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NJ Rev Stat § 2A:44A-38 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:44A-38 - Waivers of construction lien rights

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 or equipment provided or to be provided, and such waivers shall be effective only upon and to the extent that such payment is actually received.  L.1993,c.318,s.38.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:45-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:45-1 - Liens and encumbrances determinable

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 encumbrance on the same real property is instituted to foreclose, strictly foreclose, or re-foreclose the said prior lien or encumbrance, or otherwise to affect the lien or encumbrance of the state, or when such action is brought to foreclose the equity of redemption of the real property after a sale for unpaid taxes or other municipal liens, the lien or encumbrance of the state and its priority may be brought in question and definitely settled by the court having jurisdiction of the matter. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:45-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:45-2 - Notice; contents

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 lien or encumbrance of the State sought to be affected and advising the State within what time it is required to answer, if it desires to be heard, which time shall be the same as prescribed for the filing of answers in a summons issued to defendants served personally in the State. The notice shall set forth with particularity, in addition to the foregoing, (a) where the encumbrance or lien is for an inheritance tax, if known, the name of the decedent by reason of whose death the encumbrance or lien arises, the date of death of such decedent, the county and state wherein such decedent resided at the date of death, and the names and addresses of the decedent's personal representatives, or, if none have been appointed, the names and addresses of the decedent's heirs-at-law, or (b) where the encumbrance or lien is for corporation taxes, or interest, costs or penalties imposed upon, or by reason of, a corporation tax, the name of the corporation against which the same was assessed or imposed. The plaintiff, his attorney or the clerk of the court may issue the notice. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended by L.1973, c. 181, s. 1, eff. June 8, 1973.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:45-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:45-3 - Notice; upon whom served

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 the state, other than a recognizance entered into or a criminal judgment rendered in any county of the state, the notice shall be served upon the attorney general, and, if for such a recognizance or judgment, upon the county prosecutor of the county wherein the recognizance was entered into or the judgment rendered. In all cases the notice shall be accompanied by a copy of the complaint. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:45-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:45-4 - Action; judgment; operation and effect

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 judgment therein shall bind the state and the lien of the state cut off, the same as if the judgment had been made against an individual. The claim of the state shall be made out of the surplus, if any, in the order or priority in which the lien of the state stands. In an action to foreclose the equity of redemption under a sale for taxes or other municipal liens or in any action of strict foreclosure or reforeclosure there may be entered a judgment barring and extinguishing any lien of the state on the lands described in the complaint, in case (a) no answer shall be made by the state; or (b) where a disclaimer shall be filed by the state; or (c) where it shall be determined that the lien of the tax or assessment or any part thereof or the lien or encumbrance so foreclosed is prior to the lien or encumbrance of the state. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:45-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:45-5 - Release of judgment from lien of state on real estate required for public improvement

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 lien of any judgment held by the state of New Jersey, the governor shall have power, by effective instruments, approved by the attorney general, sealed with the great seal of this state and attested by the secretary of state, to release such real estate so required from the lien of such judgment, if and when, upon application, the governor shall deem it to be in the public interest, and that there is remaining real estate subject to the lien of such judgment sufficient to secure the amount then due on such judgment. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:46-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:46-1 - Definitions

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, whether voluntary or by operation of law; administration of insolvent decedents' estates; liquidations of insolvent banks; equity receiverships where the subject under receivership is insolvent; and any other proceedings for distribution of assets of any insolvent debtor, whether a person, decedent's estate, partnership, corporation or business association. (b) "Liquidator" means any person administering assets in any liquidation proceeding as defined in this chapter. (c) "Insolvent debtor" means any insolvent person, decedent's estate, partnership, corporation or business association involved in a liquidation proceeding as defined in this chapter. (d) "Secured creditor" means a creditor who has either legal or equitable security for his debt upon any property of the insolvent debtor of a nature to be liquidated and distributed in a liquidation proceeding, or a creditor to whom is owed a debt for which such security is possessed by some indorser, surety, or other person secondarily liable. (e) "Creditor's sale" includes any sale effected by the secured creditor by judicial process or otherwise under the terms of his contract or the applicable law for the purpose of realizing upon his security. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:46-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:46-2 - Secured creditor's claim must disclose security

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 in the course of administration is judicially declared as likely to be insolvent or when in an equity receivership it is determined that the subject under receivership is insolvent, secured creditors having claims on file which do not comply with this section shall make disclosure within a time to be fixed by the court. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:46-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:46-3 - Effect of concealment

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 entitled to receive or retain dividends out of the general assets, unless he thereafter releases or surrenders to the liquidator the security which he has failed to disclose, or unless he procures such release or surrender if the security is in the possession of an indorser, surety, or other person secondarily liable for the insolvent debtor. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:46-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:46-4 - Value of security credited upon claims

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 of unsecured creditors and not released or surrendered to the liquidator, is determined and credited upon the claim secured by it. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:46-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:46-5 - Determination of value by secured creditor

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 by collection or by exhausting his remedies thereon and then surrendering the obligation to the liquidator. (2) By creditor's sale. When the asset constituting the security is something other than an obligation for the payment of money, the secured creditor may determine its value by creditor's sale. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:46-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:46-6 - Alternative determinations of value

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 or the liquidator, may order the value of the security determined by any of the following methods: (1) By compromise, if the secured creditor and the liquidator agree upon a value. The liquidator may redeem such assets by payment of the agreed value, if authorized by the court. (2) By litigation, through proceedings in the liquidation proceeding. The liquidator may redeem such assets by paying the value so determined, if authorized by the court. (3) By liquidator's sale of the assets which, when completed and approved by the court, shall pass to the purchaser good title, free and clear of all liens of the secured creditor, such liens to be transferred to the proceeds of the sale. The order of sale may be either. (a) Conditional, requiring the sale to be made by the liquidator only if the secured creditor does not complete a determination by collection or creditor's sale as set forth in said section within a time fixed by the court; or (b) Absolute, requiring the sale to be made by the liquidator within a time fixed by the court. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:46-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:46-7 - Exempt security not credited

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 claimed as exempt by the insolvent debtor, the value of such security shall not be credited upon the claim. Amounts realized by the creditor from such security after liquidation proceedings are begun shall be disregarded in computing dividends, unless the dividend so computed exceeds the sum actually owing upon the claim, in which event only the amount owing shall be paid. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:46-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:46-8 - Uniformity of interpretation

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 it. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:46-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:46-9 - Short title

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.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:46-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:46-10 - Application of chapter

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.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:47-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:47-1 - Establishment by judgment; summary action

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 in the superior court in an action brought in a summary manner or otherwise. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:47-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:47-2 - Survey of real estate

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, a survey of the premises involved sufficient to identify and locate the premises. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:47-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:47-3 - Record of judgment; operation and effect

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 county clerk or register of deeds, as the case may be, of the county wherein the real property is situate. Such record shall, from and after the date thereof, be notice, and a certified copy of such record shall be received in evidence as fully as the original deed or instrument would be if produced or proven. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:47A-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:47A-1 - False complaints of unprofessional conduct; liability for damages

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 any profession requiring a license or other authority to practice such profession, to any court or to any ethics and grievance committee, or to any board or other public body authorized to and having the right to hear such complaint and to act thereon or to recommend action thereon and to take or recommend the taking of disciplinary action against the person complained of, such as disbarment or suspension in the case of an attorney-at-law, or the revocation or suspension of a license of other professional persons, shall be liable for any and all damages suffered and sustained by the member of a profession so complained of, to be recovered in a civil action in the nature of an action at law for malicious prosecution. In any such action, exemplary or punitive damages may be awarded. L.1956, c. 122, p. 516, s. 1, eff. July 2, 1956.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:47A-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:47A-2 - False complaints of unprofessional conduct; limitation of actions

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 injury and shall be commenced within 2 years next after the cause of any such action shall have accrued. L.1956, c. 122, p. 516, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:48-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:48-1 - Liability of municipality or county; amount recoverable; persons covered by insurance

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 police force, in which the mob congregates or riot occurs, or, if not in such a municipality, the county in which such property is or was situate, shall be liable to the person whose property was so destroyed or injured for the damages sustained thereby, recoverable in an action by or in behalf of such person, in an amount not to exceed $10,000.00 for the aggregate of damage done to all such property, both real and personal, at each separate location within a municipality; provided, however, that no person, and no subrogee of such person, having insurance coverage in whole or in part for the said destruction or injury, shall have a cause of action against such municipality or county at common law or pursuant to the provisions of this act. For the purpose of this section, insurance coverage means insurance obtained through any source whatsoever, including insurance purchased through any insurance pool, placement facility, plan of operation, or any other plan established pursuant to Federal or State law. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended by L.1968, c. 386, s. 1, eff. Jan. 2, 1969.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:48-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:48-2 - Limitation of action against municipality or county.

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 any person entitled to such an action is, at the time the action accrues, under the age of 18 or a person who has a mental disability that prevents the person from understanding his legal rights or commencing a legal action, the person may commence the action within three years after reaching majority or having the mental capacity to pursue the person's lawful rights. amended 2013, c.103, s.7.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:48-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:48-3 - Negligence of party suing; notice of threats

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 permitted by the negligence of the claimant, there shall be no recovery. Nor shall a recovery be had unless the claimant used all reasonable diligence to prevent the destruction or injury and shall have, immediately after being apprized of a threat or attempt to destroy or injure his property by a mob or riot, notified the mayor or chief executive officer or chief of police of the municipality or the sheriff of the county, as the case may be, of the facts brought to his knowledge. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:48-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:48-4 - Protection of property; expenses

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 expenses incurred by any of such officers in the performance of any duty hereby imposed shall be paid by the county treasurer of the county in which the property is situate, upon the approval thereof by a judge of the Superior Court of such county.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1991,c.91,s.105.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:48-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:48-5 - Action against persons participating in mob or riot

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 maintaining an action against each and every person engaged or in any manner participating in the mob or riot. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:48-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:48-6 - Compromise by municipality or county with owner

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, agree in writing with the owner of the property destroyed or injured upon a sum to be paid to him, without action, which sum shall be paid as claims of a general nature against the municipality or county are paid. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:48-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:48-7 - Recovery over by municipality or county from persons participating in mob or riot

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 as a settlement, may recover the full value of the property destroyed or injured by action against any or all persons engaged or in any manner participating in the mob or riot and the amount of judgment or settlement shall be prima facie evidence of the value of the property destroyed or injured. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:48-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:48-8 - Liability of municipality or county in damages; amount

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 to the person or property of any one supposed to have been guilty of the violation of a law, or for the purpose of exercising correctional powers or regulative powers over any person, by violence and without lawful authority, suffers material damage to his property or injury to his person, shall be entitled to recover his damages in an action brought for such purpose against the municipality in which such damage is suffered or injury inflicted, if the municipality has a paid police force, or, if not in such municipality, then, against the county in which such damage is suffered or injury inflicted, but not in excess of $5,000. Where the provisions of article 1 of this chapter are also applicable and allow a recovery for the damage to property, the person entitled to such damages may elect to maintain his action for damages to his property under either this article or under article 1 of this chapter, but he may not recover under both articles for the same damages to property. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.