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NJ Rev Stat § 46:4-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:4-5 - Covenants as to quiet possession and freedom from encumbrances

46:4-5. Covenants as to quiet possession and freedom from encumbrances  A covenant by the grantor in a deed "that the grantee shall have quiet possession of the said land" , shall have as much effect as if he had covenanted that the grantee, his heirs and assigns, might, at any and all times thereafter, peaceably and quietly enter upon, and have, hold, use and occupy, possess and enjoy the land conveyed by the deed, or intended so to be, with all the buildings thereon, and the privileges and appurtenances thereto belonging, and receive and take the rents and profits thereof, to and for his and their use and benefit without any let, suit, eviction, interruption, claim or demand whatever of the grantor, his heirs or assigns, or any other person or persons whomsoever, lawfully claiming or to claim the same. If, to such covenant, there be added "free from all encumbrances" , such words shall have as much effect as if the words "and that the said premises are free and clear, and freely and clearly acquitted and discharged of and from all former mortgages, judgments, executions, and of and from all other encumbrances whatever" .
NJ Rev Stat § 46:4-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:4-6 - Covenant as to grantor's acts

46:4-6. Covenant as to grantor's acts  A covenant by the grantor in a deed "that he has done no act to encumber the said lands" , shall have the same effect as if he covenanted that he had not done or executed, or knowingly suffered to be done or executed, any act, deed or thing whereby the lands and premises conveyed, or intended so to be or any part thereof, are or will be changed, charged, altered, affected, defeated, or encumbered in title, estate or otherwise.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:4-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:4-7 - Covenant of general warranty

46:4-7. Covenant of general warranty  A covenant by the grantor in a deed "that he will warrant generally the property hereby conveyed" , shall have the same effect as if the grantor covenanted that he, his heirs and personal representatives, will forever warrant and defend the said property unto the grantee, his heirs, personal representatives and assigns, against the claims and demands of all persons whomsoever.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:4-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:4-8 - Covenant of special warranty

46:4-8. Covenant of special warranty  A covenant by the grantor in a deed "that he will warrant specially the property hereby conveyed" , shall have the same effect as if the grantor had covenanted that he, his heirs and personal representatives, will forever warrant and defend the said property unto the grantee, his heirs, personal representatives and assigns, against the claims and demands of the grantor and all persons claiming or to claim by, through, or under him.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:4-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:4-9 - "With general warranty" , "with special warranty" construed

46:4-9. "With general warranty" , "with special warranty" construed  The words "with general warranty" in the granting part of any deed shall be deemed to be a covenant by the grantor "that he will warrant generally the property hereby conveyed" . The words "with special warranty" in the granting part of a deed shall be deemed to be a covenant by the grantor "that he will warrant specially the property hereby conveyed" .
NJ Rev Stat § 46:4-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:4-10 - Covenant as to further assurances

46:4-10. Covenant as to further assurances  A covenant by the grantor in a deed "that he will execute such further assurances of the said lands as may be requisite" , shall have the same effect as if he had covenanted that he, his heirs or personal representatives, will, at any time, upon any reasonable request at the charge of the grantee, his heirs or assigns, do, execute, or cause to be done or executed, all such further acts, deeds and things for the better, more perfectly and absolutely conveying and assuring the said lands and premises thereby conveyed or intended so to be, unto the grantee, his heirs and assigns, in the manner aforesaid as by the grantee, his heirs or assigns, his or their counsel in law, shall be reasonably devised, advised or required.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:4-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:4-11 - Deeds or covenants not conforming to statutory short forms

46:4-11. Deeds or covenants not conforming to statutory short forms  Any deed or part of a deed which shall fail to take effect by virtue of sections 46:4-1 to 46:4-10 of this title, shall, nevertheless, be as valid and effectual and shall bind the parties thereto, so far as the rules of law and equity will permit, as if the sections herein mentioned had not been enacted.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:5-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:5-1 - Certain words in quitclaim deeds construed

46:5-1. Certain words in quitclaim deeds construed  Whenever, in any deed heretofore or hereafter executed and recorded, there shall have been or may be used the words "the grantor releases to the said grantee" , or the words "the grantor does remise, release and forever quitclaim unto the said grantee" , or the words "the grantor does grant and release to the said grantee" , such deed shall be hereafter construed, unless a contrary intention shall be set forth, as though it set forth that "the grantor does grant and convey unto the said " .
NJ Rev Stat § 46:5-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:5-2 - "Grantor" , "grantee" , "release" construed

46:5-2. "Grantor" , "grantee" , "release" construed  Whenever in any deed there shall be used the words "the grantor (or the said ) releases to the said grantee (or the said ) all his claims upon the said lands" , such deed shall be construed as if it set forth that "the grantor (or releasor) hath remised, released, and forever quitclaimed, and by these presents doth remise, release and forever quitclaim unto the grantee (or releasee), his heirs and assigns, all right, title and interest whatsoever, both at law and in equity, in or to the lands and premises granted (or released) or intended so to be, so that neither he, nor his personal representatives, his heirs or assigns, shall at any time thereafter have, claim, challenge or demand the said lands and premises, or any part thereof, in any manner whatever" .
NJ Rev Stat § 46:5-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:5-3 - Conveyance by quitclaim without reservation in favor of grantor; effect as conveyance by deed of bargain and sale; grantee bona fide purchaser

46:5-3. Conveyance by quitclaim without reservation in favor of grantor; effect as conveyance by deed of bargain and sale; grantee bona fide purchaser  Any conveyance or instrument executed and delivered after July fourth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, which shall purport to remise, release or quitclaim to the grantee therein any claim to or estate or interest in the lands described therein, there being nothing in such conveyance or instrument which indicates an intent on the part of the grantor therein to reserve to himself any part of his claim to or estate or interest therein, shall be effectual to pass all the estate which the grantor could lawfully convey by deed of bargain and sale, and the grantee in such conveyance or instrument shall be presumed to be a bona fide purchaser to the same extent as would be the grantee in a deed of bargain and sale.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:5-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:5-4 - Conveyance by quitclaim with reservation in favor of grantor; effect as conveyance by deed of bargain and sale; grantee bona fide purchaser

46:5-4. Conveyance by quitclaim with reservation in favor of grantor; effect as conveyance by deed of bargain and sale; grantee bona fide purchaser  Whenever any conveyance or instrument executed and delivered after July fourth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, shall purport to remise, release or quitclaim any claim to or estate or interest in the lands described therein, except as to such claim to or estate or interest in such lands as shall be therein particularly reserved to the grantor therein, such conveyance or instrument shall be effectual to pass all the estate which the grantor could lawfully convey by deed of bargain and sale, except such part of the claim to or estate or interest therein which is particularly reserved to the grantor therein, and the grantee in such conveyance or instrument shall be presumed to be a bona fide purchaser to the same extent as would be the grantee in a deed of bargain and sale.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:5-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:5-5 - Conveyance by quitclaim prior to July 4, 1931; effect after record as conveyance by deed of bargain and sale; exceptions

46:5-5. Conveyance by quitclaim prior to July 4, 1931; effect after record as conveyance by deed of bargain and sale; exceptions  Whenever any conveyance or instrument executed and delivered prior to July fourth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, shall have purported to remise, release or quitclaim to the grantee therein any claim to or estate or interest in the lands described therein, such conveyance or instrument shall, if the same shall have been, or shall after said date be, acknowledged or proved and recorded with the same formality and in the same manner as was or is required at the date of the execution and delivery thereof or at the date of the record thereof for the making, executing, acknowledging or proving of deeds of bargain and sale, be effectual to pass all the estate which the grantor could lawfully convey by deed of bargain and sale, except such claim to or estate or interest in the affected lands as shall have been particularly reserved to the grantor therein. If, however, the grantor or anyone claiming title through him in any such conveyance or instrument, shall not, prior to or within one year after July fourth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, have instituted some appropriate action against his grantee, or some one claiming title through such grantee, to have the effect of such conveyance or instrument construed and held to operate in some other manner than in this section provided, and shall not, prior to or within one year after July fourth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, file a notice of the pendency of such action as provided by sections 2:26-27 to 2:26-39 of the title Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice, such grantor, or anyone claiming title through him, shall forever, after one year from July fourth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, be barred from any claim, estate or interest which shall pass under and by virtue of the force and effect given to such conveyance or instrument by the provisions of this section; but, if such grantor, or anyone claiming title through him, shall have complied with the provisions of this section as to the institution of action and the filing lis pendens, any such conveyance or instrument as was or is involved in any such action shall be construed and held to operate in accordance with the final judgment or decree of the court in which such action shall have been instituted, or in accordance with the judgment or decree of any appellate court to which such judgment or decree shall have been or eventually may be carried.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:5-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:5-6 - Conveyance by quitclaim and record thereof as evidence; validity as to subsequent judgment creditors, purchasers and mortgagees

46:5-6. Conveyance by quitclaim and record thereof as evidence; validity as to subsequent judgment creditors, purchasers and mortgagees  Every conveyance or instrument which shall purport to remise, release or quitclaim to the grantee therein any claim to or estate or interest in the real estate described therein, made and executed prior to or after July fourth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, and which has been acknowledged or proved by the grantor therein with the same formality and in the same manner as is required by the laws of this state for the making, executing and acknowledging or proving of deeds of bargain and sale, shall be received in evidence in any court of this state, as shall the record thereof, if such conveyance or instrument shall have been first recorded in the office of the county recording officer of the county wherein the described real estate is situate; and every such conveyance or instrument shall, until duly recorded or lodged for record in the office of the county recording officer of the county in which the affected real estate is situate, be void and of no effect against subsequent judgment creditors without notice, and against all subsequent bona fide purchasers and mortgagees for valuable consideration, not having notice thereof, whose deed or mortgage shall have been first duly recorded; but every such conveyance or instrument shall be valid and operative, although not recorded, except as against such judgment creditors, purchasers and mortgagees.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:5-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:5-7 - Liberal construction as to grantee and strict construction against grantor

46:5-7. Liberal construction as to grantee and strict construction against grantor  Sections 46:5-3 to 46:5-6 of this title shall be construed as remedial, and shall be construed liberally in favor of the grantee and strictly against the grantor in any deed or instrument mentioned therein.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:5-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:5-8 - Intention in enactment of sections 46:5-3 to 46:5-6

46:5-8. Intention in enactment of sections 46:5-3 to 46:5-6  Nothing in sections 46:5-3 to 46:5-6 of this title contained shall be deemed to show an intent on the part of the legislature to determine that it was not, prior to July fourth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, the law that a conveyance or instrument purporting to remise, release or quitclaim to the grantee therein was effectual to pass all the estate which the grantor could lawfully convey by deed of bargain and sale.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:5-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:5-9 - Registered mortgages not affected

46:5-9. Registered mortgages not affected  Nothing in sections 46:5-3 to 46:5-6 of this title contained shall be construed to affect or impair the effect of any mortgage registered as provided by chapter 17 of this title (s. 46:17-1 et seq.).
NJ Rev Stat § 46:6-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:6-1 - Transfers, leases, assurances and conveyances pursuant to letters of agency, powers of attorney or other powers or authorities

46:6-1. Transfers, leases, assurances and conveyances pursuant to letters of agency, powers of attorney or other powers or authorities  All deeds, grants, sales, leases, assurances, or other conveyances whatsoever, heretofore made by virtue of letters of agency, powers of attorney, or other powers or authorities whatsoever, and entered on the public books of records of the province of New Jersey or the public books of records of the eastern or western divisions thereof, prior to July fourth, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six, whereby any real estate whatsoever within this state or province were granted, sold, conveyed, assured, released, or transferred to any person pursuant to such powers and authorities whatsoever, shall be, and are hereby declared as good, valid and sufficient title in law, to all intents, constructions and purposes whatsoever, unto the grantees therein, and to their heirs and assigns, as if the constituent or constituents had then and there sold and conveyed such real estate, and had executed deeds according to the true intent and meaning of such grants, deeds or conveyances, and such grants, deeds or conveyances shall be of force against, conclude and bind all and every the constituents, employers, grantors of such powers and authorities, and their and all and every of their heirs, and all and every other person or persons claiming or to claim estate from or under them, or any of them, severally and respectively and when any real estate heretofore has been or hereafter shall be sold, conveyed or disposed of by virtue of any such powers or authorities as aforesaid, such powers or authorities having been first acknowledged or proved and certified and entered upon the public records in the books appropriate therefor in the proper record offices of this state, the grants and conveyances, deeds and instruments made pursuant to the powers thereby granted shall be as good, valid and sufficient titles against all and every the constituents, employers and grantors of such powers and authorities, against all claiming or to claim estate under them severally and respectively as aforesaid, as if the constituent or constituents had then and there sold and conveyed the same real estate.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:6-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:6-2 - Informalities or irregularities in conveyances executed by agent under power

46:6-2. Informalities or irregularities in conveyances executed by agent under power  Whenever an attorney, authorized to execute and deliver conveyances of real estate has failed, prior to March twenty-third, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, to convey the title of his principal thereto as he was authorized to convey the same, by reason of any informality or irregularity in the recitals or subject matter contained in the deed or conveyance, or by reason of any informality or irregularity in the execution thereof, although it was the intention of such attorney to convey a good title to the same, such informality or irregularity shall not affect the title intended to be so conveyed, but such deed or conveyance shall convey the title of the principal in and to such real estate as effectually as though such informality or irregularity did not exist, and as though the principal had himself executed such deed or conveyance.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:6-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:6-3 - Conveyances under powers of attorney not recorded

46:6-3. Conveyances under powers of attorney not recorded  Whenever any deed to or conveyance of real estate in this state shall purport to have been executed by virtue of any letter of attorney, and such deed or conveyance shall have been properly acknowledged and recorded, the recital of the letter of attorney in such deed or conveyance shall be prima facie proof of the existence thereof, notwithstanding the same may not be recorded, but only when such deed or conveyance shall have been recorded at least ten years, and the person claiming thereunder shall take and subscribe an oath that he has seen such letter of attorney so recited, which oath shall be recorded in the office of the county recording officer of the county wherein such real estate is situate, in the book therein provided for the recording of powers of attorney.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:6-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:6-6 - Letters of attorney considered unrevoked until revoked by recorded instrument or death of principal

46:6-6. Letters of attorney considered unrevoked until revoked by recorded instrument or death of principal  All letters of attorney for any sale, conveyance, assurance, lease, acquittance or release hereafter duly executed and recorded in accordance with the provisions of section 46:16-1 of the Revised Statutes shall be considered as unrevoked and as remaining in full force and effect in accordance with the terms thereof unless and until the letters of attorney are revoked by the principal by an instrument duly executed and recorded in accordance with the provisions of section 46:16-2 of the Revised Statutes, except that nothing herein contained shall continue in effect any letters of attorney revoked by the death of the principal. L.1950, c. 306, p. 1041, s. 1, eff. July 6, 1950.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:7-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:7-1 - Deed of confirmation

46:7-1. Deed of confirmation  46:7-1. Whenever a corporation or association, created under any law of this State, shall have made, during its corporate existence, a deed or conveyance of real estate in this State, or of an interest therein, and thereafter shall have ceased to exist by reason of dissolution, death of its members or otherwise, and it shall be discovered that an error exists in such deed or conveyance, any surviving president, vice-president, director or trustee of such defunct corporation or association may, by deed of confirmation, containing a proper recital, correct the error in the original deed or conveyance. If no one of the surviving officers hereinbefore named be living, the oldest adult child, or, if there be none living, the oldest adult grandchild of any such president, vice-president, last surviving director or trustee may make such deed of confirmation. Prior to the making of any such deed of confirmation, the person claiming to be entitled to the benefit of this section shall institute an action in the Superior Court, against any person within or without the State hereby authorized to make the deed of confirmation. The court may proceed therein in a summary manner or otherwise and, after considering the nature of the error or defect in the original deed or conveyance, and the relief sought, may, if convinced of the merit of the action, direct the proper person to execute and acknowledge the confirmatory deed.  If the person so directed to execute the confirmatory deed shall fail to comply with the judgment of the court within twenty days after the service of a certified copy thereof, the court making the judgment may, upon proof thereof, appoint a commissioner to execute the confirmatory deed.  The costs of the action shall be chargeable to the plaintiff.  A confirmatory deed executed and acknowledged or proved in accordance with the terms of this section shall be as valid and effective as if duly made, executed and acknowledged or proved under the corporate seal of such corporation or association during the period of its corporate existence.  Amended 1953,c.44,s.3; 1987,c.357,s.2.