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NJ Rev Stat § 46:26A-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:26A-3 - Prerequisites for recording.

46:26A-3. Prerequisites for recording.  a. A document satisfies the prerequisites for recording if it appears from the document or the image of it delivered to the recording office that:  (1) the document is in English or accompanied by a translation into English; (2) the document bears a signature; (3) the document (including a corrected document submitted for re-recording) is acknowledged or proved as provided by Title 46 of the Revised Statutes; (4) the names are printed beneath all signatures that appear on the document; (5) if the document is a deed conveying title to real property, it (a) fulfills the requirements of section 2 of P.L.1968, c.49 (C.46:15-6), (b) includes a reference to the lot and block number of the real property conveyed as designated on the tax map of the municipality at the time of the conveyance or the account number of the real property, (c) includes the name of the person who prepared the deed, and (d) includes the mailing address of the grantee. If the real property has been subdivided, the reference shall be preceded by the words "part of." If no lot and block or account number has been assigned to the real property, the deed shall state that fact, and (6) if the document is an assignment, release or satisfaction of a mortgage or an agreement respecting a mortgage, it states the book and page number or the document identifying number of the mortgage to which it relates if the mortgage has been given such a number. b. A document, whether made by an individual, corporation or other entity, is not required to be executed under seal, or to contain words referring to execution under seal.Source: 46:15-1.1; 46:18-1. L.2011, c.217, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:26A-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:26A-4 - Exceptions to prerequisites to recording.

46:26A-4. Exceptions to prerequisites to recording.  Notwithstanding the prerequisites to recording in N.J.S.46:26A-3, the following may be recorded: a. documents that establish or evidence a trust under which a fiduciary has acquired real property if accompanied by an affidavit of the fiduciary that the document is an original trust document; b. ancient documents that cannot be acknowledged or proved because of the death or other disability of the grantors and subscribing witnesses, accompanied by an affidavit made by a person claiming to derive title from the document stating that the affiant truly believes that quiet, continuous, adverse and undisturbed possession of the real property has been enjoyed by virtue of the document for the period applicable for adverse possession; c. documents other than those listed in N.J.S.46:26A-2 that by their nature cannot be acknowledged or proved, accompanied by an affidavit made by a person claiming to derive title to the real property stating that the document is genuine and how the document relates to title to the real property; d. notices of federal tax liens, liens arising from the federal "Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980," Pub.L.96-510 (42 U.S.C.s.9601 et seq.), and other federal liens, which any Act of Congress or regulation adopted pursuant to it provides for filing of notice in the recording office designated by a state, and certificates discharging such liens; e. maps as provided by P.L.2011, c.217 (N.J.S.46:26A-1 et al.);  f. notices of settlement executed by an attorney at law or authorized representative of a party in accordance with P.L.2011, c.217 (N.J.S.46:26A-1 et al.); g. certified copies of: (1) judgments, decrees, or orders of any court of record and petitions filed in a United States Bankruptcy Court; (2) government issued documents affecting title to real property, including declarations of takings duly executed by executive officials of condemnors in accordance with section 17 of P.L.1971, c.361 (C.20:3-17); (3) documents recorded or filed in any public recording office in the United States; h. a recorded mortgage bearing an endorsement: (1) authorizing cancellation of the mortgage signed by the mortgage holder; and (2) made on the original mortgage that bears on it the receipt given by the county recording officer at the time it was recorded; and i. any other document that is permitted by another statute to be recorded or filed without acknowledgment.Source: 46:16-1.1; 46:16-4.1; 46:16-4.2; 46:16-4.3; 46:16-5.1; 46:16-7; 46:16-9; 46:16-10; 46:16-13; 46:16-14. L.2011, c.217, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:26A-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:26A-7 - Receipts for documents presented for recording.

46:26A-7. Receipts for documents presented for recording.  Upon request, the county recording officer shall: a. furnish a receipt for the document and fees paid; and  b. return a copy of the document with the date and time it was received for recording, the fee paid, and the book and page number or other permanent, unique document identifying number assigned to the document. If the copy returned is a paper document, the information shall be endorsed on the document. If the copy returned is an electronic document, then the receipt shall be sent electronically.Source: 46:19-4; 46:19-5. L.2011, c.217, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:26A-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:26A-8 - Indexes; entries.

46:26A-8. Indexes; entries.  a. The county recording officer shall maintain one index of all recorded documents and may make other separate, classified, analytical or combination indexes. b. A deed or other conveyance shall be indexed by the names of its grantors and grantees, and also shall be indexed by the name of: (1) the testator or intestate if a deed or other conveyance is made by executors or administrators; (2) the person granting the power of attorney if a deed is made under power of attorney; (3) the defendants in the execution for which the sale was made if a deed is made by a sheriff; and (4) the person whose property has been conveyed if a deed is made by a person appointed to convey property by a court. c. A mortgage shall be indexed by the names of the mortgagors and mortgagees. d. An assignment, extension, postponement, modification or discharge of a mortgage shall be indexed by the names of the mortgagors, assignors and assignees. e. A trust instrument shall be indexed by the names of the parties to the instrument and in the names of beneficiaries if they appear. f. Any other document shall be indexed by the names of the parties to it. g. A document shall also be indexed by additional names requested by the person submitting the document for recording if an affidavit is presented at the time the document is presented for recording attesting to facts establishing the specific relationship of the names to the document submitted and the need for indexing the document by the additional names supplied. h. A document shall be indexed from the information supplied on its cover sheet or electronic synopsis if one is submitted. A recording officer shall not be liable for differences between the cover sheet or electronic synopsis and the document. i. If a law requires a notation be placed on or in the margin of any recorded or filed document, the statutory requirement for marginal notations shall be satisfied by recording and indexing the document.Source: 46:20-1; 46:20-3; 46:20-5; 46:19-2. L.2011, c.217, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:26A-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:26A-9 - Sequence of recording.

46:26A-9. Sequence of recording.  The county recording officer shall record and index documents in the order received. If two documents affecting the same property are submitted for recording by the same person and are received at the same time, the county recording officer shall record and index the documents in the order requested by the person who submitted them.Source: New; 46:19-3; 46:20-2. L.2011, c.217, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:26A-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:26A-10 - Documents filed as provided by other statutes.

46:26A-10. Documents filed as provided by other statutes.  When a statute outside of this chapter provides that a document relating to real property be filed rather than recorded: a. requirements for the form and content of the document shall be those established by the statute outside of this chapter; b. the document shall be recorded with all other documents affecting real property using the method established by subsection e. of N.J.S.46:26A-6 of this chapter; and c. the document shall be indexed with all other documents affecting real property as provided by N.J.S.46:26A-8 of this chapter.Source: New. L.2011, c.217, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:26A-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:26A-11 - Notices of settlement.

46:26A-11. Notices of settlement.  a. A party to a settlement which will convey an interest in real property, a mortgage on real property, or both, or the authorized representative of a party or a licensed title insurance producer, may execute a document titled "notice of settlement" and record it in the county recording office of the county in which the real property is located. The county recording officer may charge a fee not to exceed the fee charged for the recording of notices of federal tax liens. b. The notice of settlement shall be signed by a party to the settlement or a party's authorized representative and shall state the names of the parties to the settlement and a description of the real property. If the notice is executed by anyone other than an attorney at law of this State, the execution shall be acknowledged or proved in the manner of acknowledgment or proof of deeds. c. A notice of settlement shall be in substantially the following form: Name ...............................) Address ............................) (Seller or Mortgagor) NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT Name ...............................) Address ............................) (Purchaser or Mortgagee) NOTICE is hereby given of a .............................(contract, agreement or mortgage commitment) between the parties.  THE lands to be affected are described as follows:  Premises in the ........ of ........, (municipality) County of .............. and State of New Jersey, commonly known as .............................................. (street address) and more particularly described as follows: (legal description) Name of party or authorized representative ............................... Address ............................................................. (acknowledgment) d. A notice of settlement shall be effective for 60 days from the date of recording, unless it is terminated by the recording of a "discharge of notice of settlement." The effective period of a notice of settlement may be extended for one period of 60 days by recording an additional notice of settlement before the expiration or discharge of the notice of settlement. e. A discharge of notice of settlement shall be substantially in the form prescribed for a notice of settlement and shall be recorded by the party or authorized representative who recorded the notice of settlement. The recording officer shall record and index each discharge in the same fashion as a notice of settlement. f. Any person who claims an interest in or lien on the real property described in the notice of settlement arising during the time that a notice of settlement is effective shall be deemed to have acquired the interest or lien with knowledge of the anticipated settlement and shall be subject to the estate or interest created by the deed or mortgage described in the notice of settlement provided the deed or mortgage is recorded within the time that the notice is effective.Source: 46:16A-1 through 46:16A-5. L.2011, c.217, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:26A-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:26A-12 - Effect of recording.

46:26A-12. Effect of recording.  a. Any recorded document affecting the title to real property is, from the time of recording, notice to all subsequent purchasers, mortgagees and judgment creditors of the execution of the document recorded and its contents. b. A claim under a recorded document affecting the title to real property shall not be subject to the effect of a document that was later recorded or was not recorded unless the claimant was on notice of the later recorded or unrecorded document. c. A deed or other conveyance of an interest in real property shall be of no effect against subsequent judgment creditors without notice, and against subsequent bona fide purchasers and mortgagees for valuable consideration without notice and whose conveyance or mortgage is recorded, unless that conveyance is evidenced by a document that is first recorded.Source: 46:21-1; 46:22-1. L.2011, c.217, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:26B-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:26B-1 - Definitions.

46:26B-1. Definitions.  As used in P.L.2011, c.217 (N.J.S.46:26A-1 et al.): "Condominium plan" means a survey of the condominium property in sufficient detail to identify the location and dimensions of units and common elements, which shall be filed in accordance with the requirements of section 3 of P.L.1960, c.141 (C.46:23-9.11). A condominium plan shall bear a certification by a land surveyor, professional engineer or architect authorized to practice in this State that the plan is a correct representation of the improvements described. "Entire tract" means all of the property that is being subdivided including lands remaining after subdivision. "General property parcel map" means a right of way parcel map showing a group of parcel and easement acquisitions for part of a highway or street project. "Land Surveyor" means a person who is legally authorized to practice land surveying in this State as provided by P.L.1938, c.342 (C.45:8-27 et seq.). "Map" includes a map, plat, condominium plan, right of way parcel maps of the State, county or municipality, chart, or survey of lands presented for approval to a proper authority or presented for filing as provided by P.L.2011, c.217 (N.J.S.46:26A-1 et al.), but does not include a map, plat or sketch required to be filed or recorded under the provisions of P.L.1957, c.130 (C.48:3-17.2) or a subdivision plat for a subdivision that was granted final approval by a municipal approving authority on or prior to July 1, 1999. "Municipal Engineer" means the official licensed professional engineer appointed by the proper authority of the municipality in which the territory shown on a map is located. "Professional Engineer" means a person who is legally authorized to practice professional engineering in this State as provided by P.L.1938, c.342 (C.45:8-27 et seq.). "Proper authority" means the chief legislative body of a municipality or other agencies to which the authority for approval of maps has been designated by ordinance. "Right of way parcel map" means any general property parcel map which shows highways or street acquisitions and any associated easements for highway or street rights of way.Source: 46:23-9.10. L.2011, c.217, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:26B-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:26B-4 - Approval of maps.

46:26B-4. Approval of maps.  a. The proper authority shall approve or disapprove a map within 45 days from its receipt. b. The approval of a map under this law by the proper authority shall not be construed as acceptance of any street or highway indicated on the map; nor shall approval obligate the State of New Jersey or any county or municipality, to maintain or exercise jurisdiction over those streets or highways.Source: 46:23-9.12; 46:23-9.13. L.2011, c.217, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:26B-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:26B-5 - Additional prerequisites to filing.

46:26B-5. Additional prerequisites to filing.  The county recording officer shall not accept for filing any map, with the exception of a right-of-way parcel map, unless it has endorsed on it a certificate by the municipal clerk or secretary of the planning board stating: a. That the proper authority has approved the map or stating its exemption from approval;  b. That the map complies with the provisions of this law; and  c. The date by which the map is required to be filed by the applicable law.Source: 46:23-9.14. L.2011, c.217, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:26B-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:26B-6 - Filing and indexing of maps, fee.

46:26B-6. Filing and indexing of maps, fee.  a. The county recording officer shall file a map if an original and a copy of the map are presented for filing, the map complies with all the requirements for filing and is accompanied with the fees for filing and indexing that are provided by law.  b. The original map and a duplicate shall be endorsed by the recording office with a receipt indicating the date of filing. c. The original map shall be retained by the recording office in an appropriate manner for preservation and use for reproduction purposes. d. Copies of filed maps shall be made available to the public at a reasonable cost.Source: 46:23-9.15. L.2011, c.217, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:26B-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:26B-7 - Duplicates of maps in cities having atlases or block maps.

46:26B-7. Duplicates of maps in cities having atlases or block maps.  Whenever a map is filed in the office of the county recording officer of land in a municipality that has an atlas, or block map, on which is plotted the lots or subdivision of lots of lands, the person filing the map shall file a duplicate of the map, and the recording officer shall indorse on the duplicate the time of recording and filing of the original and deliver the duplicate to the officer of the city having charge of the atlas or block map. This section shall have no application to maps filed by commissioners appointed to assess benefits derived from the construction of sewers, drains or other municipal improvements.Source: 46:23-10. L.2011, c.217, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:26B-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:26B-8 - Approval and filing of duplicates of filed maps.

46:26B-8. Approval and filing of duplicates of filed maps.  Whenever a map has been filed in the office of the county recording officer, and copies of it have been made that differ from the original only in title or style, and there have been made conveyances or liens, under which the lands intended to be conveyed or liened have been described by reference to the unfiled copy, the governing body of the municipality in which the land is located, by resolution, may approve the copy for filing in the manner prescribed by law. This approval and filing shall not constitute a dedication of the streets or lot locations as therein delineated and shall be merely for the identification of the lands conveyed or liened.Source: 46:23-11. L.2011, c.217, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:26C-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:26C-1 - Regulations.

46:26C-1. Regulations.  a. The Division of Archives and Records Management in the Department of State in consultation with the County Clerks and Registers of Deeds and Mortgages shall adopt regulations to establish format and technical requirements for recorded documents to foster state-wide uniformity in title recordation and otherwise to implement P.L.2011, c.217 (N.J.S.46:26A-1 et al.). b. Regulations shall be adopted within 12 months after the effective date of P.L.2011, c.217 (N.J.S.46:26A-1 et al.).Source: New. L.2011, c.217, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:26C-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:26C-2 - "Uniform Electronic Transactions Act" superseded.

46:26C-2. "Uniform Electronic Transactions Act" superseded.  The provisions of P.L.2011, c.217 (N.J.S.46:26A-1 et al.) shall take precedence over any conflicting provisions contained in sections 17 and 18 of the "Uniform Electronic Transactions Act," P.L.2001, c.116 (C.12A:12-17 and 12A:12-18). The provisions of P.L.2011, c.217 (N.J.S.46:26A-1 et al.) shall modify, limit and supersede the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. s.7001, et seq.) but shall not modify, limit or supersede Section 101(c) of that act (15 U.S.C.s.7001(c)) or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of that act (15 U.S.C.s.7003(b)). Source: New. L.2011, c.217, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:27-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:27-1 - Offices of surveyors general

46:27-1. Offices of surveyors general  The public office of the surveyor general of the eastern division of the province of New Jersey at Perth Amboy and the public office of the surveyor general of the western division of the province of New Jersey at Burlington, established in such cities by section ten of "An act for the running and ascertaining the line of partition of division between the eastern and western divisions of the province of New Jersey, and for the preventing disputes for the future concerning the same, and for securing to the general proprietors of the soil of each of the divisions, and persons claiming under them, their several and respective possessions, rights, and just claims," passed March twenty-seventh, one thousand seven hundred and nineteen (R.S.1847, s. 10, p. 27), shall continue to be established and conducted in such cities.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:27-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:27-2 - Seals of surveyors general

46:27-2. Seals of surveyors general  The seal for each of the surveyors general mentioned in section 46:27-1 of this title, devised by the governor and deposited with the respective surveyors general pursuant to section one of "An act to provide a more easy mode of proving surveys of land in this state, and for other purposes," passed February twenty-seventh, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, shall continue to be the seals of such surveyors general, and shall be handed down to their successors in office; and the written descriptions of such seals, deposited and recorded in the office of the secretary of state pursuant to said section one of said act shall remain in the office of the secretary of state as public records of such office.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:28-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:28-1 - Right of mortgagee to possession and recovery of possession

46:28-1. Right of mortgagee to possession and recovery of possession  Every chattel mortgage shall vest in the mortgagee or owner thereof the right to the possession of the chattels therein described, so far as the same may be necessary for the purpose of preventing the removal thereof out of the county wherein they were at the time of the execution or delivery of such mortgage, and of recovering such chattels in case the same shall have been removed out of such county.
NJ Rev Stat § 46:28-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Property|Section 46:28-2 - Disposition of chattels when recovered or removal prevented

46:28-2. Disposition of chattels when recovered or removal prevented  When mortgaged chattels shall be removed out of the county wherein they were at the time of the execution or delivery of the mortgage thereof, and shall be recovered by the mortgagee or owner of the mortgage by means of legal proceedings, or when the removal of such chattels shall be prevented by like proceedings, the court in which such proceedings are had may regulate the disposition of such chattels and prescribe such terms for the possession thereof by any person interested therein as will protect the right of such mortgagee or owner of such mortgage.