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NJ Rev Stat § 19:63-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:63-28 - Violations, third degree crime; penalties.

19:63-28 Violations, third degree crime; penalties.  28. a. Any person who knowingly violates any of the provisions of P.L.2009, c.79 (C.19:63-1 et al.), or who, not being entitled to vote thereunder, fraudulently votes or attempts to vote thereunder, or enables or attempts to enable another person not entitled to vote thereunder to vote fraudulently thereunder, or who prevents or attempts to prevent by fraud the voting of any person legally entitled to vote under this act, or who shall knowingly certify falsely in any paper required under this act, or who, at any time, tampers with any ballot or document used in an election or interferes with the secrecy of the voting of any person, is guilty of a crime of the third degree, and upon conviction thereof shall be subject, in addition to such other penalties as are authorized by law, to disenfranchisement while serving a sentence of incarceration, unless and until pardoned or restored by law to the right of suffrage.  b. Any person who knowingly aids and abets another in violating any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a crime of the third degree and upon conviction thereof shall be subject, in addition to such other penalties as are authorized by law, to disenfranchisement while serving a sentence of incarceration, unless and until pardoned or restored by law to the right of suffrage. L.2009, c.79, s.28; amended 2015, c.84, s.6; 2019, c.270, s.10.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:63-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:63-29 - "Mail-in Ballot Local Reimbursement Fund."

19:63-29 "Mail-in Ballot Local Reimbursement Fund."  1. There is created a special, non-lapsing fund in the Department of State that shall be designated the "Mail-In Ballot Local Reimbursement Fund." The fund shall be maintained as a separate account and administered by the Secretary of State. The fund shall consist of: (1) any monies appropriated by the State for the purposes of the fund; and (2) all interest and investment earnings received on monies in the fund. The fund shall be used to offset the additional direct expenditures required for the implementation of P.L.2018, c.72 and P.L.2019, c.265 and any rule or regulation issued pursuant thereto.  There shall be appropriated annually through the annual appropriations act such amounts as shall be deemed necessary for the purposes of the fund. The clerk of each county, shall, on or before January 1 of each year following the year for which the county, or any municipality, board of education, or fire district therein, is seeking reimbursement, certify to the Department of State, in a manner prescribed by the department, the total cost incurred by the county, municipality, board of education, or fire district in implementing the provisions of P.L.2018, c.72 and P.L.2019, c.265. L.2019, c.459, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:63-30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:63-30 - Retroactivity.

19:63-30 Retroactivity.  6. To the extent deemed expired by the Council on Local Mandates, established by section 4 of P.L.1996, c.24 (C.52:13H-4) pursuant to Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 5 of the New Jersey Constitution, the provisions of P.L.2018, c.72 and P.L.2019, c.265 shall be accorded full force and effect retroactive to the effective dates thereof, the funding for which shall be provided as in sections 1 and 5 of this act, P.L.2019, c.459 (C.19:63-29), and section 3 of P.L.2019, c.265, to offset the additional direct expenditures required for the implementation of P.L.2018, c.72 and P.L.2019, c.265 as required under Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 5 of the New Jersey Constitution. L.2019, c.459, s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 20:3-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 20 - Eminent Domain|Section 20:3-1 - Short title

20:3-1. Short title  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Eminent Domain Act of 1971." L.1971, c. 361, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 20:3-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 20 - Eminent Domain|Section 20:3-3 - Severability

20:3-3. Severability  If any provision or clause of this act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act, which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end, the provisions of this act are declared to be severable. L.1971, c. 361, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 20:3-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 20 - Eminent Domain|Section 20:3-4 - Effective date

20:3-4. Effective date  This act shall take effect immediately following the approval thereof, and shall apply to all actions instituted thereafter, and to all proceedings taken subsequent thereto in all actions pending on such effective date; except that judgments theretofore entered or awards theretofore made pursuant to law from which no appeal is pending on such effective date, shall not be affected by the provisions hereof. L.1971, c. 361, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 20:3-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 20 - Eminent Domain|Section 20:3-5 - Jurisdiction

20:3-5. Jurisdiction  The court shall have jurisdiction of all matters in condemnation, and all matters incidental thereto and arising therefrom, including, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, jurisdiction to determine the authority to exercise the power of eminent domain; to compel the exercise of such power; to fix and determine the compensation to be paid and the parties entitled thereto, and to determine title to all property affected by the action. L.1971, c. 361, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 20:3-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 20 - Eminent Domain|Section 20:3-6 - Application of act

20:3-6. Application of act  Whenever any condemnor shall have determined to acquire property pursuant to law, including public property already devoted to public purpose, but cannot acquire title thereto or possession thereof by agreement with a prospective condemnee, whether by reason of disagreement concerning the compensation to be paid or for any other cause, the condemnation of such property and the compensation to be paid therefor, and to whom payable, and all matters incidental thereto and arising therefrom shall be governed, ascertained and paid by and in the manner provided by this act; provided, however, that no action to condemn shall be instituted unless the condemnor is unable to acquire such title or possession through bona fide negotiations with the prospective condemnee, which negotiations shall include an offer in writing by the condemnor to the prospective condemnee holding the title of record to the property being condemned, setting forth the property and interest therein to be acquired, the compensation offered to be paid and a reasonable disclosure of the manner in which the amount of such offered compensation has been calculated, and such other matters as may be required by the rules. Prior to such offer the taking agency shall appraise said property and the owner shall be given an opportunity to accompany the appraiser during inspection of the property. Such offer shall be served by certified mail. In no event shall such offer be less than the taking agency's approved appraisal of the fair market value of such property. A rejection of said offer or failure to accept the same within the period fixed in written offer, which shall in no case be less than 14 days from the mailing of the offer, shall be conclusive proof of the inability of the condemnor to acquire the property or possession thereof through negotiations. When the holder of the title is unknown, resides out of the State, or for other good cause, the court may dispense with the necessity of such negotiations. Neither the offer nor the refusal thereof shall be evidential in the determination of compensation. L.1971, c. 361, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 20:3-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 20 - Eminent Domain|Section 20:3-7 - Procedure in actions

20:3-7. Procedure in actions  (a) Rules of procedure. The procedure governing the action shall be in accordance with the rules. (b) Multiple proceedings. The condemnation of 10 or less parcels of property lying wholly within the same county may be joined in one action; provided that a separate award, judgment and appeal shall be made, entered and taken with respect to each parcel more than 10 parcels may be joined in one action only with leave of court. (c) Amendments. Amended and supplemental pleadings, descriptions, surveys, plans, declarations of taking and the like, may be permitted and parties added or eliminated, in accordance with the rules. L.1971, c. 361, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 20:3-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 20 - Eminent Domain|Section 20:3-8 - Commencement of action

20:3-8. Commencement of action  The action shall be instituted by filing of a verified complaint in form and content specified by the rules and shall demand judgment that condemnor is duly vested with and has duly exercised its authority to acquire the property being condemned, and for an order appointing commissioners to fix the compensation required to be paid. L.1971, c. 361, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 20:3-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 20 - Eminent Domain|Section 20:3-9 - Process

20:3-9. Process  After the filing of the complaint, the condemnor shall issue and with due diligence, cause process to be served or published in accordance with the rules. Notice given and process served or published in accordance with the rules shall be effective to bind all condemnees. L.1971, c. 361, s. 9.
NJ Rev Stat § 20:3-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 20 - Eminent Domain|Section 20:3-10 - Lis pendens

20:3-10. Lis pendens  Within 14 days after the filing of the complaint, the condemnor shall cause to be filed and recorded in the recording office, a notice of the pendency of the action, in form and content specified by the rules. Such notice shall include the title of the action; the docket number thereof, if known; the date of the commencement of the action, a description of the property and the interests therein being condemned, as set forth in the complaint; and the names and addresses of all condemnees known to the condemnor and the nature of their alleged interests in said property. The lis pendens shall be indexed by the recording official, listing the condemnees as grantors and the condemnor as grantee. In default of such record, persons acquiring an interest in or lien upon the property without actual notice of the action, shall not be bound thereby but the failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall not otherwise affect such proceedings. L.1971, c. 361, s. 10.
NJ Rev Stat § 20:3-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 20 - Eminent Domain|Section 20:3-11 - Denial of authority to condemn

20:3-11. Denial of authority to condemn  Failure to deny the authority of the condemnor to condemn in the manner provided for by the rules, shall constitute a waiver of such defense. When the authority to condemn is denied, all further steps in the action shall be stayed until that issue has been finally determined. L.1971, c. 361, s. 11.
NJ Rev Stat § 20:3-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 20 - Eminent Domain|Section 20:3-13 - Appeal

20:3-13. Appeal  (a) Parties Any party who has appeared at the hearings of the commissioners, either personally or through an attorney, may appeal from the award of the commissioners. Such appeal shall be taken within the period and in the manner provided by the rules. The necessary parties to the appeal shall be only such parties who have appeared at the commissioners' hearings. Other parties may be admitted by the court pursuant to the rules. (b) Hearing on appeal The hearing on appeal shall be a trial de novo, as in other actions at law, without a jury, unless a jury be demanded. The award of the commissioners shall not be admitted in evidence. (c) Limited discovery A valuation expert who has not testified at the hearing before the commissioners shall not be permitted to testify at the trial de novo, unless, within 15 days before trial the party offering such testimony gives notice to the other parties to the appeal of the name and address of such expert and his opinion of the amount of compensation and information relative to comparable sales as required by the rules. The information required by the rules shall be supplied as to all additional comparable sales not previously testified to before commissioners. (d) Payment of amount of judgment on appeal; right to possession; lien; other remedies The amount of the judgment on the appeal, or so much thereof as shall not have been paid, shall be paid to the parties entitled thereto or paid into court. If possession shall not have been taken theretofore, the condemnor, upon payment as aforesaid, may notwithstanding any further appeal or other proceedings, take possession of the lands or other property for the purposes for which the same was authorized to be taken. L.1971, c. 361, s. 13.
NJ Rev Stat § 20:3-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 20 - Eminent Domain|Section 20:3-14 - Agreement as to compensation

20:3-14. Agreement as to compensation  At any time during the pendency of the action, the condemnor and the condemnees may agree upon all or any part or any item of compensation to be paid, and then proceed to have those parts or items not agreed upon, fixed and determined as herein provided. The condemnor may make payment of any part or item thereof agreed upon, and condemnees may accept such payment, without prejudice, and proceed to fix and determine the parts and items remaining in dispute. L.1971, c. 361, s. 14.
NJ Rev Stat § 20:3-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 20 - Eminent Domain|Section 20:3-15 - Exclusion

20:3-15. Exclusion  The provisions of this article shall not apply to individuals or private corporations vested with the authority of condemnation. L.1971, c. 361, s. 15.
NJ Rev Stat § 20:3-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 20 - Eminent Domain|Section 20:3-16 - Preliminary entry

20:3-16. Preliminary entry  Prior to the commencement of any action, a prospective condemnor and its employees and agents, during reasonable business hours, may enter upon any property which it has authority to condemn for the purpose of making studies, surveys, tests, soundings, borings and appraisals, provided notice of the intended entry for such purpose is sent to the owner and the occupant of the property by certified mail at least 10 days prior thereto. No tests, soundings or borings shall be made on property in which there exists a pipeline or other underground utility installation except in the presence of a representative designated by the public utility owning or using the same. If an action to condemn is not commenced within 2 years after such preliminary entry, any damages sustained as a result thereof, shall be paid by the condemnor to the person or persons so damaged. The amount of such damages, if any, and the person or persons entitled thereto, shall be determined by the court in a summary action pursuant to the rules. L.1971, c. 361, s. 16.
NJ Rev Stat § 20:3-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 20 - Eminent Domain|Section 20:3-17 - Possession of property and declaration of taking

20:3-17. Possession of property and declaration of taking  At any time contemporaneous with or after the institution of an action and service of process, the condemnor may file in the action, when empowered to do so by law, and if so filed, shall also file in the recording office, a declaration of taking, duly executed by an executive official of the condemnor, in form and content specified by the rules, including the following: (a) a statement that possession of all or some part of the property being condemned is thereby being taken by the condemnor; (b) a specific reference to the statute, article and section thereof, under which the action and declaration of taking is authorized; (c) a description and plot plan of the property being condemned, and, if not the entire property, the portion thereof of which possession is being taken, sufficient for identification thereof, specifying the municipality or municipalities in which the same is located; the street number of the property, if any; the lot and block number of the property as designated upon the current assessment map, if any. In case of a partial taking, the information above specified shall include the entire property of the condemnee, and the portion thereof being taken; (d) the names and addresses of all condemnees known to the condemnor after reasonable investigation, and the nature of their interests in the property; (e) a statement of the estate or interest therein being condemned; (f) a statement of the sum of money estimated by the condemnor to be just compensation for the taking, which sum shall be not less than the amount of the offer, in writing, provided for in section 6 hereof. (g) Any other matter required by the rules. L.1971, c. 361, s. 17.
NJ Rev Stat § 20:3-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 20 - Eminent Domain|Section 20:3-18 - Deposit of estimated compensation

20:3-18. Deposit of estimated compensation  Simultaneously with the filing of the declaration of taking, the condemnor shall deposit the amount of such estimated compensation with the clerk of the court. The amount so deposited shall be not less than the amount offered pursuant to section 6 hereof, and if an award has been made by commissioners hereunder, or a judgment determining compensation has been entered at the time of the filing of such declaration, the amount so deposited shall be not less than the amount of such award or judgment. Any amount so deposited shall not be subject to the fees set forth in N.J.S. 22A:2-20. L.1971, c. 361, s. 18.
NJ Rev Stat § 20:3-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 20 - Eminent Domain|Section 20:3-19 - Right to possession and vesting of title

20:3-19. Right to possession and vesting of title  A copy of the declaration of taking and notice of the filing thereof and of the making of the aforesaid deposit, shall be served upon the condemnee and all occupants of the property in accordance with the rules, and proof of such service shall be filed in the action. Thereupon, the right to the immediate and exclusive possession and title to the property described in the declaration of taking shall vest in the condemnor, free and discharged of all right, title, interest and liens of all condemnees without the necessity of further process provided however, that the court may, upon application and good cause shown, stay the taking of possession of the land or other property, or authorize possession to be taken upon prescribed conditions. A property owner who refuses to vacate said property or yield possession and remains in possession more than 20 days after service of notice shall be deemed a trespasser and shall be then liable for rents, issues and profits 20 days after service. The court, upon notice and after determining that the property owner has had adequate opportunity to obtain any funds payable to him under sections 23 and 26 of this act and any other expenses to which he may be entitled to as a matter of law, shall enter an order for possession directed to the sheriff of the county in which the property is located. If the owner or tenant occupies the property with the condemnor's permission on a rental basis for a short term or for a period subject to termination on short notice, the amount of rent required shall not exceed the fair rental value of the property to a short term occupier. Such right, title and interest shall be transferred and shall attach to the compensation determined to be payable hereunder, to the same extent and in the same order of priority as existed at the date of vesting of title in condemnor. The pendency of an appeal from an award or judgment hereunder shall not interfere with such vesting of title. L.1971, c. 361, s. 19.
NJ Rev Stat § 20:3-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 20 - Eminent Domain|Section 20:3-20 - Nature of title condemned

20:3-20. Nature of title condemned  The title to property condemned and acquired by the condemnor hereunder, shall be a title in fee simple, free and discharged of all right, title, interest and liens of all condemnees, and shall include all the right, title and interest of each condemnee therein, provided, however, that if the complaint or any amendment thereof shall specify a lesser title, the lesser title so specified shall be the title condemned and acquired. L.1971, c. 361, s. 20.
NJ Rev Stat § 20:3-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 20 - Eminent Domain|Section 20:3-21 - Date of vesting of title

20:3-21. Date of vesting of title  Title to the property condemned shall vest in the condemnor as of the earliest date of the happening of any of the following events: (a) Filing and recording the declaration of taking and depositing funds pursuant to sections 17 and 18 of this act; (b) Filing and recording in the recording office of the report of commissioners and payment of the award; (c) Filing in the action and recording in the recording office, an agreement between condemnor and condemnee fixing the date as of which title shall vest; (d) Paying and satisfying of record a final judgment fixing compensation payable hereunder. L.1971, c. 361, s. 21.
NJ Rev Stat § 20:3-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 20 - Eminent Domain|Section 20:3-22 - Appeal not to affect right to possession and vesting of title

20:3-22. Appeal not to affect right to possession and vesting of title  The pendency of an appeal with respect to any issue other than the authority to condemn, shall not affect the right to possession and vesting of title in the condemnor. L.1971, c. 361, s. 22.
NJ Rev Stat § 20:3-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 20 - Eminent Domain|Section 20:3-23 - Withdrawal of funds

20:3-23. Withdrawal of funds  Upon application of any condemnee, or any other party in interest, and on notice to all parties to the action, including the condemnor, the court may direct that the estimated compensation on deposit, or any part thereof, be paid to the person or persons entitled thereto, on account of the compensation to which they may be entitled in the action; provided, that if the award or judgment fixing such compensation be less than the amount paid pursuant hereto, the person to whom such payment has been made shall repay the same, together with interest at a rate to be fixed by the court from the date of payment to such person, and the court, after hearing in a summary manner, may enter judgment therefor; and provided, further, that if the award or judgment fixing such compensation be more than the amount deposited, condemnor shall pay the excess to the condemnee entitled thereto, with interest at a rate to be fixed by the court from the date of the deposit, and the court, after hearing in a summary manner, may enter judgment therefor against the condemnor. The court, upon notice to all parties, shall enter appropriate orders distributing any balances on deposit. L.1971, c. 361, s. 23.
NJ Rev Stat § 20:3-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 20 - Eminent Domain|Section 20:3-24 - Revesting of title and restoration of possession

20:3-24. Revesting of title and restoration of possession  If, after the filing of a declaration of taking, a judgment shall be entered dismissing the action, title to and possession of the property shall revest in the condemnee, subject to the same right, title, interest and liens as existed as of the date of the filing of the declaration of taking. In such event, condemnor shall file and record the judgment and pay any damages sustained by the condemnee as a result of the action of the condemnor, and the expenses of the condemnee. L.1971, c. 361, s. 24.