdoing in the sense of an evil-minded act. "Clear and convincing evidence" means...
- Section 2a:15-5.11 - Punitive Damages Requested In Complaint
3. An award of punitive damages must be specifically prayed for in the complaint. L.1995,c.142,s.3.
- Section 2a:15-5.12 - Award Of Punitive Damages; Determination
4. a. Punitive damages may be awarded to the plaintiff only if the plaintiff proves, by clear and convincing evidence, that the harm suffered...
- Section 2a:15-5.13 - Bifurcated Trial At Defendant's Request
5. a. Any actions involving punitive damages shall, if requested by any defendant, be conducted in a bifurcated trial. b. In the first stage...
- Section 2a:15-5.14 - Determination Of Award; Limitations; Exceptions.
6. a. Before entering judgment for an award of punitive damages, the trial judge shall ascertain that the award is reasonable in its amount...
- Section 2a:15-5.15 - Claims Under Existing Law
7. Nothing contained in this act is to be construed as creating any claim for punitive damages which is not now available under the...
- Section 2a:15-5.16 - Jury Not Informed Of Cap
9. The jury shall not be informed of the cap on punitive damages established by section 6 of this act. L.1995,c.142,s.9.
- Section 2a:15-5.17 - Record Referred For Criminal Investigation
10. Upon the conclusion of any action in which punitive damages have been awarded, the court shall refer the record of that action to...
- Section 2a:15-6 - Written Notice Of Pendency Of Action; Contents
2A:15-6. In every action, instituted in any court of this State having civil jurisdiction or in the United States District Court for the District...
- Section 2a:15-7 - Filed Notice; Effect As To Persons Claiming Interest In Real Estate Affected By Notice
a. In action to enforce or declare rights in, or concerning, or for partition of real estate, wherein plaintiff's claim arises out of a...
- Section 2a:15-8 - Rights Of Bona Fide Purchasers, Mortgagees Or Lienors Before Notice Filed And Prior To Final Judgment
Unless and until a notice of lis pendens is filed as herein provided, no action, as to which such notice is required, shall, before...
- Section 2a:15-9 - Notice Of Foreclosure Action
In actions for the satisfaction or foreclosure of a duly recorded or registered mortgage or the foreclosure of a duly recorded certificate of tax...
- Section 2a:15-10 - Discharge Of Lis Pendens Of Record When Action Not Prosecuted
If plaintiff in an action as to which a notice of lis pendens has been filed as herein required fails to prosecute the same...
- Section 2a:15-11 - Notice Of Lis Pendens
2A:15-11. Notice of lis pendens. No notice of lis pendens shall be effective after five years from the date of its filing. L.1951 (1st...
- Section 2a:15-12 - Record And Index Of Notices; Access To
Except as provided by section 2A:15-9 of this title, the county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages, with whom a notice of lis...
- Section 2a:15-13 - Fee For Recording Notice As Taxable Costs
The fee for recording a notice of lis pendens shall be taxable as a part of the costs in the action. L.1951 (1st SS),
- Section 2a:15-14 - Marginal Notation In Record Of Notice Of Judgment For Defendant; Appeal; Further Lis Pendens
Whenever a final judgment is made in favor of the defendant or defendants in any action, notice of the pendency of which has been...
- Section 2a:15-15 - Order Discharging Real Estate From Claim
If, in an action for the enforcement against real estate of a claim for the payment of money, except for the foreclosure of a...
- Section 2a:15-16 - Record Of Discharge Of Real Estate From Claim
Upon the filing of a copy of the order mentioned in section 2A:15-15 of this title, certified under the seal of the court out...
- Section 2a:15-17 - Discharge Of Lis Pendens When Judgment Is Paid, Satisfied Or Action Settled Or Abandoned
When a judgment made in an action, of the pendency of which notice has been filed as herein provided, is paid, satisfied or performed,...
- Section 2a:15-18 - Action By Taxpayer On Failure Of County Or Municipality To Sue
If the board of chosen freeholders of a county or the governing body of a municipality fails to prosecute a claim or demand of...
- Section 2a:15-19 - Intervention By Taxpayer In Action By Or Against County Or Municipality
When, in an action by or against a county or municipality, if in the opinion of the court the interests of the county or...
- Section 2a:15-30.1 - Service Of Process On Business Entity; Substituted Service.
1. a. If a business entity, foreign or domestic, is required to register with a State official or agency to transact business in this...
- Section 2a:15-41 - Capias; Grounds In Action Founded Upon Tort
A capias ad respondendum shall issue in an action founded upon a tort only when the action is founded upon (a) an outrageous battery...
- Section 2a:15-42 - Capias; Grounds In Action Founded Upon Contract
A capias ad respondendum shall issue in an action founded upon contract, express or implied, due to plaintiff from defendant, only when the proof...
- Section 2a:15-43 - Production Of Defendant To Give Bail
The sheriff or other officer executing a capias ad respondendum shall, at the time of the arrest or at any time thereafter before judgment...
- Section 2a:15-44 - Amercement Of Bail; Arrest And Imprisonment Of Defendant
If the bail fails to bring in the body of the defendant when ordered by the court, they shall be amerced in a sum...
- Section 2a:15-45 - Who May Be Bail
No attorney at law, sheriff, sheriff's deputy or other person concerned in the execution of process shall be bail in any action. L.1951 (1st...
- Section 2a:15-46 - Recognizance Filed; Record Book
Every recognizance of bail shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the court in which the action is pending, within 2...
- Section 2a:15-47 - Render In Discharge Of Bail
The defendant may, on notice to the plaintiff, render himself or be rendered in discharge of his bail, either before or after judgment, to...
- Section 2a:15-48 - Set-off
Any defendant failing to set off a liquidated debt or demand, or a debt or demand capable of being ascertained by calculation, shall thereafter...
- Section 2a:15-49 - What Constitutes
No judge of any court shall sit on the trial of or argument of any matter in controversy in a cause pending in his...
- Section 2a:15-50 - Challenges; Triors; Determination
Challenges to a judge for any of the causes mentioned in section 2A:15-49 of this title shall be made before the trial or argument....
- Section 2a:15-51 - Restraining Order Or Interlocutory Or Permanent Injunction In Disputes Concerning Terms Or Conditions Of Employment Prohibited
No court of the state of New Jersey, nor any judge or judges thereof, shall issue any restraining order or interlocutory or permanent injunction...
- Section 2a:15-52 - Public Policy In Matter Of Injunctions In Labor Disputes
In the interpretation and application of this article, the public policy of the state of New Jersey is hereby defined and declared as follows:...
- Section 2a:15-53 - Temporary Or Permanent Injunctions In Labor Disputes; Hearing And Findings Required; Notice; Duration Of Temporary Restraining Order; Bond Or Undertaking
No court of the state of New Jersey nor any judge or judges thereof shall issue a temporary or permanent injunction in any case...
- Section 2a:15-54 - When Restraining Order Or Injunctive Relief Not To Be Granted
No restraining order or injunctive relief shall be granted to any plaintiff who has failed to comply with any obligation imposed by law which...
- Section 2a:15-55 - Finding Of Fact As Basis For Restraining Order Or Injunction; Acts To Be Enjoined; Duration Of Permanent Injunction
a. No restraining order or interlocutory or permanent injunction shall be granted in a case involving or growing out of a labor dispute, except...
- Section 2a:15-56 - Disobedience Of Restraining Order Or Injunction; Contempt; Jury Trial; Fees; Trial Without Jury
Whenever any person or persons shall be cited for disobeying, or shall be directed or ordered to show cause why they should not be...
- Section 2a:15-57 - Punishment For Contempt
Punishment for a contempt specified in section 2A:15-56 of this title may be by fine, not exceeding $100, or by imprisonment not exceeding 15...
- Section 2a:15-58 - Definitions
For the purpose of this article: a. A case shall be held to involve or to grow out of a labor dispute when the...
- Section 2a:15-59 - Costs Allowed In Discretion Of Court
Except as otherwise provided by law, costs may be allowed or disallowed in the discretion of the court to any party in any action,...
- Section 2a:15-59.1 - Frivolous Causes Of Action
1. a. (1) A party who prevails in a civil action, either as plaintiff or defendant, against any other party may be awarded all...
- Section 2a:15-60 - State Or Person Prosecuting Therefor
In an action brought by the state, or the governor, or any person for the use of the state, the plaintiff shall recover costs...
- Section 2a:15-61 - Double Costs On Appeal After Jury Verdict
Where an appeal is taken from a judgment of any court of record of this state after verdict of a jury, and the judgment...
- Section 2a:15-62 - Actions Cognizable Before The Superior Court, Law Division, Special Civil Part Commenced In Law Division
2A:15-62. If an action cognizable before the Superior Court, Law Division, Special Civil Part is brought in the Superior Court, Law Division and if...
- Section 2a:15-63 - Actions For Assault, Battery, Imprisonment, Libel Or Slander
If, in an action for damages based upon an assault, battery or imprisonment or for libel or slander, plaintiff does not recover damages to...
- Section 2a:15-64 - By Whom Taxed; Clerk To Sign Bill Of Costs
Costs shall be taxed by the clerks of the respective courts upon application of the party entitled thereto, or, where taxation is necessary and...
- Section 2a:15-65 - Time Within Which Costs Must Be Taxed
If costs are not taxed within 6 months next after the entry of a judgment or order or, where the judgment or order becomes...
- Section 2a:15-66 - Duties Of Taxing Officer
The officer authorized to tax costs in any civil matter shall, whether or not objection is made, examine the bills presented to him for...
- Section 2a:15-67 - Bond For Costs By Nonresident Claimant
2A:15-67. Where in any action in the Superior Court any plaintiff or any party asserting a counterclaim, cross-claim or third-party claim is a nonresident,...
- Section 2a:15-68 - Deposit In Lieu Of Bond
In lieu of a bond for costs, the nonresident party may deposit with the clerk cash in the amount of $100 or, if there...
- Section 2a:15-69 - Proceedings Stayed Until Bond Filed Or Deposit Made
Whenever a notice is given demanding from a nonresident party security for costs, all proceedings on his claim shall be stayed until the required...
- Section 2a:15-70 - Notice Of Security Given
Upon filing bond or making deposit, the nonresident party shall give notice thereof to the opposing party or parties making the demand, with the...
- Section 2a:15-71 - Bond Or Deposit Filed Before Demand Is Made For Security
Before security is demanded, the nonresident party may file a bond for security for costs as provided in this article or make deposit in...
- Section 2a:15-72 - Exception To Bond
Where the nonresident party files a bond and with it an affidavit of the surety that he is a resident of this state and...
- Section 2a:15-73 - Investment Of Moneys Brought Into Superior Court
2A:15-73. The chief justice may cause any moneys brought into the Superior Court or remaining on deposit therein to be invested (a) in the...
- Section 2a:15-74 - Care And Supervision Of Funds, Investments And Securities; Persons Employed For; Compensation And Salaries
The chief justice may, from time to time, employ some suitable persons and assistants, to be selected by him, to exercise general care and...
- Section 2a:15-75 - Payment Of Judgments Out Of Funds In Court
If in any cause moneys are deposited with any court of this state, and any person shall hold a judgment in any of the...
- Section 2a:15-92 - Actions During World War II Against Persons In Enemy Or Enemy-occupied Countries
In any action involving real or personal property subject to the control of this state, or any interest therein, in which service of process...
- Section 2a:15-93 - Payment Of Enemy Property To United States Attorney General
When an action mentioned in section 2A:15-92 of this title, or a proceeding in any such action, is brought for the purpose of directing,...
- Section 2a:15-94 - Transfer Of Actions Pending September 15, 1948
L.1948, c. 367, p. 1501, [C. 2:16-70 to 2:16-86] entitled "An act concerning the administration of justice and regulating the causes and proceedings pending...
- Section 2a:15-95 - Validation Of Sales Where Defect In Notice To Non-resident Defendants
L.1939, c. 54, p. 79, s. 1, entitled "An act validating the sales of certain lands, tenements, hereditaments or real estate made under any...
- Section 2a:15-96 - Payment For Losses Resulting From Accident Without Admission Of Liability
Any person, including his insurer, may make payments to, or on behalf of, a potential plaintiff for losses or expenses resulting from any accident,...
- Section 2a:15-97 - Deduction Of Duplicate Benefits
In any civil action brought for personal injury or death, except actions brought pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1972, c. 70 (C. 39:6A-1 et...
- Section 2a:16-1 - Effective From Time Of Entry
2A:16-1. No judgment of the Superior Court shall affect or bind any real estate, but from the time of the actual entry of such...
- Section 2a:16-2 - Minute Entry Of Verdict Or Judgment As Record Of Judgment
Until the clerk of any court enters the record of a judgment in any action which has been finally determined, the verdict or judgment...
- Section 2a:16-3 - Security For Payment Of Judgment; Order Discharging Real Estate From Lien
2A:16-3. If appellant, in an appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court, deposits with the clerk of the court such an amount as...
- Section 2a:16-4 - Cash Deposit In Lieu Of Supersedeas Bond
When a cash deposit is made in lieu of a supersedeas bond on appeal, the cash deposit shall be retained until the final determination...
- Section 2a:16-5 - Interest Of Purchasers And Mortgagees, Etc., Saved
No proceedings to be relieved of a final judgment shall, unless the judgment be void, in any wise affect the title of a purchaser...
- Section 2a:16-6 - Setting Aside Fraudulent Judgment On Motion Of Judgment Creditor
A judgment entered in any action in any court by confession or otherwise which was confessed or obtained for the purpose of defrauding the...
- Section 2a:16-7 - Judgment For Conveyance Of Land; Effect.
2A:16-7. When a judgment of the Superior Court is entered for a conveyance, release, or acquittance of real estate or an interest therein, and...
- Section 2a:16-8 - Offset Against Judgment Of Taxes, Etc., Due Municipality
Whenever any judgment is recovered in an action in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state, against any municipality by any person who...
- Section 2a:16-9 - Warrant Of Attorney To Confess Judgment Not Revocable; Ineffectual If Found In Instrument
A warrant of attorney to confess judgment shall not be revocable by the party making it. No judgment by confession shall be entered upon...
- Section 2a:16-11 - Civil Judgment And Order Docket
2A:16-11. The Clerk of the Superior Court shall keep a book known as a civil judgment and order docket in which shall be entered...
- Section 2a:16-11.1 - Issuance Of Certificate Of Debt; Definitions.
1. a. In addition to any other remedy provided by law, where a debt is owed to a State department or agency, and the...
- Section 2a:16-12 - Recording Of Judgments, Orders And Proceedings
The clerk of the superior court shall record every judgment and appealable order and in actions in which any writ or other proceeding shall...
- Section 2a:16-13 - Judgments By Confession
The clerk shall record by similar entry in the civil judgment and order docket all judgments by confession entered in his office and shall...
- Section 2a:16-15 - Assignments Of, Postponement Of Lien Of Or Warrant To Satisfy Judgments; Recording; Entry Of Satisfaction
The clerk shall enter upon the civil judgment and order docket, if the judgment is entered therein, and otherwise in the civil docket, a...
- Section 2a:16-16 - Indices
The clerk shall keep and maintain suitable indices in alphabetical order of the civil judgment and order docket and the record of all judgments,...
- Section 2a:16-17 - Notation Of Filing Or Lodging For Record
The entry upon the civil judgment and order docket of a notation of the filing or lodging for record of any instrument required so...
- Section 2a:16-18 - Judgments Or Orders For Payment Of Money; Operation And Effect
Every judgment, or order for the payment of money, entered in the Superior Court, Chancery Division, from the time of its entry upon the...
- Section 2a:16-28 - Statement And Affidavit
The statements provided for by section 2A:16-27 and section 2A:16-29 of this title shall be certified by the surrogate and shall contain the names...
- Section 2a:16-29 - Liens And Priorities Of Judgments Or Orders On Filing Statement In Superior Court Clerk's Office
Upon the filing by a party in interest with the clerk of the superior court of a statement thereof and affidavit in the form...
- Section 2a:16-31 - Fees And Costs
The fees and costs allowed by law for services rendered under this article shall be a part of the amount due on the judgments...
- Section 2a:16-32 - Remedy Against Principal Or Surety
Nothing in this article shall be construed to affect any remedy against, or to make liable or release, any principal or surety on a...
- Section 2a:16-33 - Judgment; Effect On Real Estate
2A:16-33. Where an appeal is taken from a municipal court in a civil action to the Superior Court, the judgment of the court on...
- Section 2a:16-36 - Effect Of Docketing In Superior Court
A judgment duly docketed in the superior court shall, from the time it is docketed, operate as a judgment obtained in the superior court....
- Section 2a:16-41 - Requisites Of Assignment To Entitle It To Record
An assignment of a judgment, to be entitled to record, shall be in writing, and acknowledged or proved as conveyances of real estate are...
- Section 2a:16-42 - Record Of Assignment As Notice
The record of an assignment of a judgment shall, from the time the assignment is left for record, be notice to all persons concerned...
- Section 2a:16-44 - Postponement Of Lien Of Judgment
2A:16-44. All postponements of the lien of judgments appearing of record in the office of the clerk of the Superior Court shall contain a...
- Section 2a:16-45 - Court Order Of Satisfaction; Moneys Paid Into Court In Satisfaction
When a judgment is satisfied or the court in which a judgment is rendered or finally docketed allows moneys to be paid into court...
- Section 2a:16-46 - Acknowledgment Of Satisfaction Or Warrant To Satisfy Required
When a party in whose favor a judgment is entered or docketed, any assignee of record, anyone entitled to receive satisfaction, or the legal...
- Section 2a:16-47 - Entry Of Satisfaction By Clerk
Upon the filing of the warrant, the clerk shall forthwith enter satisfaction on the record. All satisfactions entered in a county clerk's office shall...
- Section 2a:16-48 - Acknowledgement Of Satisfaction On Record When Execution Is Returned Satisfied
2A:16-48. When the sheriff or other officer returns, satisfied, execution issued on any judgment recovered or docketed in the Superior Court, Law Division, the...
- Section 2a:16-49 - Effect Of Entry Of Satisfaction On Lien Of Attorney
The provisions of this article as to the entry of satisfaction of a judgment shall not be deemed to deprive an attorney at law...
- Section 2a:16-49.1 - Application; Hearing; Order; Cancellation And Discharge; Effect On Lien; Notice Of Application; Set-off
At any time after 1 year has elapsed, since a bankrupt was discharged from his debts, pursuant to the acts of Congress relating to...
- Section 2a:16-50 - "Person" Defined
As used in this article, "person" includes any person, partnership, joint stock company, unincorporated association or society, and municipal or other corporation of any...
- Section 2a:16-51 - Construction And Citation Of Article
This article is declared to be remedial. Its purpose is to settle and afford relief from uncertainty and insecurity with respect to rights, status...
- Section 2a:16-52 - Declaration Of Rights, Status And Other Legal Relations
All courts of record in this state shall, within their respective jurisdictions, have power to declare rights, status and other legal relations, whether or...
- Section 2a:16-53 - Questions Determinable And Rights Declarable
A person interested under a deed, will, written contract or other writing constituting a contract, or whose rights, status or other legal relations are...
- Section 2a:16-54 - Contract Construed
A contract may be construed either before or after a breach thereof. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344
- Section 2a:16-55 - Declaration Of Rights Or Legal Relations Of Interested Parties In Relation To Estate, Wills And Other Writings.
2A:16-55. A person interested as or through an executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, receiver, assignee for the benefit of creditors, or other fiduciary, creditor, devisee,...
- Section 2a:16-56 - Parties Interested As Parties To Proceedings
When declaratory relief is sought, all persons having or claiming any interest which would be affected by the declaration shall be made parties to...
- Section 2a:16-57 - Persons Not Parties Not Prejudiced By Declaration
No declaratory judgment shall prejudice the rights of persons not parties to the proceeding. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
- Section 2a:16-58 - Determination Of Issues Of Fact
When a proceeding under this article involves the determination of an issue of fact, such issue may be tried and determined in the same...
- Section 2a:16-59 - Declaratory Judgment; Form And Effect
A declaratory judgment may be either affirmative or negative in form and effect, and shall have the force and effect of a final judgment....
- Section 2a:16-60 - Further Relief
Further relief based on a declaratory judgment may be granted whenever necessary or proper, by application to a court having jurisdiction to grant the...
- Section 2a:16-61 - Declaratory Judgment Refused
The court may refuse to render or enter a declaratory judgment, when, if rendered or entered, it would not terminate the uncertainty or controversy...
- Section 2a:16-62 - Review Of Orders And Judgments
All orders and judgments under the provisions of this article may be reviewed as other orders and judgments. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
- Section 2a:16-63 - Short Title
1.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Structured Settlement Protection Act." L.2001,c.139,s.1.
- Section 2a:16-64 - Definitions Relative To Structured Settlements
2.For the purposes of this act: "Annuity issuer" means an insurer that has issued a contract to fund periodic payments under a structured settlement....
- Section 2a:16-65 - Provision Of Separate Disclosure Statement To Payee, Contents
3.Not less than three days prior to the date on which a payee signs a transfer agreement, the transferee shall provide to the payee...
- Section 2a:16-66 - Approval Required For Payment
4.No direct or indirect transfer of structured settlement payment rights shall be effective and no structured settlement obligor or annuity issuer shall be required...
- Section 2a:16-67 - Procedures Following Transfer
5.Following a transfer of structured settlement payment rights under this act: a.The structured settlement obligor and the annuity issuer shall, as to all parties...
- Section 2a:16-68 - Application For Approval Of Transfer, Procedure
6. a. An application under this act to a court or responsible administrative authority for approval of a transfer of structured settlement payment rights...
- Section 2a:16-69 - Provisions Of Act Not Waivable; Controlling Law; Prohibitions
7. a. The provisions of this act shall not be waived by any payee. b.Any transfer agreement entered into on or after the effective...
- Section 2a:17-1 - Sequence Of Execution; Against Goods And Chattels And Real Estate
In every writ of execution which shall be issued against real estate, the sheriff or other officer to whom such writ may be directed...
- Section 2a:17-2 - Record Of Execution Against Real Estate
Every writ of execution which shall be sued forth against real estate shall, before its delivery to the sheriff or other officer, be recorded...
- Section 2a:17-3 - Issue Of Execution Without Revival Of Judgment
Execution may issue, without a revival of the judgment, at any time within 20 years after its entry. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
- Section 2a:17-4 - Several Executions To Different Counties On Judgment Rendered Or Docketed In Superior Court
Upon all judgments recovered or docketed in the superior court, executions may issue at the same time to any county. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
- Section 2a:17-5 - One Sale Under Executions Issued Out Of Superior Court Levied At Same Time; Liability As Trespasser
If under more than 1 execution issued to different counties pursuant to section 2A:17-4 of this title, property is under levy at the same...
- Section 2a:17-6 - Dispute As To Application Of Proceeds Of Executions Out Of Different Courts
In a controversy between execution creditors as to the application of money realized from the sale of the property of a judgment debtor under...
- Section 2a:17-7 - Execution On Judgment Of Superior Court On Appeal From Municipal Court
2A:17-7. Execution on a judgment of the Superior Court on appeal from a municipal court may issue immediately on the entry of the judgment....
- Section 2a:17-8 - No Execution On Judgment In Action On Judgment Appealed From Pending Determination Of Appeal
If a party against whom a judgment has been rendered appeals therefrom and the party in whose favor the judgment has been rendered brings...
- Section 2a:17-9 - Statement Of Money Collected, Etc., Returned And Filed With Execution
The sheriff or officer to whom an execution is delivered shall, when he returns the execution and without making a charge therefor, return and...
- Section 2a:17-10 - Time When Execution Effective
No writ of execution shall bind the property or the goods of the person against whom such writ is sued forth, but from the...
- Section 2a:17-11 - Indorsement On Writs Of Year And Day Of Receipt Thereof By Officer
In order to show the time when writs of execution against the goods only or against the goods and chattels and the real estate...
- Section 2a:17-12 - Priorities Between Executions Against Goods And Chattels Of Same Person Issued On Same Day
If 2 or more writs of execution shall be delivered against the goods and chattels of the same person on the same day, the...
- Section 2a:17-13 - Priorities Among Executions Against Real Estate Of Same Person
Where several writs of execution shall be issued against the goods and chattels and real estate of the same person, and sufficient cannot be...
- Section 2a:17-14 - Title Of Purchaser Of Personalty Prior To Actual Levy But After Delivery Of Writ To Officer
The title of a purchaser who in good faith has purchased goods and chattels from an execution defendant and has paid for them prior...
- Section 2a:17-15 - Money
Money belonging to a defendant in execution may be levied on and returned by virtue of an execution as so much money collected, without...
- Section 2a:17-16 - Shares Of Stock
Shares of stock in any corporation, incorporated under authority of this state, another state, the United States or another country, belonging to an execution...
- Section 2a:17-17 - Real Estate Liable To Execution
2A:17-17. All real estate shall be liable to be levied upon and sold by executions to be issued on judgments obtained in any court...
- Section 2a:17-18 - Proprietary Rights And Shares
All proprieties, rights, share and shares of propriety and rights to unlocated lands shall be liable to levy and sale under an execution issued...
- Section 2a:17-19 - Amount; Exceptions
Goods and chattels, shares of stock or interests in any corporation and personal property of every kind, not exceeding in value, exclusive of wearing...
- Section 2a:17-20 - Inventory Of Personal Property Subject To Levy
The sheriff or other officer having an execution or civil process against a defendant entitled to the exemption given by this article shall make...
- Section 2a:17-21 - Appraisers; Appointment
After making the levy and the inventory, the sheriff or other officer shall appoint in writing 3 discreet and judicious persons of his county,...
- Section 2a:17-22 - Oath Of Appraisers
The appraisers, before acting under their appointment, shall be severally sworn faithfully, honestly and impartially to appraise the property levied on, according to the...
- Section 2a:17-23 - Appraisement Made
The appraisers shall appoint a time and place where they will make their appraisement, and shall cause at least 5 days' notice in writing...
- Section 2a:17-24 - Procedure After Valuation; Selection By Execution Defendant; Sale Of Residue
If the value of the property as found by the appraisement does not exceed $500, the sheriff or other officer shall allow the same...
- Section 2a:17-25 - Inventory, Appraisement And Selection Annexed To And Returned With Writ
The sheriff or other officer shall, in each case, annex his inventory and the account made by the appraisers, and the execution debtor's statement...
- Section 2a:17-26 - Claim And Set-off Of Exemption When Executions Issue To Several Counties
When several executions into different counties shall issue on the same judgment, the proceedings to set off the property under this article for the...
- Section 2a:17-27 - Selection Of Exemption By Wife Or Family Or Appraisers
If an execution defendant shall be absent from his place of residence when the appraisement by the appraisers is completed, and cannot readily be...
- Section 2a:17-28 - Selection Of Exemption On Death Of Execution Defendant
If an execution defendant dies after execution issued, and a levy and sale of personal property be made thereafter, the exemption selection to be...
- Section 2a:17-28.1 - Holocaust Reparations Payments, Exemption From Claims, Levy, Execution, Attachment.
1.Except for an income withholding order issued pursuant to the "New Jersey Child Support Program Improvement Act," P.L.1998, c.1 (C.2A:17-56.7a et al.), monetary reparations...
- Section 2a:17-29 - Notice To Levying Officer; Stay Of Sale; Jury To Try Claim
2A:17-29. When, by virtue of an execution issued out of any court of this State, goods or chattels are levied on or taken into...
- Section 2a:17-30 - Verdict Of Jury; Effect
The sheriff or other officer, upon complying with the judgment entered in the summary action, shall be protected from any action for taking and...
- Section 2a:17-31 - Disposal Of Property Claimed According To Judgment
If the property to which claim has been made is found to belong to the claimant, the sheriff shall proceed no further with the...
- Section 2a:17-32 - Indemnity To Sheriff By Creditor Against Demand Of Claimant
If the execution creditor indemnifies the sheriff making the levy against the demand of the claimant, further proceedings in the claimant's action shall be...
- Section 2a:17-33 - Advertisement Of Sale Of Goods And Chattels; Posting
No sale of goods or chattels shall be made by virtue of any execution without previous notice of the time and place of the...
- Section 2a:17-34 - Advertisement Of Sale Of Real Estate To State Amount Of Judgment Or Order And Street Numbers Of Real Estate
All advertisements for the sale of real estate by virtue of executions issued out of any court of this state shall state the approximate...
- Section 2a:17-35 - Notice Of Time And Place Of Sale Of Proprietary Rights
The sheriff making a sale under execution of the proprietary rights or shares mentioned in section 2A:17-18 of this title shall give notice, by...
- Section 2a:17-36 - Adjournments Of Sale Of Real Estate
2A:17-36. Adjournments of sale of real estate. A sheriff or other officer selling real estate by virtue of an execution may make two adjournments...
- Section 2a:17-37 - Unauthorized Adjournments; Amercement Of Officer
If a sale of real estate under process of execution shall be adjourned oftener or for a longer time than allowed by section 2A:17-36...
- Section 2a:17-38 - Statement Of Execution Sales; Filing; Effect
When a sheriff or other officer makes a sale by virtue of an execution or executions to him directed, he shall, within 30 days...
- Section 2a:17-39 - Sale Of Real Estate Free Of Lien Of Judgments Or Recognizances On Which Executions Not Issued
Whereas, other judgments, and recognizances, besides those, or some of those, by virtue whereof the sale aforesaid was made, might affect the real estate...
- Section 2a:17-40 - Deed To Purchaser Of Real Estate; Recital Of Execution
A sheriff or other officer selling real estate by virtue of an execution to him directed, shall make to the purchaser thereof a deed...
- Section 2a:17-41 - Title Of Purchaser
Said deed shall transfer to and vest in the purchaser as good and perfect an estate to the premises therein described as the execution...
- Section 2a:17-42 - Variances Between Deed And Execution Or Execution And Judgment
The deed mentioned in section 2A:17-40 of this title, shall be good and valid and received in evidence as such, notwithstanding any variance between...
- Section 2a:17-43 - Amendments To Cure Variances Considered Made
Any court of this state in which the record or exemplification of any judgment or execution is offered in evidence in support of any...
- Section 2a:17-44 - Reversal Of Judgment Or Execution; Effect As To Purchaser Of Real Estate Sold
If any judgment or execution, the execution having been recorded as required by law, by virtue whereof a sale shall be made of real...
- Section 2a:17-45 - Sale By Sheriff Or Coroner For Time Being Of Property Levied Upon But Not Sold; Special Order
Whenever any sheriff or coroner, or other person to whom any writ of execution is directed levies on the goods and chattels or on...
- Section 2a:17-46 - Effect Of Sales Under Execution And Conveyances By Sheriffs Or Coroners For The Time Being
Any sale to be made by a sheriff or coroner for the time being, under authority of section 2A:17-45 of this title, of any...
- Section 2a:17-47 - Sales Made Prior To May 14, 1938, Under Execution, Decree, Order Or Judgment, Validated
L.1938, c. 171, p. 382, entitled "An act validating the sale of certain lands, tenements, hereditaments or real estate made under any decree, judgment...
- Section 2a:17-48 - Deed By Sheriff After Expiration Of Term Of Office To Real Estate Sold Under Execution During Term Of Office
If any real estate, levied upon by virtue of any valid writ of execution by any sheriff, shall have been or shall be sold...
- Section 2a:17-49 - Deed To Real Estate Sold Under Execution On Death Or Disability Of Master Of The Superior Court, Sheriff Or Coroner
If any master of the superior court or the sheriff or coroner of any county who has made or shall make sale of any...
- Section 2a:17-50 - Order To Issue Wage Execution; Application; Jurisdiction.
2A:17-50. a. When a judgment has been recovered in the Superior Court, and where any wages, debts, earnings, salary, income from trust funds, or...
- Section 2a:17-51 - Effect Of Execution
On presentation of the execution mentioned in section 2A:17-50 of this title by the officer to whom delivered, for collection to the person or...
- Section 2a:17-52 - Number Of Executions Issued And Levied At Same Time; Priority.
2A:17-52. Number of executions issued and levied at same time. a.Only one execution against the wages, debts, earnings, salary, income from trust funds or...
- Section 2a:17-53 - Payments By Persons Indebted To Debtor
Any person, agent, treasurer or other fiduciary officer of a private or public municipal corporation, including any county, the State, or other governmental agency,...
- Section 2a:17-54 - Failure To Make Payments
Failure or refusal to make the payments required by section 2A:17-53 of this title shall render such person, agent or officer so failing or...
- Section 2a:17-55 - Modification Of Execution.
2A:17-55. Either party may apply at any time to the court or, in the case of executions pursuant to subsection b. of N.J.S.2A:17-50, to...
- Section 2a:17-56 - Limitation On Amount Specified In Execution.
2A:17-56. a. In no case shall the amount specified in an execution issued out of any court against the wages, debts, earnings, salary, income...
- Section 2a:17-56.1a - Docketing Of Order In Any Court; Force And Effect
An order directing that an execution issue against the defendant's wages pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1977, c. 292 (C. 2A:17-56.1) may be docketed...
- Section 2a:17-56.6 - Time Of Remission Of Wages By Employer
An employer shall remit wages levied upon by a judgment or order of support within 10 days of the first wage payment after receipt...
- Section 2a:17-56.7a - Short Title.
1.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Child Support Program Improvement Act." L.1998,c.1,s.1.
- Section 2a:17-56.7b - Findings, Declarations Relative To Child Support Reform.
2.The Legislature finds and declares that: a.Title III of the federal "Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996," Pub.L.104-193, provides New Jersey...
- Section 2a:17-56.8 - Enforcement Of Child Support Orders.
2.Every complaint, notice or pleading for the entry or modification of a support order and every court order which includes child support shall include...
- Section 2a:17-56.9 - Income Withholding.
3.For support obligations that are payable through the Probation Division, the Probation Division shall mail the notice of immediate withholding to the obligor's payor...
- Section 2a:17-56.9a - Review Of Child Support Payments; Adjustment Or Determination; Challenge.
5.At least once every three years, unless the State has developed an automated cost-of-living adjustment program for child support payments, the parties subject to...
- Section 2a:17-56.9b - Rules, Regulations
a. The Commissioner of Human Services shall, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt and promulgate such rules...
- Section 2a:17-56.10 - Notice To Obligor; Contest Of Withholding.
4. a. If an income withholding initiated by the Probation Division is required pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1981, c.417 (C.2A:17-56.9), the Probation Division...
- Section 2a:17-56.11 - Notice To Payor; Binding
5. a. An income withholding made under P.L.1981, c.417 (C.2A:17-56.8 et seq.) and provisions for health care coverage shall be binding upon the payor...
- Section 2a:17-56.11a - Responsibilities Of Employer Relative To Medical Support Of Employee's Child
1. When an obligor is eligible for health benefits plan coverage which includes dependents and is available through an employer in this State, and...
- Section 2a:17-56.11b - Income Withholding Provisions Extended To Cover Medical Support Coverage
1.The income withholding provisions of P.L.1981, c.417 (C.2A:17-56.7 et seq.) shall be extended to include a withholding of income from the party responsible for...
- Section 2a:17-56.12 - No Discharge Or Discipline; Suit By Obligor
The payor may not use an income withholding as a basis for the discharge of any obligor or for any disciplinary action against the...
- Section 2a:17-56.13 - Payments Made Through Probation Division.
7.Until such time as a State disbursement unit is established pursuant to section 14 of P.L.1998, c.1 (C.2A:17-56.63), in every award for alimony, maintenance...
- Section 2a:17-56.13a - Alimony, Maintenance, Child Support Payments; Electronic Funds Transfer, Credit Card
a. Every probation department may establish a system to accept alimony, maintenance or child support payments through electronic funds transfer, credit card, or any...
- Section 2a:17-56.14 - Filing Of Affidavit; Application For Payments
An obligee who has not established a IV-D case through the probation department shall file an affidavit when applying for the income withholding, stating...
- Section 2a:17-56.16 - Tax Setoff For Support, Indebtedness Cases
13. The Administrative Office of the Courts shall promulgate rules and regulations concerning procedures for determining which support cases, and which cases of indebtedness...
- Section 2a:17-56.20 - Late Fees, Interest.
17. a. In enforcing all existing and future orders for support, and notwithstanding other provisions to the contrary, the State IV-D agency, without a...
- Section 2a:17-56.21 - Information Provided To Credit Reporting Agencies.
18. a. The State IV-D agency shall have the authority to make available the name of any delinquent obligor and the amount of overdue...
- Section 2a:17-56.22 - Fees For Application, Collection Of Child Support.
19. a. The State IV-D agency shall have the authority to charge an application fee to individuals not receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families...
- Section 2a:17-56.23 - Expedition Of Child Support Cases
The Supreme Court shall adopt by court rule a system for expediting child support cases as required by Pub.L. 98-378 (42 U.S.C. s. 601...
- Section 2a:17-56.23a - Enforcement Of Child Support Orders As Judgments; Prospective Modification Of Orders.
1.Any payment or installment of an order for child support, or those portions of an order which are allocated for child support, whether ordered...
- Section 2a:17-56.23b - Judgment For Child Support Lien Against Net Proceeds Of Settlement; Priority
1. a. A judgment for child support entered pursuant to P.L.1988, c.111 (C.2A:17-56.23a) and docketed with the Clerk of the Superior Court shall be...
- Section 2a:17-56.24 - Monitoring Program; Report
a. The probation department in each county shall monitor the overall implementation of the State's child support enforcement program pursuant to Part D of...
- Section 2a:17-56.25 - Rules, Regulations
The Department of Human Services shall promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to its rule-making authority under the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410...
- Section 2a:17-56.27 - Short Title
1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Child Support Collection Reform Act." L.1993,c.110,s.1.
- Section 2a:17-56.28 - Findings, Declarations
2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. There is a direct correlation between children receiving AFDC benefits and non-payment of child support obligations....
- Section 2a:17-56.29 - Pilot Project For Collection Of Child Support Arrearages By Private Collection Agency
3. a. The Commissioner of Human Services shall establish a pilot project in three counties whereby the county probation department shall enter into a...
- Section 2a:17-56.30 - Establishment, Monitoring, Evaluation Of Pilot Project
4. The pilot project shall be established in Camden, Essex and Hudson counties. The commissioner shall monitor and evaluate the pilot project during the...
- Section 2a:17-56.31 - Adoption Of Standards
5. The Administrative Office of the Courts, in consultation with the Department of Human Services, shall adopt standards concerning the qualifications and responsibilities of...
- Section 2a:17-56.32 - Application For Waivers
6. The Department of Human Services shall apply for any waivers from the federal government which are necessary for approval and implementation of this...
- Section 2a:17-56.33 - Annual Report To Governor, Legislature
7. The Department of Human Services, in conjunction with the Administrative Office of the Courts, shall submit an annual report to the Governor and...
- Section 2a:17-56.34 - Information About Putative Fathers, Child Support Obligors.
1.The Probation Division, the State IV-D agency and its designees, subject to privacy safeguards, shall be authorized to receive information concerning putative fathers and...
- Section 2a:17-56.35 - Public Utility, Cable Television Companies As Source; Exemption For Long Distance Carriers.
2. a. If the State IV-D agency and its designees are unable to obtain information pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1995, c.322 (C.2A:17-56.34), then...
- Section 2a:17-56.36 - Rules, Regulations
4.The Commissioner of Human Services shall, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), and in conjunction with the Supreme...
- Section 2a:17-56.41 - Consequences Of Obligor's Noncompliance, License Suspension, Revocation Hearing.
3. a. If the child support arrearage equals or exceeds the amount of child support payable for six months or court-ordered health care coverage...
- Section 2a:17-56.42 - Payments Made Through Probation Division
4. Child support payments not presently made through the Probation Division shall be so made, upon the application of the obligee to the Probation...
- Section 2a:17-56.43 - Suspension, Revocation Of License.
5.The court shall suspend or revoke a license if it finds that: a. all appropriate enforcement methods have been exhausted, b. the obligor is...
- Section 2a:17-56.44 - Suspension, Revocation Procedures.
6. a. The Probation Division shall provide the licensing authority with a copy of the order requiring the suspension or revocation of a license....
- Section 2a:17-56.45 - Payment Of Fees
7. The obligor shall pay all fees associated with the revocation, suspension or reinstatement of a license. Any fees paid by the obligor to...
- Section 2a:17-56.46 - Information On Driver's License Suspension To Insurers
8.Information regarding driver's licenses suspended or revoked in accordance with P.L.1996, c.7 (C.2A:17-56.40 et al.) shall be made available by the Division of Motor...
- Section 2a:17-56.47 - Due Process, Service
9. All actions taken to suspend or revoke a license in accordance with P.L.1996, c.7 (C.2A:17-56.40 et al.) shall be carried out in full...
- Section 2a:17-56.48 - Cooperative Agreements
10.The State IV-D agency shall enter into cooperative agreements for federal IV-D funding with the Department of Law and Public Safety and any other...
- Section 2a:17-56.49 - Applicability Of Act.
11.The license revocation provisions of P.L.1996, c.7 (C.2A:17-56.41 et seq.)apply to all orders issued before or after the effective date of P.L.1996, c.7(C.2A:17-56.41 et...
- Section 2a:17-56.50 - Annual Report
12.The Administrative Office of the Courts shall submit an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature regarding the number and type of licenses...
- Section 2a:17-56.51 - Rules, Procedures, Regulations
13.The Supreme Court may adopt rules and procedures for the implementation and administration of P.L.1996, c.7 (C.2A:17-56.40 et al.). The State IV-D agency and...
- Section 2a:17-56.52 - Definitions Relative To Child Support Reform.
3.As used in P.L.1998, c.1 (C.2A:17-56.7a et al.), P.L.1981, c.417 (C.2A:17-56.8 et al.), P.L.1988, c.111 (C.2A:17-56.23a), sections 13, 17 through 20 and 22 of...
- Section 2a:17-56.53 - Actions Permitted By Department To Establish Paternity, Support Orders; Imposition Of Civil Penalty.
4.Subject to safeguards on privacy and information security, prescribed pursuant to subsection b. of section 11 of P.L.1998, c.1 (C.2A:17-56.60), and appropriate procedural due...
- Section 2a:17-56.54 - Procedural Due Process Requirements For Enforcement Of Support Provision.
5.For the purposes of enforcing a support provision in an order or judgment, procedural due process requirements may be deemed to have been met...
- Section 2a:17-56.55 - Determination Of Cooperation; Notification.
6.In accordance with regulations adopted by the commissioner, the department shall make the determination as to whether an individual who has applied for or...
- Section 2a:17-56.56 - Payment Of Past-due Support For Child Receiving Tanf Assistance.
7.In any case in which an obligor owes past-due child support with respect to a child receiving assistance under a State program funded under...
- Section 2a:17-56.57 - Information Provided By Financial Institutions On Non-custodial Parents.
8. a. Each financial institution doing business in the State shall provide information to the department on all non-custodial parents who maintain an account...
- Section 2a:17-56.58 - Establishment, Maintenance Of State Case Registry.
9. a. The department shall establish and maintain a State case registry. The department shall regularly monitor cases in the registry with respect to...
- Section 2a:17-56.59 - Availability Of Information To Federal, State Agencies.
10.All federal and state agencies conducting activities pursuant to the requirements of Title IV-D, shall have access directly or through the department to any...
- Section 2a:17-56.60 - Access To, Use Of Social Security Numbers.
11. a. Subject to safeguards on privacy and information security provided for in this section: (1)The Social Security number of an applicant for any...
- Section 2a:17-56.61 - Reports From Employers, Labor Organizations; Noncompliance; Penalties.
12. a. All employers and labor organizations doing business in the State shall report to the department, or its designee: (1)the hiring of, or...
- Section 2a:17-56.62 - Fraudulent Transfers By Child Support Judgment Debtors.
13.In any case in which the department knows of a transfer by a child support judgment debtor pursuant to the "Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act,"...
- Section 2a:17-56.63 - Establishment Of State Disbursement Unit.
14. a. The department shall be responsible for the establishment of a State disbursement unit, on or before October 1, 1999, for the collection...
- Section 2a:17-56.64 - Use Of Administrative Enforcement.
15. a. The department shall use administrative enforcement, to the same extent as used for intrastate cases, in response to a request made by...
- Section 2a:17-56.65 - Transfer Of Case Between Local County Welfare Agency And Probation Division.
16.The State IV-D agency and the court may transfer a case between local county welfare agency and Probation Division offices, respectively, without the need...
- Section 2a:17-56.66 - Regulations.
17. a. The commissioner, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt regulations to effectuate the purposes of this...
- Section 2a:17-56.67 - Termination Of Obligation To Pay Child Support.
1. a. Unless otherwise provided in a court order or judgment, the obligation to pay child support shall terminate by operation of law without...
- Section 2a:17-56.68 - Child Support Order To Remain In Effect For Other Children; Adjustment.
2. a. Whenever there is an unallocated child support order for two or more children and the obligation to pay child support for one...
- Section 2a:17-56.69 - Arrearages Due And Enforceable.
- Section 2a:17-56.70 - Inapplicability Of Act Relative To Provisions Of Foreign Jurisdictions.
4.The provisions of P.L.2015, c.223 (C.2A:17-56.67 et seq.) shall not apply to child support provisions contained in orders or judgments entered by a foreign...
- Section 2a:17-56.71 - Inapplicability Of Act.
5.Nothing in P.L.2015, c.223 (C.2A:17-56.67 et seq.) shall: a.require or relieve a parent from paying support or other costs while a child is enrolled...
- Section 2a:17-56.72 - Construction Of Act.
6.Nothing in P.L.2015, c.223 (C.2A:17-56.67 et seq.) shall be construed to prevent a parent who is responsible for paying child support from petitioning the...
- Section 2a:17-56.73 - Preparation, Availability Of Information.
7.The Administrative Office of the Courts and the State IV-D agency shall cooperatively prepare and make available to the public information regarding the termination...
- Section 2a:17-56.74 - Rules Of Court.
8.The Supreme Court may adopt Rules of Court appropriate or necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.2015, c.223,s.8.
- Section 2a:17-56.75 - Rules, Regulations.
9.The Commissioner of Human Services may adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to effectuate the...
- Section 2a:17-57 - Definition; Construction Of Article
As used in this article, "rights and credits" include all rights and credits which may be taken by writ of attachment against nonresident debtors,...
- Section 2a:17-58 - Manner Of Levying And Taking
Rights and credits shall be levied upon and taken as property is taken under writs of attachment against nonresident debtors. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
- Section 2a:17-59 - Rights And Credits Taken And Sold
2A:17-59. Rights and credits of a defendant in execution, or within his custody or control as a representative if he is sued in a...
- Section 2a:17-60 - Sales; Leave Of Court
Rights and credits levied upon shall not be sold without leave of the court. Sales of rights in real estate taken hereunder shall be...
- Section 2a:17-61 - Liquidation Of Rights And Credits By Levying Officer
In lieu of a sale, the officer levying the execution may, in his own name as such officer, liquidate such rights and credits by...
- Section 2a:17-62 - Action Or Other Proceeding To Liquidate By Levying Officer
For the purpose of liquidation the officer levying the execution shall, at the request of the judgment creditor, sue or take proper judicial proceedings,...
- Section 2a:17-63 - Order To Garnishee To Pay Debt
After a levy upon a debt due or accruing to the judgment debtor from a third person, herein called the garnishee, the court may...
- Section 2a:17-64 - Order To Debtor To Pay In Installments; Modification
2A:17-64. If it is made to appear that the judgment debtor is entitled to, or is in receipt of, an income or any property...
- Section 2a:17-65 - Order Forbidding Transfer Or Other Disposition Of Property Or Money
2A:17-65. In aid of execution, the Superior Court upon proof by the oath of the party or his or its agent or attorney or...
- Section 2a:17-66 - Receiver; Appointment
2A:17-66. In aid of execution, the Superior Court may, on application of either the judgment creditor or the defendant and in its discretion, order...
- Section 2a:17-67 - Powers And Duties Of Receiver
The receiver so appointed shall be vested with the title to the said rights and credits and shall have authority to receive and take...
- Section 2a:17-68 - Receiver Subject To Authority And Orders Of Court
The receiver shall be subject to the authority and orders of the court, from time to time to be given by the court appointing...
- Section 2a:17-69 - Execution Against Survivors On Death Of Some
If 1 or more of several parties against whom a judgment has passed dies after judgment, execution may issue against such parties as if...
- Section 2a:17-70 - Execution Against Executor, Administrator, Heir, Devisee Or Terre Tenant
No execution against an executor, administrator, heir, devisee or terre tenant shall issue against his own goods and chattels or real estate, unless there...
- Section 2a:17-71 - Execution Against Estate Of Decedent Without Administration
If a defendant, or 1 or more of several defendants against whom a judgment has passed, dies after judgment and the judgment is unsatisfied...
- Section 2a:17-72 - Execution Against Taxing District
When any execution shall be issued upon a judgment against any taxing district, and there shall be found no property sufficient to satisfy the...
- Section 2a:17-73 - Execution Against School District Or Regional School Board
Whenever an execution is issued against the board of education of a school district or a regional board of education of this state by...
- Section 2a:17-74 - Execution Against Corporation; Names Of Directors And Officers And Schedule Of Property For Execution Officer
Every agent or person having charge or control of any property of a corporation shall, upon request therefor by any officer having for service...
- Section 2a:17-75 - Application Of Debts Due To Corporation In Satisfaction Of Execution; Delivery And Assignment To Execution Officer
If any officer, holding an execution against a corporation, shall be unable to find other property belonging to the corporation liable to execution, either...
- Section 2a:17-76 - Collection Of And Action On Assigned Debts By Execution Creditor
When debts due to a corporation have been delivered, transferred and assigned to an officer holding an execution against the corporation, for the use...
- Section 2a:17-77 - Against Whom Writ Not To Issue
No capias ad satisfaciendum shall issue in a civil action or an action for a penalty to take the body of: a. A female;...
- Section 2a:17-78 - Issue Of Writ On Judgments Founded On Contract
A capias ad satisfaciendum shall not issue on a judgment founded upon contract, express or implied, except: a. Where an order to hold the...
- Section 2a:17-79 - Issue Of Writ On Judgments In Tort Actions
In all cases in which the first process shall be a summons, the writ of capias ad satisfaciendum shall not be issued against a...
- Section 2a:17-80 - Capias Or Other Execution Against Prisoner Escaping From Prison
If a person committed to prison by virtue of an execution escapes therefrom, the creditor at whose suit the prisoner was charged in execution...
- Section 2a:17-81 - Execution Against Estate Of Execution Debtor Whose Person Was Taken In Execution
An execution creditor, his executor or administrator, may, when an execution debtor dies after execution has been issued against his person, but before the...
- Section 2a:17-82 - Contempt Proceedings Not Affected
Nothing in this article shall be construed to apply to proceedings as for contempt to enforce civil remedies. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
- Section 2a:17-83 - Writ When Defendant Has Made Deposit In Lieu Of Bail
If plaintiff, in an action in which defendant has been held to bail and defendant has made a deposit of cash with the court...
- Section 2a:18-27 - Life Of Execution And Return.
2A:18-27. A writ of execution issued out of the Superior Court, Law Division, Special Civil Part shall remain valid and effective for the purpose...
- Section 2a:18-29 - Liability Of Officer To Judgment Creditor For Neglect Or Default In Making Execution
2A:18-29. If, by reason of the negligence of an officer in the performance of any of the duties imposed upon him respecting an execution...
- Section 2a:18-32 - Docketing Judgments Of The Special Civil Part
2A:18-32. Any final judgment of the Special Civil Part when not less than $10, including costs, remains due thereon, may be docketed by the...
- Section 2a:18-33 - Docketing Of Judgment Pending Determination Of Motion For New Trial Or Appeal
2A:18-33. During the pendency of a motion for a new trial, or an appeal, a judgment of the Superior Court, Law Division, Special Civil...
- Section 2a:18-34 - Statement And Affidavit Filed With Clerk; Transcript Entry Of Judgment
2A:18-34. The clerk of the Superior Court, shall require that there be filed in his office a statement, signed by the clerk of the...
- Section 2a:18-35 - Issue And Return Of Execution Not Necessary
2A:18-35. It shall not be necessary, before obtaining the statement mentioned in this article, that execution issue out of and be returned into the...
- Section 2a:18-36 - Clerks' Dockets
2A:18-36. The clerk of the Superior Court shall provide and keep a docket, in which shall be entered, upon compliance with the provisions of...
- Section 2a:18-37 - Indexes To Dockets; Dockets And Indexes Public Records
2A:18-37. The clerk of the Superior Court shall make and keep a complete alphabetical index to the dockets required to be kept by this...
- Section 2a:18-38 - Operation And Effect Of Docketed Judgment In General
2A:18-38. A judgment docketed in the Superior Court in the manner herein provided shall, from the time of its docketing, operate as though it...
- Section 2a:18-39 - Satisfaction Of Docketed Judgment; Entry
2A:18-39. Satisfaction of a judgment docketed as herein provided may be entered in the same manner and upon the same evidence in which satisfaction...
- Section 2a:18-40 - Execution Out Of Superior Court On Docketed Judgment
2A:18-40. Execution may issue on a judgment docketed as herein provided out of the Superior Court, with the same effect as to the real...
- Section 2a:18-41 - Jurisdiction Of Special Civil Part Over Docketed Judgments
2A:18-41. After a judgment has been docketed as herein provided, no execution shall issue in the Special Civil Part. The Special Civil Part shall...
- Section 2a:18-42 - No Execution On Docketed Judgments Pending Application For New Trial Or Appeal
2A:18-42. If a judgment has been docketed before the grant of a new trial or an appeal taken, no execution shall issue thereon pending...
- Section 2a:18-43 - New Trial Notwithstanding Judgment Docketed And Execution Issued
2A:18-43. If a judgment has been docketed and execution issued thereon before the grant of a new trial by the Special Civil Part, the...
- Section 2a:18-44 - Revival Of Docketed Judgment
2A:18-44. A judgment docketed as provided in this article may be revived by proceedings in the Superior Court in the same manner, in the...
- Section 2a:18-45 - Entry In Docket Of Determination On Appeal
If a judgment docketed as provided in this article is reviewed upon appeal, and a duly certified transcript of the judgment of the court...
- Section 2a:18-51 - Tenancy Created By Agent; Termination By Owner; Recovery Of Possession Or Rentals
2A:18-51. If real estate is leased by an agent of the owner thereof, in his own name or as agent, the owner, his assignee...
- Section 2a:18-52 - Dismissal Of Action Involving Title Of Land
If upon trial of a landlord and tenancy proceeding the plaintiff shall not be able to prove, by lease or other evidence, his right...
- Section 2a:18-53 - Removal Of Tenant In Certain Cases; Jurisdiction
2A:18-53. Except for residential lessees and tenants included in section 2 of this act, any lessee or tenant at will or at sufferance, or...
- Section 2a:18-54 - Notices And Summons; Substituted Service; Service By Posting
Where for any reason, any of the notices required by section 2A:18-53 of this title, cannot be served as provided in said section or...
- Section 2a:18-55 - Discontinuance Upon Payment Into Court Of Rent In Arrears; Receipt
If, in actions instituted under paragraph "b" of section 2A:18-53 of this title, the tenant or person in possession of the demised premises shall...
- Section 2a:18-56 - Proof Of Notice To Quit Prerequisite To Judgment
No judgment for possession in cases specified in paragraph "a." of section 2A:18-53 of this Title shall be ordered unless: a. The tenancy, if...
- Section 2a:18-57 - Judgment For Possession; Warrant For Removal; Issuance
If no sufficient cause is shown to the contrary when the action comes on for trial, the court shall issue its warrant to any...
- Section 2a:18-58 - Execution Of Warrant; Use Of Force
An officer, to whom a warrant is issued by virtue of this article, shall obey the command of and faithfully execute the same, and...
- Section 2a:18-59 - Review; Landlord Liable For Unlawful Proceedings
Proceedings had by virtue of this article shall not be appealable except on the ground of lack of jurisdiction. The landlord, however, shall remain...
- Section 2a:18-59.1 - Terminally Ill Tenants
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the Superior Court may authorize and review one year stays of eviction during which...
- Section 2a:18-59.2 - Inapplicability Of Act To Hotel, Motel Or Guest House Rented To Transient Guest Or Seasonal Tenant Or To Residential Health Care Facility
This act shall not apply to a hotel, motel or other guest house, or part thereof, rented to a transient guest or seasonal tenant,...
- Section 2a:18-60 - Removal Of Proceedings Into Law Division
2A:18-60. At any time before an action for the removal of a tenant comes on for trial, either the landlord or person in possession...
- Section 2a:18-61 - Trial By Jury In Law Division
2A:18-61. A summary action for the removal of a tenant, commenced in the Special Civil Part but transferred to the Law Division shall be...
- Section 2a:18-61.1 - Grounds For Removal Of Tenants.
2.No lessee or tenant or the assigns, under-tenants or legal representatives of such lessee or tenant may be removed by the Superior Court from...
- Section 2a:18-61.1a - Findings
The Legislature finds that: a. Acute State and local shortages of supply and high levels of demand for residential dwellings have motivated removal of...
- Section 2a:18-61.1b - Permanent Retirement From Residential Use
If an owner seeks an eviction alleging permanent retirement of the premises from residential use pursuant to subsection h. of section 2 of P.L....
- Section 2a:18-61.1c - 5-year Restriction
The Department of Community Affairs shall not approve an application for registration of conversion pursuant to "The Planned Real Estate Development Full Disclosure Act,"...
- Section 2a:18-61.1d - Maximum Authorized Rent
In a municipality which has an ordinance regulating rents in effect, if a dwelling unit in the premises becomes vacated after notice has been...
- Section 2a:18-61.1e - Rights Of Former Tenants
6. If a dwelling unit becomes vacated after notice has been given that the owner seeks to permanently board up or demolish the premises...
- Section 2a:18-61.1f - Local Ordinances Permitted
Nothing contained in this 1986 amendatory and supplementary act shall authorize any civil action to require that dwelling units remain vacant, shall limit any...
- Section 2a:18-61.1g - Relocation Of Displaced Tenant; Violations, Penalty.
3. a. A municipality may enact an ordinance providing that any tenant who receives a notice of eviction pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1974,...
- Section 2a:18-61.1h - Reimbursement To Displaced Tenant
4. a. If a residential tenant is displaced because of an illegal occupancy in a residential rental premises pursuant to paragraph (3) of subsection...
- Section 2a:18-61.2 - Removal Of Residential Tenants; Required Notice; Contents; Service.
3.No judgment of possession shall be entered for any premises covered by section 2 of this act, except in the nonpayment of rent under...
- Section 2a:18-61.3 - Causes For Eviction Or Nonrenewal Of Lease
4. a. No landlord may evict or fail to renew any lease of any premises covered by section 2 of this act except for...
- Section 2a:18-61.3a - Mobile Home Parks; Restrictions On "For Sale" Signs; Prohibition
No mobile home park owner or operator may evict a mobile home resident for posting in or on his mobile home a "for sale"...
- Section 2a:18-61.4 - Waiver Of Rights By Provision In Lease; Unenforceability
Any provision in a lease whereby any tenant covered by section 2 of this act agrees that his tenancy may be terminated or not...
- Section 2a:18-61.5 - Severability
If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence or other part of this act is adjudged unconstitutional or invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or...
- Section 2a:18-61.6 - Owner Liability For Wrongful Evictions
a. Where a tenant vacates the premises after being given a notice alleging the owner seeks to personally occupy the premises under subsection l....
- Section 2a:18-61.7 - Definitions
As used in this act: a. "Comparable housing or park site" means housing that is (1) decent, safe, sanitary, and in compliance with all...
- Section 2a:18-61.8 - Conversion Of Multiple Dwelling Into Condominium, Cooperative Or Fee Simple Ownership; Notice To And Rights To Tenants
Any owner who intends to convert a multiple dwelling as defined in P.L.1967, c. 76 (C. 55:13A-1 et seq.), other than a hotel or...
- Section 2a:18-61.9 - Notice To Tenant After Master Deed Or Agreement To Establish Cooperative
Any owner who establishes with a person an initial tenancy after the master deed or agreement establishing the cooperative was recorded shall provide to...
- Section 2a:18-61.10 - Removal Of Tenant To Allow Conversion To Cooperative Or Condominium; Moving Expense Compensation
Any tenant receiving notice under section 3 g. of P.L.1974, c. 49 who is not evicted for any cause under this act other than...
- Section 2a:18-61.11 - Comparable Housing; Offer Of Rental; Stay Of Eviction; Alternative Compensation; Senior Citizens And Disabled Protected Tenancy Period
a. Tenants receiving notice under section 3 g. of P.L.1974, c. 49 may request of the landlord within 18 full months after receipt of...
- Section 2a:18-61.12 - Rules And Regulations
In accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act" (P.L.1968, c. 410, C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), the Department of Community Affairs shall adopt rules and regulations...
- Section 2a:18-61.16a - Rent Defined
"Rent" means the amount currently payable by the tenant to the landlord pursuant to lease or other agreement, without regard to any modification thereof...
- Section 2a:18-61.22 - Short Title
This amendatory and supplementary act shall be known and may be cited as the "Senior Citizens and Disabled Protected Tenancy Act." L.1981, c. 226,...
- Section 2a:18-61.23 - Legislative Findings And Declarations
The Legislature finds that research studies have demonstrated that the forced eviction and relocation of elderly persons from their established homes and communities harm...
- Section 2a:18-61.24 - Definitions
As used in this amendatory and supplementary act: a. "Senior citizen tenant" means a person who is at least 62 years of age on...
- Section 2a:18-61.25 - Protected Tenancy Status; Conversion Of Dwelling Unit Of Eligible Senior Citizen Or Disabled Tenant
Each eligible senior citizen tenant or disabled tenant shall be granted a protected tenancy status with respect to his dwelling unit whenever the building...
- Section 2a:18-61.26 - Administrative Agency
The governing body of the municipality may authorize a municipal board, agency or officer to act as its administrative agency for the purposes of...
- Section 2a:18-61.27 - Notice To Tenants
The owner of any building or structure who, after the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act, seeks to convert any premises, shall,...
- Section 2a:18-61.28 - Eligibility For Protected Tenancy Status
Within 30 days after receipt of an application for protected tenancy status by a tenant, the administrative agency or officer shall make a determination...
- Section 2a:18-61.29 - Registration Of Conversion; Approval After Proof Of Notice Of Eligibility To Tenants
No registration of conversion shall be approved until the Department of Community Affairs receives proof that the administrative agency or officer has made determinations...
- Section 2a:18-61.30 - Protected Tenancy Status; Applicability After Notice Of Eligibility And Filing Of Conversion Recording
Protected tenancy status shall not be applicable to any eligible tenant until such time as the owner has filed his conversion recording. The protected...
- Section 2a:18-61.31 - Rent Increase Restrictions
In a municipality which does not have a rent control ordinance in effect, no evidence of increased costs which are solely the result of...
- Section 2a:18-61.32 - Termination Of Protected Tenancy
11. The administrative agency or officer shall terminate the protected tenancy status immediately upon finding that: a. The dwelling unit is no longer the...
- Section 2a:18-61.33 - Termination Upon Purchase Of Unit By Senior Citizen Or Disabled Tenant
In the event that a senior citizen tenant or disabled tenant purchases the dwelling unit he occupies, the protected tenancy status shall terminate immediately...
- Section 2a:18-61.34 - Informing Prospective Purchaser Of Act; Contract Or Agreement For Sale; Clause Informing Of Application Of Act And Acknowledgment By Purchaser
Any public offering statement for a conversion as required by "The Planned Real Estate Development Full Disclosure Act," P.L.1977, c. 419 (C. 45:22A-21 et...
- Section 2a:18-61.35 - Fee
A municipality is authorized to charge an owner a fee which may vary according to the size of the building to cover the cost...
- Section 2a:18-61.36 - Agreement By Tenant To Waive Rights; Deemed Against Public Policy And Unenforceable
Any agreement whereby the tenant waives any rights under P.L.1981, c. 226 (C. 2A:18-61.22 et seq.) on or after the effective date of this...
- Section 2a:18-61.37 - Severability
If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence or other part of this amendatory and supplementary act is adjudged unconstitutional or invalid, such judgment shall not...
- Section 2a:18-61.38 - Rules And Regulations
The Department of Community Affairs is authorized to adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this amendatory...
- Section 2a:18-61.39 - Liberal Construction Of Act
This amendatory and supplementary act shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes thereof. L.1981, c. 226, s. 20, eff. July 27, 1981.
- Section 2a:18-61.40 - Short Title
1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Tenant Protection Act of 1992." L.1991,c.509,s.1.
- Section 2a:18-61.41 - Findings, Declarations
2. The Legislature finds that the provision and maintenance of an adequate supply of housing affordable to persons of low and moderate income in...
- Section 2a:18-61.42 - Definitions
3. As used in this act: "Administrative agency" means the municipal board, officer or agency designated, or the county agency contracted with, pursuant to...
- Section 2a:18-61.43 - Maximum Qualifying Income, Adjustment
4. As of the effective date of this act, maximum qualifying income for the purpose of determining qualified tenant status as defined in section...
- Section 2a:18-61.44 - Protected Tenancy, Qualification, Duration
5. a. Each qualified tenant shall be granted a protected tenancy status with respect to his dwelling unit upon conversion of the building or...
- Section 2a:18-61.45 - Designation Of Administrative Agency
6. Each municipal governing body in a qualified county shall designate a municipal board, agency or officer to act as its administrative agency for...
- Section 2a:18-61.46 - Notice, Etc. Required Of Owner Seeking To Convert, Notice To Tenants
7. The owner of any building or structure in a qualified county who seeks to convert any premises shall notify the administrative agency of...
- Section 2a:18-61.47 - Determining Tenants' Qualifications
8. Within 30 days after receipt of an application for the protected tenancy status authorized under the provisions of this act, the administrative agency...
- Section 2a:18-61.48 - Requisites For Approval Of Registration Of Conversion
9. No registration of conversion for a building or structure located in a qualified county shall be approved until the department receives proof that...
- Section 2a:18-61.49 - Applicability Of Protected Tenancy
10. The protected tenancy status authorized under the provisions of this act shall not be applicable to any qualified tenant until such time as...
- Section 2a:18-61.50 - Termination Of Protected Tenancy
11. a. The administrative agency shall terminate the protected tenancy status authorized under the provisions of this act immediately upon finding that: (1) the...
- Section 2a:18-61.51 - Tenancy Protection Terminated By Tenant Purchase
12. In the event that a qualified tenant purchases the dwelling unit he occupies, the protected tenancy status afforded under the provisions of this...
- Section 2a:18-61.52 - Costs Of Conversion No Basis For Rent Increases
13. a. In the case of a municipality subject to the provisions of this act that does not have a rent control ordinance in...
- Section 2a:18-61.53 - Public Offering Statements, Requisites
14. In the case of a building or structure located in a qualified county, the public offering statement for a conversion as required by...
- Section 2a:18-61.54 - Municipal Fees
15. A municipality located in a qualified county is authorized to charge an owner a fee which may vary according to the size of...
- Section 2a:18-61.55 - Tenant Waivers, Unenforceable
16. Any agreement whereby the tenant waives any rights under this act shall be deemed to be against public policy and unenforceable. L.1991,c.509,s.16.
- Section 2a:18-61.56 - Actions Against Qualified Tenants, Limitations
17. For one year from the effective date of this act, no action for removal of a qualified tenant shall be instituted, no judgment...
- Section 2a:18-61.57 - Removal For Good Cause
18. Nothing in this act shall be deemed to prevent a court from removing a tenant, qualified tenant or tenant in need of comparable...
- Section 2a:18-61.58 - Severability
24. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence or other part of this act is adjudged unconstitutional or invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair...
- Section 2a:18-61.59 - Rules, Regulations
25. The commissioner is authorized to adopt, in accordance with the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), such rules...
- Section 2a:18-61.60 - Tenants' Organization Permitted To Accept Billing For Utility.
1.Whenever an electric, gas, water or sewer public utility has provided written notice to tenants residing in rental premises of a proposed discontinuance of...
- Section 2a:18-61.61 - Deduction Of Certain Utility Costs From Rental Payment.
2.Whenever a tenants' organization agrees to accept billing for a utility service, the tenants comprising the membership of the organization accepting and paying such...
- Section 2a:18-61.62 - Issuance Of "Notice Of Rent Protection Emergency."
1.The Governor shall be empowered, whenever declaring a state of emergency, to determine whether the emergency will, or is likely to, significantly affect the...
- Section 2a:18-61.63 - Effect Of Issuance Of "Notice Of Rent Protection Emergency."
2.Whenever the Governor declares a state of emergency within certain areas of the State, and issues a "Notice of Rent Protection Emergency," the following...
- Section 2a:18-61.64 - Report Of Violation, Investigation, Penalties.
3. a. A tenant or prospective tenant may report a violation of the provisions of P.L.2002, c.133 (C.2A:18-61.62 et seq.) to the Director of...
- Section 2a:18-61.65 - Violations Considered As Consumer Fraud.
4.Any violation of P.L.2002, c.133 (C.2A:18-61.62 et seq.) shall be considered a violation of the New Jersey consumer fraud act, P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et...
- Section 2a:18-61.66 - Payment Of Certain Fees, Expenses Incurred In Landlord-tenant Disputes.
1.If a residential lease agreement provides that the landlord is or may be entitled to recover either attorney's fees or expenses, or both, incurred...
- Section 2a:18-61.67 - Notice Provided In Lease.
2.If a residential lease agreement provides that the landlord is or may be entitled to recover attorney's fees or expenses, or both from the...
- Section 2a:18-66 - Judgment; Orders As To Payment; Stay Of Execution
The court may either order the judgment paid to the prevailing party or into court for the use of the prevailing party at a...
- Section 2a:18-67 - Docketing Small Claims Judgments
2A:18-67. Judgments recovered in the division of small claims of the Superior Court, Law Division, Special Civil Part may be docketed as judgments in...
- Section 2a:18-69 - Costs
The actual cash disbursements of the prevailing party for any fees paid to the clerk and witness and officers' fees shall be allowed as...
- Section 2a:18-71 - Costs On Vacation Of Judgment
When a judgment is vacated, the court, in its discretion may award costs not exceeding $10, for or against either party and enter judgment...
- Section 2a:18-72 - Disposal Of Remaining Personal Property Abandoned By Tenant
1.A landlord of commercial or residential property, in the manner provided by P.L.1999, c.340 (C.2A:18-72 et al.), may dispose of any tangible goods, chattels,...
- Section 2a:18-73 - Notice To Tenant Prior To Disposition
2.To dispose of a tenant's property under this act, a landlord shall first give written notice to the tenant, which shall be sent by...
- Section 2a:18-74 - Contents Of Notice
3.The notice required under section 2 of P.L.1999, c.340 (C.2A:18-73) shall state as follows: a.That the property is considered abandoned and must be removed...
- Section 2a:18-75 - Storing Abandoned Property
4.After notifying a tenant as required by sections 2 and 3 of P.L.1999, c.340 (C.2A:18-73 and C.2A:18-74), a landlord shall store all goods, chattels,...
- Section 2a:18-76 - Conditions Under Which The Property Is Considered Abandoned
5. a. If a tenant responds in writing or orally to the landlord, on or before the day specified in the required notice, that...
- Section 2a:18-77 - Tenant's Reimbursement For Storage Costs
6.Upon removal of his property, a tenant shall reimburse the landlord for the reasonable cost of storage for the period the property was in...
- Section 2a:18-78 - Disposal Of Property, Options
7.Property that has been conclusively presumed to be abandoned may be disposed of in any of the following ways: a.The landlord may sell the...
- Section 2a:18-79 - Immunity
9.Nothing in P.L.1999, c.340 (C.2A:18-72 et al.) shall diminish the right of a landlord of a nonresidential property to use distraint when authorized by...
- Section 2a:18-80 - Deductions From Sale Proceeds
11.A landlord may deduct from the proceeds of any sale the reasonable costs of notice, storage and sale and any unpaid rent and charges...
- Section 2a:18-81 - Compliance With Act Constitutes Complete Defense
12.Compliance in good faith with all the requirements of this act shall constitute a complete defense in any action brought by a tenant against...
- Section 2a:18-82 - Noncompliance With Act; Tenant's Recovery
13.If a landlord seizes and retains a tenant's personal property without complying with this act, the tenant shall be relieved of any liability for...
- Section 2a:18-83 - Applicability Of Act
14.This act shall not be applicable to any unclaimed property which must be disposed of in accordance with the "Uniform Unclaimed Property Act (1981),"...
- Section 2a:18-84 - Nonapplicability To Motor Vehicles
15.This act shall not be applicable to abandoned motor vehicles. L.1999,c.340,s.15.
- Section 2a:19-1 - Definitions.
2A:19-1. As used in this chapter: a. "General assignment" means a transfer or conveyance by a debtor in writing, whereby the debtor transfers or...
- Section 2a:19-2 - Assignments Must Be For Equal Benefit; Preferences Void
Every general assignment made by a debtor residing in this state shall be made for the equal benefit of his creditors in proportion to...
- Section 2a:19-3 - Transfer Of Property Within 4 Months Of Assignment To Give Preference Void; Recovery Of Property
If any person being insolvent or in contemplation of insolvency shall, within 4 months before the making of a general assignment, and with the...
- Section 2a:19-4 - Assignor To Acknowledge Assignment For Recording As Deed
The assignor shall acknowledge the general assignment or cause the same to be proved according to law, so that it may be recorded as...
- Section 2a:19-5 - Assignor To Annex Inventory And List Of Creditors With Their Claims, To Assignment
The assignor shall annex to the general assignment an inventory, under oath of his estate, real and personal, together with a list of his...
- Section 2a:19-6 - Legality Of Assignments
All general assignments for the benefit of creditors shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
- Section 2a:19-7 - Assignee To Record And File Assignment
2A:19-7. The assignee, upon receiving a general assignment, shall forthwith record it, including the inventory and list of creditors with their claims, in the...
- Section 2a:19-8 - Publication And Mailing Of Notice; Extension Of Time
The assignee shall also forthwith give public notice by advertising at least 4 times during 4 consecutive calendar weeks, once in each week in...
- Section 2a:19-9 - Assignee To File Inventory And Valuation
The assignee shall also forthwith file with the clerk of the court, under oath, a true inventory and valuation of the estate so far...
- Section 2a:19-10 - Bond Of Assignee; Additional Security
The assignee shall, after filing the inventory and valuation, forthwith enter into bond in such amount as the court may fix, for the faithful...
- Section 2a:19-11 - Assignee Not To Proceed Until Bond, Etc., Filed
Until the inventory, valuation and bond required by this chapter are filed, the assignee shall not proceed to the discharge of his trust under...
- Section 2a:19-12 - Exemption To Assignor
In case of any general assignment, other than a general assignment of partnership property or by a corporation, there shall be reserved of the...
- Section 2a:19-13 - Assignee's General Powers As Successor To Assignor
Every assignee shall have as full power and authority to dispose of all of the assignor's property, except as otherwise may be provided, as...
- Section 2a:19-14 - Assignee's Powers As Representative Of Creditors; Setting Aside Conveyances And Transfers
The assignee, in addition to the powers which he may exercise as the successor to the assignor, shall also at all times be the...
- Section 2a:19-15 - Subpoena; Commitment For Failure To Testify
The assignee may send for persons and papers and examine, on oath which he may administer, any persons, including the creditors and assignor, respecting...
- Section 2a:19-16 - Continuing Assignor's Business
The court may, upon such notice to creditors as it may direct, authorize the assignee to continue for such a period and under such...
- Section 2a:19-17 - Action To Compel Assignee To Perform Duties
The court may, from time to time, compel the assignee to proceed to the execution of his duties. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
- Section 2a:19-18 - Assignee To Sell Real Estate; Manner Of Sale
Whenever any assignee shall take any real estate of the assignor under a general assignment, he shall, except as hereinafter provided, proceed to sell...
- Section 2a:19-19 - Assignee To Submit Sales Of Personalty For Confirmation
The assignee shall submit all contracts for sale of personal property of the estate, whether by public or private sale, to the court for...
- Section 2a:19-20 - Limitation Of Actions Against Assignee For Taking Or Disposing Of Property
All actions at law or in equity which may be brought against any assignee on account of the taking, appropriating, selling or disposing of...
- Section 2a:19-21 - Reconveyance To Assignor Upon Composition With Creditors; Proceedings
If after a general assignment the assignor shall make an agreement of compromise or composition with his creditors, the court may, if it confirms...
- Section 2a:19-22 - Claims Due Or To Become Due Are Presentable
Any creditor may present not only any debt due, but any debt to become due, making in such case a reasonable rebate when interest...
- Section 2a:19-23 - Claims Filed After Time Share Only In Subsequent Dividends
If any creditor shall fail to present his claim to the assignee within 3 months from the date of a general assignment, or within...
- Section 2a:19-24 - Claims Filed After Time; Notice; Exceptions; Adjudication
Upon the presentation of any claim after time as authorized by section 2A:19-23 of this title, the assignee, before allowing the same, shall give...
- Section 2a:19-25 - Assignee To File List Of Creditors, Statement Of Claims, And Proof Of Notice
At the expiration of the time for the presentation of claims, notice having been duly given and mailed as provided in section 2A:19-8 of...
- Section 2a:19-26 - Notice Of Filing Such List And Statement; Proof Of Mailing
Within 10 days after the filing of the list of creditors and the statement of their claims, the assignee shall mail notice of such...
- Section 2a:19-27 - Extending Time For Compliance With Sections 2a:19-25 And 2a:19-26
In case of failure to comply with the provisions of sections 2A:19-25 and 2A:19-26 of this title, the court may extend and fix the...
- Section 2a:19-28 - Assignee's Inventory, List Of Creditors And Statement Of Claims To Be Proved And Recorded
The inventory and list of creditors, with the statement of claims, as required by sections 2A:19-9 and 2A:19-25 of this title to be filed...
- Section 2a:19-29 - Exceptions To Claims
At any time within 60 days after the list of creditors and statement of claims have been filed and notice thereof has been mailed...
- Section 2a:19-30 - Wages Of Clerks, Mechanics, And Laborers, Preferred
The wages of clerks, mechanics and laborers due from the assignor at the time of the general assignment including wages fully earned though not...
- Section 2a:19-31 - Landlord's Lien On Assignor's Goods
Where the assignor is a tenant, all of his goods and chattels on the premises, in his possession, shall be subject to a lien...
- Section 2a:19-32 - Landlord's Rights Where Assignor's Goods Removed
If the tenant, his assignee, or any other person, shall remove any goods and chattels from the demised premises, after the assignment, the landlord,...
- Section 2a:19-33 - Assignee To Proceed To Make Dividends
If no exceptions to any claim or demand are filed, or in case any exceptions are filed, then after they have been adjudicated or...
- Section 2a:19-34 - Partial Distribution
The court, in its discretion, on the application of the assignee or any person in interest, from time to time, may direct such partial...
- Section 2a:19-35 - Directions As To Dividends
The court may, in its discretion, upon application of the assignee, or of any person in interest, make directions with respect to any or...
- Section 2a:19-36 - Death Or Incapacity Of Assignee; Successor
In case the assignee shall die or become incapable of executing his trust the court shall, upon application of any person in interest, appoint...
- Section 2a:19-37 - Removal For Maladministration, Neglect, Or Other Cause; Successor
In case any assignee shall embezzle, waste or misapply any part of the trust estate in his hands or under his control, or shall...
- Section 2a:19-38 - Estate Vests In New Assignee; Accounting And Delivery By Predecessor
Upon the appointment of any new assignee as aforesaid, the entire trust estate, in whatsoever form the same then may be, shall forthwith vest...
- Section 2a:19-39 - Powers And Duties Of New Assignee
Every new assignee shall have all the powers and rights and perform all the duties not already performed, conferred and imposed by the assignment...
- Section 2a:19-40 - Bond Of New Assignee
Every new assignee shall enter into bond for the faithful performance of his trust, in such amount as the court shall fix. The bond...
- Section 2a:19-41 - Final And Intermediate Accounts
As soon as may be after the determination of all claims, the assignee shall render, on oath, a final account to the court. The...
- Section 2a:19-42 - Disposition Of Unclaimed Money
2A:19-42. Disposition of unclaimed money. When an assignee states his final account, and there remains a balance, dividend sum or sum of money to...
- Section 2a:19-43 - Compensation Of Assignee
Such commissions shall be made to the assignee or to the personal representatives of a deceased assignee, or to a person who has been...
- Section 2a:19-44 - Any Corporation May Assign
Any corporation organized under the laws of this state may make a general assignment under the provisions of this chapter. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
- Section 2a:19-45 - Corporation Deemed Resident Of What County
2A:19-45. A corporation making a general assignment shall be deemed, for the purposes of this chapter, a resident of the county in which its...
- Section 2a:19-46 - Assignee As Party To Receivership Suit
The assignee may be made a party to any action in the superior court to have the corporation adjudged insolvent and a receiver thereof...
- Section 2a:19-47 - Removal Of Assignee And Transfer Of Estate To Receiver
2A:19-47. In case a corporation shall, at any time after the making of a general assignment, be adjudged insolvent and a receiver thereof be...
- Section 2a:19-48 - Inclusion Of Individual Estate
When a general assignment is made by partners in business, it may include only the partnership property or it may include also the several...
- Section 2a:19-49 - Partnership And Individual Estates To Be Kept Separate
In all cases where a general assignment includes both a partnership and an individual estate, the same shall be kept separate in all proceedings...
- Section 2a:19-50 - One Partner To Reside In State
2A:19-50. In order to bring a general assignment of partners in business within the operation of this chapter, it shall be sufficient if any...
- Section 2a:20-1 - Debtors In Actual Confinement
2A:20-1. Any person, in actual confinement for debt or damages in any jail of this State, who is willing to deliver up to his...
- Section 2a:20-2 - Persons Arrested; Discharge; Requirements
2A:20-2. Any person arrested or held in custody by any officer in any civil action upon mesne process or process of execution, or who...
- Section 2a:20-3 - Persons Arrested; Discharge; Action
2A:20-3. Any person arrested as stated in N.J.S.2A:20-2 and who has given the bond therein prescribed, may bring an action in a summary manner...
- Section 2a:20-4 - Officer's Return On Releasing Person Arrested; Liability For Escape
When the officer has discharged the defendant from arrest under mesne process, upon giving bond as provided in this article, he shall so return...
- Section 2a:20-5 - Appointment Of Assignee Authorized
If in the action brought under section 2A:20-1 or 2A:20-3 of this title, the court is satisfied that the conduct of the debtor has...
- Section 2a:20-6 - Assignment Of Property To Assignee; Exemptions
The debtor shall forthwith execute to the assignee a general assignment of all his real and personal property, with an inventory of his estate...
- Section 2a:20-7 - Conveyances By Debtor After Arrest Void; Recovery By Assignee
All conveyances, deeds, mortgages, judgments, sales, transfers, assignments or other disposition of, for or upon any of his estate, real or personal, made, given...
- Section 2a:20-8 - Discharge Of Debtor From Confinement On Assignment Of Property
Upon making the assignment required by section 2A:20-6 of this title, the court may, by order, direct the sheriff to discharge the debtor from...
- Section 2a:20-9 - Remand Of Debtor To Prison On Concealment Of Property
If the creditor at whose suit the debtor is imprisoned or was arrested, or any other creditor, shall in an action brought in a...
- Section 2a:20-10 - Discharge As Immunity From Imprisonment
Every insolvent debtor, who has given up all his estate and conformed in all things to the directions of this subtitle, shall, so far...
- Section 2a:20-11 - New Applications On Refusal Of Discharge
If the court fails or refuses, for any reason, to discharge a person as an insolvent debtor or remands a person to prison, and...
- Section 2a:21-1 - County Prison Limits
The prison limits or boundary lines of such limits shall be the county or boundary lines of the county in which the county prison...
- Section 2a:21-2 - Bond For Prison Limits
Each prisoner in a civil action, giving bond to the sheriff, with sufficient sureties, in double the sum for which he is committed, to...
- Section 2a:21-3 - Forfeiture Of Bond; Action Thereon By Sheriff Or Plaintiff
If a prisoner at large within the prison limits after giving the bond required by section 2A:21-2 of this title voluntarily and intentionally goes...
- Section 2a:21-4 - Assignment Of Bond To Plaintiff On Forfeiture Thereof; Action Thereon
If the bond mentioned in section 2A:21-2 of this title is forfeited, the sheriff, at the request of plaintiff or his attorney, shall assign...
- Section 2a:21-5 - Bond For Prison Limits By Debtor Refused Discharge From Imprisonment
Any person in actual confinement for debt or damages in any jail in this state may give bond for the prison limits as provided...
- Section 2a:22-1 - Action In Superior Court
2A:22-1. The Superior Court shall allow an unmarried person of full age, a husband with his wife's consent, a wife with her husband's consent...
- Section 2a:22-2 - Age Of Plaintiff; Request By Adoptee; Waiver Of Requirements
Such adoption shall not be granted, unless the adopting parent or parents are at least 10 years older than the person to be adopted...
- Section 2a:22-3 - Effect Of Adoption; Inheritance.
2A:22-3. The adoption, when granted by the court, shall have the following effect: a.The right of the person adopted, and of such persons as...
- Section 2a:22a-1 - Short Title
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Licensed Alcoholic Beverage Server Fair Liability Act." L. 1987, c. 152,...
- Section 2a:22a-2 - Findings, Declarations
2. The Legislature finds and declares that licensed alcoholic beverage servers face great difficulty in obtaining liability insurance coverage. Even when insurance coverage is...
- Section 2a:22a-3 - Definitions
As used in this act: "Alcoholic beverage" means a fluid, or a solid capable of being converted into a fluid, suitable for human consumption...
- Section 2a:22a-4 - Exclusive Civil Remedy
This act shall be the exclusive civil remedy for personal injury or property damage resulting from the negligent service of alcoholic beverages by a...
- Section 2a:22a-5 - Conditions For Recovery Of Damages
a. A person who sustains personal injury or property damage as a result of the negligent service of alcoholic beverages by a licensed alcoholic...
- Section 2a:22a-6 - Limitations On Recovery Of Damages
Damages may be awarded in a civil action under P.L. 1987, c. 152 (C. 2A:22A-1 et seq.) subject to the limitations set forth in...
- Section 2a:22a-7 - Monitoring Of Alcoholic Beverage Liability Insurance Market
The Department of Insurance shall monitor the alcoholic beverage liability insurance market in the State following the effective date of this act. The department...
- Section 2a:23-1 - Rights Of Action Abolished
The rights of action formerly existing to recover sums of money as damage for the alienation of affections, criminal conversation, seduction or breach of...
- Section 2a:23-2 - No Rights Of Action In Future
No act done in this state after June 27, 1935, shall operate to give rise, either within or without this state, to any of...
- Section 2a:23-3 - Filing Or Service Of Process Prohibited
It shall be unlawful for any person, either as a party or attorney, or an agent or other person in behalf of either, to...
- Section 2a:23-4 - Contracts, Instruments, Etc., In Payment, Etc., Of Claims Or Abolished Causes Of Action Void; Actions On Contracts, Etc., Unlawful
All contracts and instruments of every kind, nature or description, which have been executed after June 27, 1935, or which hereafter may be executed...
- Section 2a:23-5 - Violations Of Chapter, Misdemeanor; Fine Or Imprisonment
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, which shall be punishable by a...
- Section 2a:23-6 - Construction Of Chapter
This chapter shall be liberally construed to effectuate the objects and purposes thereof and the public policy of the state as hereby declared. L.1951...
- Section 2a:23-7 - Laws Not Affected
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as a repeal of any of the provisions of the penal law or the criminal procedure...
- Section 2a:23a-1 - Short Title
This act shall be known and may be cited as "The New Jersey Alternative Procedure for Dispute Resolution Act." L. 1987, c. 54, s.
- Section 2a:23a-2 - Contracts To Submit; Enforcement Of Submission; Waiver Of Appeal
a. Any provision in a written contract whereby the parties agree to settle by means of alternative resolution, as provided in this act, (1)...
- Section 2a:23a-3 - Coordinated Alternative Dispute Resolution, Court Proceedings
a. When parties have agreed to alternative resolution proceedings under separate agreements under this act, and the claims to be resolved may involve evidence,...
- Section 2a:23a-4 - Demand For Alternative Resolution; Action For Order For Alternative Resolution
a. Any party to an agreement which provides for alternative resolution under this act shall institute a proceeding pursuant to that agreement by: (1)...
- Section 2a:23a-5 - Complete Authority Of Umpire; Appeals
a. Whenever an alternative resolution is properly demanded, the umpire designated therein shall have full jurisdiction to provide all relief and to determine all...
- Section 2a:23a-6 - Provisional Remedies
a. Whenever an umpire acts upon an application for relief in the nature of a civil provisional remedy under any applicable law, including the...
- Section 2a:23a-7 - Limited Intermediate Review
a. In exceptional circumstances, to prevent a manifest denial of justice, or when it clearly appears that a party will suffer irreparable harm or...
- Section 2a:23a-8 - Stay Of Court Action For Proceeding Subject To Alternative Resolution
In an action brought in any court upon an issue arising out of an agreement providing for alternative resolution under this act, the court,...
- Section 2a:23a-9 - Umpires
a. An alternative resolution proceeding shall be conducted by a single umpire unless otherwise expressly provided for in the agreement. If the agreement designates...
- Section 2a:23a-10 - Discovery
a. Each party shall be entitled to discovery by way of oral deposition, including videotape deposition, inspection and copying of all relevant documents within...
- Section 2a:23a-11 - Hearing By Umpire; Witnesses; Subpoena; Factual, Legal Contentions.
11. a. When more than one umpire is agreed upon, all the umpires shall sit at the hearing of the case, unless by written...
- Section 2a:23a-12 - Determination In Writing; Application For Modification Of Award By Umpire; Confirmations
a. The award in an alternative resolution proceeding shall be in writing and acknowledged or proved in the same manner as a deed for...
- Section 2a:23a-13 - Application To Court For Review Of Award
a. A party to an alternative resolution proceeding shall commence a summary application in the Superior Court for its vacation, modification or correction within...
- Section 2a:23a-14 - Rehearing, Confirmation
Upon vacating an award pursuant to section 13, except for the reasons stated in paragraph (5) of subsection c. of section 13, the court...
- Section 2a:23a-15 - Death, Incompetency Of Party
When a party dies after making a written agreement to submit a controversy to alternative resolution, the proceedings may be initiated or continued upon...
- Section 2a:23a-16 - Limitation Of Time
If, at the time a demand for alternative resolution was made or served, the claims sought to be resolved would have been barred by...
- Section 2a:23a-17 - Fees, Expenses
Unless otherwise provided in the agreement for alternative resolution, the expenses and fees of the umpire with other expenses, including, but not limited to,...
- Section 2a:23a-18 - Judgment On Award
a. Whenever a court shall vacate, modify or correct an award as provided for in this act and thereupon enter an award based on...
- Section 2a:23a-19 - Superior Court Jurisdiction Of Proceedings.
19.Whenever a party to an agreement for alternative resolution has the right to apply to the Superior Court under this act, those proceedings shall...
- Section 2a:23a-20 - Arbitration
a. Any civil action brought for personal injury, except for actions brought pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1972, c. 70 (C. 39:6A-1 et seq.),...
- Section 2a:23a-21 - Filing
Submission of a controversy to arbitration shall toll the statute of limitations for filing an action until the filing of the arbitration decision in...
- Section 2a:23a-22 - Arbitrators
a. The number or selection of arbitrators may be stipulated by mutual consent of all of the parties to the action, which stipulation shall...
- Section 2a:23a-23 - Compensation For Arbitrators
Compensation for arbitrators shall be set by the rules adopted by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. The Supreme Court may also establish a...
- Section 2a:23a-24 - Subpenas
The arbitrators may, at their initiative or at the request of any party to the arbitrators, issue subpenas for the attendance of witnesses and...
- Section 2a:23a-25 - Arbitration Award Over $20,000
Notwithstanding that a controversy was submitted pursuant to subsection a. of section 1 of this act, the arbitration award may exceed $20,000.00. The arbitration...
- Section 2a:23a-26 - Confirmation
The court shall, upon motion of any of the parties, confirm the arbitration decision, and the action of the court shall have the same...
- Section 2a:23a-27 - Payment Of Fees
8. Except in the case of an arbitration decision vacated by the court or offers of judgment made pursuant to court rules, the party...
- Section 2a:23a-28 - Trial De Novo
No statements, admissions or testimony made at the arbitration proceedings, nor the arbitration decision, as confirmed or modified by the court, shall be used...
- Section 2a:23a-29 - Assessment Of Costs For Trial De Novo
The party having filed for a trial de novo shall be assessed court costs and other reasonable costs of the other party to the...
- Section 2a:23a-30 - Rules Of Court; Report
The Supreme Court of New Jersey shall adopt rules of court appropriate or necessary to effectuate the purpose of this act. The Administrative Office...
- Section 2a:23b-1 - Definitions Relative To Arbitration After 2002.
1.Definitions. For the purposes of this act: "Arbitration organization" means an association, agency, board, commission or other entity that is neutral and initiates, sponsors...
- Section 2a:23b-2 - Notice.
2.Notice. a.Except as otherwise provided in this act, a person gives notice to another person by taking action that is reasonably necessary to inform...
- Section 2a:23b-3 - When Act Applies.
3.When Act Applies. a.This act governs all agreements to arbitrate made on or after January 1, 2003 with the exception of an arbitration between...
- Section 2a:23b-4 - Effect Of Agreement To Arbitrate; Nonwaivable Provisions.
4.Effect of Agreement to Arbitrate; Nonwaivable Provisions. a.Except as otherwise provided in subsections b. and c. of this section, a party to an agreement...
- Section 2a:23b-5 - Application For Judicial Relief.
5.Application for Judicial Relief. a.Except as otherwise provided in section 28 of this act, an application for judicial relief pursuant to this act shall...
- Section 2a:23b-6 - Validity Of Agreement To Arbitrate.
6.Validity of Agreement to Arbitrate. a.An agreement contained in a record to submit to arbitration any existing or subsequent controversy arising between the parties...
- Section 2a:23b-7 - Application To Compel Or Stay Arbitration.
7.Application to Compel or Stay Arbitration. a.On filing a summary action with the court by a person showing an agreement to arbitrate and alleging...
- Section 2a:23b-8 - Provisional Remedies.
8.Provisional Remedies. a.Before an arbitrator is appointed and is authorized and able to act, the court, in such summary action upon application of a...
- Section 2a:23b-9 - Initiation Of Arbitration.
9.Initiation of Arbitration. a.A person initiates an arbitration proceeding by giving notice in a record to the other parties to the agreement to arbitrate...
- Section 2a:23b-10 - Consolidation Of Separate Arbitration Proceedings.
10.Consolidation of Separate Arbitration Proceedings. a.Except as otherwise provided in subsection c. of this section, upon application of a party to an agreement to...
- Section 2a:23b-11 - Appointment Of Arbitrator; Service As A Neutral Arbitrator.
11.Appointment of Arbitrator; Service as a Neutral Arbitrator. a.If the parties to an agreement to arbitrate agree on a method for appointing an arbitrator,...
- Section 2a:23b-12 - Disclosure By Arbitrator.
12.Disclosure by Arbitrator. a.Before accepting appointment, an individual who is requested to serve as an arbitrator, after making a reasonable inquiry, shall disclose to...
- Section 2a:23b-13 - Action By Majority.
13.Action by Majority. If there is more than one arbitrator, the powers of an arbitrator shall be exercised by a majority of the arbitrators,...
- Section 2a:23b-14 - Immunity Of Arbitrator; Competency To Testify; Attorney's Fees And Costs.
14.Immunity of Arbitrator; Competency to Testify; Attorney's Fees and Costs. a.An arbitrator or an arbitration organization acting in that capacity is immune from civil...
- Section 2a:23b-15 - Arbitration Process.
15.Arbitration Process. a.An arbitrator may conduct an arbitration in such manner as the arbitrator considers appropriate for a fair and expeditious disposition of the...
- Section 2a:23b-16 - Representation By Lawyer.
16.Representation by Lawyer. A party to an arbitration proceeding may be represented by a lawyer. L.2003,c.95,s.16.
- Section 2a:23b-17 - Witnesses; Subpoenas; Depositions; Discovery.
17.Witnesses; Subpoenas; Depositions; Discovery. a.An arbitrator may issue a subpoena for the attendance of a witness and for the production of records and other...
- Section 2a:23b-18 - Judicial Enforcement Of Preaward Ruling By Arbitrator.
18. Judicial Enforcement of Preaward Ruling by Arbitrator. If an arbitrator makes a preaward ruling in favor of a party to the arbitration proceeding,...
- Section 2a:23b-19 - Award.
19.Award. a.An arbitrator shall make a record of an award. The record shall be signed or otherwise authenticated by any arbitrator who concurs with...
- Section 2a:23b-20 - Change Of Award By Arbitration.
20.Change of Award by Arbitrator. a.On application to an arbitrator by a party to an arbitration proceeding, the arbitrator may modify or correct an...
- Section 2a:23b-21 - Remedies; Fees And Expenses Of Arbitration Proceeding.
21.Remedies; Fees and Expenses of Arbitration Proceeding. a.An arbitrator may award punitive damages or other exemplary relief if such an award is authorized by...
- Section 2a:23b-22 - Confirmation Of Award.
22.Confirmation of Award. After a party to an arbitration proceeding receives notice of an award, the party may file a summary action with the...
- Section 2a:23b-23 - Vacating Award.
23.Vacating Award. a.Upon the filing of a summary action with the court by a party to an arbitration proceeding, the court shall vacate an...
- Section 2a:23b-24 - Modification Or Correction Of Award.
24.Modification or Correction of Award. a.Upon filing a summary action within 120 days after the party receives notice of the award pursuant to section...
- Section 2a:23b-25 - Judgment On Award; Attorney's Fees And Litigation Expenses.
25.Judgment on Award; Attorney's Fees and Litigation Expenses. a.Upon granting an order confirming, vacating without directing a rehearing, modifying, or correcting an award, the...
- Section 2a:23b-26 - Jurisdiction.
26.Jurisdiction. a.A court of this State having jurisdiction over the controversy and the parties may enforce an agreement to arbitrate. b.An agreement to arbitrate...
- Section 2a:23b-27 - Venue.
27.Venue. A summary action pursuant to section 5 of this act shall be commenced in the court of the county that would have venue...
- Section 2a:23b-28 - Appeals.
28.Appeals. a.An appeal may be taken from: (1)an order denying a summary action to compel arbitration; (2)an order granting a summary action to stay...
- Section 2a:23b-29 - Uniformity Of Application And Construction.
29.Uniformity of Application and Construction. In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the...
- Section 2a:23b-30 - Relationship To Electronic Signatures In Global And National Commerce Act.
30.Relationship to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. The provisions of this act governing the legal effect, validity, and enforceability of electronic...
- Section 2a:23b-31 - Prior Action Or Proceeding.
31.Prior Action or Proceeding. This act does not affect an action or proceeding commenced or right accrued before this act takes effect. Subject to...
- Section 2a:23b-32 - Statutes And Procedures Not Affected.
32.Statutes and Procedures Not Affected. This act shall not apply to the substance and procedure of "The New Jersey Alternative Procedure for Dispute Resolution...
- Section 2a:23c-1 - Short Title.
1.This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Mediation Act." L.2004,c.157,s.1.
- Section 2a:23c-2 - Definitions.
2.Definitions. As used in this act: "Mediation" means a process in which a mediator facilitates communication and negotiation between parties to assist them in...
- Section 2a:23c-3 - Scope.
3.Scope. a.Except as otherwise provided in subsection b. or c., this act shall apply to a mediation in which: (1)the mediation parties are required...
- Section 2a:23c-4 - Privilege Against Disclosure; Admissibility; Discovery.
4.Privilege against Disclosure; Admissibility; Discovery. a.Except as otherwise provided in section 6 of P.L. 2004, c.157 (C.2A:23C-6), a mediation communication is privileged as provided...
- Section 2a:23c-5 - Waiver And Preclusion Of Privilege.
5.Waiver and Preclusion of Privilege. a.A privilege under section 4 of P.L.2004, c.157 (C.2A:23C-4) may be waived in a record or orally during a...
- Section 2a:23c-6 - Exceptions To Privilege.
6.Exceptions to Privilege. a.There is no privilege under section 4 of P.L.2004, c.157 (C.2A:23C-4) for a mediation communication that is: (1)in an agreement evidenced...
- Section 2a:23c-7 - Prohibited Mediator Reports.
7.Prohibited mediator reports. a.Except as required in subsection b., a mediator may not make a report, assessment, evaluation, recommendation, finding, or other oral or...
- Section 2a:23c-8 - Confidentiality.
8.Confidentiality. Unless made during a session of a mediation which is open, or is required by law to be open, to the public, mediation...
- Section 2a:23c-9 - Mediator's Disclosure Of Conflicts Of Interest; Background.
9.Mediator's Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest; Background. a.Before accepting a mediation, an individual who is requested to serve as a mediator shall: (1)make an...
- Section 2a:23c-10 - Participation In Mediation.
10. Participation in Mediation. An attorney or other individual designated by a party may accompany the party to and participate in a mediation. A...
- Section 2a:23c-11 - Relation To Electronic Signatures In Global And National Commerce Act.
11. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. This act modifies, limits, or supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and...
- Section 2a:23c-12 - Uniformity Of Application And Construction.
12. Uniformity of application and construction. In applying and construing this act, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the...
- Section 2a:23c-13 - Severability Clause.
13. Severability clause. If any provision of P.L.2004, c.157 (C.2A:23C-1 et seq.) or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the...
- Section 2a:23d-1 - Short Title.
1.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Family Collaborative Law Act." L.2014, c.50, s.1.
- Section 2a:23d-2 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Family Collaborative Law.
2.The Legislature finds and declares: a.Since at least 2005, attorneys in New Jersey have participated in the dispute resolution method known as family collaborative...
- Section 2a:23d-3 - Definitions Relative To Family Collaborative Law.
3.As used in this act: a."Family collaborative law communication" means a statement, whether oral or in a record, that is made in the course...
- Section 2a:23d-4 - Application Of Act.
4.P.L.2014, c.50 (C.2A:23D-1 et seq.) applies to a family collaborative law process that is subject to a family collaborative law participation agreement, meets the...
- Section 2a:23d-5 - Family Collaborative Law Participation Agreement.
5. a. A family collaborative law participation agreement shall: (1)be in a record; (2)be signed by the parties; (3)state the parties' intention to resolve...
- Section 2a:23d-6 - Beginning Of Family Collaborative Law Process.
6. a. A family collaborative law process begins when the parties sign a family collaborative law participation agreement. b.Participation in a family collaborative law...
- Section 2a:23d-7 - Conclusion Of Family Collaborative Law Process.
7. a. A family collaborative law process is concluded by either: (1) resolution of a family law dispute as evidenced by a signed settlement...
- Section 2a:23d-8 - Disqualification Of Family Collaborative Lawyer.
8.A lawyer in a law firm with which the family collaborative lawyer is associated in a partnership, professional corporation, sole proprietorship, limited liability company,...
- Section 2a:23d-9 - Notice Of Cessation Of Representation; Continuation Of Process.
9. a. If a family collaborative lawyer ceases or is disqualified from representation of a party, prompt notice of the cessation of representation or...
- Section 2a:23d-10 - Disclosure Of Information.
10.Except as otherwise provided by law, during the family collaborative law process a party shall, in good faith, provide timely, full, and candid disclosure...
- Section 2a:23d-11 - Certain Responsibilities Of Lawyer Unaffected.
11.P.L.2014, c.50 (C.2A:23D-1 et seq.) does not affect, waive or supersede: a.The professional responsibility obligations and standards applicable to a lawyer or other licensed...
- Section 2a:23d-12 - Confidentiality.
12.A family collaborative law communication is confidential to the extent agreed to by the parties in a signed record or as provided by law....
- Section 2a:23d-13 - Privileges.
13. a. Subject to sections 14 and 15 of P.L.2014, c.50 (C.2A:23D-14 and C.2A:23D-15), a family collaborative law communication made by a party or...
- Section 2a:23d-14 - Waiver Of Privilege.
14. a. A privilege under section 13 of P.L.2014, c.50 (C.2A:23D-13) may be waived in a record or orally during a proceeding if it...
- Section 2a:23d-15 - Exemption From Privilege.
15. a. There is no privilege under section 13 of P.L.2014, c.50 (C.2A:23D-13) for a family collaborative law communication that is: (1)made during a...
- Section 2a:23d-16 - Family Collaborative Law Agreement, Intention To Enter Into.
16.If a family collaborative law participation agreement fails to meet the requirements of section 5 of P.L.2014, c.50 (C.2A:23D-5), the parties may be found...
- Section 2a:23d-17 - Application, Construction Of Act.
17.In applying and construing this act, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject...
- Section 2a:23d-18 - Severability.
18.If any provision of P.L.2014, c.50 (C.2A:23D-1 et seq.) or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not...
- Section 2a:24-1 - Arbitration Provisions; Validity And Effect
A provision in a written contract to settle by arbitration a controversy that may arise therefrom or a refusal to perform the whole or...
- Section 2a:24-1.1 - Applicability Of N. J. S.2a:24-1 Through N. J. S.2a:24-11 To Collective Bargaining Agreements.
34.N.J.S.2A:24-1 through N.J.S.2A:24-11 shall only apply to an arbitration or dispute arising from a collective bargaining agreement or a collectively negotiated agreement. L.2003,c.95,s.34.
- Section 2a:24-2 - Who May Submit To Arbitration; Agreement For Judgment Upon Award By Specified Court
2A:24-2. Two or more persons by their agreement in writing may submit to arbitration a controversy existing between them at the time of the...
- Section 2a:24-3 - Nonperformance Of Agreement; Action For Order Of Arbitration
2A:24-3. Where a party is aggrieved by the failure, neglect or refusal of another to perform under a written agreement providing for arbitration, the...
- Section 2a:24-4 - Stay Of Action Or Proceeding Subject To Arbitration
In an action brought in any court upon an issue arising out of an agreement providing for the arbitration thereof, the court, upon being...
- Section 2a:24-5 - Naming Arbitrators Or Umpire
2A:24-5. If a method is provided in the agreement for naming or appointing an arbitrator or an umpire, it shall be followed; but if...
- Section 2a:24-6 - Hearing By Arbitrators; Witnesses; Fees; Subpoena
When more than 1 arbitrator is agreed upon, all the arbitrators shall sit at the hearing of the case, unless by written consent, all...
- Section 2a:24-7 - Application For Confirmation, Vacation Or Modification Of Award
The award must be in writing and acknowledged or proved in like manner as a deed for the conveyance of real estate and delivered...
- Section 2a:24-8 - Vacation Of Award; Rehearing
The court shall vacate the award in any of the following cases: a. Where the award was procured by corruption, fraud or undue means;...
- Section 2a:24-9 - Modification Or Correction Of Award; Order
The court shall modify or correct the award in any of the following cases: a. Where there was an evident miscalculation of figures or...
- Section 2a:24-10 - Force And Effect Of Judgment
The judgment confirming, modifying or correcting an award or a judgment in any action under this chapter shall have the same effect, in all...
- Section 2a:24-11 - Contracts Made Before July 4, 1923, Unaffected
This article shall not apply to contracts made prior to July 4, 1923; nor shall it apply to acts heretofore performed. L.1951 (1st SS),
- Section 2a:24a-1 - Short Title
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Artists' Rights Act." L. 1986, c. 97, s. 1, eff. Aug. 27, 1986.
- Section 2a:24a-2 - Findings, Declarations
The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The physical state of a work of fine art is of enduring and crucial importance to the...
- Section 2a:24a-3 - Definitions
As used in this act: a. "Artist" means the creator of a work of fine art; b. "Conservation" means acts taken to correct deterioration...
- Section 2a:24a-4 - Display In Altered Form
No person other than the artist, or a person acting with the artist's consent, shall knowingly display in a place accessible to the public...
- Section 2a:24a-5 - Right To Claim, Disclaim Authorship
The artist shall retain at all times the right to claim authorship or, for just and valid reason, to disclaim authorship of his work...
- Section 2a:24a-6 - Not Violations
a. Alteration, defacement, mutilation or modification of a work of fine art resulting from the passage of time or the inherent nature of the...
- Section 2a:24a-7 - Applicability
This act shall apply only to works of fine art knowingly displayed in a place accessible to the public or published or reproduced in...
- Section 2a:24a-8 - Legal, Injunctive Relief
a. An artist aggrieved under this act shall have a cause of action for legal and injunctive relief. b. No action may be maintained...
- Section 2a:25-1 - Contracts And Judgments Assignable; Action By Assignee; Defenses.
2A:25-1. All contracts for the sale and conveyance of real estate, all judgments and decrees recovered in any of the courts of this State...
- Section 2a:26-1 - Construction Of Chapter
This chapter shall be liberally construed, as a remedial law for the protection of resident and nonresident creditors and claimants. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
- Section 2a:26-2 - Issuance Of Attachments; Grounds
2A:26-2. An attachment may issue out of the Superior Court upon the application of any resident or nonresident plaintiff against the property, real and...
- Section 2a:26-3 - Attachment Against Property Of Joint Debtors
An attachment may issue against the separate and joint property of joint debtors or any of them, either by their names or the name...
- Section 2a:26-4 - Property Exempt
Household goods and furniture not exceeding $1,000.00 in value of a person shall be exempt from attachment, except for a debt incurred in the...
- Section 2a:26-5 - Wages And Personal Property Not Attachable In Certain Cases
Wages or other compensation for labor or services due to a nonresident employee shall not be attached at the action of a nonresident creditor...
- Section 2a:26-6 - Attachment Of Legacy Or Distributive Share For Claims Against Legatee Or Next Of Kin
A legacy or distributive share of an estate in the hands of an executor, administrator or trustee may be attached in an action against...
- Section 2a:26-7 - Bond
A plaintiff in attachment may be required to give bond to the defendant in such amount as the court shall fix or the court,...
- Section 2a:26-8 - Personal Property Bound From Time Of Execution Of Attachment
The attachment shall bind the attached goods and chattels, rights and credits, moneys and effects of defendant attached from the time of its execution....
- Section 2a:26-9 - Lien Of Attachment On Real Estate Of Defendant; Amendment Of Return; Disposal Of Real Estate; Conveyances By Defendant Void
2A:26-9. The attachment from the time of its issue, shall constitute a lien on the real estate of the defendant in the State even...
- Section 2a:26-10 - Conveyance Of Attached Real Estate After Lien Of Attachment Fixed
Any conveyance or transfer of the attached real estate or any interest therein, made after the filing of the attachment, shall be void as...
- Section 2a:26-11 - Lien Of Judgment On Defendant's Real Estate
The judgment in the action shall be a lien on defendant's real estate acquired either before or after the entry thereof. L.1951 (1st SS),
- Section 2a:26-12 - Custody Of Personal Property Attached
Personal property of a defendant attached as provided by this chapter shall remain in the safekeeping of the attaching officer to answer and abide...
- Section 2a:26-13 - Actions To Obtain Possession Of Attached Property In Hands Of Third Person
The court may order the institution and prosecution of appropriate actions and proceedings by the attaching officer to obtain possession of any attached property...
- Section 2a:26-14 - Effect Of Sales Of Personalty
Every sale of the attached personal property made under this chapter or under an order of the court shall be as valid and effectual...
- Section 2a:26-15 - Sale Under Execution
A sale by a sheriff or other officer of the attached property under an execution issued and a conveyance made pursuant thereto shall convey...
- Section 2a:26-16 - Death Of Defendant Not To Abate Proceedings
The death of defendant after the issue and filing of the attachment shall not abate the action or the lien created thereby. L.1951 (1st...
- Section 2a:27-1 - Application For Prosecution; Jurisdiction; Applicant Liable For Costs
The governor may upon application in writing by any person aggrieved or supposing himself to be aggrieved by the neglect, default, misconduct or malpractice...
- Section 2a:27-2 - Applications For Relief By Other Persons Aggrieved
After judgment in an action on an official bond and before such judgment is satisfied and discharged of record, any other person aggrieved by...
- Section 2a:27-3 - Continuing Liability On Bond
A judgment in an action upon an official bond, although satisfied and discharged of record, shall not operate to discharge the public officer or...
- Section 2a:27-4 - Claims Included In Action On Bond Of Municipal Tax Collector
In an action by a municipality on the bond of a tax collector or receiver of taxes, there may be included all claims of...
- Section 2a:28-1 - Application For And Appointment Of Commissioners
2A:28-1. When any dispute arises between the owners of adjoining lands as to the location of any dividing line or lines between such lands,...
- Section 2a:28-2 - Duties And Powers Of Commissioners
Before entering upon their duties the commissioners shall take and subscribe an oath that they and each of them will fairly and impartially and...
- Section 2a:28-3 - Trial By Court
Either party to the dispute shall be afforded, by the court, a specified period of time within which to apply to set aside the...
- Section 2a:28-4 - Compensation Of Commissioners
The court shall fix the compensation of the commissioners and direct payment of the same by the parties, or one or more of them,...
- Section 2a:29-1 - Expense Of Examining Title And Making Survey Recoverable
When any person shall contract to sell real estate and shall not be able to perform such contract because of a defect in the...
- Section 2a:29a-1 - Money Deposited Or Advanced For Purchase Of Dwelling House As Trust Fund
All moneys paid as a deposit or advance by a person who has contracted or agreed to purchase a dwelling house to be constructed,...
- Section 2a:29a-2 - Enforcement Of Trust; Jurisdiction
Any trust arising under the provisions of this act shall be enforceable by a civil action in the Superior Court of New Jersey and...
- Section 2a:29a-3 - Insolvency Or Bankruptcy Of Person Receiving Money Deposited Or Advanced
In the event of the insolvency or bankruptcy of the person receiving the said moneys, the claim of the person who paid the said...
- Section 2a:29a-4 - Unlawful Diversion Of Trust Funds; Offender As Disorderly Person
Any person party to said contract or agreement, or any agent of said person, or any officer of a corporation receiving said moneys, who...
- Section 2a:29b-1 - Liability For Professional Engineers, Certain Circumstances
1.A professional engineer or engineering firm, or any employee or representative of a professional engineer or engineering firm, who is assisting or representing the...
- Section 2a:29b-2 - Inapplicability
2.The limitations provided by this act shall not apply to willful misconduct or gross negligence. L.1999,c.112,s.2.
- Section 2a:30-1 - Liability Of Plaintiff Upon Discontinuance Without Leave
If the plaintiff in any action for the recovery of a penalty, not wholly appropriated to the use of the plaintiff, settles with the...
- Section 2a:30a-1 - Definitions.
1.As used in this act: "Billing" means, in accordance with the terms and definitions of the applicable contract, any periodic payment, final payment, written...
- Section 2a:30a-2 - Payment To Prime Contractor, Subcontractor, Subsubcontractor, Timely Payment; Exceptions; Disputes; Resolution.
2. a. If a prime contractor has performed in accordance with the provisions of a contract with the owner and the billing for the...
- Section 2a:30b-1 - Findings, Declarations
1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Child pornography is a lucrative business which sexually exploits children and preys on their vulnerability. b....
- Section 2a:30b-2 - Definitions
2. As used in this act: a. "Child" means any person under 18 years of age; b. "Person" means any natural person, association, partnership,...
- Section 2a:30b-3 - Civil Actions By Child Permitted
3. a. A child, through a parent or guardian or child advocacy organization or personally upon reaching the age of majority, may bring a...
- Section 2a:30b-4 - Special Guardian
4. If the parent or guardian is to be a defendant in the action, the court shall appoint a special guardian to bring the...
- Section 2a:30b-5 - Rules
5. The Supreme Court is directed to adopt appropriate rules to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.1992,c.7,s.5.
- Section 2a:30b-6 - Commencement Of Action
6. Every action brought pursuant to this act shall be commenced within two years after the child reaches the age of majority. L.1992,c.7,s.6.
- Section 2a:30b-7 - Other Civil, Criminal Actions, Personal Liability Of Certain Persons
7. The right to bring an action under this act is in addition to and not in derogation of the right to bring any...
- Section 2a:31-1 - When Action Lies
When the death of a person is caused by a wrongful act, neglect or default, such as would, if death had not ensued, have...
- Section 2a:31-2 - Persons Entitled To Sue Or Make Claim
Every action commenced under this chapter shall be brought in the name of an administrator ad prosequendum of the decedent for whose death damages...
- Section 2a:31-3 - Limitation Of Actions; Exceptions
2A:31-3 Every action brought under this chapter shall be commenced within 2 years after the death of the decedent, and not thereafter, provided, however,...
- Section 2a:31-4 - Persons Entitled To Amount Recovered.
2A:31-4. Persons entitled to amount recovered The amount recovered in proceedings under this chapter shall be for the exclusive benefit of the persons entitled...
- Section 2a:31-5 - Assessment Of Damages By Jury.
2A:31-5. Assessment of damages by jury. In every action brought under the provisions of this chapter the jury may give such damages as they...
- Section 2a:31-6 - To Whom Amount Recovered Paid; Release Or Cancellation Of Judgment
When an action is commenced by an administrator ad prosequendum under this chapter, no payment in settlement thereof or in satisfaction of a judgment...
- Section 2a:32-1 - Remedies Of Person Defrauded
Whenever there is fraud in the execution or consideration of a contract, the person defrauded at any time thereafter may institute a civil action,...
- Section 2a:32a-1 - Civil Action For Bad Checks, Electronic Funds Transfers.
1. a. Notwithstanding N.J.S.2C:21-5, or any other criminal sanction which may apply, any person who makes any check, draft, or order of withdrawal for...
- Section 2a:32b-1 - Definitions Relative To Deceptive Practices In Musical Performances.
1.As used in this act: "Performing group" means a vocal or instrumental group seeking to use the name of another group that has previously...
- Section 2a:32b-2 - Conditions For Advertising Or Conducting A Live Musical Performance.
2.A person shall not advertise or conduct a live musical performance or production through the use of an affiliation, connection or association between the...
- Section 2a:32b-3 - Violations, Enforcement, Penalties.
3. a. A person who violates the provisions of section 2 of this act shall be subject to a civil action brought by a...
- Section 2a:32c-1 - Short Title.
1.Sections 1 through 15 and sections 17 and 18 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey False...
- Section 2a:32c-2 - Definitions Relative To False Claims.
2.As used in this act: "Attorney General" means the Attorney General of the State of New Jersey, or his designee. "Claim" means a request...
- Section 2a:32c-3 - Civil Liability For False, Fraudulent Claim.
3.A person shall be jointly and severally liable to the State for a civil penalty of not less than and not more than the...
- Section 2a:32c-4 - Reduction Of Treble Damages By Court, Conditions.
4.The court may reduce the treble damages authorized under section 3 of this act to not less than twice the amount of damages which...
- Section 2a:32c-5 - Investigation Of Violation; Civil Actions.
5. a. The Attorney General shall investigate a violation of this act. If the Attorney General finds that a person has violated or is...
- Section 2a:32c-6 - Primary Responsibility For Prosecuting Action; Remedies, Supplementary.
6. a. If the Attorney General proceeds with the action, the Attorney General shall have primary responsibility for prosecuting the action, and shall not...
- Section 2a:32c-7 - Distribution Of Proceeds.
7. a. If the Attorney General proceeds with and prevails in an action brought by a person under this act, except as provided in...
- Section 2a:32c-8 - Awarding Of Attorney's Fees, Expenses And Costs.
8. a. If the Attorney General initiates an action under this act or assumes control of an action brought by a person under this...
- Section 2a:32c-9 - Immunity From Civil Liability; Limitations On Bringing An Action.
9. a. No member of the Legislature, a member of the Judiciary, a senior Executive branch official, or a member of a county or...
- Section 2a:32c-10 - Disclosure Of Information By Employee, Employee Protections.
10. a. No employer shall make, adopt, or enforce any rule, regulation, or policy preventing an employee from disclosing information to a State or...
- Section 2a:32c-11 - Statute Of Limitations For Bringing Civil Action.
11.A civil action under this act may not be brought: a.More than six years after the date on which the violation of the act...
- Section 2a:32c-12 - Evidence Required For Action, Preponderance.
12.In any action brought under this act, the State or the person bringing the action shall be required to prove all essential elements of...
- Section 2a:32c-13 - "False Claims Prosecution Fund."
13. a. There is established in the General Fund the "False Claims Prosecution Fund" as a nonlapsing revolving fund in the Department of the...
- Section 2a:32c-14 - Issuance Of Subpoenas, Warrant For Arrest; Other Power Of Attorney General.
14. a. If the Attorney General has reason to believe that a person has engaged in, or is engaging in, an act or practice...
- Section 2a:32c-15 - Sovereign Immunity Preserved.
15.This act shall not be construed as waiving the sovereign immunity of the State and its officers and employees as otherwise provided by law....
- Section 2a:32c-16 - Existing Law, Certain, Unaffected.
17.This act shall not abrogate or modify any existing statutory or common law privileges or immunities. L.2007, c.265, s.17.
- Section 2a:32c-17 - Liberal Construction, Severability.
18.This act shall be liberally construed to effectuate its remedial and deterrent purposes. If any provision of this act or its application to any...
- Section 2a:32c-18 - Report To Legislature.
4.On the 30th day after the effective date of P.L.2009, c.265 (C.2A:32C-18 et al.) and annually on the anniversary of the effective date of...
- Section 2a:33-1 - Authorized Distraints; Liability For Wrongful Distraint; Prohibition On Money Owed On Lease Of Residence
Distraints may be taken when authorized by law; but no unreasonable, excessive or wrongful distraint shall be taken, and for any such taking, the...
- Section 2a:33-2 - Place Of Impounding Chattels
Chattels distrained or taken by distress, at one time, for any cause whatsoever, shall be impounded together or the distraining party shall be liable...
- Section 2a:33-3 - Exemptions
Property to the value of $500, to be selected by the person distrained against or as provided in section 2A:33-12 of this title, and...
- Section 2a:33-4 - Impounding Of Strays
Cattle or other domestic animals found straying on the property of any person other than their owner, causing damage to such property, may be...
- Section 2a:33-5 - Distraint For Levying Of Penalty Inflicted Or Money Directed To Be Paid By Law; Warrant And Sale By Judge Or Magistrate
Where any judge or magistrate is required or authorized to issue a warrant of distress for the levying of a penalty inflicted, or sum...
- Section 2a:33-6 - Property Subject To Distraint For Rent
A landlord or his duly authorized agent may, for arrears of rent, distrain: a. The goods and chattels of his tenant, found upon the...
- Section 2a:33-7 - Limitation Of Right To Distrain For Rent
No landlord shall at one time distrain for more than 1 year's arrears of rent, and such distraint shall be made within 6 months...
- Section 2a:33-8 - Distraint After Term Or Estate Ended
A person having rent in arrear and due upon a lease for term of life, years, or at will ended or determined, may distrain...
- Section 2a:33-9 - Time For Owner Of Distrained Property To Take Action; Inventory And Appraisal; Aid Of Officers
If the tenant or owner of property distrained for rent shall not, within 10 days next after the distress taken and after notice thereof,...
- Section 2a:33-10 - Sale Of Distrained Property; Notice
After the inventory and appraisement, the person distrained for rent shall sell at public vendue the property so distrained. He shall give 5 days'...
- Section 2a:33-11 - Impounding And Sale On Premises
A person lawfully distraining for rent may impound or otherwise secure the articles distrained so made, on the part of the premises most convenient...
- Section 2a:33-12 - Selection Of Articles To Be Exempted; When By Appraisers
From the inventory of the property appraised, the tenant, or in his absence, his agent, attorney, or member of his family, may select articles,...
- Section 2a:33-13 - Procedure If Landlord Fails To Proceed With Appraisement; Selection
If the landlord, his attorney or agent shall not, within 2 days after being served with a written request from his tenant so to...
- Section 2a:33-14 - Officers Aiding In Execution; Fees
All sheriffs and constables shall aid in the execution of the provisions of this chapter, and for such services they, and the appraisers therein...
- Section 2a:33-15 - Distress For Residue
When the value of the property distrained shall not amount to the full value of the arrears further distraints may be made from time...
- Section 2a:33-16 - Pound Breach Or Rescue; Remedy; Damages
A person aggrieved by any pound breach or rescue of any property distrained for rent and impounded or otherwise secured by virtue of this...
- Section 2a:33-17 - Wrongful Distress And Sale For Rent; Remedy
If a distress and sale shall be made for rent not in fact due the person distraining or for whom the distress is taken,...
- Section 2a:33-18 - Wrongful Acts After Distraint For Rent; Remedy; Damages
When a distress is made for rent justly due and an irregularity or unlawful act shall afterwards be done by the party distraining, or...
- Section 2a:33-19 - Actions Against Distrainor; Double Costs In Certain Cases
In any action brought to recover damages for an alleged wrongful distress or wrongful act after distraint, a defendant, in whose favor judgment is...
- Section 2a:33-20 - Distraint Of Property Removed; Bona Fide Purchasers
Where property of a tenant, subject to be distrained for accrued and unpaid rent, payable or to become payable, is removed from the demised...
- Section 2a:33-21 - Liability Of Tenant For Removing Or Concealing Property Subject To Distraint
Any tenant who removes or conceals any of his personal property subject to distraint by his landlord, with intent to delay, hinder, or defraud...
- Section 2a:33-22 - Seizure Of Property Locked Up; Breaking And Entering
When property is removed by a tenant and put in any place locked up, fastened or otherwise secured, to prevent the said property from...
- Section 2a:33-23 - Remedy Where Rent Apportionable
Wherever rent is legally or equitably apportionable between successive owners or landlords or their representatives, any person entitled to a proportion of such rent...
- Section 2a:34-1 - Causes For Judgments Of Nullity.
2A:34-1. Causes for judgments of nullity. (1)Judgments of nullity of marriage may be rendered in all cases, when: a.Either of the parties has another...
- Section 2a:34-2 - Causes For Divorce From Bond Of Matrimony.
2A:34-2. Divorce from the bond of matrimony may be adjudged for the following causes heretofore or hereafter arising: a.Adultery; b.Willful and continued desertion for...
- Section 2a:34-2.1 - Dissolution Of A Civil Union, Causes.
64.The dissolution of a civil union may be adjudged for the following causes: a.voluntary sexual intercourse between a person who is in a civil...
- Section 2a:34-3 - Causes For Divorce From Bed And Board Or Legal Separation From Partner In A Civil Union Couple.
2A:34-3. Causes for divorce from bed and board or legal separation from partner in a civil union couple. a.Divorce from bed and board may...
- Section 2a:34-6 - Divorce From Bed And Board Or Legal Separation From A Civil Union; Property Rights.
2A:34-6. Divorce from bed and board or legal separation from a civil union; property rights. For and during the time that any judgment for...
- Section 2a:34-7 - Certain Defenses Abolished.
2A:34-7. Certain defenses abolished. Recrimination, condonation and the clean hands doctrine are hereby abolished as defenses to divorce from the bonds of matrimony, dissolution...
- Section 2a:34-8 - Jurisdiction Stated.
2A:34-8. Jurisdiction stated. The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction of all causes of divorce, dissolution of a civil union, bed and board divorce, legal...
- Section 2a:34-9 - Jurisdiction In Nullity Proceedings Or Dissolution Proceedings; Residence Requirements; Service Of Process.
2A:34-9. Jurisdiction in nullity proceedings or dissolution proceedings; residence requirements; service of process. Jurisdiction in actions for nullity of marriage or dissolution of a...
- Section 2a:34-10 - Jurisdiction In Divorce Proceedings, Dissolution Of A Civil Union, Legal Separation From A Partner In A Civil Union Couple; Service Of Process; Residence Requirements.
2A:34-10. Jurisdiction in divorce proceedings, dissolution of a civil union, legal separation from a partner in a civil union couple; service of process; residence...
- Section 2a:34-11 - Jurisdiction By Acknowledgment Of Service Of Process, Appearance, Etc.
2A:34-11. Jurisdiction by acknowledgment of service of process, appearance, etc. In divorce, dissolution and nullity actions, the jurisdiction of the court over the defendant's...
- Section 2a:34-12 - Counterclaims.
2A:34-12. Counterclaims. Whenever the court shall have acquired jurisdiction of any action under the provisions of this chapter or P.L.2006, c.103 (C.37:1-28 et al.),...
- Section 2a:34-12.1 - Short Title
1.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Parents' Education Act." L.1999,c.111,s.1.
- Section 2a:34-12.2 - "Parents' Education Fund"
2.There is hereby established a separate, nonlapsing, revolving fund in the General Fund to be known as the "Parents' Education Fund." The Clerk of...
- Section 2a:34-12.3 - "Parent's Education Program"
3. a. There is hereby established a mandatory education program to be known as the "Parents' Education Program." b.The program shall be designed to...
- Section 2a:34-12.5 - Attendance At Program Required; Fee; Exceptions
5. a. The court shall order every person who has filed an action for divorce, nullity or separate maintenance where the custody, visitation or...
- Section 2a:34-12.6 - Program Representatives, Immunity, Employment Restrictions
6. a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no person serving as a program representative in the "Parents' Education Program" established...
- Section 2a:34-12.7 - Confidentiality Of Communications
7.All communications made by any program participant during the course of attending the "Parents' Education Program," established pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1999, c.111(C.2A:34-12.3)...
- Section 2a:34-12.8 - Adoption Of Rules By Court
8.The Supreme Court of New Jersey may adopt Rules of Court appropriate or necessary to effectuate the purpose of this act. L.1999,c.111,s.8.
- Section 2a:34-13 - Matrimonial Or Civil Union Action.
2A:34-13. Matrimonial or civil union action. A person who has attained the age of 16 years may prosecute or defend any matrimonial or civil...
- Section 2a:34-14 - Parent Or Guardian May Prosecute Or Defend.
2A:34-14. Parent or guardian may prosecute or defend. A parent or guardian shall not be precluded by the provisions of this chapter from prosecuting...
- Section 2a:34-15 - Co-respondent In Adultery Or Dissolution Of A Civil Union Actions.
2A:34-15. Co-respondent in adultery or dissolution of civil union actions. Where a person is named as co-respondent in a charge of adultery or in...
- Section 2a:34-18 - Final Judgment; Appeal.
2A:34-18. Final judgment; appeal. If after the hearing of any cause the court shall determine that the plaintiff or counterclaimant is entitled to a...
- Section 2a:34-20 - Effect Of Judgment
A child heretofore or hereafter born of parents who prior or subsequent to the birth of such child have entered into a civil or...
- Section 2a:34-21 - Surname.
2A:34-21. Surname. The court, upon or after granting a divorce from the bonds of matrimony to either spouse or dissolution of a civil union...
- Section 2a:34-23 - Alimony, Maintenance.
2A:34-23.Alimony, maintenance. Pending any matrimonial action or action for dissolution of a civil union brought in this State or elsewhere, or after judgment of...
- Section 2a:34-23a - Payment Of Counsel Fees Incurred In Collection Of Child Support
If a party in any action to enforce and collect child support ordered by a court pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S. 2A:34-23 has...
- Section 2a:34-23b - Direct Payments To Health Care Provider
1. a. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, if a child support order or separation agreement requires the non-custodial parent to provide...
- Section 2a:34-23c - Child Support Order; Health Care Coverage Provisions
1.Any order or judgment that includes child support shall include provisions indicating the party responsible for maintaining health care coverage for the child and...
- Section 2a:34-23d - Maintenance Of Certain Insurance Coverage In Action For Divorce Or Dissolution.
1.a.Upon filing of a complaint for an action for divorce, dissolution, nullity or separate maintenance, where the custody, visitation or support of a minor...
- Section 2a:34-23e - Delinquent Child Support Obligors, Community Service In Addition To Incarceration For Contempt.
1.In addition to incarceration of a person found by the court to be in contempt of a support order issued by the Superior Court,...
- Section 2a:34-23.1 - Equitable Distribution Criteria.
4.In making an equitable distribution of property, the court shall consider, but not be limited to, the following factors: a.The duration of the marriage...
- Section 2a:34-23.2 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Violation Of Visitation Orders.
1.The Legislature finds and declares that: a.There has been an increase in the filings of dissolutions of marriages in the recent years; and b.The...
- Section 2a:34-23.3 - Available Remedies.
2.A judge who sanctions a party for failure to comply with an order of visitation shall have these remedies available: a.The awarding of counsel...
- Section 2a:34-24 - Lien, Security.
2A:34-24. If an obligor shall abandon an obligee or separate from the obligee and refuse or neglect to maintain and provide for the obligee,...
- Section 2a:34-24.1 - Court-orders For Support, Maintenance Despite Absence Of Personal Jurisiction.
1.Court-ordered support, maintenance. When a spouse or partner in a civil union couple has secured a judgment or decree of divorce, whether absolute or...
- Section 2a:34-25 - Termination Of Alimony.
2A:34-25. If after the judgment of divorce or dissolution a former spouse shall remarry or a former partner shall enter into a new civil...
- Section 2a:34-26 - Attachment Of Property.
When a spouse or one partner in a civil union couple cannot be found within this State to be served with process, the spouse's...
- Section 2a:34-27 - Bond For Costs
In any action under sections 2A:34-24 and 2A:34-26 of this title the court may order a bond to be given in the sum of...
- Section 2a:34-53 - Short Title.
1.Short Title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act." L.2004,c.147,s.1.
- Section 2a:34-54 - Definitions.
2.Definitions. As used in this act: "Abandoned" means left without provision for reasonable and necessary care or supervision. "Child" means an individual who has...
- Section 2a:34-55 - Proceedings Governed By Other Law.
3.Proceedings Governed by Other Law. This act does not govern an adoption proceeding or a proceeding pertaining to the authorization of emergency medical care...
- Section 2a:34-56 - Application To Indian Tribes.
4.Application to Indian Tribes. a.A child custody proceeding that pertains to an Indian child as defined in the Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 U.S.C.1901...
- Section 2a:34-57 - International Application Of Act.
5.International Application of Act. a.A court of this State shall treat a foreign country as if it were a state of the United States...
- Section 2a:34-58 - Effect Of Custody Determination.
6.Effect of Custody Determination. A child custody determination made by a court of this State that had jurisdiction under this act binds all persons...
- Section 2a:34-59 - Priority.
7.Priority. If a question of existence or exercise of jurisdiction under this act is raised in a child custody proceeding, the question, upon request...
- Section 2a:34-60 - Notice Of Persons Outside State.
8.Notice of Persons Outside State. a.Notice required for the exercise of jurisdiction when a person is outside this State may be given in a...
- Section 2a:34-61 - Appearance And Limited Immunity.
9.Appearance and Limited Immunity. a.A party to a child custody proceeding, including a modification proceeding, or a petitioner or a respondent in a proceeding...
- Section 2a:34-62 - Communication Between Courts.
10. Communication Between Courts. a.A court of this State may communicate with a court in another state concerning a proceeding arising under this act....
- Section 2a:34-63 - Taking Testimony In Another State.
11. Taking Testimony in Another State. a.In addition to other procedures available to a party, a party to a child custody proceeding may offer...
- Section 2a:34-64 - Cooperation Between Courts; Preservation Of Records.
12. Cooperation Between Courts; Preservation of Records. a.A court of this State may request the appropriate court of another state to: (1)hold an evidentiary...
- Section 2a:34-65 - Initial Child Custody Jurisdiction.
13.Initial Child Custody Jurisdiction. a.Except as otherwise provided in section 16 of this act , or section 1 of P.L.2013, c.7 (C.9:2-12.1) concerning a...
- Section 2a:34-66 - Exclusive, Continuing Jurisdiction.
14.Exclusive, Continuing Jurisdiction. a.Except as otherwise provided in section 16 of this act, or section 1 of P.L.2013, c.7 (C.9:2-12.1) concerning a service member's...
- Section 2a:34-67 - Jurisdiction To Modify Determination.
15. Jurisdiction to Modify Determination. Except as otherwise provided in section 16 of this act, a court of this State may not modify a...
- Section 2a:34-68 - Temporary Emergency Jurisdiction.
16. Temporary Emergency Jurisdiction. a.A court of this State has temporary emergency jurisdiction if the child is present in this State and the child...
- Section 2a:34-69 - Notice; Opportunity To Be Heard; Joinder.
17. Notice; Opportunity to be Heard; Joinder. a.Before a child custody determination is made under this act, notice and an opportunity to be heard...
- Section 2a:34-70 - Simultaneous Proceedings.
18. Simultaneous Proceedings. a.Except as otherwise provided in section 16 of this act, a court of this State may not exercise its jurisdiction under...
- Section 2a:34-71 - Inconvenient Forum.
19. a. Inconvenient Forum. A court of this State that has jurisdiction under this act to make a child custody determination may decline to...
- Section 2a:34-72 - Jurisdiction Declined By Reason Of Conduct.
20. Jurisdiction Declined by Reason of Conduct. a.Except as otherwise provided in section 16 of this act or by other law of this State,...
- Section 2a:34-73 - Information To Be Submitted To Court.
21. Information to be Submitted to Court. a.Unless a party seeks an exception to disclosure of information as provided by subsection e. of this...
- Section 2a:34-74 - Appearance Of Parties And Child.
22. Appearance of Parties and Child. a.In a child custody proceeding in this State, the court may order a party to a child custody...
- Section 2a:34-75 - Definitions.
23. Definitions. As used in this article: "Petitioner" means a person who seeks enforcement of a child custody determination or enforcement of an order...
- Section 2a:34-76 - Enforcement Under Hague Convention.
24. Enforcement Under Hague Convention. Under this article, a court of this State may enforce an order for the return of a child made...
- Section 2a:34-77 - Duty To Enforce.
25. Duty to Enforce. a.A court of this State shall recognize and enforce a child custody determination of a court of another state if...
- Section 2a:34-78 - Temporary Visitation.
26. Temporary Visitation. a.A court of this State which does not have jurisdiction to modify a child custody determination may issue a temporary order...
- Section 2a:34-79 - Registration Of Child Custody Determination.
27. Registration of Child Custody Determination. a.A child custody determination issued by a court of another state may be registered in this State, with...
- Section 2a:34-80 - Enforcement Of Registered Determination.
28. Enforcement of Registered Determination. a.A court of this State may grant any relief normally available under the law of this State to enforce...
- Section 2a:34-81 - Simultaneous Proceedings.
29. Simultaneous Proceedings. If a proceeding for enforcement under this article has been or is commenced in a court of this State and the...
- Section 2a:34-82 - Expedited Enforcement Of Child Custody Determination.
30. Expedited Enforcement of Child Custody Determination. a.A petition under this article shall be verified. Certified copies of all orders sought to be enforced...
- Section 2a:34-83 - Service Of Petition And Order.
31. Service of Petition and Order. Except as otherwise provided in section 33 of this act, the petition and order shall be served, by...
- Section 2a:34-84 - Hearing And Order.
32. Hearing and Order. a.Unless the court enters a temporary emergency order pursuant to section 16 of this act, upon a finding that a...
- Section 2a:34-85 - Warrant To Take Physical Custody Of Child.
33. Warrant to Take Physical Custody of Child. a.Upon the filing of a petition seeking enforcement of a child custody determination, the petitioner may...
- Section 2a:34-86 - Costs, Fees And Expenses.
34. Costs, Fees and Expenses. a.The court shall award the prevailing party, including a state, necessary and reasonable expenses incurred by or on behalf...
- Section 2a:34-87 - Recognition And Enforcement.
35. Recognition and enforcement. A court of this State shall accord full faith and credit to an order made consistently with this act which...
- Section 2a:34-88 - Appeals.
36. Appeals. An appeal may be taken from a final order in a proceeding under this article in accordance with expedited appellate procedures in...
- Section 2a:34-89 - Role Of Prosecutor Or Other Appropriate Public Official.
37. Role of Prosecutor or Other Appropriate Public Official. a.In a case arising under this act or involving the Hague Convention on the Civil...
- Section 2a:34-90 - Role Of Law Enforcement.
38. Role of Law Enforcement. At the request of a prosecutor or other appropriate public official acting under section 37 of this act, a...
- Section 2a:34-91 - Costs And Expenses.
39. Costs and Expenses. If the respondent is not the prevailing party, the court may assess against the respondent all direct expenses and costs...
- Section 2a:34-92 - Application And Construction.
40. Application and Construction. In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law...
- Section 2a:34-93 - Severability.
41. Severability. If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect...
- Section 2a:34-94 - Transitional Provision.
42. Transitional Provision. A motion or other request for relief made in a child custody or enforcement proceeding which was commenced before the effective...
- Section 2a:34-95 - Notice Of Penalties For Order Violation.
43. Notice of Penalties for Order Violation. Every order of a court involving custody or visitation shall include a written notice, in both English...
- Section 2a:35-1 - Jurisdiction In Real Property Possessory Actions
2A:35-1. Any person claiming the right of possession of real property in the possession of another, or claiming title to such real property, shall...
- Section 2a:35-2 - Damages; Limitations
In any such action, the plaintiff shall be entitled to recover from the defendant any and all incidental damages, including mesne profits, and the...
- Section 2a:35-3 - Allowances For Improvements; Limitations
Where permanent improvements have been made on the premises in good faith, under circumstances entitling the defendant to have the value thereof allowed to...
- Section 2a:35a-1 - Short Title
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Environmental Rights Act." L.1974, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Dec. 9, 1974.
- Section 2a:35a-2 - Legislative Findings And Determinations
The Legislature finds and determines that the integrity of the State's environment is continually threatened by pollution, impairment and destruction, that every person has...
- Section 2a:35a-3 - Definitions
For the purposes of this act, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: a. "Person" includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms,...
- Section 2a:35a-4 - Action In Court; Declaratory And Equitable Relief; Dismissal
a. Any person may commence a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction against any other person alleged to be in violation of...
- Section 2a:35a-5 - Rebuttal To Prima Facie Evidence Or Affirmative Defense; Rules Of Evidence
In any action brought pursuant to section 4 hereof, when the plaintiff in the action has made a prima facie showing that the conduct...
- Section 2a:35a-6 - Temporary Or Permanent Equitable Relief
A court of competent jurisdiction may grant temporary and permanent equitable relief, including the imposition of such conditions as may be necessary to protect...
- Section 2a:35a-7 - Determination And Adjudication Of Impact Of Conduct On Environment
a. In an action brought pursuant to section 4 b. hereof any alleged pollution, impairment or destruction of the environment, or the interest of...
- Section 2a:35a-8 - Remittitur For Administrative Or Other Proceedings; Retention Of Jurisdiction; Temporary Equitable Relief
If administrative or other proceedings are required or available to determine the legality of the defendant's conduct, the court shall remit the parties to...
- Section 2a:35a-9 - Security As Condition For Grant Of Injunction
In any action in which a temporary restraining order or an interlocutory injunction is sought the court may, as a condition of granting such...
- Section 2a:35a-10 - Counsel And Expert Witness Fees; Application Of Collateral Estoppel And Res Judicata; Dismissal Of Action, Use Of Payments
a. In any action under this act the court may in appropriate cases award to the prevailing party reasonable counsel and expert witness fees,...
- Section 2a:35a-11 - Notice Of Intention To Commence Action; Persons To Whom Sent; Waiver; Exemptions
No action may be commenced pursuant to this act unless the person seeking to commence such suit shall, at least 30 days prior to...
- Section 2a:35a-12 - Act As Additional Remedy
This act shall be in addition to existing administrative and regulatory procedures provided by law. No existing civil or criminal remedy now or hereafter...
- Section 2a:35a-13 - Construction Of Act, Rules, Regulations And Orders
This act and any rules, regulations and orders adopted hereunder shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purpose and intent thereof. L.1974, c. 169,...
- Section 2a:35a-14 - Severability
If the provisions of any section or clause of this act or any rule, regulation or order adopted hereunder or the application thereof to...
- Section 2a:36-1 - What Constitutes Escape
Any person committed to a county jail or other place of detention upon process issued in a civil action, shall be actually detained therein...
- Section 2a:36-2 - Safe-keeping Of Persons Taken Under Body Execution
Every officer to whom a body execution has been issued and who shall have taken the person directed to be taken shall safely keep...
- Section 2a:36-3 - Liability For Escape Of Person Committed Under Body Execution
If a sheriff or other officer in authority permits or allows any person committed to go out of jail or other place of detention...
- Section 2a:36-4 - Defense Of Retaking On Fresh Pursuit In Action Of Escape
In an action for an escape against a sheriff or other officer no retaking on fresh pursuit shall be a defense unless the sheriff,...
- Section 2a:37-1 - Action In Superior Court By Attorney General; Jury; Title Of State
When the attorney general is informed or has reason to believe that any person has died seized of real estate within the state, without...
- Section 2a:37-2 - Seizure By Sheriff Upon Judgment For The State
If the judgment shall be for the state, a writ shall issue out of the superior court to the sheriff of the county, commanding...
- Section 2a:37-3 - Exemplification Of Proceedings Deposited With Secretary Of State; Sale By State Treasurer
Upon the return of the writ of seizure the attorney general shall cause the record and proceedings to be exemplified under the seal of...
- Section 2a:37-4 - Notice Of Sale; Publication
The state treasurer shall give at least 6 weeks' previous notice of the time and place of such sale, by publishing the same in...
- Section 2a:37-5 - Certificate Of Sale; Payment Of Purchase Price
The state treasurer shall give to the purchaser at the sale a certificate, containing the name of the purchaser, a description of the boundaries...
- Section 2a:37-6 - Deed And Delivery Of Possession To Purchaser
The attorney general shall, upon the production to him of the certificate and receipt mentioned in section 2A:37-5 of this title, in the name...
- Section 2a:37-7 - Expenses Of Proceedings; Payment
The state treasurer shall make a statement of the expenses of conducting the proceedings taken under this article and, when approved by the director...
- Section 2a:37-8 - Claims Against Escheated Estate; Filing, Allowance And Payment
Any person who has any claim or claims against the estate of any such intestate whose real estate has so escheated to the state,...
- Section 2a:37-9 - State Party Defendant To Action To Foreclose Lien On Escheated Property; Service Of Process
When any real estate which has escheated or may escheat to the state of New Jersey, on which, prior to such escheat, there has...
- Section 2a:37-10 - Waste Or Trespass; Restraint; Damages, Action For
If any waste is done or committed on any real estate which has escheated or may escheat to the state, the attorney general shall...
- Section 2a:37-41.1 - Loan Of Moneys In Separate Fund To Rutgers University
From the fund established by section 2A:37-41 of the New Jersey Statutes, the State Treasurer is hereby authorized to lend to Rutgers, the State...
- Section 2a:37b-1 - Civil Action Against Fraudulent Filer.
8.Any current or former officer or employee of any federal, state, county, or other local governmental unit, including members of the Legislative Branch, Executive...
- Section 2a:37b-2 - Rules, Regulations.
9.The Division of Revenue in the Department of the Treasury may adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules...
- Section 2a:38-1 - Liability For Damages
Any person who wrongfully damages a municipal or other public fire alarm system, or any part thereof, or tampers or interferes with any such...
- Section 2a:38a-1 - Definitions
As used in this act: a. "Access" means to instruct, communicate with, store data in, retrieve data from, or otherwise make use of any...
- Section 2a:38a-2 - Value Of Property Or Services
For the purposes of this act, the value of any property or services, including the use of computer time, shall be their fair market...
- Section 2a:38a-3 - Computer-related Offenses; Compensatory And Punitive Damages; Costs And Expenses
A person or enterprise damaged in business or property as a result of any of the following actions may sue the actor therefor in...
- Section 2a:38a-4 - Value Of Loss; Finding Of Fact
The value of damage, loss, property or income involved in any lawsuit shall be determined by the trier of fact. L.1984, c. 182, s.
- Section 2a:38a-5 - Injunctions
In addition to any other action or proceeding authorized by law, the Attorney General, or a person or enterprise alleging injury or loss may...
- Section 2a:38a-6 - Venue Of Action
Actions brought under this act may be filed in the Superior Court of the county in which the computer which is accessed is located,...
- Section 2a:39-1 - Unlawful Entry Prohibited.
2A:39-1. No person shall enter upon or into any real property or estate therein and detain and hold the same, except where entry is...
- Section 2a:39-2 - Forcible Or Unlawful Entry And Detainer Defined
If any person shall enter upon or into any real property and detain or hold the same with force, whether or not any person...
- Section 2a:39-3 - Forcible Detainer Defined
No person lawfully or peaceably entering upon or into any real property shall hold or keep the same with force; and whatever words or...
- Section 2a:39-4 - Unlawful Detainer Defined
If any tenant or other person in possession of any real property under a tenant, shall willfully and without force, hold over any such...
- Section 2a:39-5 - Unlawful Detainer; Notice
A person taking possession of real property, without the consent of the owner or without color of title, and willfully and without force holding...
- Section 2a:39-6 - Actions Cognizable Before Superior Court
2A:39-6. Any forcible unlawful entry and detainer, forcible detainer and unlawful detainer as defined in this chapter shall be cognizable before the Superior Court,...
- Section 2a:39-7 - Title Not Inquired Into; Defense Of 3 Years Possession
Title shall not be an issue in any action commenced under this chapter. 3 years peaceable possession by the defendant shall be a defense...
- Section 2a:39-8 - Recovery Of Damages And Possession Of Property; Treble Damages In Lieu Of Possession
In any action under this chapter, a plaintiff recovering judgment shall be entitled to possession of the real property and shall recover all damages...
- Section 2a:40-1 - Gaming Transactions Unlawful
All wagers, bets or stakes made to depend upon any race or game, or upon any gaming by lot or chance, or upon any...
- Section 2a:40-2 - Liability Of Stakeholder Or Person Receiving Wager
Whoever pays, delivers or deposits any money, property or thing in action upon the event of any wager or bet prohibited by this chapter...
- Section 2a:40-3 - Gaming Transactions, Obligations And Securities Void
All promises, agreements, notes, bills, bonds, contracts, judgments, mortgages, leases or other securities or conveyances which shall be made, given, entered into or executed...
- Section 2a:40-4 - Transfer Of Property On Gaming Consideration To Vest Title In Heirs Or Representatives Of Transferor
If any sale, conveyance, lease or mortgage of either real or personal estate as is made void by section 2A:40-3 of this title shall...
- Section 2a:40-5 - Action By Loser To Recover Money Or Property Lost At Gaming, With Costs; Limitation
If any person shall lose any money, goods, chattels or other valuable thing, in violation of section 2A:40-1 of this title, and shall pay...
- Section 2a:40-6 - Informer Action To Recover Money Or Property Lost At Gaming; Limitation; Costs
If the person who shall lose and pay such money, or lose and deliver such thing or things as aforesaid, shall not, within the...
- Section 2a:40-7 - Discovery Of Money Or Property Lost At Gaming
Every person who, under this chapter, shall or may be liable to be sued for moneys or other things so won, paid or deposited,...
- Section 2a:40-8 - Penalty For Erecting, Etc., Lottery; Action By Common Informer; Disposition Of Penalty; Jurors And Witnesses
No person shall, within this state, publicly or privately, erect, set up, open, make or draw any lottery prohibited by the laws of this...
- Section 2a:40-9 - Conveyances Or Transfers Of Property In Pursuance Of Lottery Void
Every conveyance or other transfer of any property, real or personal, made in pursuance of any lottery prohibited by the laws of this state,...
- Section 2a:40a-1 - Construction, Alteration, Repair, Maintenance, Servicing Or Security Of Building, Highway, Railroad, Appurtenance And Appliance; Invalidity
A covenant, promise, agreement or understanding in, or in connection with or collateral to a contract, agreement or purchase order, relative to the construction,...
- Section 2a:40a-2 - Architect, Engineer, Surveyor Of Agents For Damages, Claims, Losses Or Expenses Arising Out Of Preparation Or Approval Of Maps, Opinions, Change Orders, Designs Or Specifications, Or Giving Of Or Failure To Give Directions Or Instructions; Invalidity
A covenant, promise, agreement or understanding in, or in connection with or collateral to a contract, agreement or purchase order, whereby an architect, engineer,...
- Section 2a:40a-3 - Inapplicability Of Act To Railroads, And State And State Agencies
This act shall not apply to a covenant, promise or agreement made directly with a railroad relative to construction, alteration, repair, maintenance or access...
- Section 2a:40a-4 - Date Of Application
This act shall take effect with respect to covenants, promises, agreements or understandings which are subject hereof made or executed from and after the...
- Section 2a:41a-1 - Interstate Compact On Interpleader
The Governor is hereby authorized and directed to execute a compact in the following form on behalf of this State with any other State...
- Section 2a:41a-2 - Receipt Of Documents By Secretary Of State; Duties
The Secretary of State is hereby designated as the officer to receive all documents deposited pursuant to articles 6 and 7 of the interpleader...
- Section 2a:41a-3 - Executive Head Defined; Duties Of Governor On Receipt Of Notice Of Adoption From Another State
As used in paragraph (c) of article 7 of the interpleader compact, the phrase "executive head" shall mean the Governor of this State. In...
- Section 2a:42-1 - Landlord's Lien For Rent; Amount; Taking Goods Or Chattels To Satisfy
No goods or chattels whatsoever, in or upon any real property leased for any term of life or lives, year or years, at will...
- Section 2a:42-2 - Levy Subject To Landlord's Lien; Time Of Sale; Notice
If any goods or chattels, in or upon any real property as provided by section 2A:42-1 of this title, shall be taken by virtue...
- Section 2a:42-3 - Goods And Chattels Removed Openly And In Daytime; Notice To Defendant
No such goods and chattels shall be removed from the leased premises by the sheriff or other officer, except openly and in the daytime,...
- Section 2a:42-4 - Undertenant's Liability For Rent
When premises shall be underlet by any tenant, the undertenant shall be liable to the lessor or landlord for the rent which shall accrue...
- Section 2a:42-5 - Holding Over By Tenant After Giving Notice Of Quitting; Double Rent Recoverable
If a tenant of real estate shall give notice of his intention to quit the premises by him held at a time specified in...
- Section 2a:42-6 - Willful Holding Over By Tenant After Expiration Of Term; Notice To Deliver Possession; Penalty
When a tenant for any term or any other person coming into possession of any real estate by, from or under, or by collusion...
- Section 2a:42-6.1 - Grace Period For Payment Of Rent
1.A person to whom rent is due and payable on the first of the month upon a lease or other agreement shall allow a...
- Section 2a:42-6.2 - Violations; Disorderly Persons
Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be a disorderly person. L.1976, c. 100, s. 2, eff. Oct. 7, 1976.
- Section 2a:42-6.3 - Applicability Of Act
3.The provisions of this act shall only be applicable to premises rented or leased by senior citizens receiving Social Security Old Age Pensions, Railroad...
- Section 2a:42-7 - Action For Possession For Nonpayment Of Rent; Service Of Summons
A landlord or lessor to whom 1 year's rent in arrear is due, and who shall have the right to re-enter the demised premises...
- Section 2a:42-8 - Judgment And Execution Bar To Relief, Except Appeal
A lessee or other person claiming or deriving title under a lease who suffers judgment in said action for possession and execution to be...
- Section 2a:42-9 - Dismissal On Payment Of Rent And Costs; Resumption Of Lease
If the tenant or his assignee shall at any time before the trial in the action for possession of the demised premises, pay or...
- Section 2a:42-10 - Rights Of Mortgagee; Payment Of Rent And Costs
Nothing contained in sections 2A:42-7 and 2A:42-8 of this title shall extend to bar the right of a mortgagee of such lease, or any...
- Section 2a:42-10.1 - Warrant Or Writ For Removal; Writ Of Possession; Issuance; Stays
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, in any action brought by a landlord against a tenant to recover possession of premises or unit used...
- Section 2a:42-10.2 - Rent Payments Not To Create New Tenancy
In no event shall any payment made by the tenant to the landlord for continued occupancy of any premises or unit, as provided in...
- Section 2a:42-10.3 - Applicability
This act shall be applicable only to those premises or units which on June 30, 1956, shall be subject to rent controls pursuant to...
- Section 2a:42-10.4 - Repealer
"An act concerning the issuance of warrants for removal and writs of possession in actions to recover possession of premises used for dwelling purposes,"...
- Section 2a:42-10.5 - Effective Date
This act shall take effect June 30, 1956. L.1956, c. 81, p. 170, s. 5. Amended by L.1958, c. 90, p. 534, s. 1;...
- Section 2a:42-10.6 - Judge To Use Sound Discretion In Issuing Warrants Or Writs For Removal Or Writs Of Possession; Stay Of Issuance; Limitation
1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, in any action brought by a landlord against a tenant to recover possession of premises or unit...
- Section 2a:42-10.7 - Rent Payments Not To Create New Tenancy
In no event shall any payment made by the tenant to the landlord for continued occupancy of any premises or unit, as provided in...
- Section 2a:42-10.8 - Applicability
This act shall apply to all actions and proceedings by a landlord against a tenant to recover possession of premises used for dwelling purposes...
- Section 2a:42-10.9 - Effective Date
This act shall take effect immediately. L.1957, c. 110, p. 215, s. 4. Amended by L.1958, c. 90, p. 534, s. 2; L.1959, c....
- Section 2a:42-10.10 - Reprisal As Unlawful Grounds For Civil Action For Re-entry; Action For Damages Or Other Appropriate Relief By Tenant
No landlord of premises or units to which this act is applicable shall serve a notice to quit upon any tenant or institute any...
- Section 2a:42-10.11 - Grounds For Judgment For Tenant In Unlawful Action For Possession By Landlord
In any action brought by a landlord against a tenant to recover possession of premises or units to which this act is applicable, whether...
- Section 2a:42-10.12 - Rebuttable Presumption; Notice To Quit Or Alteration Of Tenancy As Reprisal
In any action or proceeding instituted by or against a tenant, the receipt by the tenant of a notice to quit or any substantial...
- Section 2a:42-10.13 - Application Of Act To Rental Premises For Dwelling Purposes
This act shall apply to all rental premises or units used for dwelling purposes except owner-occupied premises with not more than two rental units....
- Section 2a:42-10.14 - Severability
If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances or the exercise of any power or authority thereunder...
- Section 2a:42-10.15 - Short Title
This act shall be known and may be cited as "The Fair Eviction Notice Act." L.1974, c. 47, s. 1.
- Section 2a:42-10.16 - Warrant For Possession; Execution.
2.In any proceeding for the summary dispossession of a tenant, warrant for possession issued by a court of appropriate jurisdiction: a.Shall include a notice...
- Section 2a:42-10.17 - Warrant For Removal; Disorderly Or Destructive Residential Seasonal Tenant
The provisions of any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, in any action alleging habitual violation of section 2b. of P.L.1974, c. 49 (C....
- Section 2a:42-11 - Action For Rent
A person to whom rent is due upon a lease or other agreement may bring an action for such rent whether the term of...
- Section 2a:42-12 - Death Of Tenant For Life; Remedy For Recovery Of Rent
When a tenant for life shall die before or on the day on which rent was reserved or made payable, upon a lease of...
- Section 2a:42-13 - Action For Use And Occupation; Parol Agreement For Rent
The landlord, his heirs or assigns, may, where the agreement is not in writing, recover a reasonable satisfaction for the real estate, held or...
- Section 2a:42-74 - Legislative Findings
The Legislature finds: (a) Many citizens of the State of New Jersey are required to reside in multiple dwelling units which fail to meet...
- Section 2a:42-75 - Definitions
The following terms whenever used or referred to in this act shall have the following respective meanings for the purposes of this act, unless...
- Section 2a:42-76 - Promulgation Of State Housing Code; Scope Of Standards
Within 60 days following the effective date of this act the Bureau of Housing shall promulgate a State Housing Code which shall be effective...
- Section 2a:42-77 - Authority To Adopt Ordinance Regulating Rents And Possession Of Space In Substandard Multiple Dwellings; Provisions
Whenever the governing body of a municipality finds that the health and safety of residents of that municipality are impaired or threatened by the...
- Section 2a:42-78 - Registration Of Owners And Management Of Multiple Dwellings
Any ordinance adopted under this act may provide for the registration of the owners and management of every multiple dwelling in the municipality. Such...
- Section 2a:42-84.1 - Definitions
As used in this act: a. "Completion of construction" means issuance of a certificate of occupancy pursuant to section 15 of the "State Uniform...
- Section 2a:42-84.2 - Applicability Of Municipal Rent Control Ordinances
2. a. In any municipality which has enacted or which hereafter enacts a rent control or rent leveling ordinance, other than under the authority...
- Section 2a:42-84.3 - Notice Of Exemption To Tenants
The owner of any multiple dwelling exempted from a rent control or rent leveling ordinance pursuant to this act, shall, prior to entering into...
- Section 2a:42-84.4 - Filing Of Owner's Claim Of Exemption
The owner of any multiple dwelling claiming an exemption from a rent control or rent leveling ordinance pursuant to this act shall file with...
- Section 2a:42-84.5 - Exemptions From Rent Control, Leveling, Stabilization; Legislative Intent
5. a. It is the intent of P.L.1987, c.153 (C.2A:42-84.1 et seq.), that the exemption from rent control or rent leveling ordinances afforded under...
- Section 2a:42-84.6 - Construction Of Multiple Dwellings Encouraged
It is the intent of this act to establish an experimental program whereby the construction of multiple dwellings in this State shall be encouraged,...
- Section 2a:42-85 - Findings
The Legislature finds: a. Many citizens of the State of New Jersey are required to reside in dwelling units which fail to meet minimum...
- Section 2a:42-86 - Definitions
The following terms whenever used or referred to in this act shall have the following respective meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears from...
- Section 2a:42-87 - Deposit Of Rents Into Court
A proceeding by a public officer, tenant, or tenants of a dwelling for a judgment directing the deposit of rents into court and their...
- Section 2a:42-88 - Grounds For Action
a. The public officer or any tenant occupying a dwelling may maintain a proceeding as provided in this act, upon the grounds that there...
- Section 2a:42-89 - Institution Of Action; Service And Notice Of Petition
a. A proceeding prescribed by this act shall be commenced by the service of a petition and notice of a petition. A notice of...
- Section 2a:42-90 - Contents Of Petition
The petition shall: a. Set forth material facts showing that there exists in such dwelling or any housing space thereof one or more of...
- Section 2a:42-91 - Defenses To Action
It shall be a sufficient defense to the proceeding, if the owner or any mortgagee or lienor of record establishes that: a. The condition...
- Section 2a:42-92 - Judgment; Service Upon Nonpetitioning Tenants; Deposit Of Rents With Clerk Of Court
The court shall proceed in a summary manner and shall render a judgment either: a. Dismissing the petition for failure to affirmatively establish the...
- Section 2a:42-93 - Order Permitting Performance Of Work In Lieu Of Judgment; Security; Failure To Exercise Due Diligence; Hearing; Judgment; Appointment Of Administrator; Powers
a. If, after a trial, the court shall determine that the facts alleged in the petition have been affirmatively established by the petitioner, that...
- Section 2a:42-94 - Accounts Of Receipts And Expenditures; Presentation Or Settlement; Notice
The court shall require the keeping of written accounts itemizing the receipts and expenditures under an order issued pursuant to this act, which shall...
- Section 2a:42-95 - Compensation Of Administrator; Bond
The court may allow from the rent moneys or security on deposit a reasonable amount for the services of an administrator appointed under the...
- Section 2a:42-96 - Waiver Of Provisions Of Act
Any provision of a lease or other agreement whereby any provision of this act for the benefit of a tenant, resident or occupant of...
- Section 2a:42-103 - Definitions
As used in this act: "Continuing nuisance" means the keeping of a domesticated animal in a manner which interferes with the health, security and...
- Section 2a:42-104 - Resident Of Senior Citizen Housing Project Permitted To Have Domesticated Animal
Any senior citizen residing in a senior citizen housing project shall, upon providing written notice to the landlord, be permitted to own, harbor or...
- Section 2a:42-105 - Arbitrary Refusal To Renew Lease; Penalty
a. A landlord shall not arbitrarily refuse to renew a lease for a dwelling unit in a senior citizen housing project to any senior...
- Section 2a:42-106 - Landlord Immunity
a. A landlord who is in compliance with the provisions of this act shall not be liable to respond in damages in any civil...
- Section 2a:42-107 - Allowable Circumstances For Refusal To Renew Lease
Under the following circumstances, a landlord may refuse to renew a senior citizen's lease for a dwelling unit in a senior citizen housing project...
- Section 2a:42-108 - Guard Dog
The presence of a guard dog used by the landlord shall not constitute a waiver of the provisions of this act. L.1990,c.55,s.6.
- Section 2a:42-109 - Rights Of Person With Disabilities.
7.Nothing in this act shall impair the rights of a person with disabilities to own, harbor or care for a domesticated animal, including guide...
- Section 2a:42-110 - Removal Of Continuing Nuisance
Nothing in this act shall limit the legal rights and remedies of a landlord under the lease or the master deed and bylaws, as...
- Section 2a:42-111 - Rules, Regulations
a. A landlord shall have the right to promulgate reasonable written rules and regulations, in accordance with the provisions of this act, relating to...
- Section 2a:42-112 - Rights Of Municipality Not Limited
Nothing in this act shall limit the rights of a municipality to prohibit, by ordinance, the owning, harboring or keeping of certain species of...
- Section 2a:42-113 - Definitions; Disclosure Statements To Senior Citizen Housing Residents
2. a. As used in this section: "Landlord" means, in the case of a senior citizen housing project in which dwelling units are rented...
- Section 2a:42-114 - Short Title.
1.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Multifamily Housing Preservation and Receivership Act." L.2003,c.295,s.1.
- Section 2a:42-115 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Multifamily Housing.
2.The Legislature finds and declares that: a.Many citizens of New Jersey are adversely affected by blighted residential property, including both those who live in...
- Section 2a:42-116 - Definitions Relative To Multifamily Housing.
3.As used in P.L.2003, c.295 (C.2A:42-114 et al.): "Agency" means the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency established under section 4 of P.L.1983,...
- Section 2a:42-117 - Action To Appoint Receiver.
4.A summary action or otherwise to appoint a receiver to take charge and manage a building may be brought by a party in interest...
- Section 2a:42-118 - Contents Of Complaint.
5.A complaint submitted to the court shall include a statement of the grounds for relief and: a.Documentation of the conditions that form the basis...
- Section 2a:42-119 - Serving Of Complaint.
6.The plaintiff shall serve the complaint and any affidavits or certifications that accompanied the complaint upon the parties in interest, the current owner of...
- Section 2a:42-120 - Receipt Of Notice, Determination Of Ownership.
7.Upon receipt of notice given by a plaintiff in a receivership proceeding pursuant to section 6 of P.L.2003, c.295 (C.2A:42-119), the agency shall forthwith...
- Section 2a:42-121 - Action Of Court Relative To Complaint.
8. a. The court shall act upon any complaint submitted pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2003, c.295 (C.2A:42-117) in a summary manner; b.At the...
- Section 2a:42-122 - Opposition Of Owner To Relief Sought In Complaint.
9. a. If the owner opposes the relief sought in the complaint brought under subsection b. of section 4 of P.L.2003, c.295 (C.2A:42-117) and...
- Section 2a:42-123 - Appointment Of Receiver, Other Relief.
10. a. If the court determines, after its summary hearing, that the grounds for relief set forth pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2003, c.295...
- Section 2a:42-124 - Denial Of Rights, Remedies Afforded Lien, Mortgage Holders.
11. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary pursuant to P.L.2003, c.295 (C.2A:42-114 et al.), a court may in its discretion deny a lienholder or...
- Section 2a:42-125 - Submission Of Plan By Receiver.
12. Within 60 days following the order appointing a receiver pursuant to subsection a. of section 10 of P.L.2003, c.295 (C.2A:42-123), the receiver shall...
- Section 2a:42-126 - Bond, Surety, Insurance Posted By Receiver, Removal Of Receiver.
13. Upon appointment, the receiver shall post a bond or other such surety or insurance in accordance with the plan approved by the court...
- Section 2a:42-127 - Filing, Continuation Of Foreclosure Unaffected.
14. a. Neither the filing of a complaint under section 4 of P.L.2003, c.295 (C.2A:42-117) nor the appointment of a receiver under subsection a....
- Section 2a:42-128 - Powers, Duties Of Receiver.
15. The receiver shall have all powers and duties necessary or desirable for the efficient operation, management and improvement of the building in order...
- Section 2a:42-129 - Responsibilities Of Receiver In Possession Of The Building.
16. While in possession of the building, the receiver shall: a.Maintain, safeguard, and insure the building; b.Apply all revenue generated from the building consistent...
- Section 2a:42-130 - Receiver May Borrow Money, Incur Indebtedness.
17. a. The receiver may borrow money and incur indebtedness in order to preserve, insure, manage, operate, repair, improve, or otherwise carry out its...
- Section 2a:42-131 - Receiver Entitled To Necessary Expenses, Reasonable Fee.
18. a. The receiver shall be entitled to necessary expenses and to a reasonable fee, to be determined by the court. The expenses incurred...
- Section 2a:42-132 - Release Of Outstanding Municipal Liens.
19. Upon request by the receiver and following notice by the receiver to the owner of the property, any municipality may, by order of...
- Section 2a:42-133 - Order For Sale Of Building.
20. Upon application of the receiver, the court may order the sale of the building if it finds that: a.Notice was given to each...
- Section 2a:42-134 - Manner In Which Building Sold, Alternatives.
21. In its application to the court, the receiver shall specify the manner in which it proposes the building to be sold, which alternatives...
- Section 2a:42-135 - Dismissal Of Receiver's Application To Sell Property.
22. a. Upon application by the receiver to sell the property the owner or any party in interest may seek to have the receiver's...
- Section 2a:42-136 - Sale Of Property.
23. Upon approval by the court, the receiver shall sell the property on such terms and at such price as the court shall approve,...
- Section 2a:42-137 - Petition For Termination Of Receivership By Owner.
24. The owner may petition for termination of the receivership and reinstatement of the owner's rights at any time by providing notice to all...
- Section 2a:42-138 - Granting Of Owner's Petition.
25. After reviewing the receiver's recommendations and holding a hearing, the court may grant the owner's petition if it finds that: a.The owner's petition...
- Section 2a:42-139 - Conditions For Reinstatement Of Owner's Rights.
26. a. The court may require as a condition of reinstatement of the owner's rights that the receiver or other qualified entity remain in...
- Section 2a:42-140 - Termination Of Receivership.
27. Upon request of a party in interest or the receiver, the court may order the termination of the receivership if it determines: a.The...
- Section 2a:42-141 - Preservation Loan Revolving Fund To Make Grants, Loans To Receivers.
28. a. Beginning in the fiscal year in which P.L.2003, c.295 (C.2A:42-114 et al.) becomes effective, subject to the availability of funds in the...
- Section 2a:42-142 - Rules, Regulations.
31. a. The commissioner shall, within six months of the enactment of P.L.2003, c.295 (C.2A:42-114 et al.), adopt rules and regulations concerning registration of...
- Section 2a:42a-2 - Definitions.
1.As used in P.L.1968, c.73 (C.2A:42A-2 et seq.): "All-terrain vehicle" means a motor vehicle, designed to travel over any terrain, of a type possessing...
- Section 2a:42a-3 - No Duty To Keep Premises Safe
2. Except as provided in section 3 of this act: a. An owner, lessee or occupant of premises, whether or not posted as provided...
- Section 2a:42a-4 - Liability Towards Persons Injured On Premises
This act shall not limit the liability which would otherwise exist: a. For willful or malicious failure to guard, or to warn against, a...
- Section 2a:42a-5 - Damages For Death Or Injury To Person Or Property
Nothing in this act shall create a duty of care or ground of liability for damages for the death or injury to person or...
- Section 2a:42a-5.1 - Liberal Construction
3. The provisions of P.L.1968, c.73 (C.2A:42A-2 et seq.) shall be liberally construed to serve as an inducement to the owners, lessees and occupants...
- Section 2a:42a-6 - Limitation Of Liability
1. An owner, lessee or occupant of agricultural or horticultural lands as defined in P.L.1983, c.522 (C.2C:18-4 et seq.) who grants permission to operate...
- Section 2a:42a-6.1 - Definitions.
5.For purposes of P.L.1985, c.431 (C.2A:42A-6 et seq.): "All-terrain vehicle" means a motor vehicle, designed to travel over any terrain, of a type possessing...
- Section 2a:42a-6.2 - Liberal Construction
6. The provisions of P.L.1985, c.431 (C.2A:42A-6 et seq.) shall be liberally construed to serve as an inducement to the owners, lessees and occupants...
- Section 2a:42a-7 - Liability For Dangerous Condition
This act shall not limit the liability which would otherwise exist for willful or malicious failure to guard, or to warn against, a dangerous...
- Section 2a:42a-8 - Limitation Of Liability Of Owners, Lessees, Occupants
An owner, lessee or occupant of premises upon which public access has been required as a condition of a regulatory approval of, or by...
- Section 2a:42a-8.1 - Liability Of Owners Of Certain Premises Which Allow Public Access.
1. a. An owner, lessee or occupant of premises on which a conservation restriction is held by the State, a local unit, or a...
- Section 2a:42a-9 - "Agricultural Or Horticultural Land" Defined
1.As used in this act, "agricultural or horticultural land" means orchards, nurseries or other land devoted to the production for sale of plants, crops,...
- Section 2a:42a-10 - Farmers Immunity For Invitees-pickers
2.Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, an owner, lessee or occupant of agricultural or horticultural land shall not have a legal...
- Section 2a:43-1 - Privileged Communications
The privileged character attaching to the publication of judicial or other proceedings shall extend to the publication in any newspaper of official statements issued...
- Section 2a:43-2 - Damages Recoverable
The defendant, in an action for libel against the owner, manager, editor, publisher or reporter of any newspaper, magazine, periodical, serial or other publication...
- Section 2a:43-3 - Broadcasters; Liability For Statements Of Candidates For Public Office
The owner, licensee or operator of a visual or sound radio broadcasting station or network of stations, hereinafter referred to as a broadcaster, and...
- Section 2a:43a-1 - Definitions; Notice
a. As used in this section: (1) "Library material" means any material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, or any part thereof, belonging to,...
- Section 2a:44-1 - Definitions
As used in this article: "Aircraft" means any contrivance invented, used or designed for navigation or flight in the air except a parachute or...
- Section 2a:44-2 - Right Of Lien; Detention; Priorities; Statement Verified By Oath
a. Any person, engaged in the business of operating an airport, a hangar or place for the storage, maintenance, keeping or repairing of aircraft...
- Section 2a:44-3 - Removal Of Aircraft; Seizure; Costs Of Seizure
A person acquiring a lien under section 2A:44-2 of this title shall not lose the same by reason of allowing the aircraft, or part...
- Section 2a:44-4 - Statement Of Amount; Offer By Owner And Demand For Possession; Deposit Of Amount Claimed With Court; Action For Possession; Costs
2A:44-4. The owner or person entitled to the immediate possession of the aircraft, or part thereof, so detained as provided by this article, may...
- Section 2a:44-5 - Process Out Of Court; Aircraft Delivered To Owner
When the amount claimed to be due and the costs are deposited with the clerk of the court as provided in section 2A:44-4 of...
- Section 2a:44-6 - Bond In Lieu Of Cash Deposit
In lieu of depositing the amount claimed in cash as provided by section 2A:44-4 of this title, a bond in double the amount claimed...
- Section 2a:44-7 - Claim By Keeper Of Hangar; Trial; Judgment
The person claiming a lien under this article shall assert such claim in the court within the time and in the manner prescribed by...
- Section 2a:44-8 - Failure To Bring Action; Damages; Judgment; Return Of Balance Of Deposit
If no claim is made by the person claiming a lien under this article or if judgment shall be rendered for the defendant, the...
- Section 2a:44-9 - Entry Of Appearance By Owner Of Aircraft
The filing of a bond or the depositing of cash by the owner of the aircraft or parts thereof as provided by this article...
- Section 2a:44-10 - Sale Of Aircraft If Proceedings Not Taken By Owner
If no proceedings are taken for the repossession of the aircraft or the parts thereof by the owner, such property so held by any...
- Section 2a:44-11 - Notice Of Sale; Advertisement
Notice of sale under section 2A:44-10 of this title shall be published 2 times for 2 weeks, at least once in each week, in...
- Section 2a:44-12 - Disposition Of Proceeds Of Sale
The proceeds of the sale shall be applied to the payment of the lien and the expenses of seizure, if any, and of such...
- Section 2a:44-13 - Sale Of Perishable Goods; Application To Court; Procedure
2A:44-13. Where the consignee of perishable goods cannot be found by the carrier or shall neglect or refuse to receive the same or to...
- Section 2a:44-14 - Sale Of Unclaimed Property; When Authorized
When the owner or consignee of property transported by a common carrier to its destination, does not call for the same, or cannot be...
- Section 2a:44-15 - Notice Of Sale
Public notice of the sale, under section 2A:44-14 of this title, shall be given by advertisement in 1 or more newspapers of the county,...
- Section 2a:44-16 - Sale Of Perishable Property; Notice
Where the unclaimed property is perishable and will depreciate in value by being longer kept, the same may be sold after 2 days, in...
- Section 2a:44-17 - Proceeds Of Sale; Disposition
2A:44-17. The fees and expenses of a sale authorized by this article shall be paid first and next the expenses and charges of the...
- Section 2a:44-18 - Report Of Person Making Sale
The officer or carrier making a sale under this article shall file therewith a report of the same containing a list of the articles...
- Section 2a:44-19 - Refund To Owner Of Proceeds Of Sale; Petition
If the proceeds of a sale of unclaimed property are paid into the school fund and the owner of the money or his legal...
- Section 2a:44-19.1 - Customer Defined
"Customer" means the owner, a representative of the owner, or a person lawfully in possession of any of the goods enumerated in section 2...
- Section 2a:44-19.2 - Lien For Charges Or Services
2. Any person who performs dry cleaning, pressing, glazing, dyeing, washing, laundering, alteration, tailoring or repairs, or uses or furnishes materials or supplies, upon...
- Section 2a:44-19.3 - Nonpayment After 90 Days; Public Or Private Sale; Notice To Customer
In the event that payment is not made of the agreed charges or the reasonable value thereof for the work, services, storage, materials or...
- Section 2a:44-19.4 - Proceeds Of Sale; Disposition
Upon the completion of a sale pursuant to the provisions of this act, the proceeds thereof shall be used to pay the reasonable or...
- Section 2a:44-19.5 - Inability To Sell Goods; Other Disposition
If after reasonable effort the goods cannot be sold as provided by this act, they may be given away or otherwise disposed of as...
- Section 2a:44-19.6 - Action For Debt
Nothing in this act shall be construed to bar any person from maintaining an action for debt against a customer, except that the proceeds...
- Section 2a:44-19.7 - Persons To Whom Act Applicable; Notice; Posting
The provisions of this act shall apply to all persons performing or furnishing the work, services, storage, materials or supplies on goods who at...
- Section 2a:44-19.8 - Assignment Of Lien And Indebtedness
The lien and indebtedness on which it is founded may be assigned without impairing the lien and the lien may be enforced by the...
- Section 2a:44-19.9 - Immunity From Liability On Conformance With Act
Conformance with the provisions of this act shall extinguish any liability of any person who causes goods to be sold or disposed of pursuant...
- Section 2a:44-20 - Definitions
As used in this article: "Owner" includes a conditional vendee or a mortgagor remaining in possession or otherwise of the motor vehicle. "Garage" means...
- Section 2a:44-21 - Garage Keeper Liens; Detention Of Vehicles; Notice; Priority.
2A:44-21. A garage keeper who shall store, maintain, keep or repair a motor vehicle or furnish gasoline, accessories or other supplies therefor, at the...
- Section 2a:44-22 - Removal Of Vehicle From Keeper's Control; Seizure
A garage keeper acquiring a lien under this article shall not lose the same by reason of allowing the motor vehicle or part thereof...
- Section 2a:44-23 - Statement Of Amount Claimed; Offer By Owner Of Reasonable Amount And Demand For Possession; Fees.
2A:44-23. The owner or the person entitled to the immediate possession of the motor vehicle or part thereof so detained, may, on learning of...
- Section 2a:44-24 - Entitlement To Possession Upon Payment To Garage Keeper.
2A:44-24. When the amount determined by the court to be due to the garage keeper is paid in cash or by certified or cashier's...
- Section 2a:44-26 - Action Brought For Possession; Assertion Of Claim By Garage Keeper; Procedure.
2A:44-26. In an action brought for possession by the motor vehicle owner or person entitled to possession of the motor vehicle, the garage keeper...
- Section 2a:44-27 - Determination Of Amount Of Damages.
2A:44-27. If judgment is rendered for the motor vehicle owner or person entitled to possession of the motor vehicle, the court may fix and...
- Section 2a:44-29 - Sale Of Motor Vehicle By Garage Keeper.
2A:44-29. If no proceedings are taken for the repossession of the motor vehicle or part thereof by the motor vehicle owner or person entitled...
- Section 2a:44-30 - Notice Of Sale.
2A:44-30. Notice of the sale, under section 2A:44-29 of this title shall be published for two weeks at least once in each week, in...
- Section 2a:44-31 - Application Of Proceeds Of Sale.
N.J.S.2A:44-31. The proceeds of the sale shall be applied to the payment of the lien or the amount specified in the order of court...
- Section 2a:44-32 - Lien Not Impaired By Taking Judgment For Money Due; Enforcement By Levy And Sale Under Execution
A lien held by a person upon chattels in his possession for labor or materials furnished in the repair or construction thereof, shall not...
- Section 2a:44-33 - Sale By Public Auction To Enforce Lien
If the lien held by a person upon chattels in his possession for labor or materials furnished in the repair or construction thereof, and...
- Section 2a:44-34 - Proceeds Of Sale; Balance
The proceeds of the sale shall be applied to the payment of the lien and expenses of the sale. The balance, if any, shall...
- Section 2a:44-35 - Definitions
As used in this article: "Hospital" , shall include any hospital owned, operated, or maintained in whole or in part by any person, corporation,...
- Section 2a:44-36 - Hospital, Nursing Home And Physician Entitled To Lien For Services Rendered To Injured Person As A Result Of Accident
Every hospital and nursing home in this State, and every licensed physician or dentist practicing in this State, shall have a lien in the...
- Section 2a:44-37 - To What Lien Attaches
Upon compliance with the provisions of this article, the lien shall attach to any and all rights of action, suits, claims, demands and upon...
- Section 2a:44-38 - Amount Of Hospital Lien
The amount of the lien by a hospital for treatment, care and maintenance of an injured person shall not exceed ward rates in such...
- Section 2a:44-39 - Amount Of Physician's Or Dentist's Lien
The amount of the lien of the physician or dentist for services rendered to a person as a result of an accident shall be...
- Section 2a:44-39.1 - Amount Of Nursing Home Lien
The amount of the lien by a nursing home for care and maintenance of an injured person shall be based on the minimum per...
- Section 2a:44-40 - Accidents Or Injuries Under Workmen's Compensation Law Excepted
No hospital, nursing home, physician or dentist shall be entitled to a lien under this article where the person was injured as a result...
- Section 2a:44-41 - Notice Of Lien; Filing; Contents; Fees
No hospital, nursing home, physician or dentist shall be entitled to a lien under this article, unless a notice in writing containing the name...
- Section 2a:44-42 - Notice To Person Injured And Person Liable For Damages
Within 10 days after the filing of the notice of lien, the hospital, nursing home, physician or dentist shall send by registered mail or...
- Section 2a:44-43 - Release Of Claims; Enforcement Of Lien By Action
After the filing and service of the notice of lien, as provided by this article, no release of any judgment, claim or demand by...
- Section 2a:44-44 - Statement By Physician Or Dentist Of Injuries And Amount Of Charges
Any person legally liable or against whom a claim is asserted, or his representative, for damages for injuries sustained shall, upon written request, be...
- Section 2a:44-45 - Statement Of Charges; Examination Of Records
Any person, legally liable or against whom a claim is asserted for damages for injuries sustained, shall, upon written request, be furnished by any...
- Section 2a:44-46 - Discharge Of Lien; Procedure; Fees
Any hospital, nursing home, physician or dentist having filed a lien under this article, shall upon payment or release thereof, file or cause to...
- Section 2a:44-47 - "Hotel" And "Guest" Defined
As used in this article: a. "Hotel" includes inns and boarding houses. b. "Guest" includes boarders and lodgers. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
- Section 2a:44-48 - Lien Of Hotel, Apartment Hotel, Inn And Boarding House Proprietor
The proprietor of any hotel, apartment hotel, inn or boarding house shall have a lien on all baggage, and other property belonging to any...
- Section 2a:44-49 - Sale Of Retained Property; Notice; Disposition Of Proceeds
Property retained by the hotel, apartment hotel, inn or boarding house proprietor under this article may be sold at public auction upon a notice...
- Section 2a:44-51 - Right Of Lien; Retention Of Property When Amount Due Unpaid; "Keeper Of A Livery Stable" Defined
2A:44-51. Every keeper of a livery stable or boarding and exchange stable, shall have a lien on all animals left with him in livery,...
- Section 2a:44-52 - Sale Of Retained Property; Disposition Of Proceeds
Property retained by the proprietor under this article shall be sold at public auction, after the expiration of 30 days from the date of...
- Section 2a:44-53 - Compensation To Persons Taking Up And Securing Drift Lumber Or Boats
Any person taking up drift lumber, rails, posts and other valuable lumber, or boats, scows, skiffs, barges or other craft, which may be found...
- Section 2a:44-54 - Drift Lumber Or Boats Taken Up To Be Secured And Kept; Advertisement Thereof; Sale And Disposition Of Proceeds
Each person taking up any of the lumber or craft under this article shall secure and keep the same for 6 days in some...
- Section 2a:44-55 - Affidavit Of Claimant
Any person claiming to be the owner of any lumber or craft found adrift and taken up and secured under this article, or his...
- Section 2a:44-56 - Rights And Title Of Owners Of Lumber Or Boats Taken Up
Any person, or his agent, presenting such a written claim and paying the compensation, together with the expenses of the advertisement thereof, pursuant to...
- Section 2a:44-57 - Definitions.
As used in this article: "Apparel" includes the tackle and furniture of a vessel. "Owner" includes a master, agent, consignee or commander of a...
- Section 2a:44-58 - Application Of Article
This article shall apply to all vessels, whether or not enrolled, licensed or registered. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
- Section 2a:44-59 - Debt Continuing Lien Upon Vessel; Preferences
A debt contracted by an owner of a vessel within this State, shall be a continuing lien upon the vessel and her apparel until...
- Section 2a:44-60 - Action To Enforce Lien
2A:44-60. Any person having a lien under this article may enforce the same by an action in the Superior Court. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344;...
- Section 2a:44-61 - Process Of Attachment; Bond; Sale Of Vessel; Creditors
In any such action the lien claimant shall be entitled to process of attachment and the court may require or dispense with the giving...
- Section 2a:44-62 - Lien Not Enforceable Against Vessel Seized Under Process Of United States Courts
No proceeding had under this article to enforce a lien shall be had against a vessel seized by virtue of process issuing from a...
- Section 2a:44-63 - Lien On Vessel Causing Damage To Another; Enforcement
When a vessel shall have been run down or run afoul of by any other vessel and is damaged to the extent of $20...
- Section 2a:44-125 - Short Title
This article may be cited as the "municipal mechanics' lien law" . L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
- Section 2a:44-126 - Definitions
As used in this article: "Contractor" means a person, his assigns or legal representatives, with whom a contract with a public agency is made....
- Section 2a:44-127 - Action To Recover Debt Not Barred
Nothing in this article contained shall affect or impair the right of a creditor for labor performed or materials furnished to maintain an action...
- Section 2a:44-128 - Debts For Labor And Materials; Funds Liable; Asserting Lien; Forfeiture Of Lien
2A:44-128. a. Any person who, as laborer, mechanic, materialman, merchant or trader, or subcontractor, in pursuance of or conformity with the terms of any...
- Section 2a:44-129 - Commencement And Extent Of Lien; Exception
A lien created by this article shall, from the time of the filing thereof, attach, to the extent of the liability of the contractor...
- Section 2a:44-130 - Release Of Funds From Lien; Bond
The funds to which a lien has attached as provided by section 2A:44-129 of this title may be released and paid to the contractor...
- Section 2a:44-131 - Priority Of Lien Over Assignments
The lien given by and filed pursuant to this article shall have priority over an assignment, by a contractor or subcontractor to a third...
- Section 2a:44-132 - Filing Notice Of Lien Claim
A lien claimant may, at any time before the whole work to be performed by the contractor for the public agency is either completed...
- Section 2a:44-133 - Contents Of Notice; Variance Of Names Not To Affect Validity Of Lien
The notice of claim under section 2A:44-132 of this title shall state: a. The name and residence or place of business of the claimant;...
- Section 2a:44-134 - Lien Docket; Entries; Validity Of Claim Not Affected By Failure To Make Entry
The officer of the public agency with whom a notice of lien claim is filed pursuant to section 2A:44-132 of this title shall give...
- Section 2a:44-135 - Notice By Public Agency To Contractor Or Person In Interest
A public agency may, upon a notice of lien claim being filed with it pursuant to section 2A:44-132 of this title, serve notice upon...
- Section 2a:44-136 - Payment Of Claim By Public Agency If Statement Not Filed; Credit For Amount Paid; Priority Of Claim Of Laborer
If the contractor or person in interest shall fail to file with the financial officer of the public agency, within the time prescribed by...
- Section 2a:44-137 - Actions In Superior Court
Any claimant who has filed a notice under sections 2A:44-132 and 2A:44-133 of this title may enforce his claim against the fund therein designated...
- Section 2a:44-138 - Commencement Of Action; Lien Of Other Claimants Preserved
No lien created under this article shall be binding on the funds of the public agency, unless an action to enforce the lien claim...
- Section 2a:44-139 - Parties To Action; County Or Municipality When Public Agency Not Corporation
The claimant first bringing an action for the enforcement of his claim in the superior court as provided by this article, shall make parties...
- Section 2a:44-140 - Determination Of Validity Of Liens And Amount Due; Judgment; Ratable Distribution; Priority Of Laborer's Lien; Claim Of Subcontractor Chargeable With Amount Paid To Claimants
The superior court shall determine the validity and priorities of the liens of the plaintiffs and defendants and of all other liens which may...
- Section 2a:44-141 - Payment By Public Agency Into Court
The public agency may at any time during the pendency of the action pay into the superior court the amount which it admits to...
- Section 2a:44-142 - How Discharged
A lien created under this article may be discharged by: a. Filing with the financial officer of the public agency a duly acknowledged or...
- Section 2a:44-143 - Additional Bond For Payment Of Claims For Labor, Material, Etc.; Waiver, Surety's Obligation
2A:44-143. a. (1) When public buildings or other public works or improvements are about to be constructed, erected, altered or repaired under contract, at...
- Section 2a:44-144 - Sureties On And Amount Of Bond; Condition For Payment Of Claims; Bond Deposited, Held For Use Of Interested Parties
2A:44-144. The bond required by this article shall be executed by the contractor with such sureties in accordance with N.J.S.2A:44-147 as shall be approved...
- Section 2a:44-145 - Statements Of Claimants Filed With Sureties On Bond; Time For Action On Bond
2A:44-145. Any person who may be a beneficiary of the payment bond, as defined in this article, and who does not have a direct...
- Section 2a:44-146 - Action On Bond; Limitation
2A:44-146. If the indebtedness due to any person as shown by the statement required to be filed by N.J.S.2A:44-145 shall not be paid in...
- Section 2a:44-147 - Bond Form; Conditions
2A:44-147. The bond required by this article shall be in substantially the following form: "Know all men by these presents, that we, the undersigned...
- Section 2a:44-148 - Money Paid To Contractor Trust Fund For Payment Of Claims
All money paid by the state of New Jersey or by any agency, commission or department thereof, or by any county, municipality or school...
- Section 2a:44-149 - Definitions
As used in this article: "Cemetery" includes a burial ground. "Monument" includes a gravestone, inclosure or other structure. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
- Section 2a:44-150 - Right Of Lien
A person furnishing or placing a monument in a cemetery shall have a lien thereon for the agreed price thereof or the part remaining...
- Section 2a:44-151 - Notice Of Lien; Contents; Filing
Notice of lien may be filed at any time after the completion of the work, but shall be filed within 1 year after the...
- Section 2a:44-152 - Service Of Notice Of Lien
The lienor shall, within 10 days after filing the notice of lien, serve a copy thereof personally, or by mail, upon the person with...
- Section 2a:44-153 - Enforcement Of Lien By Action And Sale
A lienor may, after service of the notice, as provided by section 2A:44-152 of this title, bring an action to recover the amount of...
- Section 2a:44-154 - Sale Under Judgment
The sale authorized by section 2A:44-152 of this title, may be conducted by the lienor or by an officer of the court according to...
- Section 2a:44-155 - Proceeds Of Sale; Disposition
The lienor or officer shall, out of the proceeds of the sale, pay the expenses thereof, and the expenses of the removal of the...
- Section 2a:44-156 - Removal Of Monument After Notice Of Lien Filed; Exception
The superintendent or other person in charge of a cemetery shall not permit the removal, alteration or inscription of a monument against which a...
- Section 2a:44-157 - Definitions
Definitions. As used in this article: "Processor" means a person engaged in the business of spinning, throwing, manufacturing, bleaching, mercerizing, dyeing, weighting, printing, finishing,...
- Section 2a:44-158 - Property Subject To Lien
Property subject to lien. a. A processor shall be entitled to a lien upon the property of others which comes into the processor's possession,...
- Section 2a:44-159 - Waiver Or Impairment Of Lien; Assignment
Waiver or impairment of lien; assignment. The lien under section 2A:44-158 of this title shall not be affected in any way by the recovery...
- Section 2a:44-160 - Sale Of Property
A processor having a lien upon the property of others that has come into his possession and the amount due shall remain due and...
- Section 2a:44-161 - Notice Of Sale
Notice of the sale authorized by section 2A:44-160 of this title shall be published for 2 consecutive weeks, at least once in each week,...
- Section 2a:44-162 - Disposition Of Proceeds Of Sale
The proceeds of the sale after the deduction of the expenses thereof shall be applied to the payment of the lien. No more of...
- Section 2a:44-163 - Lien Enforceable By Other Procedure
The provisions of this article shall not be construed to be in derogation of the right of the lienor to enforce the lien by...
- Section 2a:44-164 - Paramount Claim Of Lien; Surrender Of Right; Exception
The lien created by this article shall be paramount to the title, lien, interest or encumbrance of the owner, when the owner or his...
- Section 2a:44-165 - Definitions
As used in this article: "Rentor" includes a person, partnership and corporation who may rent a mill, factory or loft or any portion thereof,...
- Section 2a:44-166 - Right Of Lien For Unpaid Rent; Priority
A rentor shall be entitled to a lien on machinery and other chattels to the extent of the rentee's interest therein for the amount...
- Section 2a:44-167 - Sale To Meet Lien; Notice; Publication
When a rentor has a lien upon the machinery or other chattels of any rentee for unpaid rent, and the amount due shall remain...
- Section 2a:44-168 - Disposition Of Proceeds Of Sale
The proceeds of the sale under section 2A:44-167 of this title shall be applied: a. To the payment of the reasonable and necessary expenses...
- Section 2a:44-169 - Definitions
As used in this article: a. The term "film laboratory work, labor, services or materials" shall mean the developing of any negative or negatives...
- Section 2a:44-170 - Property Subject To Lien; Right To Detain
In every case where a processor shall make, do or furnish any film laboratory work, labor, services or materials in connection with any motion...
- Section 2a:44-171 - Waiver Or Impairment Of Lien
No lien acquired by any processor shall be waived or impaired by the extension of any credit, or by the taking of any note...
- Section 2a:44-172 - Sale Of Property Subject To Lien; Notice
The processor, having a lien upon a motion picture film or films, may cause the same to be sold at public auction, at any...
- Section 2a:44-173 - Disposition Of Proceeds Of Sale
The proceeds of the sale shall be applied first to the payment of the expenses of the sale, not to exceed the legal newspaper...
- Section 2a:44-174 - Right Of Lien; Retention
Every person, firm or corporation who shall perform work of any sort upon any watch, clock or jewelry for a price, at the request...
- Section 2a:44-175 - Public Sale And Notice Thereof; Disposition Of Proceeds
If any money due for work done or materials furnished upon any watch, clock or jewelry shall remain unpaid for 1 year after the...
- Section 2a:44-176 - Service Or Posting Of Notices
Any notice prescribed by this article may be served upon the owner of the watch, clock or jewelry upon which the lien is claimed...
- Section 2a:44-177 - Action For Debt; Proceeds Of Sale Applied On Judgment
Nothing in this article shall be construed so as to prevent the lien claimant from maintaining an action for the debt, notwithstanding the existence...
- Section 2a:44-187 - Short Title
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Self-Service Storage Facility Act." L.1983, c. 136, s. 1, eff. April 14, 1983.
- Section 2a:44-188 - Definitions.
2.As used in this act: "Electronic mail" means an electronic message or an executable program or computer file that contains an image of a...
- Section 2a:44-189 - Lien On Personal Property; Priority
Except as specified in this subsection, the owner of a self-service storage facility or the owner's heirs, successors or assigns shall have a lien...
- Section 2a:44-190 - Issuance Of Warehouse Receipt, Bill Of Lading, Or Other Document Of Title; Application Of Act
If an owner issues a warehouse receipt, a bill of lading, or other document of title for the personal property stored at the self-service...
- Section 2a:44-191 - Satisfaction Of Lien.
5.An owner's lien for a claim which is more than 30 days overdue may be satisfied as follows: a.The occupant shall be notified; b.The...
- Section 2a:44-192 - Existing Rental Agreements; Validity And Enforcement
All rental agreements entered into before, and not extended or renewed after, the enactment of this act, shall remain valid, and may be enforced...
- Section 2a:44-193 - Maximum Value Of Stored Property; Civil Actions.
3. a. If a rental agreement entered into pursuant to the "Self-Service Storage Facility Act," P.L.1983, c.136 (C.2A:44-187 et seq.) contains a provision placing...
- Section 2a:44a-1 - Short Title
1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Construction Lien Law." L.1993,c.318,s.1.
- Section 2a:44a-2 - Definitions Relative To Construction Liens.
2.As used in this act: "Claimant" means a person having the right to file a lien claim on real property pursuant to this act....
- Section 2a:44a-3 - Lien Entitlement For Work, Services, Etc.; Terms Defined.
3. a. Any contractor, subcontractor or supplier who provides work, services, material or equipment pursuant to a contract, shall be entitled to a lien...
- Section 2a:44a-4 - Lien For Improvements; Attachment
4. Liens for the following improvements shall attach to real property only in the manner herein prescribed. In the case of an improvement: a....
- Section 2a:44a-5 - Liens, Certain; Prohibited
5. No liens shall attach nor shall a lien claim be filed: a. For materials that have been furnished or delivered subject to a...
- Section 2a:44a-6 - Filing Lien Claim.
6. a. A contractor, subcontractor or supplier entitled to file a lien pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1993, c.318 (C.2A:44A-3) shall do so according...
- Section 2a:44a-7 - Serving Of Lien Claim By Claimant.
7. a. Within 10 days following the lodging for record of a lien claim, the claimant shall serve on the owner, or community association...
- Section 2a:44a-8 - Lien Claim Form.
8.The lien claim shall be filed in substantially the following form: CONSTRUCTION LIEN CLAIM TO THE CLERK, COUNTY OF __________: In accordance with the...
- Section 2a:44a-9 - Amount Of Lien Claim.
9. a. The amount of a lien claim shall not exceed the unpaid portion of the contract price of the claimant's contract for the...
- Section 2a:44a-10 - Attachment Of Lien To Interest Of Owner; Amount Of Liability.
10. Subject to the limitations of sections 3 and 6 of P.L.1993, c.318 (C.2A:44A-3 and 2A:44A-6), the lien shall attach to the interest of...
- Section 2a:44a-11 - Amendment Of Lien Claim, Form.
11. a. A lien claim may be amended for any appropriate reason, including but not limited to correcting inaccuracies or errors in the original...
- Section 2a:44a-12 - Authorized Withholding, Deductions.
12.Upon receipt of notice of a lien claim, the owner, or community association in accordance with section 3 of P.L.1993, c.318 (C.2A:44A-3), shall be...
- Section 2a:44a-13 - "Construction Lien Book," "Construction Lien Index Book"; Fees.
13. a. The county clerk shall provide a book designated as the "Construction Lien Book" in which shall be entered each Notice of Unpaid...
- Section 2a:44a-14 - Claimant's Failure To Commence Action; Forfeiture, Liability.
14. a. A claimant filing a lien claim shall forfeit all rights to enforce the lien, and shall immediately discharge the lien of record...
- Section 2a:44a-15 - Improper Lodging Of Lien Claim; Forfeiture Of Rights; Liability.
15. a. If a lien claim is without basis, the amount of the lien claim is willfully overstated, or the lien claim is not...
- Section 2a:44a-17 - Lien Claims Unabated By Death Of Party In Interest
17. No lien claim under this act or right thereto shall abate by reason of the death of any party in interest and the...
- Section 2a:44a-18 - Calculation Of Proportionate Share Under Residential Construction.
18.This section shall solely apply to work, services, material or equipment furnished under a residential construction contract. If a lien attaches to an interest...
- Section 2a:44a-20 - Notice Of Unpaid Balance And Right To File Lien, Form.
20. a. All valid liens filed pursuant to this act shall attach to the interest of the owner from the time of filing of...
- Section 2a:44a-21 - Legislative Findings, Additional Requirements For Lodging For Record Of Lien On Residential Construction.
21. a. The Legislature finds that the ability to sell and purchase residential housing is essential for the preservation and enhancement of the economy...
- Section 2a:44a-22 - Priority Of Mortgages Over Liens, Conditions.
22. a. Every mortgage recorded before the filing of a lien claim or the filing of a Notice of Unpaid Balance and Right to...
- Section 2a:44a-23 - Payment Of Claims, Pro Rata Payment.
23. a. The amount due a lien claimant shall be paid only after the lien claim has been established by judgment, or, in the...
- Section 2a:44a-24.1 - Lien Claims Enforced By Suit.
18. a. Subject to the requirements of section 14 of P.L.1993, c.318 (C.2A:44A-14), and in the case of lien claims arising from residential construction...
- Section 2a:44a-25 - Issuance Of Writ Of Execution.
25. If judgment in an action to enforce a lien claim under this act is entered in favor of the lien claimant, a writ...
- Section 2a:44a-27 - Interest In Residential Property, Priority To All Subsequent Liens
27. The interests in real property set forth in section 21 of this act shall have priority to all subsequent liens under this act...
- Section 2a:44a-30 - Filing Of Certificate To Discharge Lien Claim Of Record.
30. a. When a lien claim has been filed and the claim has been paid, satisfied or settled by the parties or forfeited by...
- Section 2a:44a-31 - Filing Of Surety Bond, Deposit.
31. a. When a lien claim is filed against any improvement and land under this act, the owner, community association in accordance with section...
- Section 2a:44a-32 - Release, Discharge From Claim
32. When the bond, deposit or any combination thereof, authorized by section 31 of this act, is properly filed or deposited, the improvements and...
- Section 2a:44a-33 - Discharge Of Record Of Lien Claim.
33. a. A lien claim shall be discharged of record by the county clerk: (1)Upon the execution and filing with the county clerk of...
- Section 2a:44a-34 - Book, Page Number Of Original Record Of Lien Claim Necessary For Release, Discharge
34. A discharge, subordination or release of a lien claim or Notice of Unpaid Balance and Right to File Lien, a receipt of payment...
- Section 2a:44a-35 - Discharge, Subordination, Release Of Lien Claim.
35. A discharge, subordination or release of a lien claim or Notice of Unpaid Balance and Right to File Lien shall be duly acknowledged...
- Section 2a:44a-36 - Liability For Fraud
36. A person who fraudulently deprives a person entitled to the benefits of this act shall be liable to that person for any damages...
- Section 2a:44a-37 - Furnishing Of List Of Subcontractors, Suppliers.
37. a. If required in a contract or upon written request from an owner or community association to a contractor, a subcontractor, or both,...
- Section 2a:44a-38 - Waivers Of Construction Lien Rights
38. Waivers of construction lien rights are against public policy, unlawful, and void, unless given in consideration for payment for the work, services, materials...
- Section 2a:45-1 - Liens And Encumbrances Determinable
Whenever the state of New Jersey has any lien or encumbrance upon real property and an action arising out of a prior lien or...
- Section 2a:45-2 - Notice; Contents
In any such action, a notice shall be directed to the State of New Jersey, stating the names of the parties and describing the...
- Section 2a:45-3 - Notice; Upon Whom Served
If the lien or encumbrance of the state is for a tax payable to the state or for any other right or claim of...
- Section 2a:45-4 - Action; Judgment; Operation And Effect
On the return of the notice, duly served, or on appearance for the state, the action may proceed as in other cases, and a...
- Section 2a:45-5 - Release Of Judgment From Lien Of State On Real Estate Required For Public Improvement
Whenever any real estate required for the purpose of carrying out a public improvement which has been authorized by law is subject to the...
- Section 2a:46-1 - Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context or subject matter requires otherwise: (a) "Liquidation proceeding" includes all assignments for the benefit of creditors,...
- Section 2a:46-2 - Secured Creditor's Claim Must Disclose Security
In a liquidation proceeding every secured creditor's claim against the general assets shall disclose the nature of the security. When a decedent's estate already...
- Section 2a:46-3 - Effect Of Concealment
Any secured creditor who with intent to evade the provisions of this chapter fails to disclose the existence of the security shall not be...
- Section 2a:46-4 - Value Of Security Credited Upon Claims
Dividends paid to secured creditors shall be computed only upon the balance due after the value of all security not exempt from the claims...
- Section 2a:46-5 - Determination Of Value By Secured Creditor
(1) By collection. When the asset constituting the security is an obligation for the payment of money, the secured creditor may determine its value...
- Section 2a:46-6 - Alternative Determinations Of Value
Where valuation under the provisions of section 2A:46-5 is impracticable or would cause undue delay, the court, upon application by either the secured creditor...
- Section 2a:46-7 - Exempt Security Not Credited
When any creditor has legal or equitable security upon assets which are exempt from process for the satisfaction of unsecured debts and are duly...
- Section 2a:46-8 - Uniformity Of Interpretation
This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact...
- Section 2a:46-9 - Short Title
This chapter may be cited as the uniform law governing secured creditors' dividends in liquidation proceedings. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
- Section 2a:46-10 - Application Of Chapter
This chapter shall not apply to contracts and transactions existing upon April 28, 1941. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
- Section 2a:47-1 - Establishment By Judgment; Summary Action
The existence of any lost or destroyed deed or other instrument relating to title or real or personal property may be established by judgment...
- Section 2a:47-2 - Survey Of Real Estate
In any such action relating to real property, the court may require the plaintiff to cause to be prepared and presented to the court,...
- Section 2a:47-3 - Record Of Judgment; Operation And Effect
A certified copy of any judgment establishing the existence of an instrument relating to real property shall be recorded in the office of the...
- Section 2a:47a-1 - False Complaints Of Unprofessional Conduct; Liability For Damages
Any person who falsely and maliciously and without probable cause makes a complaint, orally or in writing, of unprofessional conduct against a member of...
- Section 2a:47a-2 - False Complaints Of Unprofessional Conduct; Limitation Of Actions
Every such action shall be deemed to be for an injury to the person caused by the wrongful act of the person causing such...
- Section 2a:48-1 - Liability Of Municipality Or County; Amount Recoverable; Persons Covered By Insurance
When, by reason of a mob or riot, any property, real or personal, is destroyed or injured, the municipality if it has a paid...
- Section 2a:48-2 - Limitation Of Action Against Municipality Or County.
2A:48-2. No action under this article shall be instituted unless commenced within three months after the loss of or injury to the property. If...
- Section 2a:48-3 - Negligence Of Party Suing; Notice Of Threats
If it appears at the trial that the destruction of or injury to the property was occasioned or in any manner aided, sanctioned or...
- Section 2a:48-4 - Protection Of Property; Expenses
2A:48-4. The mayor or officer or sheriff shall, upon receiving the notice, take all legal means to protect the property attacked or threatened. The...
- Section 2a:48-5 - Action Against Persons Participating In Mob Or Riot
Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent a person whose property has been destroyed or injured by a mob or riot from...
- Section 2a:48-6 - Compromise By Municipality Or County With Owner
A municipality by its governing body, or a county, by its board of chosen freeholders, may, when liable to an action under this article,...
- Section 2a:48-7 - Recovery Over By Municipality Or County From Persons Participating In Mob Or Riot
A municipality or county, having paid damages for the destruction of or injury to property under this article, either upon a judgment therefor or...
- Section 2a:48-8 - Liability Of Municipality Or County In Damages; Amount
Any person who, by reason of the action of a collection of individuals--five or more in number--assembled for the unlawful purpose of offering violence...
- Section 2a:48-9 - Liability Of Municipality Or County For Death By Lynching; Amount
When any person shall suffer death by lynching at the hands of a mob, his surviving spouse, lineal heirs, or adopted children, who was...
- Section 2a:49-1 - Action For Recovery; Jurisdiction; Bond For Costs
If moneys, funds or other property held or owned by any municipality or school district, or held or owned officially or otherwise for or...
- Section 2a:49-2 - Limitation Of Action
No action under this chapter shall lie unless the cause thereof shall have accrued within 6 years before its commencement.
- Section 2a:49-3 - Disposition Of Recovery
Out of any recovery had in an action under this chapter, the expenses incurred in the action by the freeholders, including payments made or...
- Section 2a:49a-1 - Short Title
1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act." L.1993,c.317,s.1.
- Section 2a:49a-2 - Definitions
2. As used in this act: "Action" means a judicial proceeding or arbitration in which a payment in money may be awarded or enforced...
- Section 2a:49a-3 - Applicability Of Act
3. a. This act applies only to a foreign-money claim in an action or distribution proceeding. b. This act applies to foreign-money issues even...
- Section 2a:49a-4 - Agreements By Parties To Transaction
4. a. The effect of this act may be varied by agreement of the parties made before or after commencement of an action or...
- Section 2a:49a-5 - Proper Money
5. a. The money in which the parties to a transaction have agreed that payment is to be made is the proper money of...
- Section 2a:49a-6 - Determination Of Amount To Be Paid
6. a. If an amount contracted to be paid in a foreign money is measured by a specified amount of a different money, the...
- Section 2a:49a-7 - Claim Assertion; Opposition; Set-off
7. a. A person may assert a claim in a specified foreign money. If a foreign-money claim is not asserted, the claimant makes the...
- Section 2a:49a-8 - Judgment, Award On Foreign-money Claim; Payment
8. a. Except as provided in subsection c. of this section, a judgment or award on a foreign-money claim shall be stated in an...
- Section 2a:49a-9 - Governing Rate Of Exchange
9. The rate of exchange prevailing at or near the close of business on the day the distribution proceeding is initiated governs all exchanges...
- Section 2a:49a-10 - Pre-judgment, Pre-award Interest Payable
10. a. With respect to a foreign-money claim, recovery of pre-judgment or pre-award interest and the rate of interest to be applied in the...
- Section 2a:49a-11 - Entering, Enforcing Foreign Judgment
11. a. If an action is brought to enforce a judgment of another jurisdiction expressed in a foreign money and the judgment is recognized...
- Section 2a:49a-12 - Computations Of Value Of Assets, Amount Of Foreign Money Claimed Under Legal Process.
12. a. Computations under this section are for the limited purposes of the section and do not affect computation of the United States dollar...
- Section 2a:49a-13 - Substitution Of New Foreign Money
13. a. If, after an obligation is expressed or a loss is incurred in a foreign money, the country issuing or adopting that money...
- Section 2a:49a-14 - Principles Of Law Supplement Provisions Of Act
14. Unless displaced by particular provisions of this act, the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant, and the law relative to...
- Section 2a:49a-15 - Uniform Construction Of Act
15. This act shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of...
- Section 2a:49a-16 - Short Title
1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Foreign Country Money-Judgments Recognition Act." L.1997,c.96,s.1.
- Section 2a:49a-17 - Definitions Relative To Foreign Country Money Judgments
2. As used in this act: "Foreign state" means any governmental unit other than the United States, or any state, district, commonwealth, territory or...
- Section 2a:49a-18 - Application Of Act
3. This act applies to any foreign country money-judgment that is final and conclusive and enforceable where rendered even though an appeal from it...
- Section 2a:49a-19 - Conclusiveness Of Judgments Under The Act
4. Except as provided in section 5 of this act, a foreign country money-judgment meeting the requirements of section 3 of this act is...
- Section 2a:49a-20 - Nonconclusiveness Of Judgments, Conditions
5. a. A foreign country money-judgment is not conclusive if: (1) the judgment was rendered under a system which does not provide impartial tribunals...
- Section 2a:49a-21 - Recognition Of Judgments, Conditions
6. a. The foreign country money-judgment shall not be refused recognition for lack of personal jurisdiction if: (1) the judgment debtor was served personally...
- Section 2a:49a-22 - Stay Of Proceedings; Conditions
7. If the judgment debtor satisfies the court that an appeal from the foreign country money- judgment is pending or that the judgment debtor...
- Section 2a:49a-23 - Other Recognition Of Judgment Not Prohibited
8. This act does not prevent the recognition of a foreign country money-judgment in situations not covered by this act. L.1997,c.96,s.8.
- Section 2a:49a-24 - Uniformity Of Other States' Laws
9. This act shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.
- Section 2a:49a-25 - Short Title
1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act." L.1997,c.204,s.1.
- Section 2a:49a-26 - "Foreign Judgment" Defined
2. In this act "foreign judgment" means any judgment, decree, or order of a court of the United States or of any other court...
- Section 2a:49a-27 - Filing Of Copy Of Foreign Judgment
3. A copy of any foreign judgment authenticated in accordance with an act of Congress or the statutes of this State may be filed...
- Section 2a:49a-28 - Filing Of Affidavit; Mailing Of Notice To Judgment Debtor
4. a. At the time of the filing of the foreign judgment, the judgment creditor or his lawyer shall make and file with the...
- Section 2a:49a-29 - Appeal, Stay Of Execution, Enforcement
5. a. If the judgment debtor shows the Superior Court that an appeal from the foreign judgment is pending or will be taken, or...
- Section 2a:49a-30 - Fees For Filing Foreign Judgment
6. Any person filing a foreign judgment shall pay to the Clerk of the Superior Court the fees required pursuant to N.J.S.22A:2-29 for actions...
- Section 2a:49a-31 - Right Unimpaired
7. The right of a judgment creditor to bring an action to enforce his judgment instead of proceeding under this act remains unimpaired. L.1997,c.204,s.7.
- Section 2a:49a-32 - Construction Of Act Relative To Consumer Loans.
8.Nothing in this act shall be construed to require the enforcement of any foreign judgment which is based on a consumer loan containing any...
- Section 2a:49a-33 - Uniformity Of Interpretation, Construction
9. This act shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which...
- Section 2a:49a-34 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Euro As Medium Of Payment
1.The Legislature finds and declares: a.The member states of the European Union have adopted a uniform currency called the Euro. These states have provided...
- Section 2a:49a-35 - Definitions Relative To Euro As Medium Of Payment
2.As used in this act: "Euro" means the currency of participating member states of the European Union signed February 17, 1992. "European Currency Unit"...
- Section 2a:49a-36 - Replacement Of Ecu By Euro In Contract, Security, Or Instrument References
3. a. When the Euro first becomes the monetary unit of participating member states of the European Union, references to the ECU in a...
- Section 2a:49a-37 - Euro Considered Equivalent Substitute For Replaced Currency
4. a. If a subject or medium of payment of a contract, security or instrument is a currency that has been substituted or replaced...
- Section 2a:49a-38 - Existing Contracts, Securities, Instruments Unaffected By Introduction Of Euro
5.None of the following shall have the effect of discharging or excusing performance under any contract, security or instrument, or give a party the...
- Section 2a:49a-39 - Existing Specific Agreements Unaffected By Introduction Of Euro
6.The provisions of this act shall not alter or impair, and shall be subject to, any agreements between the parties with specific reference to...
- Section 2a:49a-40 - Applicability Of Act
7. a. Notwithstanding the Uniform Commercial Code, Title 12A of the New Jersey Statutes, or any other law of this State to the contrary,...
- Section 2a:50-1 - No Personal Deficiency Judgment In Foreclosure Actions Or Execution Thereon For Balance Due
No judgment shall be rendered in any action to foreclose a mortgage for any balance which may be due plaintiff over and above the...
- Section 2a:50-2 - Order Of Proceedings; Foreclosure; Action On Bond; Limitations; Parties
Except as otherwise provided, all proceedings to collect any debt secured by a mortgage on real property, shall be as follows: First, a foreclosure...
- Section 2a:50-2.1 - Time For Bringing Action On Note For Deficiency
In the case of a mortgage given to secure a debt evidenced by a note, where foreclosure proceedings are instituted within the time prescribed...
- Section 2a:50-2.2 - Agreement To Waive Rights; Invalidity
Any express agreement made or entered into by a borrower at the time of or in connection with the making of or renewal of...
- Section 2a:50-2.3 - Application Of Act
This act shall not apply to proceedings to collect a debt evidenced by a note and secured by a mortgage on real property in...
- Section 2a:50-2.4 - Severability
If any provision or section of this act shall be held to be unconstitutional, said provision or section shall be exscinded and the remainder...
- Section 2a:50-3 - Answer Disputing Amount Of Deficiency; Determination Of Amount
The obligor in any bond or note specified in section 2A:50-2 of this Title, with respect to any bond given after March 29, 1933,...
- Section 2a:50-4 - Judgment In Action On Bond As Opening Foreclosure And Sale; Right Of Redemption; Time For Bringing Action To Redeem
If, after the foreclosure and sale of mortgaged premises, the person entitled to the debt shall recover a judgment in an action on the...
- Section 2a:50-5 - Answer In Action On Bond Disputing Amount Of Deficiency As Termination Of Right To Redeem; Foreclosure And Sale Not To Be Opened
Where an action has been brought for a deficiency as provided by section 2A:50-2 of this Title, and where the party or parties liable...
- Section 2a:50-6 - Bonds; Notice Of Proposed Judgment By Confession Or Action On
No judgment shall be entered by confession on any bond or note where a mortgage on real estate has been or may be given...
- Section 2a:50-7 - Record Of Notice Of Proposed Judgment By Confession Or Action On Bond; Fees
The county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages, as the case may be, shall forthwith record the notice required to be given by...
- Section 2a:50-8 - Action On Bond Where Lien Or Mortgage Has Been Extinguished By Foreclosure Of Prior Mortgage
When any debt is evidenced by a bond or a note and is secured by a mortgage on real property and the lien of...
- Section 2a:50-9 - Judgment On Bond Not To Open Foreclosure And Sale; Right Of Redemption
The recovery of a judgment in an action pursuant to section 2A:50-8 shall not open the foreclosure and sale of the mortgaged premises or...
- Section 2a:50-10 - Record Of Notice
No judgment shall be entered by confession or in any action upon any bond or note pursuant to section 2A:50-8 unless prior to the...
- Section 2a:50-11 - Penal Sum Of Bond May Be Expressed In Sum Of Debt; Recovery For True Amount
Whenever a bond secured by a mortgage shall be given for the same debt, the penal sum of the bond may be expressed in...
- Section 2a:50-12 - Prior Judgments By Confession Validated
L.1911, c. 354, p. 740 (R.S. 2:65-8), entitled "A supplement to an act entitled "supplement to an act entitled "an act concerning proceedings on...
- Section 2a:50-13 - Parties To Foreclosure Action By Trustee Or Fiduciary
From and after May 29, 1937, it shall not be necessary to make any cestui que trustent, ward, beneficiary, holder of bonds, certificates, shares...
- Section 2a:50-14 - Validation Of Sales Where Cestuis Que Trustent Not Made Parties To Foreclosure Proceedings
L.1938, c. 62, p. 168, entitled "An act validating the sale of certain lands, tenements, hereditaments or real estate made under any decree, judgment...
- Section 2a:50-15 - Parties To Foreclosure Action Against Trustee Or Fiduciary
It shall not be necessary in any action to foreclose any mortgage or mortgages to join as party or parties defendant any cestui que...
- Section 2a:50-16 - Action On Bond Secured By Mortgage Or By Ejectment By Mortgagee For Possession; Redemption By Mortgagor; Satisfaction And Discharge Of Mortgage By Court
Section 1 of an act entitled "An act concerning mortgages" (revision), approved March 27, 1874 (Rev.1877, p. 701, s. 1; R.S. 2:65-9), saved from...
- Section 2a:50-17 - Suit To Compel Payment Of Amount Due Mortgagee Or To Foreclose Equity Of Redemption; Order Or Decree Before Hearing Of Cause
Section 2 of an act entitled "An act concerning mortgages" (revision), approved March 27, 1874 (Rev.1877, p. 702, s. 2; R.S. 2:65-10), saved from...
- Section 2a:50-18 - Exceptions To Sections 2a:50-16 And 2a:50-17
Section 3 of an act entitled "An act concerning mortgages" (revision), approved March 27, 1874 (Rev.1877, p. 703, s. 3; R.S. 2:65-11), saved from...
- Section 2a:50-19 - Sale Of Mortgaged Premises By Sheriff Or Other Officer
In all foreclosure actions the sheriff or other officer directed to sell mortgaged premises shall make such sale and report thereof and execute such...
- Section 2a:50-20 - Title Conveyed By Sheriff's Deed Notwithstanding Misnomer Of Certain Defendants
R.S. 2:65-13 as am.L.1948, c. 378, p. 1557, s. 3, saved from repeal. [This section provides that the sheriff's deed shall be valid despite...
- Section 2a:50-21 - Bar Of Equity Of Redemption
If a mortgagee or those holding under him shall be in possession of the real estate specified in the mortgage, or any part thereof,...
- Section 2a:50-22 - Action Against Person Assuming Payment Of Mortgage Debt
No action to enforce an agreement, express or implied, to assume or guarantee the payment of any mortgage, or of any bond or note...
- Section 2a:50-23 - Retroactive Effect
This article shall be applicable to all agreements, express or implied, to assume the payment of any bond secured by a mortgage, whether heretofore...
- Section 2a:50-24 - Determination Of Fair Value As Prima Facie Evidence
In any action specified in section 2A:50-22 of this title wherein the fair value of the mortgaged premises is in issue and such fair...
- Section 2a:50-25 - Determination Of Rights And Interests Of Parties
In any action specified in section 2A:50-22 of this title the court shall by the judgment therein entered determine the respective rights and interests...
- Section 2a:50-26 - When Provisions Of Sections 2a:50-6 And 2a:50-7 Applicable To Action
Whenever the bringing of any action specified in section 2A:50-22 of this title shall revive the right to redeem the mortgaged premises and shall...
- Section 2a:50-27 - No Provisions Of Chapter Repealed Or Superseded By Article
Nothing contained in this article shall be deemed to repeal or supersede any of the provisions of this chapter. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
- Section 2a:50-28 - Actions Commenced Before July 3, 1947
This article shall not apply to any action commenced prior to July 3, 1947. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
- Section 2a:50-29 - Allowance Of Set-offs
In any action for the foreclosure of a mortgage, just set-offs shall be allowed, whether the holder of the mortgage is a party plaintiff...
- Section 2a:50-30 - Persons Having Unrecorded Liens Or Claims Not Recorded Or Filed Against Property; Effect Of Foreclosure Judgment; Coming In As Parties
In any action for the foreclosure of a mortgage upon real or personal property in this state, all persons claiming an interest in or...
- Section 2a:50-31 - Sale Pending Foreclosure
When, in an action for the foreclosure or satisfaction of a mortgage covering real or personal property, or both, the property mortgaged is of...
- Section 2a:50-32 - Satisfaction Of Judgment For Foreclosure And Sale
When a judgment for the foreclosure and sale of mortgaged premises is paid and satisfied, other than by a sale of the premises, satisfaction...
- Section 2a:50-33 - Sale Of Entire Premises When Whole Amount Not Due; Disposition Of Proceeds
When, in cases where the whole sum secured by a mortgage is not due, a judgment of the court shall be made for the...
- Section 2a:50-34 - Gross Sum In Lieu Of Dower, Curtesy, Life Estate Or Estate For Years
If, upon the foreclosure of any mortgage and the sale of the premises therein described, there shall be paid into court moneys representing an...
- Section 2a:50-35 - Payment Of Surplus From Sale To Executor Or Administrator
When the mortgagor or the person owning the mortgaged premises is dead at the time of the sale thereof under foreclosure, the court may,...
- Section 2a:50-36 - When Sale Under Execution Authorized; Issue And Record Of Writ
In any civil action for the foreclosure or satisfaction of any mortgage, the superior court may order a sale of the mortgaged premises, or...
- Section 2a:50-37 - Sale And Conveyance Of Premises; Estate Conveyed; Disposition Of Proceeds; Application For Surplus
The sheriff or other officer to whom a writ of execution under section 2A:50-36 of this title shall be directed and delivered shall make...
- Section 2a:50-38 - Charges Where Amount Due Not In Excess Of $300
In any foreclosure of a mortgage and sale of the mortgaged premises, where the amount due does not exceed $300, the charges for official...
- Section 2a:50-39 - Mortgages To Which Article Applies
This article shall apply to any mortgage in force May 2, 1932, or thereafter executed and delivered, but it shall not affect any foreclosure...
- Section 2a:50-40 - Foreclosure For Unpaid Interest Authorized
The holder of a mortgage, under the terms of which the mortgagor has agreed to pay the mortgagee a certain specified sum or sums...
- Section 2a:50-41 - Judgment On Foreclosure For Unpaid Interest; No Merger; Lien Of Mortgage Continued
The judgment entered in a foreclosure proceeding under authority of section 2A:50-40 of this title shall be only for the amount of unpaid interest...
- Section 2a:50-42 - Sale On Foreclosure For Unpaid Interest Subject To Lien Of Mortgage
The sale of the mortgaged premises under a foreclosure judgment under authority of sections 2A:50-40 and 2A:50-41 of this title shall be specifically made...
- Section 2a:50-43 - Foreclosure For Unpaid Installment Of Principal Authorized
Whenever, under the terms of a mortgage it is provided that there shall be paid on account of the principal sum secured thereby any...
- Section 2a:50-44 - Judgment On Foreclosure For Unpaid Installment Of Principal; No Merger; Lien Of Mortgage Continued
The judgment entered in a foreclosure proceeding under authority of section 2A:50-43 of this title shall be only for the amount of the principal...
- Section 2a:50-45 - Sale On Foreclosure For Unpaid Installment Of Principal Subject To Lien Of Mortgage
The sale of the mortgaged premises under a foreclosure judgment entered under authority of sections 2A:50-43 and 2A:50-44 of this title shall be specifically...
- Section 2a:50-46 - Foreclosure For Unpaid Municipal Liens Authorized
Whenever it is provided in a mortgage, or in the evidence of debt secured thereby, that the mortgagee may claim a default for the...
- Section 2a:50-47 - Judgment On Foreclosure For Unpaid Municipal Liens; No Merger; Lien Of Mortgage Continued
The judgment entered in a foreclosure proceeding under authority of section 2A:50-48 of this title shall be only for the amount of the municipal...
- Section 2a:50-48 - Foreclosure For Either Unpaid Interest Or Installment Of Principal And Unpaid Municipal Liens
If, at the time of the commencement of a proceeding to foreclose a mortgage for the nonpayment of interest under authority of section 2A:50-40...
- Section 2a:50-49 - Foreclosure For Failure To Procure Insurance Or Pay Insurance Premiums Authorized
Whenever it is provided in a mortgage that the owner of the mortgaged premises shall keep the same insured for the benefit of the...
- Section 2a:50-50 - Judgment On Foreclosure For Failure To Procure Insurance Or Pay Insurance Premiums; No Merger; Lien Of Mortgage Continued
The judgment in a foreclosure proceeding under authority of section 2A:50-49 of this title shall adjudge that the mortgage shall not be deemed to...
- Section 2a:50-51 - No Merger Of Fee And Mortgage Interest On Purchase At Sale By Holder Of Mortgage; Conveyance By Purchaser; Assignment Of Mortgage
The purchase by the holder of the mortgage of the real estate, or any interest therein, sold under a judgment in a foreclosure authorized...
- Section 2a:50-52 - No Deficiency Judgment
Upon a foreclosure under authority of this article there shall be no deficiency judgment. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
- Section 2a:50-53 - Short Title
1.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Fair Foreclosure Act." L.1995,c.244,s.1.
- Section 2a:50-54 - Findings, Declarations On Payment Of Home Mortgages
2.The Legislature hereby finds and declares it to be the public policy of this State that homeowners should be given every opportunity to pay...
- Section 2a:50-55 - Definitions
3.As used in this act: "Deed in lieu of foreclosure" means a voluntary, knowing and uncoerced conveyance by the residential mortgage debtor to the...
- Section 2a:50-56 - Notice Of Intention To Foreclose.
4. a. Upon failure to perform any obligation of a residential mortgage by the residential mortgage debtor and before any residential mortgage lender may...
- Section 2a:50-56.1 - Statute Of Limitations Relative To Residential Mortgage Foreclosures.
1.An action to foreclose a residential mortgage shall not be commenced following the earliest of: a.Six years from the date fixed for the making...
- Section 2a:50-57 - Curing Of Default
5. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, as to any residential mortgage for which a notice of intention to...
- Section 2a:50-58 - Application For Entry Of Final Judgment; Entry Of Order Of Redemption.
6. a. (1) If a plaintiff's action to foreclose a residential mortgage is uncontested, pursuant to R.4:64-1(a) of the Rules Governing the Courts of...
- Section 2a:50-59 - Reinstatement Of Mortgage Relationship
7.If a debtor is successful in curing the default under a repayment plan approved by the United States Bankruptcy Court, the residential mortgage relationship...
- Section 2a:50-60 - Federal Law Not Limited, Modified
8.Nothing herein is intended to limit or modify any provision of federal law regarding notice of the availability of homeownership counselling. L.1995,c.244,s.8.
- Section 2a:50-61 - Waivers Against Public Policy, Unlawful, Void
9.Waivers by the debtor of rights provided pursuant to this act are against public policy, unlawful, and void, unless given after default pursuant to...
- Section 2a:50-62 - Nonapplicability Of Act
10.The provisions of sections 1 through 9 of this act shall not apply to the foreclosure of a non-residential mortgage nor to collection of...
- Section 2a:50-63 - Optional Foreclosure Procedure
11. a. An optional foreclosure procedure without sale for the disposition of a foreclosed premises is hereby established pursuant to subsection b. of this...
- Section 2a:50-64 - Procedures For Sale
12. a. With respect to the sale of a mortgaged premises under foreclosure action, each sheriff in this State shall provide for, but not...
- Section 2a:50-65 - Provision Of Judgment Creditor's Address For Service
13.Any judgment creditor shall, upon entry of judgment in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court, provide the Court with its current...
- Section 2a:50-66 - Letter In Lieu Of Appearance By Attorney General
15. a. The United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey may send a letter to the Clerk of the Superior Court of...
- Section 2a:50-67 - Partial Payment
17.In the absence of an express agreement between the parties to the contrary, a debtor may tender, and a lender may accept, partial payment...
- Section 2a:50-68 - Regulations
18.The Attorney General, in consultation with the Commissioner of Banking, shall promulgate regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14A-1 et seq.)...
- Section 2a:50-69 - Short Title.
1.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Foreclosure Fairness Act." L.2009, c.296, s.1.
- Section 2a:50-70 - Notice To Tenants, Protection From Eviction.
2. a. A person who takes title, as a result of a sheriff's sale or deed in lieu of foreclosure, to a residential property...
- Section 2a:50-71 - Inducing Tenant To Vacate Property Prohibited.
3. a. No person, or the person's agent or employee, who has filed a complaint in an action to foreclose a mortgage on a...
- Section 2a:50-72 - Supersedure.
6.The provisions of any regulation, ordinance, rule, or resolution of any municipality, county or other subdivision of the State, or any agency or instrumentality...
- Section 2a:50-73 - Summary Action To Foreclose Mortgages On Certain Properties.
1. a. For the purposes of this section, "vacant and abandoned" residential property means residential real estate with respect to which the mortgagee proves,...
- Section 2a:51-1 - When Authorized; Proof Required
2A:51-1. Where a mortgage on real estate or chattels, or both, is recorded in the office of the county clerk or register of deeds...
- Section 2a:51-2 - Record Entry Of Cancellation By County Clerk Or Register Of Deeds And Mortgages
When the judgment for the cancellation of record of a mortgage, or a certified copy thereof, is filed or recorded, with the county clerk...
- Section 2a:51-3 - Record Entry Of Cancellation By County Clerk Or Register Of Deeds And Mortgages Where Lands Transferred To Another County
Where, after the recording of any mortgage on real estate in any county in this state, the real estate so mortgaged shall, by an...
- Section 2a:51-4 - Proceedings In County Where Mortgaged Real Estate Situate Valid Although Mortgage Of Record In Another County
Any action instituted for the cancellation of a mortgage in the county in which the mortgaged real estate may be situate, shall, although the...
- Section 2a:51-5 - Payment Of Money Deposited With County Clerk; Application; Court Order
Upon application of a person claiming to be entitled to moneys deposited pursuant to section 2A:51-1 of this title, the court wherein the money...
- Section 2a:52-1 - Action For Change Of Name
2A:52-1. Any person may institute an action in Superior Court, for authority to assume another name. The complaint for a change of name shall...
- Section 2a:52-2 - Effect Of Judgment, Copy To State Bureau Of Identification
2A:52-2. Such person, from and after the day specified therefor in the judgment in the action, shall be known by the name which, by...
- Section 2a:52-3 - Effect Of Change Of Name On Actions Or Other Proceedings
No action, or other legal proceeding commenced in his former name against any person whose name shall have been changed pursuant to the provisions...
- Section 2a:52-4 - Correction Of Record Of Birth Or Marriage
Upon the receipt of either of the following documents: a. A certified copy of a judgment permitting a change of name; or b. A...
- Section 2a:53-1 - Jurisdiction
2A:53-1. The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction of declarations of intention, and of applications of aliens to become citizens of the United States. L.1951...
- Section 2a:53-2 - Naturalization Not To Be Granted Within 30 Days Of An Election
No person shall be naturalized or admitted to be a citizen of the United States by any such court within 30 days next preceding...
- Section 2a:53-3 - Political Committees And Candidates Forbidden To Pay Fees; Penalty
No political committee or committee of any political party, and no person who has received or accepted a nomination for a political office, shall...
- Section 2a:53-4 - Penalty For Violations Of Chapter By Clerk
Any clerk or other person who records or files a declaration or application in any case of naturalization, or issues a certificate in any...
- Section 2a:53a-1 - Joint Tortfeasors; Single Tortfeasor
For the purpose of this act the term "joint tortfeasors" means two or more persons jointly or severally liable in tort for the same...
- Section 2a:53a-2 - Right Of Contribution
The right of contribution exists among joint tortfeasors. L.1952, c. 335, p. 1075, s. 2.
- Section 2a:53a-3 - Judgment Against Joint Tortfeasor; Contribution
Where injury or damage is suffered by any person as a result of the wrongful act, neglect or default of joint tortfeasors, and the...
- Section 2a:53a-4 - Application Of Act
This act shall apply to all actions for contribution commenced, and to all judgments recovered, after the effective date hereof irrespective of the time...
- Section 2a:53a-5 - Short Title
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Joint Tortfeasors Contribution Law." L.1952, c. 335, p. 1076, s. 5.
- Section 2a:53a-6 - Contributory Negligence Of Conditional Vendee, Etc., As Defense By Third Person In Suit Brought By Conditional Vendor, Etc.
Whenever a conditional vendor, bailor, or owner of the general property in goods or chattels or a secured party as defined in section 12A:9-102a.(72)...
- Section 2a:53a-7 - Immunity From Liability For Negligence
1. a. No nonprofit corporation, society or association organized exclusively for religious, charitable or educational purposes or its trustees, directors, officers, employees, agents, servants...
- Section 2a:53a-7.1 - Volunteers Of Certain Organizations Exempt From Liability, Damages
a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no person serving without compensation, other than reimbursement for actual expenses, as a trustee,...
- Section 2a:53a-7.2 - Limited Immunity
a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no person serving without compensation, other than reimbursement for actual expenses, as a trustee,...
- Section 2a:53a-7.3 - Exemption From Liability For Library Trustees, Members Of Commission
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no person serving as a member of the board of trustees of a free public...
- Section 2a:53a-7.4 - Inapplicability, Certain, Of Civil Immunity Granted To Certain Charitable Entities.
1.The immunity from civil liability granted to a nonprofit corporation, society or association organized exclusively for religious, charitable, educational or hospital purposes pursuant to...
- Section 2a:53a-7.5 - Application Of Act.
2.The provisions of this supplementary act,P.L.2005, c.264 (C.2A:53A-7.4 et seq.), shall apply prospectively and also shall be applicable to all civil actions for which...
- Section 2a:53a-8 - Liability Of Nonprofit Hospital Corporation
Notwithstanding the provisions of the foregoing paragraph, any nonprofit corporation, society or association organized exclusively for hospital purposes shall be liable to respond in...
- Section 2a:53a-9 - Character Of Buildings Used
For the purposes of this act but not in limitation thereof, the buildings and places actually used for colleges, schools, academies, seminaries, historical societies,...
- Section 2a:53a-10 - Remedial Legislation; Liberal Construction
This act shall be deemed to be remedial and shall be liberally construed so as to afford immunity to the said corporations, societies and...
- Section 2a:53a-11 - Severability
The provisions of this act shall be deemed to be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this act is declared...
- Section 2a:53a-12 - Members Of Volunteer First Aid, Rescue Or Emergency Squads Or National Ski Patrol System; Liability For Damages
No member of a volunteer first aid, rescue or emergency squad, or volunteer member of the National Ski Patrol System, which provides emergency public...
- Section 2a:53a-13 - Liability Of Member Of Volunteer Fire Company, Authorized Active Volunteer, First Aid Or Rescue Squad Worker Providing Emergency Services
No member of a volunteer fire company, which provides emergency public first aid and rescue services or services for the control and extinguishment of...
- Section 2a:53a-13.1 - Liability Of Volunteer Fire Company, Volunteer First Aid, Rescue Or Emergency Squad Or Civil Defense Unit Providing Services
No volunteer fire company or volunteer first aid, rescue or emergency squad, civil defense unit, incorporated or unincorporated, which provides services for the control...
- Section 2a:53a-14 - Legislative Findings
The Legislature finds that malicious acts of vandalism by youths are increasing at an alarming rate; that such acts are frequently attributable to lack...
- Section 2a:53a-15 - Liability Of Parent Or Guardian For Willful Destruction Of Property By Infant Under 18
A parent, guardian or other person having legal custody of an infant under 18 years of age who fails or neglects to exercise reasonable...
- Section 2a:53a-16 - Parental Liability For Certain Acts Of Minor.
1.The parents of any minor who shall maliciously or willfully injure any property of a railroad, street railway, traction railway or autobus public utility...
- Section 2a:53a-17 - Application To Parents Without Parental Custody And Control
This act shall not apply to parents whose parental custody and control of such infant has been removed by court order, decree, judgment, military...
- Section 2a:53a-18 - Bar To Judgment
Notwithstanding any law or judicial ruling to the contrary, any person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a criminal offense, shall be...
- Section 2a:53a-19 - Scope
For the purposes of this act, the scope of the bar to judgment shall be limited to all actions in preparation of the criminal...
- Section 2a:53a-20 - Stay Of Civil Action
In the event that the prosecution of the alleged criminal activity shall not have been brought to conclusion prior to the start of a...
- Section 2a:53a-21 - Civil Cause Of Action For Bias Crime Victims.
1. a. A person, acting with purpose to intimidate an individual or group of individuals because of race, color, religion, gender, disability, sexual orientation,...
- Section 2a:53a-22 - Civil Rights Enforcement Fund Established
2. There shall be established in the State Treasury a separate, nonlapsing fund designated the Civil Rights Enforcement Fund. Amounts credited to the fund...
- Section 2a:53a-23 - Availability Of Authorized Civil Actions
3. The provisions of this act are intended to provide remedies independent of and in addition to those that may apply under the provisions...
- Section 2a:53a-24 - Terms Defined
4. The terms "conduct" and "offense" shall have the meaning provided in N.J.S.2C:1-14. The term "juvenile" shall have the meaning provided in section 24...
- Section 2a:53a-25 - Definitions; Accountants' Liability
1. a. As used in this act: (1) "Accountant" means a person who is registered as a certified public accountant pursuant to the provisions...
- Section 2a:53a-26 - "Licensed Person" Defined.
1.As used in this act, "licensed person" means any person who is licensed as: a.an accountant pursuant to P.L.1997, c.259 (C.45:2B-42 et seq.); b.an...
- Section 2a:53a-27 - Affidavit Of Lack Of Care In Action For Professional, Medical Malpractice Or Negligence; Requirements.
2.In any action for damages for personal injuries, wrongful death or property damage resulting from an alleged act of malpractice or negligence by a...
- Section 2a:53a-28 - Affidavit Not Required; Conditions
3. An affidavit shall not be required pursuant to section 2 of this act if the plaintiff provides a sworn statement in lieu of...
- Section 2a:53a-29 - Noncompliance Deemed Failure To State Cause Of Action
4. If the plaintiff fails to provide an affidavit or a statement in lieu thereof, pursuant to section 2 or 3 of this act,...
- Section 2a:53a-30 - Short Title
1.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Health Care Carrier Accountability Act." L.2001,c.187,s.1.
- Section 2a:53a-31 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Liability For Certain Health Care Treatment Decisions
2.The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: a.Health and dental carriers, in particular health maintenance organizations and other managed care entities, have become increasingly...
- Section 2a:53a-32 - Definitions Relative To Liability For Certain Health Care Treatment Decisions
3.As used in this act: "Appropriate and medically necessary" means the standard for health care services as determined by health care providers in accordance...
- Section 2a:53a-33 - Liability Of Carrier, Organized Delivery System To Covered Persons
4. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, a carrier or organized delivery system shall be liable to a covered...
- Section 2a:53a-34 - Exhausting Appeal Before Filing Action; Exception
5.An individual who brings an action against a carrier or organized delivery system pursuant to subsection a. of section 4 of this act shall...
- Section 2a:53a-35 - Use Of Alternative Dispute Resolution Methods
6. a. The court hearing the action authorized by subsection a. of section 4 of this act shall, with the plaintiff's consent, employ alternative...
- Section 2a:53a-36 - Affidavit Of Loss As A Result Of Denial Or Delay; Requirements
7. a. In any action for economic or non-economic loss to a covered person pursuant to subsection a. of section 4 of this act,...
- Section 2a:53a-37 - Short Title.
1.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Medical Care Access and Responsibility and Patients First Act." L.2004,c.17,s.l.
- Section 2a:53a-38 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Medical Professional Liability, Insurance Reform And Patient Protection.
2.The Legislature finds and declares that: a.One of the most vital interests of the State is to ensure that high-quality health care continues to...
- Section 2a:53a-39 - Judge May Refer Medical Malpractice Action To Complementary Dispute Resolution Mechanism.
5.The judge presiding over a medical malpractice action, or the judge's designee, shall, within 30 days after the discovery end date, determine whether referral...
- Section 2a:53a-40 - Affidavit Of Noninvolvement.
6. a. A health care provider named as a defendant in a medical malpractice action may cause the action against that provider to be...
- Section 2a:53a-41 - Requirements For Person Giving Expert Testimony, Executing Affidavit.
7.In an action alleging medical malpractice, a person shall not give expert testimony or execute an affidavit pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1995, c.139...
- Section 2a:53a-42 - Procedure To Evaluate Award By Judge Following Verdict.
9.A judge presiding over an action alleging medical malpractice, in which the jury has rendered a verdict in favor of the complaining party, shall,...
- Section 2a:53a-43 - Short Title.
1.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Baseball Spectator Safety Act of 2006." L.2005,c.362,s.1.
- Section 2a:53a-44 - Provision Of Protected Seating For Spectators, Recognition Of Inherent Risks, Statement
of intent.2.The Legislature recognizes that baseball stadium owners and operators have a duty to provide protected seating to spectators who, seeking to avoid the...
- Section 2a:53a-45 - Definitions Relative To Baseball Spectator Safety.
3.As used in this act: a."Owner" means a person, including a corporation, partnership, or limited liability company, who is in lawful possession and control...
- Section 2a:53a-46 - Assumption Of Inherent Risks By Spectators, Bar, Defense To Suit.
4. a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, spectators of professional baseball games are presumed to have knowledge of and to assume the inherent...
- Section 2a:53a-47 - Liability For Non-compliance.
5. a. Nothing in section 4 of this act shall prevent or limit the liability of an owner who fails to post and maintain...
- Section 2a:53a-48 - Posting, Maintenance Of Signs; Warning.
6. a. Every owner of a stadium where professional baseball games are played shall post and maintain signs which contain the warning notice set...
- Section 2a:54a-1 - Civil Action To Abate
In addition to any criminal prosecution brought for violation of N.J.S. 2C:33-12, whenever a nuisance as defined in subsection c. of N.J.S. 2C:33-12 exists,...
- Section 2a:54a-2 - Venue; Preliminary Injunction
a. Any action instituted pursuant to the provisions of section 3 of this amendatory and supplementary act shall be brought in the Superior Court...
- Section 2a:54a-3 - Evidence Admissible In Action
In an action brought pursuant to section 3 of this amendatory and supplementary act, evidence of the general reputation of the location or an...
- Section 2a:54a-4 - Permanent Injunction; Entry Of Order; Forfeiture Of Property
If, after final hearing, the court determines that the existence of a nuisance as defined in subsection c. of N.J.S. 2C:33-12 exists, the court...
- Section 2a:54a-5 - Penalty
Whenever a permanent injunction is issued pursuant to the provisions of this amendatory and supplementary act, a penalty of not less than $300.00 nor...
- Section 2a:55-1 - Liability Of Any Of Joint Debtors Served; Judgment And Execution; Special Judgment As Against Those Served By Publication
Where persons are jointly indebted to any other person upon any joint contract, obligation or matter, and in an action thereon by the creditor...
- Section 2a:55-2 - Representatives Of 1 Joint Debtor Chargeable As On Joint And Several Obligations
The representative of 1 joint debtor dying in the lifetime of the other joint debtor, may be charged with the obligation in the same...
- Section 2a:55-3 - Real Sum Due Considered As The Debt; Judgment For Penalty; Discharge
When an action is brought or a claim is made in an action on a bond, note or other contract containing a penalty to...
- Section 2a:55-4 - Payment May Be Pleaded Even Though Not Made According To Condition
If, before action is brought on a bond, which has a condition or defeasance to make void the same on payment of a less...
- Section 2a:55-5 - Defendant May Bring Money Into Court With Costs, Pending Action; Judgment Of Discharge
If the defendant shall, at any time pending an action on any bond of the kind mentioned in section 2A:55-4 of this title, with...
- Section 2a:55-6 - Compromise Of Joint Indebtedness
Joint debtors may individually compromise with their creditors for their joint indebtedness in the same manner and with like effect as partners on the...
- Section 2a:55-7 - Settlement Or Compromise Of Claims Against Directors Or Sureties
In any case where several trustees, managers or directors of any insolvent corporation are liable to an action for unlawfully making any dividend or...
- Section 2a:55-8 - Settlement Pending Action
When any such settlement shall be made in a pending action, it shall be made in writing and the original or a signed copy...
- Section 2a:55-9 - Several Acts In Condition In Bond, Bill, Or Contract
When the condition of a bond, bill or contract provides for the performance of more than a single act, an action brought thereon with...
- Section 2a:56-1 - "Cotenant" ; Executor Or Administrator With Will Annexed; Definition And Construction
As used in this chapter: "Court" means the superior court. "Cotenant" means and includes a tenant in common, joint tenant or coparcener, but not...
- Section 2a:56-2 - Partition Through Sale
The superior court may, in an action for the partition of real estate, direct the sale thereof if it appears that a partition thereof...
- Section 2a:56-3 - Division Of Part Of Real Estate And Sale Of Residue
In any action for partition in the superior court, part of the real estate included in the application may be divided and the remainder...
- Section 2a:56-4 - Set-off Of Undivided Shares Without Partition Between Shareholders To Be Held In Common
Where 2 or more parties to an action for the partition of real estate make it appear to the court that they desire to...
- Section 2a:56-5 - Set-off Of Undivided Shares Without Partition Between Minor And Others Consenting To Be Held In Common
Where any party to an action for the partition of real estate is under the age of 21 years, the court may, if it...
- Section 2a:56-6 - Title Of Some Parties Disputed; Partition Or Sale As To Undisputed Parts Not Delayed
When all defendants in any action in the superior court for partition of real estate fail to answer, or, by answer, admit or fail...
- Section 2a:56-7 - Conclusive Effect Of Proceedings And Sale In Partition
When real estate is partitioned in an action in the superior court, and process has been served or notice given as required by the...
- Section 2a:56-8 - Conveyance To Be Recorded; Effect
A conveyance executed pursuant to sale under an action in partition in the superior court, shall be recorded in the county where the premises...
- Section 2a:56-9 - Rights By Paramount Title Saved
Nothing in this chapter contained shall be so construed as to injure, prejudice, defeat or destroy the estate, right or title of a person...
- Section 2a:56-10 - General Proprietors Not Affected
Nothing in this chapter contained shall extend to the partitioning of the real estate held in common by the general proprietors of the eastern...
- Section 2a:56-11 - Proceeds Of Sale; Disposition
The money arising from a sale pursuant to this chapter shall be paid to the parties interested in the real estate sold, their guardians...
- Section 2a:56-12 - Trusts Or Limitations Created By Foreign Will; Disposition Of Proceeds Of Partition Sale
When real estate situate in this state, or an estate therein, devised upon a trust or subject to a limitation over by way of...
- Section 2a:56-13 - Receipts And Discharges; Record By Surrogate; Evidence
When a commissioner or commissioners shall make sale of real estate pursuant to this chapter and distribute the net proceeds to the persons thereto...
- Section 2a:56-14 - Fees And Costs
In proceedings pursuant to this chapter clerks and surrogates shall receive for their services in filing, recording and making copies of the various papers...
- Section 2a:56-15 - Lienor Not Necessary Party; Effect Of Partition On Lienor
A person having a lien, by judgment, decree, mortgage or otherwise, on real estate, or any part thereof, whereof partition is sought in such...
- Section 2a:56-16 - Effect Of Partition On Lienor On Undivided Interest
Where a lien mentioned in section 2A:56-15 of this title is on the undivided interest or estate of a party, the lien, if partition...
- Section 2a:56-17 - Lienors May Be Made Parties
The plaintiff in such an action in partition may, at his election, make parties thereto every person having a lien, by mortgage, judgment, decree,...
- Section 2a:56-18 - Lienors On Undivided Interests Made Parties When Sale Ordered
Where lienors have not been made parties, the court may, before ordering sale of the premises, on motion of any party, admit as a...
- Section 2a:56-19 - Proceeds Of Sale Of Share Subject To Liens Paid Into Court
If it appears by proceedings in such action or if the court shall determine, that there are any existing liens or encumbrances on the...
- Section 2a:56-20 - Proceedings To Obtain Moneys Deposited Pursuant To Section 2a:56-19
When money is deposited in the court pursuant to section 2A:56-19 of this title, the court may in a summary action brought by a...
- Section 2a:56-21 - Discharge Of Encumbrances
The clerk or other officer of the court by whom an encumbrance is paid off shall procure satisfaction thereof to be acknowledged in the...
- Section 2a:56-22 - Parties Having Unencumbered Shares Not Affected By Proceedings
The proceedings to ascertain and settle the amount of encumbrances as herein provided shall not affect any other party in the action for partition...
- Section 2a:56-23 - Payment Of Judgments Out Of Proceeds Of Sale; Order
When sale of real estate is ordered pursuant to partition proceedings, and a creditor has, at any time prior to the distribution of the...
- Section 2a:56-24 - Sale Free Of Unpaid Debts Of Ancestor; Disposition Of Proceeds
The court ordering a sale of real estate pursuant to partition proceedings may, if it appears that the personal estate of the ancestor from...
- Section 2a:56-25 - Sale Free From Dower Or Curtesy; Order Of Court; Deed To Purchaser
When real estate is ordered sold in partition proceedings and a person is entitled to a right or estate of dower or curtesy in...
- Section 2a:56-26 - Compensation To Dower Or Curtesy Holder By Lump Sum Or Investment
When a right or estate of dower or curtesy is sold pursuant to section 2A:56-25 of this title, the court shall direct the payment...
- Section 2a:56-27 - Real Estate Subject To Inchoate Dower Or Curtesy; Sale; Compensation
In an action for partition of real estate, if a sale is ordered, all inchoate rights of dower or curtesy in the real estate...
- Section 2a:56-28 - Death Of Commissioner After Sale; Deeds By Survivors
When any of the commissioners die after making a sale pursuant to this chapter, whether before or after the confirmation thereof, the surviving commissioner...
- Section 2a:56-29 - Death Of Commissioner After Sale But Before Deed Executed; Appointment Of Administrator To Execute And Deliver Deed
If, after a sale of real estate by a commissioner or commissioners pursuant to an order of any court, such commissioner or all such...
- Section 2a:56-30 - Death Of Purchaser; Deed To Successors In Interest
When a purchaser of real estate at a sale thereof by a commissioner or commissioners dies (a) after the sale has been made and...
- Section 2a:56-31 - Effect Of Deed Made Pursuant To Section 2a:56-30
A deed made pursuant to section 2A:56-30 of this title when delivered as provided in said section shall have the same force and effect...
- Section 2a:56-32 - Existing Rights, Liens Or Encumbrances Not Affected By Deed Made Pursuant To Section 2a:56-30
No deed authorized to be made by section 2A:56-30 of this title shall be to the prejudice of any rights in, privileges to, liens...
- Section 2a:56-33 - Absentee Cotenant; Right Of Cotenants To Partition
When real estate is held by cotenants, any of whom shall be presumed to be dead under authority of chapter 40 of Title 3A,...
- Section 2a:56-34 - Order; Deed
The superior court may, in an action pursuant to section 2A:56-33 of this title, make such order or enter such judgment against the owner...
- Section 2a:56-35 - Disposition Of Proceeds Where Person Is Unknown Or Absent; Refunding Bond
When real estate is sold by virtue of any proceedings in partition in this state, and the residence of a person interested for life...
- Section 2a:56-36 - Action On Refunding Bond; Disposition Of Proceeds
The custody of the refunding bonds mentioned in section 2A:56-35 of this title shall be in the control of the court. The court may,...
- Section 2a:56-37 - Partition Of Real Estate Limited Over
The court may order partition through actual division, or, pursuant to section 2A:56-2 of this title, through sale of real estate, in any case...
- Section 2a:56-38 - Sale Of Share Without Recourse To Sale Of Tract
When it appears, by satisfactory proof in a proceeding for partition, that the interest of the owner of a share is such that his...
- Section 2a:56-39 - Partition Or Sale Of Remainders And Reversions; Consent Of Particular Tenant Required
Where there is an estate for life or lives, or other less estate, in real estate situate in this state, and the reversion or...
- Section 2a:56-40 - Deed To Purchaser
The deed to the purchaser, given pursuant to a sale made under authority of section 2A:56-37, section 2A:56-38 or section 2A:56-39 of this title,...
- Section 2a:56-41 - Proceeds Of Sale; Payment Or Investment; How Invested; Income
When a sale is made pursuant to section 2A:56-37 or 2A:56-38 of this title, the net proceeds of a share limited over or not...
- Section 2a:56-42 - Payments On Principal Of Mortgage; Disposition; Discharge
When the principal sum, or a part thereof, secured as provided in section 2A:56-41 of this title, is collected, it shall be paid into...
- Section 2a:56-43 - Final Disposition Of Proceeds
At such time as the share of real estate so sold would have become vested in fee simple absolute and the particular estate or...
- Section 2a:56-44 - Disposition Of Proceeds Of Sale Of Real Estate Held In Trust
When sale of real estate limited over is ordered in any partition proceedings in the superior court, and an executor, trustee or administrator with...
- Section 2a:57-1 - Relief In Superior Court Where Center Line Does Not Correspond With Division Line
Whenever it shall appear that the center line of any partition wall, heretofore or hereafter erected by the owners of adjoining lands upon the...
- Section 2a:57-2 - Mortgagee Or Lien Holder As Party; Determination And Payment Of Claims
Any mortgagee or any judgment creditor having a lien upon the land upon which more than one-half of a partition wall is erected may...
- Section 2a:57-3 - Payment Of Award Into Court; Effect
If any person, to whom a gross sum is awarded as provided by section 2A:57-1 or section 2A:57-2 of this title, shall refuse to...
- Section 2a:57-4 - Effect Of Payment Of Award
The payment of any gross sum pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall not result in any transfer of any title to the...
- Section 2a:58-10 - Recording Of Final Administrative Order On Judgment Docket
1. a. If an administrative agency of the State has assessed a fixed amount of money as a civil penalty or award after the...
- Section 2a:58-11 - Action To Impose Penalty, Proceedings
2. a. If a statute or ordinance allows a court action to impose a civil penalty or a penalty has been imposed that may...
- Section 2a:58-12 - "Penalty Enforcement Law Of 1999"
3.This chapter shall be known as the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999." References to the "penalty enforcement law" which this law replaces shall be...
- Section 2a:58a-1 - Short Title
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Transboundary Pollution Reciprocal Access Law." L.1983, c. 570, s. 1, eff. Jan....
- Section 2a:58a-2 - Definitions
As used in this chapter: a. "Reciprocating jurisdiction" means a state of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of...
- Section 2a:58a-3 - Forum
An action or other proceeding for injury or threatened injury to property or person in a reciprocating jurisdiction caused by pollution originating, or that...
- Section 2a:58a-4 - Right To Relief
A person who suffers, or is threatened with, injury to his person or property in a reciprocating jurisdiction caused by pollution originating, or that...
- Section 2a:58a-5 - Applicable Law
The law to be applied in an action or other proceeding brought pursuant to this chapter, including what constitutes "pollution," is the law of...
- Section 2a:58a-6 - Equality Of Rights
This chapter does not accord a person injured or threatened with injury in another jurisdiction any rights superior to those that the person would...
- Section 2a:58a-7 - Right Additional To Other Rights
The right provided in this chapter is in addition to and not in derogation of any other rights. L.1983, c. 570, s. 1, eff....
- Section 2a:58a-8 - Uniformity Of Application And Construction
This chapter shall be applied and construed to carry out its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of...
- Section 2a:58b-1 - Definitions
Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms shall have the following meanings: a. "Contract modification" means alterations, deviations, additions to, or omissions...
- Section 2a:58b-2 - Limitation On Liability
The provisions of any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding, the liability of any person constructing public works, buildings or improvements...
- Section 2a:58b-3 - Definitions
1. a. As used in this act: "Public entity" means this State or any department, public authority, public agency, public commission or any instrumentality...
- Section 2a:58c-1 - Findings; Definitions
a. The Legislature finds that there is an urgent need for remedial legislation to establish clear rules with respect to certain matters relating to...
- Section 2a:58c-2 - Liability Of Manufacturer Or Seller In Product Liability Action
A manufacturer or seller of a product shall be liable in a product liability action only if the claimant proves by a preponderance of...
- Section 2a:58c-3 - Exemptions From Liability
a. In any product liability action against a manufacturer or seller for harm allegedly caused by a product that was designed in a defective...
- Section 2a:58c-4 - No Liability If Warning Provided
In any product liability action the manufacturer or seller shall not be liable for harm caused by a failure to warn if the product...
- Section 2a:58c-5 - Punitive Damages Under Food And Drug Product Liability, Limitation
5. a. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1995, c.142.) b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1995, c.142.) c. Punitive damages shall not be awarded if a drug or...
- Section 2a:58c-6 - Nonapplicability To Environmental Tort Action
The provisions of this act shall not apply to any environmental tort action. L. 1987, c. 197, s. 6.
- Section 2a:58c-7 - Burden Of Proof Rules Unaltered
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, no provision of this act is intended to establish any rule, or alter any existing rule,...
- Section 2a:58c-8 - Definitions Relative To Actions Against Product Sellers
1. As used in this act: "Manufacturer" means (1) any person who designs, formulates, produces, creates, makes, packages, labels or constructs any product or...
- Section 2a:58c-9 - Affidavit By Seller Indentifying Manufacturer; Product Seller Liability
2. a. In any product liability action against a product seller, the product seller may file an affidavit certifying the correct identity of the...
- Section 2a:58c-10 - Definitions Relative To Health Care Providers
1. As used in this act: "Health care provider" or "provider" means a provider of health care services and includes, but is not limited...
- Section 2a:58c-11 - Liability Of Health Care Providers For Medical Devices
2. In any product liability action against a health care provider for harm allegedly caused by a medical device that was manufactured or designed...
- Section 2a:58d-1 - Invasion Of Privacy With Photographs, Films, Videotapes, Liability, Civil Action; Damages, Costs
2. a. An actor who, without license or privilege to do so, photographs, films, videotapes, records, or otherwise reproduces in any manner, the image...
- Section 2a:58d-2 - Definitions Relative To Invasion Of Privacy Relative To First Responders; Violations, Penalties.
1. a. As used in this section: "Disclose" means to sell, manufacture, give, provide, lend, trade, mail, deliver, transfer, publish, distribute, circulate, disseminate, present,...
- Section 2a:60-1 - Rights And Remedies Of Reversioner Or Remainderman As Against Tenant In Dower, By Curtesy Or For Life
Sections 1 and 2 of an act entitled "An act granting relief, in certain cases, against collusive judgments and wrongful alienation of lands," passed...
- Section 2a:60-2 - Appeal By Reversioner Or Remainderman From Judgment Against Tenant In Dower Or By Curtesy Or For Life; Restoration Of Estate Affected
Section 12 of an act entitled "An act granting relief, in certain cases, against collusive judgments and wrongful alienations of lands" , passed March...
- Section 2a:61-1 - Advertisements Of Sales; Publication In Newspapers; Fees
When any sheriff, coroner, master, executor, administrator, guardian, commissioner, auditor or other officer or person is authorized or required by any public statute or...
- Section 2a:61-2 - Publication In Foreign Language Newspaper
The officer or other person mentioned in section 2A:61-1 of this title having charge of any sale of real estate may, whenever the sale,...
- Section 2a:61-3 - Judgment Or Order Founded Upon Equitable Cause Of Action; Public Or Private Sale
When a sale of real estate is ordered by the superior court in any action, wherein the order or judgment under which such sale...
- Section 2a:61-4 - Times And Places Of Sale; Announcement Of Description Of Real Estate To Be Sold
Any officer or person mentioned in section 2A:61-1 of this title, making a sale of real estate governed by this chapter, shall, at the...
- Section 2a:61-5 - Adjournments Of Sales
Any officer or person mentioned in section 2A:61-1 of this title making a sale of real estate governed by this chapter may, subject only...
- Section 2a:61-6 - Publication Of Notices Of Adjournments; Fee
If a sale of real estate governed by this chapter is adjourned for more than 1 week, notice thereof shall be published once within...
- Section 2a:61-7 - Lien Of Debts Of Ancestor, Sale Free From; Order Touching Disposition Of Proceeds
In all actions in the superior court, in the nature of a proceeding in equity, for the sale of real estate, the court may,...
- Section 2a:61-8 - Sales Confirmed Notwithstanding Defects Or Irregularities In Publication Of Advertisements
All sales of real estate made by virtue of any order or judgment of any court of record of this state may, notwithstanding any...
- Section 2a:61-9 - Affidavit Of Selling Officer Indorsed On Or Added To Conveyances
When a sheriff or other officer shall make a sale of real estate pursuant to a judgment, execution or order of any court, he...
- Section 2a:61-10 - Record Of Conveyance With Affidavit Indorsed Or Added; Effect
Any conveyance mentioned in section 2A:61-9 of this title, with the affidavit required by said section 2A:61-9 indorsed thereon or added thereto, may, when...
- Section 2a:61-11 - Defects Or Imperfections In Affidavits Of Selling Officer
All affidavits indorsed on or added to deeds as required by law by any sheriff, or other officer or person, shall, notwithstanding any errors...
- Section 2a:61-12 - Effect Of Recitals In Conveyances By Selling Officer
The conveyance of any real estate sold by a sheriff, or other officer or person, in pursuance of a decree, judgment, execution or order...
- Section 2a:61-13 - Conveyances By Public Or Municipal Authority; Collateral Attack
The provisions of section 2A:61-12 of this title shall apply to all deeds, declarations of sale and conveyance, duly acknowledged or proved, heretofore or...
- Section 2a:61-14 - Confirmatory Deeds On Loss Of Originals
Whenever a deed or conveyance, given by an officer or other person mentioned in section 2A:61-1 of this title pursuant to a sale made...
- Section 2a:61-15 - Fees For Confirmatory Deed
The officer making the confirmatory deed or conveyance shall be entitled to the same fee therefor as he was entitled to for making the...
- Section 2a:61-16 - Relief To Bidder At Sale On Showing Defect In Title Or Lien Or Encumbrance On Property Sold
Any purchaser of real estate at any public sale, held by any officer or person mentioned in section 2A:61-1 of this title, except at...
- Section 2a:61-17 - Bona Fide Purchasers Protected After 7 Years
When a conveyance of any real estate sold by a sheriff, or other officer or other person mentioned in section 2A:61-1 of this title,...
- Section 2a:61-18 - Recorded Deeds By Sheriff Or Other Officer Valid Notwithstanding Defects In Writ; Record As Evidence
Any deed or deeds of conveyance heretofore or hereafter made and delivered by any sheriff, former sheriff, or other officer of the court, of...
- Section 2a:61-19 - Distribution Of Proceeds Of Sales Of Or Compensation For Real Estate Paid Into Court
Whenever any real estate shall be sold or taken upon compensation, pursuant to any competent judicial authority, or any law of this state, and...
- Section 2a:61-20 - Payment Of Proceeds Of Sales Of Or For Real Estate Into Superior Court; Effect
Whenever any real estate has heretofore been or shall hereafter be sold or taken upon compensation pursuant to any competent judicial authority or any...
- Section 2a:61-21 - Surplus From Sale Of Real Estate Deposited In Court; Use To Pay Judgments
Whenever there shall be a surplus from the sale of real estate sold by virtue of any order or judgment, and such surplus shall...
- Section 2a:61a-1 - Definitions.
1.As used in this act: a."Commission" means compensation accruing to a sales representative for payment by a principal, earned through the last day on...
- Section 2a:61a-2 - Payment To Sales Representative After Termination Of Contract.
2.When a contract between a principal and a sales representative to solicit orders is terminated, the commissions and other compensation earned as a result...
- Section 2a:61a-3 - Liability To Sales Representative For Violation; Liability For Frivolous Court Action.
3. a. A principal who violates or fails to comply with the provisions of section 2 of this act shall be liable to the...
- Section 2a:61a-4 - Payment As Of Postmark Date
The commissions and other compensation shall be paid at the usual place of payment unless the sales representative requests that the commissions and other...
- Section 2a:61a-5 - Jurisdiction Over Nonresident Principals
A principal who is not a resident of this State who contracts with a sales representative to solicit orders in this State is declared...
- Section 2a:61a-6 - Waiving Provisions Of This Act Prohibited
A provision in any contract between a sales representative and a principal purporting to waive any provision of this act, whether by express waiver...
- Section 2a:61a-7 - Construction
Nothing in this act shall invalidate or restrict any other or additional right or remedy available to a sales representative or principal, or preclude...
- Section 2a:61a-8 - Inapplicability Of C.2a:61a-1 et Seq.
4.The provisions of P.L.1990, c.93 (C.2A:61A-1 et seq.) shall not apply to: a.any real estate sales person licensed or regulated pursuant to chapter 15...
- Section 2a:61b-1 - Definitions; Accrual Of Actions; Proceedings.
1. a. As used in this act: (1)"Sexual abuse" means an act of sexual contact or sexual penetration between a child under the age...
- Section 2a:61c-1 - Shoplifting, Retail Thefts, Civil Action; Provided.
1. a. A person who commits the offense of shoplifting as defined in N.J.S.2C:20-11 or a person who commits the offense of theft as...
- Section 2a:62-1 - By Person In Peaceable Possession
Any person in the peaceable possession of lands in this state and claiming ownership thereof, may, when his title thereto, or any part thereof,...
- Section 2a:62-2 - Presumption Of Peaceable Possession
If the lands are not, by reason of their extent or because they are wild, wood, waste, uninclosed or unimproved, in the actual peaceable...
- Section 2a:62-3 - By Grantor Of Mapped And Sold Lots
If any person, while in peaceable possession of lands and claiming ownership thereof, has made and filed or makes and files a map thereof...
- Section 2a:62-4 - Jury Trial; Issues; Place Of Trial
Upon the application of either party, a jury trial shall be directed to try the validity of a claim made to the affected lands,...
- Section 2a:62-5 - Determination Of Claims By Court
When no jury trial is requested pursuant to section 2A:62-4 of this title, or as to the facts for which the same is not...
- Section 2a:62-6 - Scope Of Adjudication By Court
The court shall, upon the verdict of the jury taken pursuant to section 2A:62-4 of this title, or upon its own inquiry and determination...
- Section 2a:62-7 - Effect Of Final Adjudication
The final determination and judgment shall fix and settle the rights of the parties in the affected land and shall, except as provided by...
- Section 2a:62-8 - Persons Under Disability; Relief From Judgment.
2A:62-8. If a defendant was, either at the time of the entry of a default against the defendant or at the time of the...
- Section 2a:62-9 - Opening Judgment On Application For Relief
Upon an application for relief from the judgment as provided by section 2A:62-8 of this title the judgment shall be opened as to the...
- Section 2a:62-10 - Effect Of Opening Or Vacating Judgment.
2A:62-10. If the title to the lands which is the subject of the judgment sought to be opened pursuant to N.J.S.2A:62-8 and N.J.S.2A:62-9, has,...
- Section 2a:62-11 - By Person In Peaceable Possession; Action In The Superior Court
Any person in the peaceable possession of lands in this state, and claiming ownership thereof, may, if it is alleged or claimed or it...
- Section 2a:62-12 - Sections 2a:62-1 To 2a:62-10 Applicable
The provisions of article 1 of this chapter (s. 2A:62-1 et seq.) shall so far as the same are consistent with the provisions of...
- Section 2a:62-13 - Persons Not Bound By Judgment
No judgment entered pursuant to the provisions of this article shall affect the right of any other person claiming to own the lands involved,...
- Section 2a:62-14 - Persons Not Bound By Judgments And Orders
All orders made and judgments entered in an action authorized by section 2A:62-11 of this title shall be binding upon all persons included in...
- Section 2a:62-15 - Construction Of Article
This article shall be liberally construed to effect its purpose, which is to create a procedure by which it may be established that certain...
- Section 2a:62-16 - Sections 2a:62-1 To 2a:62-10 Not Affected
This article shall not, by implication or otherwise, be construed to affect any of the provisions of article 1 of this chapter (s. 2A:62-1...
- Section 2a:62-17 - Persons Entitled To Maintain Action
When a person claims to be entitled to a vested estate in remainder in lands in this state or to a remainder interest in...
- Section 2a:62-18 - Jury Trial; Issues; Adjudication By Court
Upon the application of either party, a jury trial shall be directed to try the validity of the claims made to the estate or...
- Section 2a:62-19 - Judgment; Conclusiveness; Opening Judgment As To Persons Under Disability.
2A:62-19. The final determination and judgment in an action authorized by N.J.S.2A:62-17 shall fix and settle the rights of all the parties in the...
- Section 2a:62-20 - Persons Entitled To Maintain Action
A person in the peaceable possession of lands in this state, claiming ownership thereof in fee simple under a deed therefor, or by or...
- Section 2a:62-21 - Jury Trial; Adjudication By Court
Upon the application of either party, a jury trial shall be directed to try the validity of any claim specified in section 2A:62-20 of...
- Section 2a:62-22 - Effect Of Final Adjudication
The final determination and judgment of the court in an action brought pursuant to section 2A:62-20 of this title shall fix and settle the...
- Section 2a:62-23 - Action By Attorney General
When a grant or conveyance in fee of riparian lands or lands under water, or both, has been or shall be made by the...
- Section 2a:62-24 - Jury Trial; Adjudication By Court
Upon application of either party, a jury trial shall be directed to try the validity of any claim to the affected lands mentioned in...
- Section 2a:62-25 - Effect Of Final Adjudication
The final determination and judgment of the court in an action authorized by section 2A:62-23 of this title shall fix and settle the rights...
- Section 2a:62-26 - Tender Or Payment Into Court Not Required; Terms Upon Which Grant Or Conveyance Set Aside
The attorney general need not, on behalf of the state, make or offer to make any tender or payment into court, either on or...
- Section 2a:62a-1 - Civil Immunity For Emergency Care
Any individual, including a person licensed to practice any method of treatment of human ailments, disease, pain, injury, deformity, mental or physical condition, or...
- Section 2a:62a-1.1 - Immunity From Civil Damages For Certain Law Enforcement Officers At Accident Scenes
5. A municipal, county or State law enforcement officer is not liable for any civil damages as a result of any acts or omissions...
- Section 2a:62a-1.2 - Immunity From Civil Damages For Firefighters At Accident Scenes.
1. A municipal, county or State firefighter, whether volunteer or paid, shall not be liable for any civil damages as a result of any...
- Section 2a:62a-1.3 - Immunity From Civil Liability For Certain Health Care Professionals, Certain Situations.
10. a. If an individual's actual health care facility duty, including on-call duty, does not require a response to a patient emergency situation, a...
- Section 2a:62a-2 - Short Title
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Good Samaritan Act." L.1963, c. 140, s. 2.
- Section 2a:62a-3 - Treatment By Medical Personnel For Dependency Upon Or Illegal Use Of Controlled Dangerous Substances Or Use Of Intoxicating Vapor Releasing Chemical; Immunity From Liability
Any fully licensed doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathy, or registered nurse, and any resident or intern on the staff of a hospital,...
- Section 2a:62a-4 - School Personnel Not Liable For Civil Damages Under Certain Circumstances
2. Any teacher, guidance counselor, psychologist, registered nurse or other educational or noneducational personnel employed by or in any of the public or private...
- Section 2a:62a-5 - Persons Providing Assistance In A Liquefied Petroleum Gas Or Liquefied Natural Gas Accident Or Emergency; Immunity From Liability
Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, no person who provides assistance, free of charge except for reimbursement of expenses, upon request of...
- Section 2a:62a-6 - Athletic Officials' Immunity
a. Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, no person who provides services or assistance free of charge, except for reimbursement of expenses,...
- Section 2a:62a-6.1 - Exemption From Liability
Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, a person who is accredited as a sports official by a voluntary association as provided by...
- Section 2a:62a-6.2 - Sponsors Of Sports Teams
Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, no person who provides goods, services, or other assistance as the sponsor of a sports team...
- Section 2a:62a-7 - Third Party Immunity
a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, no individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other entity shall be liable for civil...
- Section 2a:62a-8 - Limitations
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1 of this act to the contrary, this act shall not apply to the rendering of care or assistance,...
- Section 2a:62a-9 - Gross Negligency, Intentional Misconduct
Section 1 of this act shall not preclude liability for civil damages as the result of gross negligence or intentional misconduct. Reckless, willful, or...
- Section 2a:62a-10 - Civil, Criminal Immunity For Obtaining Specimens
1. a. When acting in response to a request of a law enforcement officer, any physician, nurse or medical technician who withdraws or otherwise...
- Section 2a:62a-11 - Certificate
Any person taking a specimen pursuant to section 1 of this act shall, upon request, furnish to any law enforcement agency a certificate stating...
- Section 2a:62a-12 - Definitions
As used in this act: a. "Association" means the entity responsible for the administration of a common interest community in which 75% or more...
- Section 2a:62a-13 - Limited Immunity For Association
a. Where the bylaws of a qualified common interest community specifically so provide, the association shall not be liable in any civil action brought...
- Section 2a:62a-14 - Amendment Of Bylaws
a. No bylaws shall be amended in accordance with section 2 of this act unless the amendment is approved by the owners of at...
- Section 2a:62a-15 - Immunity To Local Emergency Planning Committee Members
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no person serving as a member of a local emergency planning committee organized pursuant to...
- Section 2a:62a-16 - Medical Or Counseling Practitioner's Immunity From Civil Liability.
1. a. Any person who is licensed in the State of New Jersey to practice psychology, psychiatry, medicine, nursing, clinical social work or marriage...
- Section 2a:62a-17 - Court Order Required For Certain Disclosures
2. When a duty to warn and protect arises from the receipt of a privileged communication from a patient in a drug or alcohol...
- Section 2a:62a-18 - Reports Of Suspected Arson Related Burn Injuries, Immunity
2. A person acting in accordance with the requirements of this act in making a report required by subsection b. of N.J.S.2C:58-8 shall be...
- Section 2a:62a-19 - Civil Immunity For Emergency Medical Technician Instructors
1. a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no emergency medical technician who, without compensation, trains or instructs other persons in...
- Section 2a:62a-20 - Immunity From Civil Liability For Use Of Chemical Substance For Self-defense
1. Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, a person who possesses a chemical substance for the purpose of personal self-defense in accordance...
- Section 2a:62a-21 - Additional Right Of Action, Recovery
1. In addition to any other right of action or recovery otherwise available under law, whenever any law enforcement officer, firefighter, or member of...
- Section 2a:62a-22 - Rights, Remedies, Limitations Declared Additional, Cumulative
2. The rights, remedies and limitations accorded by the provisions of this act are hereby declared to be in addition to and cumulative of...
- Section 2a:62a-23 - Legislative Findings Relative To Acquisition, Deployment, Use Of Automated External Defibrillators; Immunity From Civil Liability.
1.The Legislature finds that: a.More than 350,000 Americans die annually from out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest. Many die needlessly because life saving defibrillators are not...
- Section 2a:62a-24 - Definitions Relative To Acquisition, Deployment, Use Of Automated External Defibrillators
2.As used in this act: "Automated external defibrillator" or "defibrillator" means a medical device heart monitor and defibrillator that: a.Has received approval of its...
- Section 2a:62a-25 - Responsibilities Of Person, Entity Acquiring Automated External Defibrillator.
3.A person or entity that acquires an automated external defibrillator shall: a.Ensure that any person, who is anticipated by the person or entity that...
- Section 2a:62a-26 - Requirements For User Of Defibrillator.
4. a. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2012, c.6) b.Any person who uses a defibrillator shall request emergency medical assistance from the appropriate first aid, ambulance,...
- Section 2a:62a-27 - Immunity From Civil Liability For User Of Defibrillator; Exceptions.
5. a. (1) Any person or entity who, in good faith, acquires or provides a defibrillator, renders emergency care or treatment by the use...
- Section 2a:62a-28 - Definitions Relative To Placement Of Automated External Defibrillators In State Buildings.
1.As used in this act: "Automated external defibrillator" means an automated external defibrillator as defined in section 2 of P.L.1999, c.34 (C.2A:62A-24). "Commissioner" means...
- Section 2a:62a-29 - Guidelines With Respect To Placement Of Automated External Defibrillators In State Buildings.
2. a. The Commissioner of Health and Senior Services shall establish guidelines, which the commissioner shall recommend for adoption by all State agencies, with...
- Section 2a:62a-30 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Use Of Defibrillators In Health Clubs.
1.The Legislature finds and declares that: a.According to the American Heart Association, when a person suffers sudden cardiac arrest, the person's chance of survival...
- Section 2a:62a-31 - Requirements Of Health Clubs Relative To Defibrillators.
2.No later than one year after the effective date of this act: a.The owner or operator of a health club registered with the Director...
- Section 2a:62a-32 - Violations, Penalties.
3.A person who violates the provisions of section 2 of this act shall be liable to a civil penalty of not less than $250...
- Section 2a:62a-33 - Immunity From Civil, Criminal Liability.
4.A health club that is subject to the provisions of this act shall be immune from civil or criminal liability resulting from the malfunctioning...
- Section 2a:62a-34 - Rules, Regulations.
5.The Commissioner of Health and Senior Services, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), and in consultation with the Director...
- Section 2a:63-1 - What Constitutes; Notice; Action; Damages
Any person who, while carrying a gun, shall trespass on any lands, except fresh meadow lands over which the tide has ebbed and flowed...
- Section 2a:64-1 - Organizations Which May Sue Or Be Sued; Effect Of Action; Abatement
Any unincorporated organization or association, consisting of 7 or more persons and having a recognized name, may sue or be sued in any court...
- Section 2a:64-2 - Service Of Process, Pleadings And Papers
All process, pleadings and other papers in such action may be served on the president or other officer for the time being or the...
- Section 2a:64-3 - Execution Or Process
If a judgment is entered against the organization or association in a civil action herein authorized, execution or other process may issue thereon in...
- Section 2a:64-4 - Bar Of Unsatisfied Judgment
A judgment obtained against an organization or association in an action herein authorized shall not, after execution or process issued thereon and returned in...
- Section 2a:64-5 - Action Against Members Individually Liable; Corporate Powers Not Conferred
Nothing in this chapter contained shall be construed to prevent any person having a claim against an unincorporated organization or association, for which the...
- Section 2a:64-6 - Organizations Excepted
This chapter, in so far as it relates to actions of an equitable nature against unincorporated organizations or associations, shall not apply to a...
- Section 2a:65-1 - Waste By Guardian; Accounting To Ward; Treble Damages
No guardian shall make or suffer any waste, destruction or wrongful sale of the inheritance of his ward, or of those things of which...
- Section 2a:65-2 - Waste By Tenant Without Special License
No tenant in dower or curtesy or for life, years or any term, shall, during the term, make or suffer any waste, sale or...
- Section 2a:65-3 - Action For Waste; Treble Damages
A civil action may be maintained in the superior court against the tenant, and upon a finding that waste has been committed, treble damages...
- Section 2a:65-4 - Waste Between Parceners, Tenants In Common Or Joint Tenants; Procedure
When 2 or more persons hold property in common, as tenants in common or joint tenants, and 1 or more of them commit waste,...
- Section 2a:65-5 - Action For Waste By Heir; Treble Damages
Any heir may maintain a civil action for the waste or destruction of his inheritance, whether such waste occurred in the lifetime of his...
- Section 2a:65-6 - Tenant's Liability For Waste Committed Or Suffered By Him After Leasing Or Granting His Estate To Another
When any tenant for a term, including a life tenant, in property demised to or held by him, has or shall lease or grant...
- Section 2a:65-7 - Accidental Fires Excepted
No civil action for waste shall be maintained against any person as the result of damage caused by any accidental fire, except as may...
- Section 2a:65-8 - Demand Upon Tenant Of Particular Estate To Take Possession Of And Keep Estate Free From Waste Or To Pay Taxes Or Municipal Liens Thereon
Whenever a particular estate exists in any real estate in this state, and there is a remainderman or reversioner or person entitled to ultimate...
- Section 2a:65-9 - Service Of Demand
Any demand or notice mentioned in section 2A:65-8 of this title may be served upon the tenant of the particular estate either personally or...
- Section 2a:65-10 - Civil Action In Superior Court
If the tenant of the particular estate neglects or fails to take and keep possession of the real estate and maintain the same free...
- Section 2a:65a-1 - Requirement Of Person To Perform; Prohibition
No person shall be required to perform or assist in the performance of an abortion or sterilization. L.1974, c. 111, s. 1, eff. Oct....
- Section 2a:65a-2 - Requirement Of Hospital Or Other Health Care Facility To Provide Services Or Procedures; Prohibition
No hospital or other health care facility shall be required to provide abortion or sterilization services or procedures. L.1974, c. 111, s. 2, eff....
- Section 2a:65a-3 - Refusal To Perform Or Provide Services Or Procedures; Nonliability
The refusal to perform, assist in the performance of, or provide abortion services or sterilization procedures shall not constitute grounds for civil or criminal...
- Section 2a:65a-4 - Severability
If any part of this act shall be invalid, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining parts of this act. If...
- Section 2a:65a-5 - Short Title.
1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1997." L.1997,c.262,s.1.
- Section 2a:65a-6 - Partial-birth Abortions Prohibited; Definitions.
2. a. No physician licensed in this State, other licensed health care professional authorized to perform abortions in this State, or ambulatory care facility...
- Section 2a:65a-7 - Patient Immune From Liability.
3. A woman upon whom a partial-birth abortion is performed shall be immune from civil or criminal liability for a violation of the provisions...
- Section 2a:65b-1 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Sale Of Yo-yo Waterballs.
1.The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: a.Yo-Yo Waterballs, also known as water yo-yos, are inexpensive, easily accessible toys that pose a strangulation hazard...
- Section 2a:65b-2 - Yo-yo Waterballs Prohibited.
2. a. A person shall not sell or offer for sale a Yo-Yo Waterball. b.For the purposes of this act, "Yo-Yo Waterball" means a...
- Section 2a:65b-3 - Violations, Penalties.
3. a. A person violating the provisions of section 2 of this act shall be liable, in addition to the liability for any civil...
- Section 2a:65c-1 - Sale Of Novelty Lighter Prohibited.
1. a. A person shall not sell, or offer to sell, a novelty lighter. b.For the purposes of this section, "novelty lighter" means a...
- Section 2a:65c-2 - Confiscation Authorized.
2.A law enforcement officer or fire official may confiscate a novelty lighter that is sold or offered for sale in violation of section 1...
- Section 2a:65c-3 - Civil Liability.
3.A person who violates the provisions of section 1 of P.L.2009, c.163 (C.2A:65C-1) shall, in addition to any other legal or equitable relief, be...
- Section 2a:65c-4 - Reasonable Costs Of Successful Action.
4.The enforcing agency shall be entitled, if successful in the matter, to the reasonable costs of the action, including, but not limited to, investigative...
- Section 2a:65c-5 - Powers Of Attorney General.
5.To accomplish the objectives and to carry out the duties prescribed by this act, the Attorney General shall have all of the powers granted...
- Section 2a:65d-1 - Definitions Relative To Certain Unsolicited Advertising via Text Messaging.
1.As used in this act: "Communication device capable of receiving text messaging" means a cellular telephone, a device for paging or message services, a...
- Section 2a:65d-2 - Sending Of Unsolicited Advertising via Text Message Incurring Telecommunications Charge Prohibited.
2.No person shall send or cause to be sent to a resident of this State an unsolicited advertisement by means of text messaging to...
- Section 2a:65d-3 - Permission Required For Sending Unsolicited Advertisement via Text Messaging.
3.No person may send an unsolicited advertisement by means of text messaging without first receiving permission from the intended recipient. Permission may be granted...
- Section 2a:65d-4 - Option To Block Certain Text Message Charges.
4.No telecommunications company shall sell, or offer to sell, text messaging services to customers in this State unless the company offers an option to...
- Section 2a:65d-5 - Violations, Penalties.
5. a. A person who violates this act shall be subject to a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $500 for the...
- Section 2a:65d-6 - Sending Certain Unsolicited Checks Prohibited.
1.No person shall send an unsolicited check to an individual which, upon being cashed or redeemed, automatically obligates the recipient to pay any fee...
- Section 2a:65d-7 - Violations, Penalties.
2. a. A person who violates P.L.2015, c.120 (C.2A:65D-6 et seq.) shall be subject to a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed...
- Section 2a:66-1 - Defective Record; Order For New Or Supplemental Certificate
When a proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ is instituted to review any assessment or other order or proceeding concerning any local or public...
- Section 2a:66-2 - Effect Of New Or Supplemental Certificate
If it shall appear by the new or supplemental certificate made pursuant to such order that the action or determination in question was actually...
- Section 2a:66-3 - Assessment Of Property By Court; Lien Of Assessment; Exception
If, in a proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ to review an assessment for a local or public improvement, the assessment is set aside...
- Section 2a:66-5 - Burden Of Proof On Attorney General
In any proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ instituted by the attorney general, by virtue of his office, to ascertain by what right a...
- Section 2a:66-6 - Who May Institute
A proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ may also be instituted as of right against any person for usurping, intruding into or unlawfully holding...
- Section 2a:66-7 - Judgment
If, in a proceeding instituted pursuant to section 2A:66-6 of this title, the defendant shall be found guilty of usurping or intruding into or...
- Section 2a:66-8 - Who May Institute
A proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ may be instituted as of right against any person for usurping, intruding into or unlawfully holding or...
- Section 2a:66-9 - Bond Of Plaintiff
Upon filing the complaint, the plaintiff shall execute a bond to the defendant in the amount of $200 and with such surety or sureties...
- Section 2a:66-10 - Time To Answer; Extension
If the bond mentioned in section 2A:80-9 of this title has not been filed at the time the defendant is served, the defendant's time...
- Section 2a:66-11 - Affidavit Annexed To Answer
The answer of each defendant shall have annexed to it his affidavit stating that the allegations in the answer are true to the best...
- Section 2a:66-12 - Determination Of Title; Judgment And Enforcement Thereof
The title of plaintiff to the office or franchise in question shall be determined in the proceedings. If it is determined that the plaintiff...
- Section 2a:66-13 - Appeal Not To Affect Entry Of Plaintiff; Bond
No appeal or other proceeding shall affect the right of the plaintiff to immediate entry into such office or franchise in accordance with the...
- Section 2a:66-14 - Certificate On Recount Of Votes; Prima Facie Evidence Of Right To Office
If there shall have been a recount of the votes cast at the election at which the plaintiff and defendant claim to have been...
- Section 2a:67-1 - Construction Of Chapter
This chapter shall be liberally construed so as to secure, as far as possible, the liberty of the citizen. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
- Section 2a:67-2 - Chapter Not Generally Applicable To Habeas Corpus Ad Testificandum
No provision of this chapter shall apply to the writ of habeas corpus when used to bring a prisoner before a court as a...
- Section 2a:67-3 - Issuance Of Writ Without Application
When the superior court shall have evidence from any judicial proceeding had before it that a person within this state is illegally confined or...
- Section 2a:67-4 - Prisoner Not To Be Removed Except In Certain Cases
No person committed to a prison or in the custody of an officer or other person for a criminal or supposed criminal matter shall...
- Section 2a:67-5 - Penalty For Signing And Executing Warrant For Removal Contrary To Chapter
If, after such commitment mentioned in section 2A:67-4 of this title, a person shall make out, sign or countersign a warrant for the removal...
- Section 2a:67-6 - Sending Citizen As Prisoner Out Of State For Offense Committed Within State; Action For Damages; Punishment; Disqualification; Exceptions
2A:67-6. For preventing illegal imprisonment of citizens of this State in prisons out of this State, no citizen of this State who is an...
- Section 2a:67-7 - Discharge On Criminal Charge Not Extended To Discharge On Civil Process
Nothing in this chapter shall extend to discharge out of prison any person in custody by virtue of a judgment, order or process in...
- Section 2a:67-8 - Warrant In Lieu Of Writ; Arrest Of Person Having Custody Of Person Detained
A judge of the superior court may, when it shall appear by satisfactory proof that anyone is held in illegal confinement or custody and...
- Section 2a:67-9 - Service Of Warrant; Return
Any officer or person to whom the warrant mentioned in section 2A:67-8 of this title shall be directed shall execute the same by bringing...
- Section 2a:67-10 - Proceedings Against Person Detaining Prisoner
If the person having the prisoner in his custody shall be brought before the superior court, as for a criminal offense, he shall be...
- Section 2a:67-11 - Limitation Of Action For Offenses Against Chapter
No person shall be liable to an action for any offense against this chapter unless the action is commenced against such person so offending...
- Section 2a:67-12 - Witnesses, Production Of Prisoners Or Inmates As
Upon the issuance of a writ by any court of competent jurisdiction of the United States or of another state, requiring the production before...
- Section 2a:67-13 - Who May Prosecute Writ.
2A:67-13. Except as provided in N.J.S.2A:67-14, a person may prosecute a writ of habeas corpus, in accordance with this chapter, to inquire into the...
- Section 2a:67-14 - Who May Not Prosecute Writ
The persons hereinafter specified shall not be entitled to prosecute writ of habeas corpus: a. Any person committed or restrained of his liberty by...
- Section 2a:67-15 - Power And Authority To Issue Writ
The power and authority to issue writs of habeas corpus shall be and reside in: a. The superior court and each judge thereof. b....
- Section 2a:67-16 - Application By Complaint; Contempts; Verification
Application for the writ shall be made, by complaint, either by the party for whose relief it is intended or by some person in...
- Section 2a:67-17 - Issuance Of Writ; Contents
The judge to whom the application is made shall grant such writ without delay or issue an order directing the defendant named in the...
- Section 2a:67-18 - Defect Of Form Not Cause For Disobedience Of Writ
Writs of habeas corpus shall not be disobeyed for any defect of form. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
- Section 2a:67-19 - Service Of Writ
A writ of habeas corpus issued under this chapter may be served by delivering it to the person to whom it is directed, together...
- Section 2a:67-20 - Return
Every public officer upon whom the writ shall be duly served, whether the writ be directed to him or not, and every other person...
- Section 2a:67-21 - Excuse For Failure To Produce Person Detained As Required
The defendant shall be excused for failure to comply with a command in the writ to produce the person detained, and the hearing may...
- Section 2a:67-22 - Contents Of Return; Verification
The return shall set forth, fully and explicitly, whether the defendant has or has not the party in his power or custody or under...
- Section 2a:67-23 - Effect Of Return; Answer Thereto
The allegations of the return, if not controverted, shall be accepted as true except to the extent that the judge finds from the evidence...
- Section 2a:67-24 - Arrest For Failure To Produce Prisoner Or Make Return; Commitment
If the person upon whom the writ shall have been duly served refuses or neglects to produce the person named in the writ, or...
- Section 2a:67-25 - Order To Enforce Production Of Prisoner
When an order of arrest is issued against a defendant and the person named in the writ or order has not been produced as...
- Section 2a:67-26 - Custody Pending Determination
When a person is produced before the court in habeas corpus proceedings, the judge may, until judgment is given, commit such person to the...
- Section 2a:67-27 - Time Of Hearing; Notice.
2A:67-27. When the writ is returned, the court may hold the hearing immediately, unless the validity of a detention on any civil process, or...
- Section 2a:67-28 - Hearing; Jury.
2A:67-28. In all cases in which the mental capacity of the party is to be determined, the testimony shall be taken orally and the...
- Section 2a:67-29 - Judgment.
2A:67-29. In any proceeding under subsection a., b., or c. of N.J.S.2A:67-13, if no cause is shown for the imprisonment or restraint or for...
- Section 2a:67-30 - Enforcement Of Court's Order
When, in a proceeding under subsection h. of section 2A:67-13 of this title, the court orders the release of the person confined or restrained...
- Section 2a:67-31 - Reimprisonment For Same Cause Of Person Discharged Upon Writ; Exceptions
No person who has been discharged by the order of such court or judge upon a writ of habeas corpus issued pursuant to the...
- Section 2a:67-32 - Penalty For Reimprisoning; Aiding Or Assisting; Misdemeanor
Any person, either solely or as a member of any court, or in the execution of any order, judgment or process, who shall knowingly...
- Section 2a:67-33 - Eluding Writ By Removing Or Transferring Prisoner To Other Custody; Misdemeanor
Any person having in his custody or under his power any party for whose relief a writ of habeas corpus shall have been duly...
- Section 2a:67-34 - Neglect Or Refusal To Obey Writ; Forfeiture; Misdemeanor
If any officer or other person shall neglect or refuse to make the required returns or to produce the prisoner according to the command...
- Section 2a:67-35 - Misdemeanor; Punishment
Every person convicted of a misdemeanor under sections 2A:67-32, 2A:67-33 or 2A:67-34 of this title, shall be punished by fine or imprisonment, or both,...
- Section 2a:67-36 - Appeal To Appellate Division Of Superior Court
2A:67-36. In all proceedings involving the writ of habeas corpus before a judge of the Superior Court, the prisoner may, after final decision by...
- Section 2a:67a-1 - Right To Proceed Under Act; Procedure Hereunder Additional
Whenever a municipal or county governing body, any committee thereof, any board, commission, officer or body of any county, municipality, school district, or other...
- Section 2a:67a-2 - Administering Oaths; Examination Of Witnesses; False Testimony
Whenever the officer, board, commission, committee or body is authorized to take testimony, such officer and each of the members of the board, commission,...
- Section 2a:67a-3 - Subpoenas
Any such officer, board, commission, committee or body authorized by law to exercise the power of subpoena may by its subpoena compel the attendance...
- Section 2a:67a-4 - Short Title
This act shall be known as the "County and Municipal Investigations Law." L.1953, c. 38, p. 751, s. 4.
- Section 2a:68-12.1 - Tenure Right, Right Of Protection
Persons employed on the effective date of this act pursuant to N.J.S.2A:68-12, which is being repealed in accordance with section 14 of this act,...
- Section 2a:81-2 - Transactions With Mentally Incapacitated Person; Decedent; Proof Required.
2A:81-2. In a civil action that is commenced or defended by a guardian on behalf of a person who is mentally incapacitated or by...
- Section 2a:81-4 - General Rule
Except as otherwise provided by statute, a witness shall not be excused from answering any questions relevant and material to the issue. L.1951 (1st...
- Section 2a:81-6 - Personal Privilege Of Party Called By Adverse Party In Civil Action
In all civil actions in any court of record a party shall be sworn and shall give evidence therein when called by the adverse...
- Section 2a:81-11 - Examination Of Adverse Party As Witness
Except as otherwise provided by law, when any party is called as a witness by the adverse party he shall be subject to the...
- Section 2a:81-15 - Disobedience; Penalties
If any person on whom lawful process shall have been duly served to testify, depose or give evidence concerning any cause or matter pending...
- Section 2a:81-17 - Privilege Of Witness From Arrest During Attendance
Except as provided in section 2A:81-21 of this Title, a witness shall be privileged from arrest in all civil actions, and no other, during...
- Section 2a:81-17.2a - Public Employee, Definition
For the purposes of this act the term "public employee" shall mean any person who occupies any office, position or employment in the government...
- Section 2a:81-17.2a1 - Duty Of Employee To Appear And Testify; Removal For Failure Or Refusal
It shall be the duty of every public employee to appear and testify upon matters directly related to the conduct of his office, position...
- Section 2a:81-17.2a2 - Immunity From Use Of Evidence After Claim Of Privilege Against Self-incrimination; Perjury Or False Swearing
If any public employee, having claimed the privilege against self-incrimination, testifies before any court, grand jury or the State Commission of Investigation after having...
- Section 2a:81-17.2a3 - Removal For Commission Of Misdemeanor
Any public employee who admits the commission of a misdemeanor or high misdemeanor relating to his employment or touching the administration of his office...
- Section 2a:81-17.2a4 - Removal Proceedings
If any public employee has subjected himself to removal as provided in section 2 or section 4 of this act, a proceeding may be...
- Section 2a:81-17.2a5 - Other Laws Relating To Removal Of Public Employees
Nothing in this act shall be construed to annul or modify any other law of this State or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant...
- Section 2a:81-17.3 - Order Compelling Person To Testify Or Produce Evidence; Immunity From Use Of Such Evidence; Contempt
In any criminal proceeding before a court or grand jury, if a person refuses to answer a question or produce evidence of any other...
- Section 2a:81-17.4 - Attorney General's Annual Report On Compelling Evidence And Granting Immunity In Criminal Proceedings
The Attorney General shall include in his annual report to the Governor and Legislature, made pursuant to section 15 of P.L.1970, c. 74 (C....
- Section 2a:81-18 - Definitions
"Witness," as used in this article shall include a person whose testimony is desired in any proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or...
- Section 2a:81-19 - Summoning Witness In This State To Testify In Another State
If a judge of a court of record in any state which by its laws has made provision for commanding persons within that state...
- Section 2a:81-20 - Witness From Another State Summoned To Testify In This State
If a person in any state, which by its laws has made provision for commanding persons within its borders to attend and testify in...
- Section 2a:81-21 - Exemption From Arrest And Service Of Process
If a person comes into this state in obedience to a summons directing him to attend and testify in this state he shall not,...
- Section 2a:81-22 - Uniformity Of Interpretation
This article shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purposes to make uniform the law of the states which enact...
- Section 2a:81-23 - Short Title
This article may be cited as "uniform act to secure the attendance of witnesses from within or without a state in criminal proceedings." L.1951...
- Section 2a:82-1 - Comparison Of Signature Or Writing
In all cases where the genuineness of any signature or writing is in dispute, comparison of the disputed signature or writing with any writing...
- Section 2a:82-3 - Defenses To Sealed Instruments
In any claim upon a sealed instrument, a party may plead and set up, in defense thereto, fraud in the consideration of the contract...
- Section 2a:82-4.1 - Recital In Record That Person Was Summoned Or Appeared; Estoppel
The recital in the record of any proceeding upon a foreign judgment, including a judgment of any court out of this State, that the...
- Section 2a:82-4.2 - Jurisdiction; Burden Of Proof
In any proceeding upon a foreign judgment, including a judgment of any court out of this State, the plaintiff, or person seeking to enforce...
- Section 2a:82-4.3 - Limitations Of Actions; Burden Of Proof
In any proceeding upon a foreign judgment, including a judgment of any court out of this State, the plaintiff, or person seeking to enforce...
- Section 2a:82-4.4 - Award; Interest; Penalties
A court, in any proceeding upon a foreign judgment, including a judgment of any court out of this State, may award judgment for the...
- Section 2a:82-4.5 - Judgments Governed By Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement Of Support Act; Inapplicability Of Act
The provisions of this act shall not be applicable to a foreign judgment governed by the "Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (1968),"...
- Section 2a:82-4.6 - Severability
If any one or more sections, clauses, sentences or parts of this act shall for any reason be questioned in any court, and shall...
- Section 2a:82-4.7 - Meaning Of "Any Proceeding Upon A Foreign Judgment, Including A Judgment Of Any Court Out Of This State"
As used in this act, "any proceeding upon a foreign judgment, including a judgment of any court out of this State" means a judgment...
- Section 2a:82-5 - Record Used To Refresh Memory
When a notary public or any other person authorized to protest instruments under the laws of this state is called upon to testify concerning...
- Section 2a:82-6 - Copies Of Record Of Protest As Evidence
If it appears that the notary or other officer of this state by whom any bill of exchange or promissory note was protested has...
- Section 2a:82-7 - Certificate Of Protest As Evidence
The certificate of a notary public of this state or of any other state of the United States, under his hand and official seal...
- Section 2a:82-13 - Presumption Of Publication Of Ordinance According To Law
Whenever any ordinance of any municipality may come in question or is produced in evidence, the publication thereof according to law shall be presumed...
- Section 2a:82-17 - Certificates Of Acknowledgment Or Proof Of Instruments As Evidence Of Execution Thereof
If any instrument heretofore made and executed or hereafter to be made and executed shall have been acknowledged, by any party who shall have...
- Section 2a:82-18 - Certification Or Authentication Of Instruments Not Acknowledged Or Proved; Effect As Evidence
If any instrument heretofore made and executed or hereafter to be made and executed, although not acknowledged or proved, shall have been certified or...
- Section 2a:82-19 - Exemplifications And Records Of Certain Foreign Deeds Or Writings As Evidence
The exemplification of any deeds or writings relating to estates, real or personal, within the state of New Jersey, proved and certified under the...
- Section 2a:82-23 - Original Instruments Produced; Notice To Adverse Party
Any party to any cause pending in any court of this state, or to any proceeding in this state, may give, to any opposite...
- Section 2a:82-24 - Certifications, Notations Or Records Of Time Of Record, Etc., Of Instruments As Prima Facie Proof Of Date Of Record, Etc., Thereof
The certification or notation made, pursuant to law, by any public officer upon any instrument or document which shall have been recorded, registered or...
- Section 2a:82-38 - Photographic, Photostatic, Etc., Copies As Competent Evidence
If any business, institution, member of a profession or calling, or any department or agency of government, in the regular course of business or...
- Section 2a:82-39 - Interpretation And Construction
This article shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose of making uniform the law of those states which enact...
- Section 2a:82-40 - Short Title
This article may be cited as the uniform photographic copies of business and public records as evidence act. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344
- Section 2a:82-41 - Person Against Whom Claim Is Asserted; Right Of Examination
Any person against whom a claim is asserted for compensation or damages for personal injuries or death resulting from personal injuries, either under the...
- Section 2a:82-42 - Injured Person Or Claimant; Right Of Examination
Any person who has been injured, or his legal representative, who has asserted, or who is about to assert a claim for compensation or...
- Section 2a:82-43 - Attorneys And Agents; Application Of Law
The provisions of sections 2A:82-41 and 2A:82-42 of this title shall apply not only to such claimant, or person against whom such claim has...
- Section 2a:82-44 - No Liability For Permitting Examination
No hospital, and no officer or employee of any hospital shall be liable in any action for damages in any court by reason of...
- Section 2a:82-45 - Definition Of Hospital
For the purpose of this article, a hospital shall be defined as any association, corporation or other institution maintaining a hospital for public use...
- Section 2a:82-46 - Disclosure Of Identity Of Victims Of Certain Crimes Under Age 18 Prohibited
a. In prosecutions for aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual contact, criminal sexual contact, endangering the welfare of children under N.J.S.2C:24-4, or...
- Section 2a:83-1 - Value Of Real Estate
In any action or proceeding for the acquisition or sale of land, or any interest or interests therein, or on review of the assessment...
- Section 2a:83-4 - Finding Of Presumed Death Under Federal Statute As Presumptive Evidence
A written finding of presumed death, made by the secretary of war, the secretary of the navy, the United States maritime war emergency board,...
- Section 2a:83-5 - Official Record Or Report As Evidence That Person Is Missing, Interned, Etc.
An official written report or record, or duly certified copy thereof, that a person is missing, missing in action, interned in a neutral country,...
- Section 2a:83-6 - Signature And Certification Deemed Prima Facie Evidence
For the purposes of this article, any finding, report or record, or duly certified copy thereof, purporting to have been signed by such board,...
- Section 2a:84-1 - Stenographic Reporter In Proceedings On Request
In all proceedings had before any official, tribunal, board or governing body of this state, where not otherwise provided for by law, the official,...
- Section 2a:84-2 - Transcription Of Record Of Proceeding; Compensation
The stenographer so designated shall, upon request, transcribe into typewriting the record of the proceeding upon payment to him therefor at the rate of...
- Section 2a:84a-16.1 - Dolls As Testimonial Aids
In prosecutions for those crimes described in sections 2C:14-2, 2C:14-3 and 2C:24-4 of the New Jersey Statutes, where the complaining witness is a child...
- Section 2a:84a-17 - Privilege Of Accused.
2A:84A-17. Privilege of accused. (1)Every person has in any criminal action in which he is an accused a right not to be called as...
- Section 2a:84a-18 - Definition Of Incrimination
Rule 24. Within the meaning of this article, a matter will incriminate (a) if it constitutes an element of a crime against this State,...
- Section 2a:84a-19 - Self-incrimination; Exceptions
Rule 25. Subject to Rule 37, every natural person has a right to refuse to disclose in an action or to a police officer...
- Section 2a:84a-20 - Lawyer-client Privilege.
21.Rule 26. (1)General rule. Subject to Rule 37 and except as otherwise provided by paragraph 2 of this rule communications between a lawyer and...
- Section 2a:84a-21 - Newspaperman's Privilege
Rule 27. Subject to Rule 37, a person engaged on, engaged in, connected with, or employed by news media for the purpose of gathering,...
- Section 2a:84a-21a - Definitions
Unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context of this act, as used in this act: a. "News media" means newspapers, magazines, press...
- Section 2a:84a-21.1 - Criminal Proceeding; Subpena; Disclosure Of Information; Application Of Act
Where a newsperson is required to disclose information pursuant to a subpena issued by or on behalf of a defendant in a criminal proceeding,...
- Section 2a:84a-21.2 - Time Of Proceedings
Proceedings pursuant to this act shall take place before the trial, except that the court may allow a motion to institute proceedings pursuant to...
- Section 2a:84a-21.3 - Prima Facie Showing Subpenaed Materials Obtained During Professional Activities; Waiver Of Privilege Or Other Grounds For Disclosure; Hearing
a. To sustain a claim of the newsperson's privilege under Rule 27 the claimant shall make a prima facie showing that he is engaged...
- Section 2a:84a-21.4 - In Camera Inspection; Hearing; Determination Of Admissibility; Order For Production
Upon a finding by the court that there has been a waiver as to any of the materials sought or that any of the...
- Section 2a:84a-21.5 - Hearings; Findings Of Fact And Conclusions Of Law
After any hearing conducted by the court pursuant to section 3 or 4 hereof, the court shall make specific findings of fact and conclusions...
- Section 2a:84a-21.6 - Appeals; Stay Of Penalty; Sealing Of Record; Return Of Privileged Material
An interlocutory appeal taken from a decision to uphold or quash a subpena shall act as a stay of all penalties which may have...
- Section 2a:84a-21.7 - Co-defendants; Notice Of Proceedings; Right To Intervene
Where proceedings are instituted hereunder by one of several co-defendants in a criminal trial, notice shall be provided to all of the co-defendants. Any...
- Section 2a:84a-21.8 - Assessment Of Costs Or Counsel Fee
If the court finds no reasonable basis for requesting the information has been shown, costs, including counsel fee, may be assessed against the party...
- Section 2a:84a-21.9 - News Media Person Or Entity; Freedom From Searches And Seizures Of Documentary Materials; Exceptions
Any person, corporation, partnership, proprietorship or other entity engaged on, engaged in, connected with, or otherwise employed in gathering, procuring, transmitting, compiling, editing, publishing,...
- Section 2a:84a-21.10 - Applications For Search Warrant; Approval
In the event a search warrant is sought pursuant to Section 1 of this act, all applications to the court for such warrants shall...
- Section 2a:84a-21.11 - Civil Cause Of Action For Damages Due To Violations
a. A person, corporation, partnership, proprietorship or other entity aggrieved by a search for or seizure of materials in violation of this act shall...
- Section 2a:84a-21.12 - Definitions
As used in this act: a. "Documentary materials" means materials upon which information is recorded and includes, but is not limited to, written or...
- Section 2a:84a-21.13 - Inapplicability Of Act To Rights Of Department Of Corrections
Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to limit the right of the Department of Corrections to search the offices of inmate newspapers...
- Section 2a:84a-22 - Marital Privilege - Confidential Communications.
22.Marital privilege--Confidential communications. (1)Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person shall disclose any communication made in confidence between such person and his...
- Section 2a:84a-22.1 - Definitions.
1.As used in this act, (a) "patient" means a person who, for the sole purpose of securing preventive, palliative, or curative treatment, or a...
- Section 2a:84a-22.2 - Patient And Physician Privilege
Except as otherwise provided in this act, a person, whether or not a party, has a privilege in a civil action or in a...
- Section 2a:84a-22.3 - No Privilege Relative To Certain Communications Between Patient, Physician.
3.There is no privilege under this act as to any relevant communication between the patient and his physician (a) upon an issue of the...
- Section 2a:84a-22.4 - Contract Of Patient; Condition Of Patient Is Element Of Claim; Nonprivileged Communications
There is no privilege under this act in an action in which the condition of the patient is an element or factor of the...
- Section 2a:84a-22.5 - Information Reported To Public Official; Nonprivileged Communications
There is no privilege under this act as to information which the physician or the patient is required to report to a public official...
- Section 2a:84a-22.6 - Obtaining Physician To Aid Commission Of Crime Or Tort, Or To Escape Detection Or Apprehension; Nonprivileged Communications
No person has a privilege under this act if the judge finds that sufficient evidence, aside from the communication has been introduced to warrant...
- Section 2a:84a-22.7 - Testimony By Physician On Request Of Holder Of Privilege; Termination Of Privilege
A privilege under this act as to a communication is terminated if the judge finds that any person while a holder of the privilege...
- Section 2a:84a-22.8 - Utilization Review Committees Of Certified Hospital Or Extended Care Facility; Exceptions
Information and data secured by and in the possession of utilization review committees established by any certified hospital or extended care facility in the...
- Section 2a:84a-22.9 - Liability Of Member Of Utilization Review Committee For Disclosure Of Information
No member of a utilization review committee may be held liable for damages or otherwise prejudiced in any manner by reason of recommendations or...
- Section 2a:84a-22.10 - Hospital Or Long-term Health Care Facility Committees; Professional Review Committees; Liability Of Members
Any person who serves as a member of, is staff to, under a contract or other formal agreement with, participates with, or assists with...
- Section 2a:84a-22.13 - Findings, Declarations
The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The emotional and psychological injuries that are inflicted on victims of violence are often more serious than...
- Section 2a:84a-22.14 - Definitions.
3.As used in this act: a."Act of violence" means the commission or attempt to commit any of the offenses set forth in subsection b....
- Section 2a:84a-22.15 - Victim Counselor Confidentiality Privilege.
4.Subject to Rule 37 of the Rules of Evidence, a victim counselor has a privilege not to be examined as a witness in any...
- Section 2a:84a-22.16 - Where Disclosure Required
Nothing in this act shall be deemed to prevent the disclosure to a defendant in a criminal action of statements or information given by...
- Section 2a:84a-22.17 - Definitions Relative To Emergency Services Peer Counseling.
1. a. As used in this act: "Emergency services personnel" means a person who is employed as a law enforcement officer, emergency medical service...
- Section 2a:84a-23 - Cleric-penitent Privilege
23. Rule 511. Cleric-penitent privilege. Any communication made in confidence to a cleric in the cleric's professional character, or as a spiritual advisor in...
- Section 2a:84a-24 - Religious Belief
Rule 30. Every person has a privilege to refuse to disclose his theological opinion or religious belief unless his adherence or nonadherence to such...
- Section 2a:84a-25 - Political Vote
Rule 31. Every person has a privilege to refuse to disclose the tenor of his vote at a political election unless the judge finds...
- Section 2a:84a-26 - Trade Secret
Rule 32. The owner of a trade secret has a privilege, which may be claimed by him or his agent or employee, to refuse...
- Section 2a:84a-27 - Official Information
Rule 34. No person shall disclose official information of this State or of the United States (a) if disclosure is forbidden by or pursuant...
- Section 2a:84a-28 - Identity Of Informer
Rule 36. A witness has a privilege to refuse to disclose the identity of a person who has furnished information purporting to disclose a...
- Section 2a:84a-29 - Waiver Of Privilege By Contract Or Previous Disclosure; Limitations
Rule 37. A person waives his right or privilege to refuse to disclose or to prevent another from disclosing a specified matter if he...
- Section 2a:84a-30 - Admissibility Of Disclosure Wrongfully Compelled
Rule 38. Evidence of a statement or other disclosure is inadmissible against the holder of the privilege if the disclosure was wrongfully made or...
- Section 2a:84a-31 - Reference To Exercise Of Privileges
Rule 39. If a privilege is exercised not to testify or to prevent another from testifying, either in the action or with respect to...
- Section 2a:84a-32 - Effect Of Error In Overruling Claim Of Privilege
Rule 40. (1) A party may predicate error on a ruling disallowing a claim of privilege only if he is the holder of the...
- Section 2a:84a-32a - Motion For Performance Of Forensic Dna Testing, Certain Circumstances.
1. a. Any eligible person may make a motion before the trial court that entered the judgment of conviction for the performance of forensic...
- Section 2a:84a-32b - Rules.
3.The Supreme Court of New Jersey may adopt rules appropriate and necessary to effectuate the purpose of this act. L.2001,c.377,s.3.
- Section 2a:84a-32c - Procedures For Dna Testing At Accredited Non-ndis Participating Laboratory.
2. a. If a party seeks to conduct DNA testing at an accredited non-NDIS participating laboratory that otherwise meets the requirements set forth in...
- Section 2a:84a-32d - Construction Of Act.
3.Nothing in P.L.2015, c.127 (C.2A:84A-32c et al.) shall be construed to: a.create a right, obligation, or requirement regarding the preservation of evidence, including evidence...
- Section 2a:84a-32.1 - Prosecutions Involving Rape; Evidence Of Complaining Witness' Previous Sexual Conduct
In prosecutions for the crime of rape, assault with intent to commit rape, and breaking and entering with intent to commit rape, evidence of...
- Section 2a:84a-32.2 - Conduct One Year Or More Prior To Date Of Offense; Presumption Of Inadmissibility
In the absence of clear and convincing proof to the contrary, evidence of the complaining witness' sexual conduct occurring more than 1 year before...
- Section 2a:84a-32.3 - Complaining Witness Defined
As used in this act "complaining witness" means the alleged victim of the crime charged, the prosecution of which is subject to this act....
- Section 2a:84a-32.4 - Prosecutions Or Actions For Sexual Assault, Criminal Sexual Contact, Human Trafficking, Child Abuse Or Neglect; Closed Circuit Testimony For Minor.
1. a. In prosecutions for aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual contact, criminal sexual contact, human trafficking involving sexual activity, child abuse,...
- Section 2a:84a-33 - Authority Of Supreme Court
The Supreme Court may adopt rules dealing with the admission or rejection of evidence, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this article....
- Section 2a:84a-34 - Presentation Of Proposed Rules At Judicial Conference
The subject matter and a tentative draft of a rule or rules proposed to be adopted pursuant to this article shall be entered upon...
- Section 2a:84a-35 - Public Announcement Of Proposed Rules; Delivery Of Copies
The proposed rule or rules shall be publicly announced by the Supreme Court on September 15 next following such Judicial Conference (or, if such...
- Section 2a:84a-36 - Effective Date Of Rules; Rules Subject To Cancellation By Joint Resolution
The rule or rules so announced and delivered shall take effect on July 1 next following; provided, however, that all such rules shall remain...
- Section 2a:84a-37 - Change Or Cancellation Of Rules By Statute Or Adoption Of Subsequent Rules
Any rule or rules so proposed or adopted shall be subject to change or cancellation at any time by statute or by a subsequent...
- Section 2a:84a-38 - Adoption Of Rules At Such Time, Or With Such Effective Date, Or Without Presentation At Judicial Conference, As May Be Provided In Joint Resolution
By joint resolution adopted by the Senate and General Assembly and signed by the Governor with respect to a particular rule or rules therein...
- Section 2a:84a-39 - Reduction Or Elimination Of Time During Which Rules May Be Canceled By Joint Resolution
By joint resolution adopted by the Senate and General Assembly and signed by the Governor with respect to a particular rule or rules therein...
- Section 2a:84a-40 - Effect Of Rules On Conflicting Laws
All previous laws or parts of laws dealing with the admission or rejection of evidence which shall be expressly identified by footnote to any...
- Section 2a:84a-41 - Rules Not To Abridge, Enlarge Or Modify Substantive Rights Or Eliminate Right Of Trial By Jury
No rule adopted pursuant to this article shall abridge, enlarge or modify any substantive right or eliminate the right of trial by jury. L.1960,...
- Section 2a:84a-42 - Applicability Of Rules To Pending Proceedings Or Existing Rights Or Remedies
No rule adopted pursuant to this article shall be made applicable to pending proceedings or to existing rights or remedies except to the extent...
- Section 2a:84a-43 - Publication Of Compilations And Restatements Of Rules
To the end that rules dealing with evidence may be conveniently presented and arranged, the Supreme Court may publish compilations and restatements thereof which...
- Section 2a:84a-44 - Force And Effect Of Existing Rules Dealing With Admission Or Rejection Of Evidence
All rules of court heretofore promulgated and which may deal with the admission or rejection of evidence shall be deemed to have the same...
- Section 2a:84a-45 - Repeals
The following acts and parts of acts and all amendments and supplements thereto are hereby repealed: Sections 2A:81-3, 2A:81-5, 2A:81-7, 2A:81-9 and 2A:81-10 of...
- Section 2a:84a-47 - Effect Of Repeals
No repeal effected by this act shall operate to revive any statute heretofore repealed nor to impair the obligation of contracts made before the...
- Section 2a:84a-48 - Short Title
This act shall be known and may be cited as "The Evidence Act, 1960." L.1960, c. 52, p. 465, s. 52, eff. July 1,
- Section 2a:84a-49 - Effective Date
This act shall take effect July 1, 1960, except that article III shall take effect immediately. L.1960, c. 52, p. 465, s. 53, eff....
- Section 2a:93-5.1 - Restitution To Victim; Hearing
A person who has been convicted of a violation of N.J.S. 2A:93-4, 2A:93-6, 2A:97-1, 2A:105-1 or 2A:105-2 from which there has occurred pecuniary gain...
- Section 2a:102-13 - Trust Funds.
1.Any and all moneys paid to a funeral director, undertaker, cemetery, or any other person, firm or corporation, under or in connection with an...
- Section 2a:102-14 - Repayment On Demand
The amount of any and all moneys paid under or in connection with such an agreement, together with interest, if any, accrued thereon while...
- Section 2a:102-15 - Invalid Advance Funeral Payment Agreements
Any provision of any such agreement whereby a person who pays money under or in connection therewith waives any provision of this act shall...
- Section 2a:102-16 - Violations, Certain; Theft
4. Any person, firm or corporation who or which, having received any moneys under or in connection with such an agreement, shall fail to...
- Section 2a:102-16.1 - Irrevocable Trusts, Certain, Conditions
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.1957, c.182 (C.2A:102-13 et seq.) to the contrary, an agreement may provide that the trust shall be irrevocable during...
- Section 2a:102-16.2 - Crimes Concerning Funeral Trusts
3. a. A person shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree if he knowingly or purposefully solicits or induces any person...
- Section 2a:102-17 - Nonapplicability Of Act
5. This act shall not apply to a. the sale of lots or graves by a cemetery; or b. the use of individually issued...
- Section 2a:102-18 - Definitions Used In C.2a:102-13 et Seq.
19. As used in P.L.1957, c.182 (C.2A:102-13 et seq.): "Assigned funeral insurance policy" means any insurance policy or annuity contract that is not a...
- Section 2a:102-19 - Funeral Trust, Insurance Policy Excluded From Resource Consideration In Determining Eligibility For Certain Benefits.
1.An aged, blind or disabled applicant for, or recipient of, benefits under the Supplemental Security Income program established pursuant to Title XVI of the...
- Section 2a:102-20 - Difference Between Price, Services Provided Paid To State.
2.Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any moneys remaining in an irrevocable funeral trust or irrevocably assigned newly issued funeral insurance policy...
- Section 2a:102-21 - Office Of The Public Guardian For Elderly Adults Considered Purchaser, Sole Beneficiary Under Certain Circumstances; Disposition Of Remaining Moneys.
3. a. If the intended funeral recipient is under the care and guardianship of the Office of the Public Guardian for Elderly Adults, established...
- Section 2a:102-22 - Payment Of Remainder To Division Of Medical Assistance And Health Services.
4. a. In the case of an irrevocable funeral trust of a decedent who is not under the care and guardianship of the Office...
- Section 2a:102-23 - Establishment Of Dedicated Bank Account.
5.The Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services shall establish a dedicated bank account into which a pooled...
- Section 2a:102-24 - Inclusion Of Statement In Prepaid Funeral Agreement, Insurance Policy.
6.A prepaid funeral agreement as defined in section 19 of P.L.1993, c.147 (C.2A:102-18) which is subject to the provisions of this act shall include,...
- Section 2a:102-25 - Relief From Liability For Claims Paid Improperly To State.
7.A person, firm, corporation, association, funeral home, pooled trust, depository institution or insurance company and their employees or agents that, in accordance with the...
- Section 2a:102-26 - Inter-agency Coordination Of Financial Accounting.
8.The Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services shall coordinate between itself and the Division of Consumer Support...
- Section 2a:123-3 - Definitions
As used in this act the following words shall have the following meanings: "Articles of wearing apparel" means any costume or article of clothing...
- Section 2a:123-4 - Short Title
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Flammable Fabrics Act." L.1953, c. 267, p. 1788, s. 2, eff. Jan. 1,
- Section 2a:123-5 - Manufacture, Sale Or Transportation Of Flammable Wearing Apparel Forbidden
The manufacture for, or sale or offer for sale, transport or causing to be transported for the purpose of sale or delivery after sale...
- Section 2a:123-6 - Articles Deemed Highly Flammable
Any article of wearing apparel or fabric shall be deemed so highly flammable, as to be dangerous when worn by individuals, within the meaning...
- Section 2a:123-7 - Enforcement Of Act; Rules And Regulations
This act, except as herein otherwise specifically provided, shall be enforced by the department, and the commissioner is hereby authorized and directed to adopt,...
- Section 2a:123-8 - Filing Of Rules And Regulations; Amendment And Revision
Such rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner pursuant to this act shall be filed in the offices of the Secretary of State and...
- Section 2a:123-9 - Inspection Of Places Where Wearing Apparel Or Fabrics Are Sold Or Manufactured
Every place where articles of wearing apparel or fabrics are sold or manufactured shall be subject to inspection by the commissioner, who shall have...
- Section 2a:123-10 - Injunction; Confiscation Proceedings; Bond
Whenever the department has reason to believe that any article of wearing apparel has been manufactured or has been offered for sale in violation...
- Section 2a:123-11 - Violations; Penalty
Any person who willfully violates this act shall forfeit and pay a penalty of not less than two hundred dollars ($200.00) and not more...
- Section 2a:123-12 - Penalties Inapplicable To Person Who Furnishes Guaranty
The penalties provided for a violation of this act shall not apply to any person who establishes (1) a guaranty received in good faith,...
- Section 2a:123-13 - Exemptions From Provisions Of Act
The provisions of this act shall not apply (a) to any common carrier, contract carrier or freight forwarder with respect to an article of...
- Section 2a:123-14 - Wearing Apparel Or Fabrics Being Transported Or Held For Delivery
Nothing contained in this act shall apply to such wearing apparel or fabrics while being transported upon vessels, vehicles or railroad cars, or while...
- Section 2a:123-15 - Effective Date
This act shall take effect January first, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-four. L.1953, c. 267, p. 1792, s. 13.
- Section 2a:123-16 - Definitions
As used in this act: a. "Director" means the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs and his designated representatives. b. "Flame resistant" means...
- Section 2a:123-17 - Nonflame Resistant Sleeping Bags Or Tents; Prohibition Of Sale, Holding For Sale Or Transportation For Sale
It shall be unlawful for anyone to sell, hold for sale, or to cause the transportation for purposes of sale or delivery after sale...
- Section 2a:123-18 - Standards And Regulations
The director is authorized, empowered and directed, within 6 months of the effective date of this act, to establish and to promulgate pursuant to...
- Section 2a:123-19 - Inspection Of Places For Sale Of Articles
Every place where tents and sleeping bags are sold shall be subject to inspection by the director, or his agents who shall have power...
- Section 2a:123-20 - Violations; Injunctions; Confiscation Of Articles
Whenever the director has reason to believe that any tent or sleeping bag has been offered for sale in violation of the provisions of...
- Section 2a:123-21 - Violations; Penalties
Any person who willfully violates this act shall forfeit and pay a penalty of not less than $200.00 nor more than $500.00 for the...
- Section 2a:123-22 - Violations; Inapplicability Of Penalty; Guaranty Of Flame Resistance By Supplier Or Manufacturer Of Article
The penalties provided for a violation of this act shall not apply to any person who establishes a guaranty received in good faith, signed...
- Section 2a:123-23 - Exemptions From Application Of Act
The provisions of this act shall not apply (a) to any common carrier, contract carrier or freight forwarder with respect to any tent or...
- Section 2a:123-24 - Inapplicability Of Act To Articles In Transit Or Being Held For Delivery
Nothing contained in this act shall apply to tents or sleeping bags being transported upon vessels, vehicles or railroad cars, or being held for...
- Section 2a:149-1 - Unauthorized Use Of Voting Machine Or Electrical Voting System For Recording Votes
Any person who uses a voting machine or electrical voting system of any legislative or other public body of this state for the purpose...
- Section 2a:151-57.3 - Violations; Penalty
All violations of this chapter where no specific penalty is otherwise prescribed shall be considered to be misdemeanors. L.1966, c. 60, s. 44.
- Section 2a:152-1 - Definitions
In the construction of this subtitle, the following words shall, unless repugnant to the context, or unless another and different definition or meaning is...
- Section 2a:152-2 - Forfeiture Of Estate And Benefit Of Clergy Abolished
No conviction or judgment for any offense against this state, shall make or work corruption of blood, disinhersion of heirs, loss of dower, or...
- Section 2a:152-3 - Information Not To Lie
No information for a matter merely criminal for which an indictment will lie, and in which no civil right is involved, or forfeiture or...
- Section 2a:152-4 - Laws Relating To Particular Counties Or Localities Not Affected
R.S. 2:178-4 saved from repeal. (This section provides that nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to repeal or alter any law or part...
- Section 2a:152-12 - Continued Violations Of Criminal Law In Municipalities; Notice To Municipal Authorities
2A:152-12. Whenever the mayor or other chief executive, or the chief of police or other head officer of police, of any municipality, shall be...
- Section 2a:152-13 - Notice As Authority To Make Complaint; Warrants; Absence Of Liability
The receipt of the communication mentioned in section 2A:152-12 of this title, by any officer named in said section, shall be sufficient warrant and...
- Section 2a:152-17 - Payment Of Transcripts For Indigent Defendants
Any person convicted of any crime may make application under oath to any judge of the Law Division of the Superior Court of the...
- Section 2a:152-18 - Reimbursement
The county treasurer shall file a notice of said payment and the amount thereof with the institution in which said person, upon whose application...
- Section 2a:152-19 - Effective Date
This act shall take effect January 1, 1957. L.1956, c. 134, p. 556, s. 3.
- Section 2a:153-1 - Authority Of Governor In General
The governor or person administering the government for the time being may issue a proclamation for apprehending and securing any person, known or unknown,...
- Section 2a:153-2 - Authority Of Chosen Freeholders
2A:153-2. The board of chosen freeholders of any county, on the recommendation and request in writing of the prosecutor of the county, approved by...
- Section 2a:153-3 - Escaped County Prisoners; Authority Of Chosen Freeholders
The board of chosen freeholders of any county may publicly advertise the escape of any prisoner or prisoners from any penal institution in such...
- Section 2a:153-4 - Reward By Municipality For Apprehension Of Certain Persons
The governing body of any municipality, on the recommendation and request in writing of the municipal police chief or principal law enforcement officer of...
- Section 2a:153-4.1 - Acts Of Graffiti
The governing body of any municipality may, by ordinance, provide for the offering of rewards not exceeding $500.00 each, for the detection and apprehension...
- Section 2a:154-1 - Conservators Of The Peace; Powers And Duties
2A:154-1. Any judge of the Superior Court, or of a municipal court shall have power to cause to be kept all laws made or...
- Section 2a:154-2 - Qualifications Of Peace Officers
No sheriff or other person authorized to appoint special deputy sheriffs, constables, marshals, policemen or other peace officers in this state, for the purpose...
- Section 2a:154-3 - Court Attendants, Sheriff's Officers And County Correction Officers As Peace Officers, Power Of Arrest, Immunity, Benefits For County Correction Officers
2A:154-3. a. All court attendants, sheriff's officers and county correction officers in the competitive class of civil service who have been or who may...
- Section 2a:154-4 - Corrections, Parole Officers, Corrections Investigators Authorized To Exercise Police Powers.
1.All correction officers of the State of New Jersey, parole officers employed by the State Parole Board and investigators in the Department of Corrections,...
- Section 2a:154-5 - Empowerment Of Federal Law Enforcement Officers.
1.The following persons employed as full-time law enforcement officers by the Federal Government, who are empowered to effect an arrest with or without warrant...
- Section 2a:154-6 - Powers Of United States Park Police Relative To Arrest Of Offenders.
1.Full-time law enforcement officers employed by the Department of the Interior as park police who are empowered to effect an arrest with or without...
- Section 2a:155-1 - Short Title
This chapter may be cited as the "uniform law on fresh pursuit." L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
- Section 2a:155-2 - Definitions
As used in this chapter: "State" shall include the District of Columbia. "Fresh pursuit" shall include fresh pursuit as defined by the common law,...
- Section 2a:155-3 - Application And Construction Of Chapter
The provisions of this chapter shall be applicable only to such officers of a state which has enacted a statute similar to the provisions...
- Section 2a:155-4 - Officers Of Other States In Fresh Pursuit; Authority To Make Arrests In This State
Any member of a duly organized state, county or municipal peace unit of another state of the United States who enters this state in...
- Section 2a:155-5 - Hearing Before Magistrate; Commitment Or Discharge
If an arrest is made in this state by an officer of another state in accordance with the provisions of section 2A:155-4 of this...
- Section 2a:155-6 - Lawfulness Of Arrest
Section 2A:155-4 of this title shall not be construed so as to make unlawful any arrest in this state which would otherwise be lawful....
- Section 2a:155-7 - Copies Of Chapter To Other States
It shall be the duty of the secretary of state to certify a copy of this chapter to the executive department of each of...
- Section 2a:156-1 - Peace Officer In Fresh Pursuit May Arrest Anywhere In State
Any peace officer of this state in fresh pursuit of a person who is reasonably believed by him to have committed a high misdemeanor...
- Section 2a:156-2 - "Fresh Pursuit" Defined
The term "fresh pursuit" as used in this chapter shall include fresh pursuit as defined by the common law, and also the pursuit of...
- Section 2a:156-3 - Validity Of Arrest
Section 2A:156-1 of this title shall not make unlawful an arrest which would otherwise be lawful. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
- Section 2a:156-4 - Short Title
This chapter may be cited as the "uniform act on intrastate fresh pursuit" . L.1951 (1st SS), c.344
- Section 2a:156a-1 - Short Title
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Control Act." L.1968, c. 409, s. 1,...
- Section 2a:156a-2 - Definitions.
2.As used in this act: a."Wire communication" means any aural transfer made in whole or in part through the use of facilities for the...
- Section 2a:156a-3 - Interception, Disclosure, Use Of Wire, Electronic, Oral Communication; Violation
3. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this act, any person who: a. Purposely intercepts, endeavors to intercept, or procures any other person to...
- Section 2a:156a-4 - Lawful Interception Activities; Exceptions
4.It shall not be unlawful under this act for: a.An operator of a switchboard, or an officer, agent or employee of a provider of...
- Section 2a:156a-4.1 - Interception Of Wire, Electronic Communications, Certain; Permitted.
1. a. It shall not be a violation of any provision of P.L.1968, c.409 (C.2A:156A-1 et seq.) for a person acting under color of...
- Section 2a:156a-5 - Possession, Sale, Distribution, Manufacture, Or Advertisement Of Intercepting Devices; Violation
5. Except as otherwise specifically provided in section 6 of P.L.1968, c.409 (C.2A:156A-6), any person who: a. Purposely possesses an electronic, mechanical or other...
- Section 2a:156a-6 - Lawful Activities Concerning Devices
6. It shall not be unlawful under this act for: a. A provider of wire or electronic communication service, or an officer, agent or...
- Section 2a:156a-7 - Seizure, Forfeiture Of Unlawful Device
7. Any electronic, mechanical or other device possessed, used, sent, distributed, manufactured, or assembled in violation of this act may be seized and forfeited...
- Section 2a:156a-8 - Authorization For Application For Order To Intercept Communications.
8.The Attorney General, county prosecutor or a person designated to act for such an official and to perform his duties in and during his...
- Section 2a:156a-9 - Contents Of Application
9. Each application for an order of authorization to intercept a wire, electronic or oral communication shall be made in writing upon oath or...
- Section 2a:156a-10 - Consideration Of Application; Basis Of Order
10. Upon consideration of an application, the judge may enter an ex parte order, as requested or as modified, authorizing the interception of a...
- Section 2a:156a-11 - Orders Affecting Public And Certain Private Communication Facilities; Privileged Communications
11. If the facilities from which a wire or electronic communication is to be intercepted are public, no order shall be issued unless the...
- Section 2a:156a-12 - Order; Contents; Limitations; Extensions; Renewals; Progress Reports; Assistance Of Providers; Point Of Execution
12. Each order authorizing the interception of any wire, electronic or oral communication shall state: a.The judge is authorized to issue the order; b.The...
- Section 2a:156a-13 - Verbal Approval For Emergency Interception
13. Whenever, upon informal application by an authorized applicant, a judge determines there are grounds upon which an order could be issued pursuant to...
- Section 2a:156a-14 - Recording, Transfer, Custody Of Tapes
14. Any wire, electronic or oral communication intercepted in accordance with this act shall, if practicable, be recorded by tape, wire or other comparable...
- Section 2a:156a-15 - Sealing Of Applications, Orders And Supporting Papers; Destruction; Disclosure Of Contents; Violations
Applications made and orders granted pursuant to this act and supporting papers shall be sealed by the court and shall be held in custody...
- Section 2a:156a-16 - Service, Contents Of Inventory
16. Within a reasonable time but not later than 90 days after the termination of the period of the order or of extensions or...
- Section 2a:156a-17 - Disclosure Of Intercepted Communications
17. a. Any investigative or law enforcement officer or other person who, by any means authorized by this act, has obtained knowledge of the...
- Section 2a:156a-18 - Disclosure Of Intercepted Communications Relating To Other Offenses
18. When an investigative or law enforcement officer, while engaged in intercepting wire, electronic or oral communications in the manner authorized herein, intercepts wire,...
- Section 2a:156a-19 - Unlawful Use, Disclosure, Third Degree Crime
19. Except as specifically authorized pursuant to this act any person who knowingly uses or discloses the existence of an order authorizing interception of...
- Section 2a:156a-20 - Disclosure Of Contents Of Intercepted Communications At Trial, Proceeding
20. The contents of any wire, electronic or oral communication intercepted in accordance with the provisions of this act, or evidence derived therefrom, shall...
- Section 2a:156a-21 - Action To Suppress Contents Of Intercepted Communications
21. Any aggrieved person in any trial, hearing, or proceeding in or before any court or other authority of this State may move to...
- Section 2a:156a-22 - Report By Issuing Or Denying Judge To Administrative Director Of Courts; Contents
Within 30 days after the expiration of an order or an extension or renewal thereof entered under this act or the denial of an...
- Section 2a:156a-23 - Annual Reports Of Superior Court, Supreme Court And Attorney General; Records Of Attorney General And County Prosecutors
a. In addition to reports required to be made by applicants pursuant to Federal law, all judges of the Superior Court authorized to issue...
- Section 2a:156a-24 - Civil Action For Damages, Attorney's Fee By Persons Whose Communications Are Intercepted Unlawfully
24. Any person whose wire, electronic or oral communication is intercepted, disclosed or used in violation of this act shall have a civil cause...
- Section 2a:156a-25 - Good Faith Reliance On Court Order As Defense
A good faith reliance on a court order authorizing the interception shall constitute a complete defense to a civil or criminal action brought under...
- Section 2a:156a-26 - Partial Invalidity
If any section, subsection or portion or provision of any section or sections of this act or the application thereof by or to any...
- Section 2a:156a-27 - Unlawful Access To Stored Communications
21. Unlawful access to stored communications. a. A person is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree if he (1) knowingly accesses without...
- Section 2a:156a-28 - Disclosure Of Contents
22. Disclosure of contents. a. (1) Except as provided in subsection b. of this section, a person or entity providing an electronic communication service...
- Section 2a:156a-29 - Requirements For Access.
23. Requirements for access. a.A law enforcement agency, but no other governmental entity, may require the disclosure by a provider of electronic communication service...
- Section 2a:156a-30 - Backup Preservation
24. Backup preservation. a. (1) A law enforcement agency acting pursuant to section 23 of P.L.1993, c.29 (C.2A:156A-29) may include in a court order...
- Section 2a:156a-31 - Cost Reimbursement
25. Cost reimbursement. a. Except as otherwise provided in subsection c. of this section, a law enforcement agency obtaining the contents of communications, records...
- Section 2a:156a-32 - Civil Action
26. Civil action. a. Except as provided in subsection d. of section 23 of P.L.1993, c.29 (C.2A:156A-29), any service provider, subscriber or customer aggrieved...
- Section 2a:156a-33 - Defense To Civil, Criminal Action
27. It shall be a complete defense to any civil or criminal action brought pursuant to sections 21, 22, 23, 24 and 26 of...
- Section 2a:156a-34 - Exclusivity Of Remedies
28. Exclusivity of remedies. The remedies and sanctions described in sections 21 and 26 of P.L.1993, c.29 (C.2A:156A-27 and C.2A:156A-32) are the only judicial...
- Section 2a:156a-35 - Definitions Relative To Certain Counter-terrorism Investigations.
1. a. For the purposes of this act: "Member of a New Jersey law enforcement agency" means any sworn or civilian employee of a...
- Section 2a:156a-36 - Notification Required Relative To Certain Counter-terrorism Activities.
2. a. Any out-of-State law enforcement agency as defined under section 1 of P.L.2013, c.156 (C.2A:156A-35) that intends to enter the borders which are...
- Section 2a:156a-37 - Violation Of Notification Requirement; Injunction.
3.Whenever, on the basis of available information, the Attorney General or a county prosecutor, or his designee finds that an out-of-State law enforcement agency...
- Section 2a:157-1 - Short Title
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "County Detectives and County Investigators Act (Revision of 1951)." L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
- Section 2a:157-2 - County Detectives Generally; Appointment; Salary; Duties
The prosecutor in each of the several counties of this State may appoint such number of suitable persons, not in excess of the number,...
- Section 2a:157-2.1 - Power Of Arrest For Crime Committed In Presence Of Officer Within Territorial Limits Of State
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, any full-time, permanently appointed county detective, sheriff's officer and investigator sheriff's office shall have...
- Section 2a:157-3 - County Detectives In First-class Counties
In counties of the first class there may be appointed not in excess of 50 county detectives, of whom one may be designated chief...
- Section 2a:157-4 - County Detectives In Second-class Counties; Appointment; Minimum Compensation
a. In counties of the second class having a population in excess of 580,000 there may be appointed not in excess of 40 county...
- Section 2a:157-5 - County Detectives In Third-class Counties Of Over 75,000 Population
In counties of the third class now or hereafter having a population in excess of 75,000 there may be appointed not in excess of...
- Section 2a:157-6 - County Detectives In Third-class Counties Of Less Than 75,000 Population
In counties of the third class now or hereafter having a population of less than 75,000 there may be appointed not in excess of...
- Section 2a:157-8 - County Detectives
2A:157-8. In counties of the fifth class with a population of 400,000 or less there may be appointed not in excess of 12 county...
- Section 2a:157-9 - County Detectives In Sixth-class Counties
In counties of the sixth class there may be appointed not in excess of six county detectives, of whom one may be designated chief...
- Section 2a:157-10 - County Investigators Generally; Appointment, Salary, Duties.
2A:157-10. In addition to the office of county detective, there is created in the office of the prosecutor, the office or position of county...
- Section 2a:157-10.1 - Causes For Removal Of County Investigator.
2.Except as otherwise provided by law, a county investigator employed by the county prosecutor shall not be removed from office, employment or position for...
- Section 2a:157-10.2 - Subpoena Power Of Those Hearing Charges.
3.Except as otherwise provided by the law, the officer, board or authority empowered to hear and determine the charge or charges made against a...
- Section 2a:157-10.3 - Suspension Pending Hearing.
4. If any county investigator shall be suspended pending a hearing as a result of charges made against him, such hearing, except as otherwise...
- Section 2a:157-10.4 - Charges, Suspension, With Or Without Pay.
5.Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, whenever a county investigator is charged with an offense, under the laws of this State, another state,...
- Section 2a:157-10.5 - Reinstatement, Recovery Of Pay.
6.If a suspended county investigator is found not guilty at trial, the charges are dismissed or the prosecution is terminated, the investigator shall be...
- Section 2a:157-10.6 - Recovery Of Salary For Unlawful Suspension.
7.Whenever any county investigator shall be suspended or dismissed from his office, employment or position and that suspension or dismissal shall be judicially determined...
- Section 2a:157-10.7 - Review By Superior Court.
8.Any county investigator who has been tried and convicted of any charge or charges, and is employed by a prosecutor in a county where...
- Section 2a:157-10.8 - Provision Of Means For Defense, Reimbursement.
9. Whenever a county investigator is a defendant in any action or legal proceeding arising out of and directly related to the lawful exercise...
- Section 2a:157-11 - County Investigators In First-class Counties
In counties of the first class there may be appointed not in excess of 30 county investigators, who shall be paid annual salaries of...
- Section 2a:157-12 - County Investigators In Second-class Counties
In counties of the second class there may be appointed not in excess of 9 county investigators, who shall be paid annual salaries of...
- Section 2a:157-13 - County Investigators In Third-class Counties
In counties of the third class there may be appointed not in excess of 2 county investigators who shall be paid annual salaries of...
- Section 2a:157-15 - County Investigators In Counties Of Fifth Class; Compensation
In counties of the fifth class there may be appointed not in excess of 12 county investigators, who shall be paid annual salaries of...
- Section 2a:157-16 - County Investigators In Sixth-class Counties
In counties of the sixth class there may be appointed not in excess of six county investigators, who shall be paid annual salaries of...
- Section 2a:157-17 - Service Of Process; Fees
County detectives and county investigators may serve or execute for the sheriff any process or writ in any criminal proceeding and make return thereof....
- Section 2a:157-18 - Payment Of Salaries; Fixing Salaries Over Minimum
Annual salaries of county detectives and county investigators shall be paid by the county treasurer upon the certification of the prosecutor out of funds...
- Section 2a:157-19 - Power Of Prosecutor To Incur Expenses
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the power of any prosecutor, duly conferred upon him by law, to incur expenses in...
- Section 2a:157-20 - County Detectives And Special Officers; Status
L.1951, c. 274, p. 946, section 20 of an act entitled "An Act to revise the law concerning county detectives and county investigators, and...
- Section 2a:157-21 - Saving Clause
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, nothing herein shall be construed to require an increase in any salaries heretofore paid or to be...
- Section 2a:157-22 - Limitation On Number
In any county in which the total number of county detectives and county investigators authorized by this chapter exceeds the total number of officers...
- Section 2a:157-23 - Construction; "Special Officer" Discontinued
It is the intention that this chapter be so construed as to make consistent throughout the state the law as it applies to the...
- Section 2a:158-1 - Appointment Of County Prosecutor; General Duties
There shall be appointed, for each county, by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate to serve for a term of...
- Section 2a:158-1a - Preparation Of Annual Budget Request By County Prosecutor.
10. A county prosecutor shall prepare the annual budget request for the county prosecutor's office pursuant to the requirements of section 3 of P.L.2015,...
- Section 2a:158-1.1 - Other Gainful Employment By Prosecutor; Prohibition; Exception
Any person appointed to the office of county prosecutor shall devote his entire time to the duties of his office and shall not engage...
- Section 2a:158-2 - County Prosecutor Substituted For Prosecutor Of The Pleas
In any statute in which the designation "prosecutor of the pleas" is used, it shall be construed to mean the county prosecutor. Until the...
- Section 2a:158-3 - Oath Of Prosecutors
2A:158-3. Every person appointed county prosecutor shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe before the clerk of the county...
- Section 2a:158-4 - Exclusive Jurisdiction Of Prosecutors Over Criminal Business; Exceptions
The criminal business of the State shall be prosecuted by the Attorney General and the county prosecutors. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended by L.1970,...
- Section 2a:158-5 - Powers, Duties And Liabilities Of Prosecutors
Each prosecutor shall be vested with the same powers and be subject to the same penalties, within his county, as the attorney general shall...
- Section 2a:158-6 - Fees Of Prosecutors
The same fees shall be payable for the services of prosecutors as are by law made payable for similar services of the attorney general....
- Section 2a:158-7 - Expenses Of Prosecutor In Enforcement Of Laws.
2A:158-7. All necessary expenses incurred by the prosecutor for each county in the detection, arrest, indictment and conviction of offenders against the laws shall,...
- Section 2a:158-8 - Expenses Of Prosecutors In Enjoining Nuisances Under Federal Law
2A:158-8. Whenever the prosecutor of any county shall bring an action, as authorized by the laws of the United States, to enjoin a nuisance...
- Section 2a:158-9 - Temporary Prosecutors; Appointment By Court; Powers; Compensation
2A:158-9. In the absence of the attorney general and of the county prosecutor, at any session of the Superior Court, the Assignment Judge of...
- Section 2a:158-10 - Salaries Of County Prosecutors.
2A:158-10. County prosecutors shall receive annual salaries to be fixed by the governing body of the county at $153,000 beginning on January 1, 2008...
- Section 2a:158-13 - Payment Of Salaries Of Prosecutors; Fees And Costs Paid To County
The salaries of prosecutors shall be paid at the same times and in the same manner as other county salaries are paid, and shall...
- Section 2a:158-15 - Assistant Prosecutors; Number; Appointment; Designation; Terms Of Office; Oath Of Office
Assistant prosecutors in and for the respective counties may be appointed by the prosecutors of such counties as hereinafter provided, who shall hold their...
- Section 2a:158-15.1b - Regulations Relative To Employment Of Assistant Prosecutors.
3. a. Except as provided in subsection b. of this section, assistant prosecutors shall devote their entire time to the duties of their office...
- Section 2a:158-15.3 - Salaries Of First Assistant, Principal Assistant, Assistant Prosecutors
2. a. The annual salary of a first assistant prosecutor, a county prosecutor's principal assistant or an assistant prosecutor shall be determined by the...
- Section 2a:158-18 - Powers And Duties Of Assistant Prosecutors
In any county any of the assistant prosecutors of such county may attend the sessions of the grand jury of such county, and render...
- Section 2a:158-18.1 - Legal Assistant To County Prosecutor In First Class Counties Of 800,000 Or Less
In counties of the first class having a population not in excess of eight hundred thousand there is created in the office of the...
- Section 2a:158-18.2 - Approval Of Appointment Of Legal Assistant
Every appointment of such a legal assistant and the amount of his salary shall be made subject to the approval of the board of...
- Section 2a:158-19 - Tenure Of Office Of Secretaries And Stenographers In Office Of County Prosecutor And Office Of County Detective In Certain Counties
L.1939, c. 271, p. 694, section 1 of an act entitled "An Act providing for and regulating tenure of office and service for persons...
- Section 2a:158-20 - Suspension, Discharge Or Decrease Of Compensation Of Secretaries And Stenographers
L.1939, c. 271, p. 694, section 2 of an act entitled "An Act providing for and regulating tenure of office and service for persons...
- Section 2a:158-21 - Prohibited Political Activity Of County Prosecutors, Assistant Prosecutors Or Legal Assistants
No county prosecutor, assistant prosecutor or legal assistant to a prosecutor, while holding any such office or position, shall (1) be a candidate for...
- Section 2a:158a-1 - Declaration Of State Policy
It is hereby declared to be the policy of this State to provide for the realization of the constitutional guarantees of counsel in criminal...
- Section 2a:158a-2 - "Indigent Defendant" Defined
As used herein "indigent defendant" means a person who is formally charged with the commission of an indictable offense, and who does not have...
- Section 2a:158a-3 - Establishment Of The Office Of The Public Defender.
3.There is hereby established in the Executive Branch of the State Government the Office of the Public Defender. For the purpose of complying with...
- Section 2a:158a-4 - Public Defender; Appointment; Term; Salary; Vacancy
The head of the office shall be the Public Defender, who shall be an attorney-at-law of this State and experienced in the practice of...
- Section 2a:158a-5 - Duties Of Public Defender
It shall be the duty of the Public Defender to provide for the legal representation of any indigent defendant who is formally charged with...
- Section 2a:158a-5.2 - Offenses And Violations; Legal Representation
The Public Defender shall in the manner prescribed by P.L.1967, c. 43 (C. 2A:158A-1 et seq.) provide for the legal representation of any person...
- Section 2a:158a-6 - Deputy And Assistant Public Defenders; Appointment; Salary
The Public Defender shall appoint deputy public defenders and assistant deputy public defenders in such number as he shall require to assist him in...
- Section 2a:158a-7 - Powers, Responsibilities Of Public Defender
7. The Public Defender shall: (a) Appoint such investigators, stenographic and clerical assistants and other personnel as may be required for the conduct of...
- Section 2a:158a-8 - Lawyers To Represent Defendants On Case Basis; Selection
In selecting deputy public defenders and assistant deputy public defenders or lawyers to be available to represent defendants on a case basis, the Public...
- Section 2a:158a-9 - Case Workload; Division; Employment Of Counsel
To achieve a proper balance between the services to be provided pursuant to this act and the efficiency of the operation as a whole,...
- Section 2a:158a-10 - Contracts Authorizing Private Or Public Organizations To Execute Functions Of Public Defender
The Public Defender is authorized to enter into contracts from time to time with private or public organizations that are equipped to provide legal...
- Section 2a:158a-11 - Duties Of Staff Members And Others Engaged On Case Basis
The primary duty of all members of staff and of others engaged on a case basis shall be to the individual defendant, with like...
- Section 2a:158a-12 - Attorney-client Privilege
All communications between the individual defendant and any person in or engaged by the Office of the Public Defender whether on a case basis...
- Section 2a:158a-13 - Standards And Level Of Performance Of Attorneys Providing Legal Services
In providing legal services to defendants pursuant to this act, the Office of the Public Defender and every attorney actually engaged in the performance...
- Section 2a:158a-14 - Determination Of Need
Eligibility for the services of the Office of the Public Defender shall be determined on the basis of the need of the defendant. Need...
- Section 2a:158a-15.1 - Investigation Of Finances Of Indigent Defendants.
4.In each county, the Assignment Judge shall designate a judge or court support office who shall make an investigation of the financial status of...
- Section 2a:158a-15.2 - Pilot Project
Within 30 days of the effective date of this section, the Administrative Office of the Courts shall establish a system in one or more...
- Section 2a:158a-16 - Part Payment Of Cost By Defendant
In all cases where it appears that the defendant has or reasonably expects to have means to meet some part, though not all, of...
- Section 2a:158a-17 - Lien On Property Of Defendant.
17. a. The reasonable value of the services rendered to a defendant pursuant to P.L.1967, c.43 (C.2A:158A-1 et seq.) may in all cases be...
- Section 2a:158a-18 - Recording Of Liens; Books Provided; Fees
The Clerk of the Superior Court shall provide separate books for the recording of said liens which books shall be properly indexed in the...
- Section 2a:158a-19 - Collection Of Moneys Due State
19. The Public Defender in the name of the State shall do all things necessary and proper to collect all moneys due to the...
- Section 2a:158a-20 - Compromise And Settlement Of Claim For Services
The Public Defender is authorized to compromise and make settlement of any claim for services performed for any person pursuant to this act whenever...
- Section 2a:158a-22 - Annual Report
The Office of the Public Defender shall report annually to the Legislature, the Governor and the Supreme Court. Such report may be combined with...
- Section 2a:158a-23 - Oaths And Affirmations
The Public Defender, the deputy public defender, the assistant deputy public defenders and investigators attached to the Office of the Public Defender shall have...
- Section 2a:158a-24 - Juvenile Delinquent Or Juvenile In Need Of Supervision; Legal Representation
Except as hereinafter provided, the Public Defender shall in the manner prescribed by P.L.1967, c. 43 (C. 2A:158A-1 et seq.) provide for the legal...
- Section 2a:158a-25 - Minors; Eligibility For Services
Whenever a person formally charged with an indictable offense, or coming within this act, is under the age of 21 years, the question of...
- Section 2a:159a-1 - Agreement On Detainers; Findings Of Party States; Purpose
The agreement on detainers is hereby enacted into law and entered into by this State with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in the...
- Section 2a:159a-2 - Definitions
ARTICLE II As used in this agreement: (a) "State" shall mean a State of the United States; the United States of America; a territory...
- Section 2a:159a-3 - Request For Final Disposition Of Pending Indictment, Information Or Complaint; Certificate Of Officer Having Custody; Procedure; Failure To Commence Trial; Dismissal; Waiver Of Extradition; Escape
ARTICLE III (a) Whenever a person has entered upon a term of imprisonment in a penal or correctional institution of a party State, and...
- Section 2a:159a-4 - Request For Temporary Custody Or Availability Of Prisoner; Procedure; Time For Commencing Trial; Failure To Try; Dismissal
ARTICLE IV (a) The appropriate officer of the jurisdiction in which an untried indictment, information or complaint is pending shall be entitled to have...
- Section 2a:159a-5 - Offer Of Temporary Custody; Procedure; Duty Of Receiving State; Nature Of Temporary Custody; Return Of Prisoner; Running Of Sentence; Custody Of Sending State; Costs
ARTICLE V (a) In response to a request made under Article III or Article IV hereof, the appropriate authority in a sending State shall...
- Section 2a:159a-6 - Inability Of Prisoner To Stand Trial; Tolling Of Time Periods; Inapplicability Of Agreement To Mentally Ill Persons
ARTICLE VI (a) In determining the duration and expiration dates of the time periods provided in Articles III and IV of this agreement, the...
- Section 2a:159a-7 - Rules And Regulations
ARTICLE VII Each State party to this agreement shall designate an officer who, acting jointly with like officers of other party States, shall promulgate...
- Section 2a:159a-8 - Effective Date Of Agreement; Withdrawal Of State; Effect On Status Of Proceedings
ARTICLE VIII This agreement shall enter into full force and effect as to a party State when such State has enacted the same into...
- Section 2a:159a-9 - Liberal Construction; Severability Of Provisions
ARTICLE IX This agreement shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate its purposes. The provisions of this agreement shall be severable and if...
- Section 2a:159a-10 - "Appropriate Court," Definition
The phrase "appropriate court" as used in the agreement on detainers shall, with reference to the courts of this State, mean any court with...
- Section 2a:159a-11 - Enforcement Of Agreement; Co-operation
All courts, departments, agencies, officers and employees of this State and its political subdivisions are hereby directed to enforce the agreement on detainers and...
- Section 2a:159a-12 - Delivery Of Prisoner
The warden or other official in charge of any penal or correctional institution in this State shall give over the person of any inmate...
- Section 2a:159a-13 - Escape From Custody; Offense; Punishment
Escape from custody while in another State pursuant to the agreement on detainers shall constitute an offense against the laws of this State to...
- Section 2a:159a-14 - Central Administrator And Information Officer; Designation; Powers; Tenure
Pursuant to said agreement, the Governor is hereby authorized and empowered to designate an officer or alternate who shall be the central administrator of...
- Section 2a:159a-15 - Transmittal Of Copies Of Act
Duly authenticated copies of this act shall, upon its approval, be transmitted by the Secretary of State to the Governor of each State, the...
- Section 2a:160-1 - Persons Taken Out Of State To Answer Criminal Charge; Warrant Of Governor Or Waiver Of Extradition
It shall be unlawful to take, or cause or procure to be taken, or aid or abet in taking any person from out of...
- Section 2a:160-2 - Expenses Of Returning Fugitives From Justice
2A:160-2. Whenever any person charged in this State with any crime shall flee from justice and be found in another state, territory or district,...
- Section 2a:160-3 - Advance Of Money To Prosecutor For Expenses Of Extradition; Statement Filed And Approved By Court
2A:160-3. The county treasurer of any county may advance to the prosecutor of the county, or to such person as the prosecutor shall designate,...
- Section 2a:160-4 - Accounting Of Expenditures; Excess Returned
2A:160-4. Immediately after the person to whom the money has been advanced by the county treasurer, as provided by N.J.S.2A:160-3, shall have completed the...
- Section 2a:160-5 - Return Of Person Extradited From And Imprisoned In Another State To Such State In Certain Cases
If any person charged with the crime of murder in this state is undergoing imprisonment in any other state, territory or district of the...
- Section 2a:160-6 - Definitions
As used in this article, the term "governor" includes any person performing the functions of governor by authority of the law of this state....
- Section 2a:160-7 - Construction Of Article
The provisions of this article shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purposes to make uniform the law of those...
- Section 2a:160-8 - Effect Of Article As To Waivers By And Rights, Powers And Privileges Of This State
Nothing in this article contained shall be deemed to constitute a waiver by this state of its right, power or privilege to try such...
- Section 2a:160-9 - Short Title Of Article
This article may be cited as the "uniform criminal extradition law" . L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
- Section 2a:160-10 - Fugitives From Justice Found In This State; Arrest And Delivery To Demanding State; Person Charged With Murder In Demanding State And Imprisoned In This State For Term Less Than Life; Warrant Of Governor
Subject to the provisions of this article, the provisions of the constitution of the United States controlling, and any and all acts of congress...
- Section 2a:160-11 - Demand For Extradition; Form And Contents; Affidavit; Copy Of Indictment Or Information; Statement By Executive Authority Of Demanding State
No demand for the extradition of a person charged with crime in another state shall be recognized by the governor unless in writing alleging...
- Section 2a:160-12 - Investigation By Governor; Duty Of Attorney General And Prosecuting Officers
When a demand shall be made upon the governor of this state by the executive authority of another state for the surrender of a...
- Section 2a:160-13 - Extradition Of Person Leaving Demanding State Involuntarily
The governor of this state may also surrender on demand of the executive authority of any other state any person in this state who...
- Section 2a:160-14 - Extradition Of Persons Not Present In Demanding State At Time Of Commission Of Crime
The governor of this state may also surrender, on demand of the executive authority of any other state, any person in this state charged...
- Section 2a:160-15 - Warrant Of Arrest; Issue By Governor; Recitals
If the governor decides that the demand should be complied with, he shall sign a warrant of arrest, which shall be sealed with the...
- Section 2a:160-16 - Execution Of Warrant Of Arrest
Such warrant shall authorize the peace officer or other person to whom directed to arrest the accused at any time and any place where...
- Section 2a:160-17 - Authority Of Officer Making Arrest; Assistance Given
Every such peace officer or other person empowered to make the arrest, shall have the same authority, in arresting the accused, to command assistance...
- Section 2a:160-18 - Rights Of Persons Arrested; Appearance Before Criminal Court; Habeas Corpus; Notice Of And Hearing On
No person arrested upon such warrant shall be delivered over to the agent whom the executive authority demanding him shall have appointed to receive...
- Section 2a:160-19 - Noncompliance With Section 2a:160-18 A Misdemeanor; Punishment
Any officer who shall deliver to the agent for extradition of the demanding state a person in his custody under the governor's warrant, in...
- Section 2a:160-20 - Temporary Confinement Of Persons Arrested In County Or Municipal Jail In This State; Procedure; New Requisition
The officer or persons executing the governor's warrant of arrest, or the agent of the demanding state to whom the prisoner may have been...
- Section 2a:160-21 - Arrest Of Accused Before Requisition Made; Warrant For Arrest
Whenever any person within this state shall be charged on the oath of any credible person before any judge or magistrate of this state...
- Section 2a:160-22 - Arrest Of Accused Without Warrant
The arrest of a person may be lawfully made also by any peace officer or a private person, without a warrant, upon reasonable information...
- Section 2a:160-23 - Commitment To Jail Of Person Arrested Before Requisition Made, To Await Requisition; Bail
If from the examination before the judge or magistrate it appears that the person held is the person charged with having committed the crime...
- Section 2a:160-24 - Bail Of Accused For Appearance, When Authorized; Bond Or Undertaking; Surrender Of Accused To Be Arrested On Warrant
Unless the offense with which the prisoner is charged is shown to be an offense punishable by death or life imprisonment under the laws...
- Section 2a:160-25 - Discharge Of Accused; Extension Of Time Of Commitment Of Accused; New Bail For Appearance
2A:160-25. If the accused is not arrested under warrant of the governor by the expiration of the time specified in the warrant, bond or...
- Section 2a:160-26 - Forfeiture Of Bail; Arrest Of Accused Without Warrant; Recovery On Bail Bond
If the prisoner is admitted to bail and fails to appear and surrender himself according to the conditions of his bond, the judge or...
- Section 2a:160-27 - Extradition Of Persons Pending Outcome Of Criminal Prosecution In This State
If a criminal prosecution has been instituted against such person under the laws of this state and is still pending, the governor, in his...
- Section 2a:160-28 - Inquiry Into Guilt Or Innocence Of Accused
The guilt or innocence of the accused as to the crime of which he is charged may not be inquired into by the governor...
- Section 2a:160-29 - Recall Of Warrant Of Arrest; Alias Warrant
The governor may recall his warrant of arrest or may issue another warrant whenever he deems proper. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
- Section 2a:160-30 - Waiver Of Extradition Proceedings; Procedure; Effect
Any person arrested in this state charged with having committed any crime in another state or alleged to have escaped from confinement, or broken...
- Section 2a:160-31 - Demand For Extradition; Issue Of Warrant By Governor
Whenever the governor of this state shall demand a person charged with crime or with escaping from confinement or breaking the terms of his...
- Section 2a:160-32 - Application To Governor For Requisition; By Whom Made; Contents; Verification Of Application; Execution In Duplicate; Certified Copies Of Indictment, Information And Affidavit Filed, Or Complaint To Accompany Application; Copy Filed With Secretary Of State; Copy Forwarded With Requisition
1. When the return to this state of a person charged with crime in this state is required, the prosecuting attorney shall present to...
- Section 2a:160-33 - Extradition Of Persons Imprisoned Or Awaiting Trial In Another State; Agreement To Return To State From Which Extradited
When it is desired to have returned to this state a person charged in this state with a crime, and such person is imprisoned...
- Section 2a:160-34 - Immunity From Service Of Process In Certain Civil Actions
A person brought into this state on, or after waiver of, extradition based on a criminal charge shall not be subject to service of...
- Section 2a:160-35 - No Immunity From Other Criminal Prosecution While In This State
After a person has been brought back to this state by extradition proceedings, he may be tried in this state for other crimes which...
- Section 2a:161-1 - Appointment Of Citizen To Make Immediate Arrest
2A:161-1. In all criminal complaints before a judge of the Superior Court or a municipal court, where in the opinion of such judge, public...
- Section 2a:161a-1 - Strip Searches Restricted
1. A person who has been detained or arrested for commission of an offense other than a crime shall not be subjected to a...
- Section 2a:161a-2 - Body Cavity Searches Restricted
2. A person who has been detained or arrested for commission of an offense other than a crime shall not be subjected to a...
- Section 2a:161a-3 - Definitions.
3. a. For purposes of this act, a "strip search" means the removal or rearrangement of clothing for the purpose of visual inspection of...
- Section 2a:161a-4 - Conduct; Reports
4. a. Any strip search or body cavity search conducted under this act shall be performed by persons of the same sex as the...
- Section 2a:161a-5 - Civil, Criminal Immunity
a. Where it is determined that a strip search or body cavity search is necessary, it shall be performed under sanitary conditions. A body...
- Section 2a:161a-6 - Disciplinary Action
Failure to comply with any provisions of this act shall subject the law enforcement officer or other authorized person to administrative disciplinary action. Nothing...
- Section 2a:161a-7 - Other Rights Not Abrogated
Nothing in this act shall be construed as limiting any statutory or common law rights of any person for purposes of any civil action...
- Section 2a:161a-8 - Regulations; Confinement, Bail Schedule
8. a. The Commissioner of the Department of Corrections, after consultation with the Attorney General, pursuant to authority granted in sections 6 and 10...
- Section 2a:161a-9 - Not Applicable To Penal Institutions
Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, no procedures as set forth in this act shall supersede any procedures of the State's...
- Section 2a:161a-10 - Admissibility Of Evidence Seized
A violation of the provisions of sections 4 and 5 of this act shall not affect the admissibility of evidence seized pursuant to a...
- Section 2a:162-1 - Record Of Recognizances In Counties Other Than Where Taken; Lien Thereof
When the real estate of the surety in a recognizance of bail is situate in a county other than the county where the recognizance...
- Section 2a:162-5 - Duration Of Lien, Upon Any Property, Of Forfeited Recognizances Not Prosecuted To Judgment; Time Limit After Effective Date For Enforcement
All recognizances of bail made or entered into before any court, judge or magistrate having criminal jurisdiction, which have been or shall be forfeited,...
- Section 2a:162-6 - Revival Of Judgment On Forfeited Recognizances; Limitation
Judgments in any court of record, entered upon forfeited recognizances in criminal cases, may be revived by scire facias, or a civil action may...
- Section 2a:162-7 - Money Collected On Forfeited Recognizances Paid To County Treasurer
Every sheriff, prosecutor or clerk of any court who shall collect or receive any money on any forfeited recognizance, whether before or after execution,...
- Section 2a:162-7.1 - Disposition Of Forfeited Bail, Interest
22. a. If any bail deposited with a county clerk prior to January 1, 1995 shall be forfeited such forfeited bail and any interest...
- Section 2a:162-8 - Return Of Amounts Paid On Forfeited Recognizances
When any court which has ordered or shall order the forfeiture of a recognizance, the amount whereof has been or shall be paid into...
- Section 2a:162-9 - Cash Deposit; Affidavit As To Ownership
Whenever cash money is deposited in any criminal case in lieu of bail and recognizance, the court accepting such deposit, or the judge or...
- Section 2a:162-10 - Effective Date
This act shall take effect May first, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-two. L.1952, c. 163, p. 533, s. 2, eff. May 1, 1952.
- Section 2a:162-11 - Disorderly Persons; Continuance Of Bail Or Recognizance On Appeal
1. In every case where a person has been convicted in a municipal court of a disorderly persons violation, and he has not violated...
- Section 2a:162-12 - Crimes With Bail Restriction; Posting Of Bail.
1. a. As used in this section: "Crime with bail restrictions" means a crime of the first or second degree charged under any of...
- Section 2a:162-13 - Source Of Bail Information Required Under Penalty Of Law; Bail Sufficiency Hearings.
1. a. When a person charged with a crime with bail restrictions, as defined in subsection a. of section 1 of P.L.1994, c.144 (C.2A:162-12),...
- Section 2a:162-14 - Procedure; Governed By Court Rules.
2.The procedure to determine the sufficiency of bail shall be governed by rules adopted by the Supreme Court. L.2003,c.213,s.2.
- Section 2a:162-15 - Liberal Construction.
1.The provisions of sections 1 through 11 of P.L.2014, c.31 (C.2A:162-15 et seq.) shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purpose of primarily relying...
- Section 2a:162-16 - Detaining Eligible Defendant During Preparation Of Risk Assessment Prior To Trial.
2. a. An eligible defendant, following the issuance of a complaint-warrant pursuant to the conditions set forth under subsection c. of this section, shall...
- Section 2a:162-17 - Consideration For Pretrial Release.
3.Except as otherwise provided under sections 4 and 5 of P.L.2014, c.31 (C.2A:162-18 and C.2A:162-19) concerning a hearing on pretrial detention, a court shall...
- Section 2a:162-18 - Pretrial Detention For Certain Eligible Defendants Ordered By Court; Appeal.
4. a. (1) The court may order, before trial, the detention of an eligible defendant charged with any crime, or any offense involving domestic...
- Section 2a:162-19 - Pretrial Detention For Certain Eligible Defendants Requested By Prosecutor.
5. a. A prosecutor may file a motion with the court at any time, including any time before or after an eligible defendant's release...
- Section 2a:162-20 - Information Considered In Determination Of Pretrial Detention.
6.In determining in a pretrial detention hearing whether no amount of monetary bail, non-monetary conditions or combination of monetary bail and conditions would reasonably...
- Section 2a:162-21 - Contents Of Pretrial Detention Order; Temporary Release.
7. a. In a pretrial detention order issued pursuant to sections 4 and 5 of P.L.2014, c.31 (C.2A:162-18 and C.2A:162-19), the court shall: (1)include...
- Section 2a:162-22 - Eligible Defendant Subject To Pretrial Detention, Release; Conditions.
8. a. Concerning an eligible defendant subject to pretrial detention as ordered by a court pursuant to sections 4 and 5 of P.L.2014, c.31...
- Section 2a:162-23 - Notification To Eligible Defendant By Court, Conditions Of Release.
9. a. (1) If an eligible defendant is released from jail pursuant to section 3 or 8 of P.L.2014, c.31 (C.2A:162-17 or C.2A:162-22), the...
- Section 2a:162-24 - Violation Of Condition Of Release, Motion By Prosecutor.
10.Upon motion of a prosecutor, when an eligible defendant is released from custody before trial pursuant to section 3 or 8 of P.L.2014, c.31...
- Section 2a:162-25 - Statewide Pretrial Services Program; Risk Assessment Instrument.
11. a. The Administrative Director of the Courts shall establish and maintain a Statewide Pretrial Services Program which shall provide pretrial services to effectuate...
- Section 2a:162-26 - Pretrial Services Program Review Commission.
20. a. There is hereby created, in but not of the Department of Law and Public Safety, a commission to be known as the...
- Section 2a:163-1 - Compensation Of Counsel Assigned In Murder Cases
Where counsel assigned by the court to represent a defendant in a murder case has been allowed compensation by the court for his services,...
- Section 2a:163-4 - Definitions
As used in this act: a. "Child" means a person 13 years of age or younger at the time a crime was committed against...
- Section 2a:163-5 - Speedy Trials
In all criminal cases involving a child victim, the court shall take appropriate action to ensure a speedy trial in order to minimize the...
- Section 2a:164-1 - Clinics To Study Mental And Physical Conditions Before Sentence Of Convicted Persons; Organization; Personnel; Rules For Conduct Of; Expenses
2A:164-1. In order that judges conducting courts for the trial of criminal cases may have complete information for use in determining sentences to be...
- Section 2a:164-24 - Remission Of Sentence Of Prisoners Confined In County Jail Or Penitentiary For Good Conduct
The board of chosen freeholders of any county, or the committee on the discharge of prisoners of such board, may, upon the recommendation of...
- Section 2a:166-8 - Fees Of Witnesses And Constables On Acquittals; Payment By And Reimbursement Of Sheriff
Whenever, on any indictment or accusation, there is an acquittal, the sheriff of the county in which the trial was had shall pay the...
- Section 2a:166-9 - Fees Of Clerk And Sheriff On Acquittals; Payment By County
On the acquittal of any person indicted for crime the fees of the clerk and the sheriff shall be paid by the county treasurer,...
- Section 2a:166-12 - Execution Against Municipality For Fines And Costs Returned Unsatisfied
When any execution, issued against any municipality, for the amount of any fine and costs as provided in this subtitle shall be returned by...
- Section 2a:166-13 - Return Of Fine On Reversal
When a defendant has paid a fine upon being found guilty of an offense and has taken an appeal and obtained a decision in...
- Section 2a:166-17 - No Fees Or Costs Payable To Judge Or Officer Receiving Salary
No fees or costs shall be paid by the county treasurer for the services of any judge, magistrate or officer of any criminal court,...
- Section 2a:166-18 - No Fees From Parties Applying To Magistrate For Services In Criminal Cases; Payment By County
In criminal cases no fees shall be demanded from parties applying to magistrates or constables for their services. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
- Section 2a:166a-1 - Maximum Amount Of Reimbursement
Any county which incurs expense in connection with the prosecution and defense of a defendant charged with commission of a capital offense while confined...
- Section 2a:166a-2 - Expenses Allowable
The expenses for which a county shall be entitled to reimbursement shall be limited to fees allowed to counsel assigned by the trial court...
- Section 2a:166a-3 - Claims; Approval; Certification; Budget Requests
Claims for reimbursement shall bear the approval of the trial judge and shall be certified to the administrative director of the courts by the...
- Section 2a:166a-4 - Effective Date; Applicability
This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to expenses incurred on and after September 1, 1959. L.1960, c. 24, p. 86, s.
- Section 2a:167-3.1 - Report Of Pardon, Reprieve, Commutation
1. On or before March 1 of each year, the Governor shall report to the Legislature each reprieve, pardon and commutation granted, stating the...
- Section 2a:167-4 - Form Of Order; Filing
The governor may, upon application for commutation of sentence of any person sentenced to imprisonment, order that such sentence be commuted upon such terms,...
- Section 2a:167-5 - Restoration Of Right Of Suffrage And Other Rights; Suspension Or Remission Of Fine
Any person who has been convicted of a crime and by reason thereof has been deprived of the right of suffrage or of any...
- Section 2a:167-6 - Form Of Application
Applications for commutation of sentences, other than death sentences, or for the restoration of rights or privileges, or for the suspension or remission of...
- Section 2a:167-7 - Investigation And Report
The governor, in his discretion, may, prior to granting or denying any such application, refer the same to the state parole board for its...
- Section 2a:167-8 - Convicts Having License To Be At Large; Security; Legal Custody; Return To Place Of Punishment
Any convict who was undergoing imprisonment in any of the penal institutions of this state and to whom was granted a license to be...
- Section 2a:167-9 - Retaking And Detention; Warrant; Credit For Time Spent In Custody
If the parole officer having charge of any convict at large or at liberty under any such license or order shall have reasonable cause...
- Section 2a:167-10 - Revocation Of License Or Order
The governor may, at any time, in his discretion, revoke any such license or order, and shall revoke any such license or order whenever...
- Section 2a:167-11 - Investigation By State Parole Board
The governor, in his discretion, may, prior to determining whether to revoke any such license or order, refer the matter to the state parole...
- Section 2a:167-12 - Order Of Revocation; Arrest; Detention; Period Of Confinement
When any such license or order is revoked it shall be done by an order in writing signed by the Governor and filed with...
- Section 2a:168-5 - Probation Officers; Appointment
2A:168-5. The Assignment Judge of the Superior Court in each county may appoint a chief probation officer, and, on application of the chief probation...
- Section 2a:168-6 - Probation Officers In Counties Of Not Less Than 800,000; Appointment Of Parole Officers As; Civil Service; Compensation
L.1940, c. 78, p. 202, an act entitled "An Act authorizing the appointment of persons employed as parole officers of a city home in...
- Section 2a:168-7 - Powers And Duties Of Chief Probation Officer; Additional Employees
2A:168-7. The chief probation officer shall have general supervision of the probation work under the direction of the court. He may appoint such other...
- Section 2a:168-8 - Salaries And Expenses Of Probation Officers And Employees
2A:168-8. The judge authorized to appoint a chief probation officer or probation officers shall fix, by order under the hand of such judge, annual...
- Section 2a:168-9 - Temporary Probation Officers; Appointment; Compensation
2A:168-9. In case of the absence or disqualification of any probation officer for any cause, the Assignment Judge of the Superior Court may appoint...
- Section 2a:168-10 - Oath Of Probation Officers; Bond; Accounts Audited
Each probation officer, before entering on the duties of his office, shall take an oath of office to be administered by one of the...
- Section 2a:168-11 - Powers And Duties Of Probation Officers
Probation officers shall have the powers of constables in the execution of their duties. The duties of probation officers shall be, among others: a....
- Section 2a:168-12 - Transfer Of Probationers
Probation officers may at any time, after approval by the court or chief probation officer, transfer any probationer under their care and supervision to...
- Section 2a:168-13 - Investigations For Superior Court; Financial Status Of Persons Seeking Relief In Forma Pauperis; Alimony Or Support Payments
The chief probation officer of each county shall, when requested by the superior court, immediately investigate and furnish to the court all necessary and...
- Section 2a:168-14 - Governor Authorized To Enter Into Compact With States; Form; Contents Of Compact; Investigations; Duties Of Receiving State; Retaking Of Probationers Or Parolees By Sending State; Extradition Waived; Rules And Regulations; Compact Operative On Ratification; Force And Effect Of Compact; Renunciation
The governor of this state is hereby authorized and directed to enter into a compact on behalf of the state of New Jersey with...
- Section 2a:168-15 - Constitutionality
If any section, sentence, subdivision or clause of this act is for any reason held invalid or to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not...
- Section 2a:168-16 - Compact Deemed Ratified, When
The aforesaid compact with any other states shall be deemed to have been ratified by this state when executed by the governor of this...
- Section 2a:168-17 - Citation
This article may be cited as the "uniform act for out-of-state parolee supervision." L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
- Section 2a:168-18 - Incarceration Of Probationer Or Parolee In Receiving State; Receiving State As Agent
Whenever the duly constituted judicial and administrative authorities in a sending State shall determine that incarceration of a probationer or reincarceration of a parolee...
- Section 2a:168-19 - "Receiving State" Defined
As used in this act, the term "receiving State" shall be construed to mean any State, other than the sending State, in which a...
- Section 2a:168-20 - Compact Institutions; Incarceration In; Access To
Every State which enacts a similar act to this act shall designate at least one of its correctional institutions as a "Compact Institution" and...
- Section 2a:168-21 - Persons Confined In Compact Institutions Subject To Jurisdiction Of Sending State
Persons confined in "Compact Institutions" pursuant to the terms of the compact shall at all times be subject to the jurisdiction of the sending...
- Section 2a:168-22 - Rights Of Persons Confined In Compact Institutions
All persons who may be confined in a "Compact Institution" pursuant to the provisions of the compact shall be treated in a reasonable and...
- Section 2a:168-23 - Costs And Expenses
Any receiving State incurring costs or other expenses under the compact shall be reimbursed in the amount of such costs or other expenses by...
- Section 2a:168-24 - Rules And Regulations
Rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act may be promulgated by the appropriate officers of this State and of those...
- Section 2a:168-25 - Effective When Other States Enact Similar Legislation
This act shall take effect when any two or more States party to the compact shall enact substantially similar legislation to this act. L.1953,...
- Section 2a:168-26 - Interstate Compact For Adult Offender Supervision.
1. a. The Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein...
- Section 2a:168-27 - Definitions.
2.Article II. Definitions. As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires a different construction: "Adult" means a person who is 18 years...
- Section 2a:168-28 - The Compact Commission.
3.Article III. The Compact Commission. a.The compacting states hereby create the "Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision." The Interstate Commission shall be a body...
- Section 2a:168-29 - The State Council.
4.Article IV. The State Council. a.There is hereby established the New Jersey State Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision which shall consist of the...
- Section 2a:168-30 - Powers And Duties Of The Interstate Commission.
5.Article V. Powers and Duties of the Interstate Commission. The Interstate Commission shall have the following powers: a.To adopt a seal and suitable bylaws...
- Section 2a:168-31 - Organization And Operation Of The Interstate Commission.
6.Article VI. Organization and Operation of the Interstate Commission. a.Bylaws. The Interstate Commission shall, by a majority of the Members, within twelve months of...
- Section 2a:168-32 - Activities Of The Interstate Commission.
7.Article VII. Activities of the Interstate Commission. a.The Interstate Commission shall meet and take such actions as are consistent with the provisions of this...
- Section 2a:168-33 - Rulemaking Functions Of The Interstate Commission.
8.Article VIII. Rulemaking Functions of the Interstate Commission. a.The Interstate Commission shall promulgate rules in order to effectively and efficiently achieve the purposes of...
- Section 2a:168-34 - Oversight, Enforcement And Dispute Resolution By The Interstate Commission.
9.Article IX. Oversight, Enforcement and Dispute Resolution by the Interstate Commission. a.Oversight. The Interstate Commission shall oversee the interstate movement of adult offenders in...
- Section 2a:168-35 - Finance.
10.Article X. Finance. a.The Interstate Commission shall pay or provide for the payment of the reasonable expenses of its establishment, organization and ongoing activities....
- Section 2a:168-36 - Compacting States, Effective Date And Amendment.
11.Article XI. Compacting States, Effective Date and Amendment. a.Any state, as defined in Article II of this compact, is eligible to become a Compacting...
- Section 2a:168-37 - Withdrawal, Default, Termination And Judicial Enforcement.
12.Article XII. Withdrawal, Default, Termination and Judicial Enforcement. a.Withdrawal. Once effective, the Compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon each and every...
- Section 2a:168-38 - Severability And Construction.
13.Article XIII. Severability and Construction. The provisions of this Compact shall be severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision is deemed unenforceable,...
- Section 2a:168-39 - Binding Effect Of Compact And Other Laws.
14.Article XIV. Binding Effect of Compact and Other Laws. a.Other Laws. Nothing herein prevents the enforcement of any other law of a Compacting State...
- Section 2a:168a-1 - Legislative Findings
The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the public interest to assist the rehabilitation of convicted offenders by removing impediments and restrictions...
- Section 2a:168a-2 - Application For License, Certificate; Grounds For Refusal; Written Statement.
2.Notwithstanding the contrary provisions of any law or rule or regulation issued pursuant to law, no State, county or municipal department, board, officer or...
- Section 2a:168a-3 - Evidence Of Rehabilitation
The presentation to a licensing authority of evidence of a pardon or of the expungement of a criminal conviction, pursuant to N.J.S. 2A:164-28, or...
- Section 2a:168a-4 - Addiction To Drugs Or Intoxicating Liquors Within Four Months Of Application
A licensing authority may disqualify or discriminate against an applicant for a license or certificate on the grounds that the applicant has within 4...
- Section 2a:168a-5 - Regulated Employment Pursuant To Approved Program Of Vocational Or Educational Rehabilitation
Notwithstanding the contrary provisions of any law or rule or regulation issued pursuant to law, any licensing authority may permit any person subject to...
- Section 2a:168a-6 - Inapplicability Of Act To Law Enforcement Agencies
This act shall not be applicable to any law enforcement agency; however, nothing herein shall preclude a law enforcement agency in its discretion from...
- Section 2a:168a-7 - Issuance Of Certificate Suspending Certain Restrictions For Employment, Licensure.
1. a. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a certificate may be issued in accordance with the provisions of this act that suspends certain...
- Section 2a:168a-8 - Issuance Of Certificate; Conditions.
2.A certificate may be issued pursuant to this act as follows: a. (1) A court, in its discretion, may issue a certificate at the...
- Section 2a:168a-9 - Certificate Considered Presumptive Evidence Of Rehabilitation.
3.A certificate issued pursuant to this act shall be presumptive evidence of the subject's rehabilitation when considered in regard to public employment as defined...
- Section 2a:168a-10 - Notice To Prosecutor Of Issuance, Pendency Of Certificate.
4.In all cases, the applicant or the supervising authority shall provide notice to the prosecutor of either the issuance of a certificate or the...
- Section 2a:168a-11 - Conditions For Invalidating Certificate.
5. a. A certificate granted pursuant to this act shall no longer be valid if the person who is the subject of the certificate...
- Section 2a:168a-12 - Inapplicability To Private Employers.
6.This act shall not apply to private employers. A private employer may, in its sole and complete discretion, consider a certificate issued under this...
- Section 2a:168a-13 - Report To Governor, Legislature; Recording System For Certificates.
7.The State Parole Board and the Administrative Office of the Courts shall report to the Governor and the Legislature on or before the first...
- Section 2a:168a-14 - Report On Impact Of Prior Criminal Conviction On Private Employment Opportunities.
8.The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall prepare a report detailing the impact of a prior criminal conviction on private employment opportunities for...
- Section 2a:168a-15 - Pardons Unaffected.
9.Nothing in this act shall be deemed to alter, limit or affect the manner of applying for pardons to the Governor, and a certificate...
- Section 2a:168a-16 - Regulations, Guidelines, Rules.
10.The State Parole Board shall promulgate any regulations or issue guidelines necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act. The court may publish rules...
- Section 2a:169-3 - Arrest Of Disorderly Person Without Process
Whenever an offense is committed in his presence, any constable or police officer shall, and any other person may, apprehend without warrant or process...
- Section 2a:170-20.1 - Issuing Honorary Membership Cards Or Courtesy Cards On Behalf Of Law Enforcement Organizations
It shall be unlawful for any person, for or on behalf of any organization or association of law enforcement officers, or otherwise, to issue,...
- Section 2a:170-51.1 - Purchase Of Tobacco Product For Person Under Age 19, Petty Disorderly Person Offense.
3.A person 19 years of age or older who purchases a tobacco product for a person who is under 19 years of age is...
- Section 2a:170-51.2 - Vending Machine Ordinances Not Preempted
4.Nothing in P.L.1995, c.304 (C.2A:170-51.1 et al.) or section 1 of P.L.2000, c.87 (C.2A:170-51.4) shall be construed to preempt the provisions of any municipal...
- Section 2a:170-51.4 - Sale, Distribution Of Tobacco, Electronic Smoking Device To Persons Under Age 19; Prohibited; Civil Penalties.
1. a. No person, either directly or indirectly by an agent or employee, or by a vending machine owned by the person or located...
- Section 2a:170-51.5 - Findings, Declarations Relative To Flavored Cigarettes.
1.The Legislature finds and declares that: a.There has been a proliferation of flavored cigarettes in recent years, and many of these products have fruit,...
- Section 2a:170-51.6 - Sales, Distribution Of Certain Flavored Cigarettes Prohibited; Definitions; Violations, Penalties.
2. a. No person, either directly or indirectly by an agent or employee, or by a vending machine owned by the person or located...
- Section 2a:170-51.7 - Sale Of Dextromethorphan To Persons Under 18 Prohibited; Violations, Penalties.
1. a. No person shall sell or offer for sale, either directly or indirectly by an agent or employee, any product containing dextromethorphan as...
- Section 2a:170-51.8 - Listing Of Products Containing Dextromethorphan On Internet Website.
2.The Department of Health shall include on its Internet website a comprehensive list of products that contain dextromethorphan as an active ingredient. This requirement...
- Section 2a:170-51.9 - Sale, Distribution Of Liquid Nicotine Prohibited; Exceptions; Violations, Penalties.
1. a. No person, either directly or indirectly by an agent or employee, or by a vending machine owned by the person or located...
- Section 2a:170-51.10 - Rules, Regulations.
2.The Commissioner of Health shall, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes...
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