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NJ Rev Stat § 2A:16-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:16-28 - Statement and affidavit

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 of the parties to the judgment or order (designating particularly those against whom it was rendered), the time when it was signed, the amount of the money therein ordered to be paid or allowances made, the fine imposed and costs, with an affidavit annexed thereto stating the amount due on the judgment or order at the time of the filing of the statement. The affidavit shall be sworn to by the filing party or his attorney.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:16-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:16-29 - Liens and priorities of judgments or orders on filing statement in superior court clerk's office

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 provided in section 2A:16-28 of this title, judgments or orders referred to in section 2A:16-27 of this title shall have the same liens and priorities as judgments of the superior court, and like executions may issue thereon. The clerk shall forthwith record the statement and affidavit in a proper public record book kept and indexed by him for that purpose.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:16-31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:16-31 - Fees and costs

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 or orders therein involved.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:16-32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:16-32 - Remedy against principal or surety

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 bond heretofore or hereafter made or given.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:16-33 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:16-33 - Judgment; effect on real estate

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 appeal shall not be binding on real estate unless an order is or has been entered in the minutes of the Superior Court directing the judgment to be recorded. From the time of the entry of the order, the judgment binds and shall bind all real estate of the judgment debtor in the State.  Such order may be entered at any time without notice. When entered, the judgment shall be recorded and indexed as other judgments of the court.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1991,c.91,s.36.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:16-36 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:16-36 - Effect of docketing in superior court

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.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:16-41 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:16-41 - Requisites of assignment to entitle it to record

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 required to be acknowledged or proved for the purposes of recording.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:16-42 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:16-42 - Record of assignment as notice

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 that such judgment is so assigned, except that a sheriff or other officer having in his hands an execution delivered to him by a person who at the time of the delivery was the owner of the judgment, shall not be liable to an assignee of the judgment unless the officer has notice of such assignment or fails to return such execution at the time when it is returnable.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:16-44 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:16-44 - Postponement of lien of judgment

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 full description of the property as to which the judgment lien is proposed to be postponed, together with the book and page of the record of the judgment to be postponed.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1991,c.91,s.37.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:16-45 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:16-45 - Court order of satisfaction; moneys paid into court in satisfaction

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 in satisfaction of a judgment, the court may direct the clerk to enter satisfaction on the record. Any such payment into court shall not affect the right of any party to appeal or to apply for relief from the judgment or for a new trial. When moneys are paid into court in satisfaction of a judgment or order, any interest in the judgment or order, or claim thereon, including the lien for costs and compensation, if any, of the attorney for the party recovering the judgment or order, shall be transferred to the moneys paid into court.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:16-46 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:16-46 - Acknowledgment of satisfaction or warrant to satisfy required

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 representative of a deceased party or a guardian, shall have received satisfaction thereof, he or his attorney shall either enter an acknowledgment of satisfaction on the record of the judgment, or shall deliver to the party making satisfaction or his representative, guardian or attorney or to the clerk of the court in which the judgment is entered or docketed, a warrant directing and authorizing the clerk to satisfy the same of record. Any such warrant shall set forth the book and page wherein the judgment is recorded or docketed.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:16-47 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:16-47 - Entry of satisfaction by clerk

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 be in the margin of the record of the judgment.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:16-48 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:16-48 - Acknowledgement of satisfaction on record when execution is returned satisfied

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 clerk of the court issuing the execution shall enter "cancelled by execution returned, satisfied." Upon request the clerk shall tax the fee duly received by him as part of the execution fees.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1991,c.91,s.38.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:16-49 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:16-49 - Effect of entry of satisfaction on lien of attorney

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 of a lien which he may have on the judgment.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:16-49.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:16-49.1 - Application; hearing; order; cancellation and discharge; effect on lien; notice of application; set-off

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 bankruptcy, he may apply, upon proof of his discharge, to the court in which a judgment was rendered against him, or to the court of which it has become a judgment by docketing it, or filing a transcript thereof, for an order directing the judgment to be canceled and discharged of record. If it appears upon the hearing that he has been discharged from the payment of that judgment or the debt upon which such judgment was recovered, an order shall be made directing said judgment to be canceled and discharged of record; and thereupon the clerk of said court shall cancel and discharge the same by entering on the record or in the margin of the record of judgment, that the same is canceled and discharged by order of the court, giving the date of entry of the order of discharge. Where the judgment was a lien on real property owned by the bankrupt prior to the time he was adjudged a bankrupt, and not subject to be discharged or released under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Act, the lien thereof upon said real estate shall not be affected by said order and may be enforced, but in all other respects the judgment shall be of no force or validity, nor shall the same be a lien on real property acquired by him subsequent to his discharge in bankruptcy. Notice of the application, accompanied with copies of the papers upon which it is made, must be served upon the judgment creditor, or his attorney of record in said judgment, in the manner prescribed in R.R. 4:5-1, et cetera, of The Revision of The Rules Governing the Courts of the State of New Jersey (1953); provided, however, nothing herein contained shall prevent said judgment notwithstanding such discharge of record from being used as a set-off in any action in which it otherwise could be used. L.1967, c. 151, s. 1, eff. July 10, 1967.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:16-50 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:16-50 - "Person" defined

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 character.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:16-51 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:16-51 - Construction and citation of article

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 and other legal relations. It shall be liberally construed and administered, and shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it, and to harmonize, as far as possible, with federal laws, rules and regulations on the subject of declaratory judgments. It may be cited as the uniform declaratory judgments law.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:16-52 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:16-52 - Declaration of rights, status and other legal relations

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 not further relief is or could be claimed; and no action or proceeding shall be open to objection on the ground that a declaratory judgment is demanded. The enumeration in other sections of this article of the questions determinable and rights declarable in a proceeding brought under the provisions of this article does not limit or restrict the exercise of the general powers conferred by this section in a proceeding for declaratory relief, in which a judgment will terminate the controversy or remove an uncertainty.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:16-53 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:16-53 - Questions determinable and rights declarable

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 affected by a statute, municipal ordinance, contract or franchise, may have determined any question of construction or validity arising under the instrument, statute, ordinance, contract or franchise and obtain a declaration of rights, status or other legal relations thereunder.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:16-54 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:16-54 - Contract construed

2A:16-54. Contract construed  A contract may be construed either before or after a breach thereof.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:16-55 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:16-55 - Declaration of rights or legal relations of interested parties in relation to estate, wills and other writings.

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, legatee, heir, next of kin, or cestui que trust, in the administration of a trust or the estate of a decedent, a minor, a person who is mentally incapacitated, a person who is insolvent, or other person, may have a declaration of rights or legal relations in respect thereto, to: a. Ascertain any class of creditors, devisees, legatees, heirs, next of kin, or others; or b. Direct the executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, receiver, assignee for the benefit of creditors, or other fiduciary to do or abstain from doing any particular act in his fiduciary capacity; or c. Determine any question arising in the administration of the estate, trust, or guardianship, including the construction of wills and other writings. amended 2013, c.103, s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:16-56 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:16-56 - Parties interested as parties to proceedings

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 the proceeding.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:16-57 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:16-57 - Persons not parties not prejudiced by declaration

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.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:16-58 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:16-58 - Determination of issues of fact

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 manner as issues of fact are determined in other actions in the court in which the proceeding is pending.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:16-59 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:16-59 - Declaratory judgment; form and effect

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.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:16-60 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:16-60 - Further relief

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 relief. If the application is deemed sufficient, the court shall, on reasonable notice, require any adverse party whose rights have been adjudicated by the declaratory judgment to show cause why further relief should not be granted forthwith.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:16-61 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:16-61 - Declaratory judgment refused

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 giving rise to the proceeding.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:16-62 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:16-62 - Review of orders and judgments

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.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:16-63 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:16-63 - Short title

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.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:16-65 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:16-65 - Provision of separate disclosure statement to payee, contents

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 a separate disclosure statement, in bold type no smaller than 14 points, setting forth: a. the amounts and due dates of the structured settlement payments to be transferred; b. the aggregate amount of the payments; c. the discounted present value of the payments to be transferred, which shall be identified as the "calculation of current value of the transferred structured settlement payments under federal standards for valuing annuities" and the amount of the applicable federal rate used in calculating the discounted present value; d. the gross advance amount; e. an itemized listing of all applicable transfer expenses, other than attorneys' fees and related disbursements payable in connection with the transferee's application for approval of the transfer, and the transferee's best estimate of the amount of any of those fees and disbursements; f. the net advance amount; g. the amount of any penalties or liquidated damages payable by the payee in the event of any breach of the transfer agreement by the payee; and h. a statement that the payee has the right to cancel the transfer agreement, without penalty or further obligation, not later than the third business day after the date the agreement is signed by the payee. L.2001,c.139,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:16-66 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:16-66 - Approval required for payment

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 to make any payment directly or indirectly to any transferee of structured settlement payment rights unless the transfer has been approved in advance in a final court order or order of a responsible administrative authority based on express findings by the court or responsible administrative authority that: a. the transfer is in the best interest of the payee, taking into account the welfare and support of the payee's dependents; b. the payee has been advised in writing by the transferee to seek independent professional advice regarding the transfer and has either received the advice or knowingly waived the right to seek that advice in writing; and c. the transfer does not contravene any applicable statute or the order of any court or other government authority. L.2001,c.139,s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:16-67 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:16-67 - Procedures following transfer

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 except the transferee, be discharged and released from any and all liability for the transferred payments; b. The transferee shall be liable to the structured settlement obligor and the annuity issuer: (1) if the transfer contravenes the terms of the structured settlement, for any taxes incurred by those parties as a consequence of the transfer; and (2) for any other liabilities or costs, including reasonable costs and attorneys' fees, arising from compliance by those parties with the order of the court or responsible administrative authority or arising as a consequence of the transferee's failure to comply with this act; c. Neither the annuity issuer nor the structured settlement obligor shall be required to divide any periodic payment between the payee and any transferee or assignee or between two or more transferees or assignees; and d. Any further transfer of structured settlement payment rights by the payee shall be made in compliance with all of the requirements of this act. L.2001,c.139,s.5.