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NJ Rev Stat § 2A:61-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:61-10 - Record of conveyance with affidavit indorsed or added; effect

2A:61-10. Record of conveyance with affidavit indorsed or added; effect  Any conveyance mentioned in section 2A:61-9 of this title, with the affidavit required by said section 2A:61-9 indorsed thereon or added thereto, may, when approved by a judge of the superior court or an attorney-at-law of this state, be recorded as if duly acknowledged; and such conveyance or the record thereof, or a certified copy of such record, shall be evidence of a good and valid sale and conveyance of the real estate conveyed thereby, as if the same had been reported to and approved by the court in pursuance of whose judgment, execution or order the same was made. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:61-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:61-11 - Defects or imperfections in affidavits of selling officer

2A:61-11. Defects or imperfections in affidavits of selling officer  All affidavits indorsed on or added to deeds as required by law by any sheriff, or other officer or person, shall, notwithstanding any errors or imperfections in such affidavits, be taken and held to be good and sufficient in law, but only if such deeds shall have been recorded for a period of at least 6 years. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:61-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:61-12 - Effect of recitals in conveyances by selling officer

2A:61-12. Effect of recitals in conveyances by selling officer  The conveyance of any real estate sold by a sheriff, or other officer or person, in pursuance of a decree, judgment, execution or order of a court, heretofore or hereafter made and duly acknowledged or approved, and the record thereof, or a certified copy of such record, shall be good and sufficient prima facie evidence of the truth of the recitals in such deed or conveyance contained. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:61-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:61-13 - Conveyances by public or municipal authority; collateral attack

2A:61-13. Conveyances by public or municipal authority; collateral attack  The provisions of section 2A:61-12 of this title shall apply to all deeds, declarations of sale and conveyance, duly acknowledged or proved, heretofore or hereafter made by or under the authority of any public or municipal authority, authorized or empowered by any law of this state to make and execute or to direct the making and execution of any deed, declaration of sale or conveyance; and the proceedings upon which such deeds, declarations of sale and conveyances are founded shall not be subject to be questioned collaterally, but may be, at any time, reviewed by a proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ or other proper proceedings. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:61-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:61-14 - Confirmatory deeds on loss of originals

2A:61-14. Confirmatory deeds on loss of originals  Whenever a deed or conveyance, given by an officer or other person mentioned in section 2A:61-1 of this title pursuant to a sale made by him, is lost before the recording thereof, the person entitled to the deed or conveyance may apply to the court under whose direction the sale was made and the deed or conveyance made and delivered for a confirmatory deed or conveyance. The court shall, upon being satisfied that the original deed or conveyance has been so lost, order the officer who made the same to make a confirmatory deed or conveyance to the grantee named in the lost deed or conveyance for the real estate sold. The confirmatory deed or conveyance shall recite the fact of the loss of the original deed or conveyance and the order for the confirmatory deed or conveyance and shall, in other respects, be in the same form as the original deed or conveyance, and shall be as good and valid and have the same force and effect as the original deed or conveyance. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:61-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:61-15 - Fees for confirmatory deed

2A:61-15. Fees for confirmatory deed  The officer making the confirmatory deed or conveyance shall be entitled to the same fee therefor as he was entitled to for making the original deed or conveyance. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:61-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:61-16 - Relief to bidder at sale on showing defect in title or lien or encumbrance on property sold

2A:61-16. Relief to bidder at sale on showing defect in title or lien or encumbrance on property sold  Any purchaser of real estate at any public sale, held by any officer or person mentioned in section 2A:61-1 of this title, except at sales under general execution and actual levy thereunder, or for unpaid taxes or municipal liens, shall be entitled to be relieved from his bid if, before delivery of the deed, he shall satisfy the court by whose authority such sale was made of the existence of any substantial defect in or cloud upon the title of the real estate sold, which would render such title unmarketable, or of the existence of any lien or encumbrance thereon, unless a reasonable description of the estate or interest to be sold, and of the defects in title and liens or encumbrances thereon, with the approximate amount of such liens and encumbrances, if any, be inserted in the notices and advertisements required by law, and in the conditions of sale; but, if the court shall direct any lien or encumbrance not described, and which is due and payable, to be paid out of the proceeds of sale, the purchaser shall not then be relieved by reason of such lien or encumbrance. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:61-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:61-17 - Bona fide purchasers protected after 7 years

2A:61-17. Bona fide purchasers protected after 7 years  When a conveyance of any real estate sold by a sheriff, or other officer or other person mentioned in section 2A:61-1 of this title, pursuant to a judgment, execution or order of any court, shall hereafter be duly made and acknowledged, or approved as provided for in this chapter, or shall have been heretofore duly made and acknowledged more than 7 years before the same shall be offered in evidence, no evidence shall be received or be of any force or avail against any bona fide purchaser holding under such conveyance, or his heirs or assigns, that the execution had not been duly recorded before it was delivered to the sheriff, or that the sale of such real estate had not been duly advertised, or that the money recovered or ordered to be made by the judgment, or execution, had been paid before the sale, unless the payment or satisfaction of such judgment, or execution shall have been entered of record before such sale. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:61-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:61-18 - Recorded deeds by sheriff or other officer valid notwithstanding defects in writ; record as evidence

2A:61-18. Recorded deeds by sheriff or other officer valid notwithstanding defects in writ; record as evidence  Any deed or deeds of conveyance heretofore or hereafter made and delivered by any sheriff, former sheriff, or other officer of the court, of any real estate, which shall have stood unchallenged on record for a period of 1 year from the date of record thereof, shall be deemed a valid deed for the conveyance of the property therein described, notwithstanding any informality or imperfection in the writ pursuant to the terms of which such sale was made or variance between the date of said deed and the date of acknowledgment or proof of said deed, provided such sale shall have been duly confirmed by the court pursuant to whose writ such sale shall have been made. Any such deed, or the record thereof, or a certified copy of such record, shall be admissible in evidence in all cases and in all courts of this state. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:61-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:61-19 - Distribution of proceeds of sales of or compensation for real estate paid into court

2A:61-19. Distribution of proceeds of sales of or compensation for real estate paid into court  Whenever any real estate shall be sold or taken upon compensation, pursuant to any competent judicial authority, or any law of this state, and the proceeds of such sale or the compensation for such taking, shall be paid into any court of this state, pursuant to such authority or law, such court shall order and direct such payment or payments, in gross, to be made out of such proceeds, as compensation to such person or persons as shall be entitled to any vested, certain and absolute estate or interest, less than the fee simple, of, in, and to such real estate, or any part thereof, as such court shall deem a just and reasonable satisfaction for such estate or interest, and as the person so entitled shall consent, in writing, to accept in lieu thereof; but in case any such person shall fail to give such consent, before the making of the order for the distribution of such proceeds or compensation, then such court shall ascertain and determine what proportion of such proceeds or compensation will be just and reasonable to be reserved for the benefit of such person, and shall order the same to be put out at interest on sufficient security of real estate, or invested in legal securities or to be paid into court, under the direction and control of such court, for the benefit of such person. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:61-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:61-20 - Payment of proceeds of sales of or for real estate into superior court; effect

2A:61-20. Payment of proceeds of sales of or for real estate into superior court; effect  Whenever any real estate has heretofore been or shall hereafter be sold or taken upon compensation pursuant to any competent judicial authority or any law of this state, and the proceeds of such sale or the compensation for such taking have been or shall be paid into any court of this state other than the superior court, pursuant to such authority or law, and it shall appear to the court wherein the same have been or shall be paid that the interests of any person or persons entitled thereto, or any part thereof, require or will be substantially promoted by the payment into the superior court of so much or such proportion of such proceeds or compensation as the court wherein such money is paid may determine belong to or should be reserved for the benefit of such person, it shall be lawful for such court to order the same paid into the superior court, to be thence disposed of as ordered and directed by the superior court. Upon filing such order in the superior court and payment of such money thereunder, such person or persons shall, so far as relates to such property or money and its income, be considered a ward of the superior court. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:61-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:61-21 - Surplus from sale of real estate deposited in court; use to pay judgments

2A:61-21. Surplus from sale of real estate deposited in court; use to pay judgments  Whenever there shall be a surplus from the sale of real estate sold by virtue of any order or judgment, and such surplus shall be deposited in the court ordering the sale or in which the judgment was entered, and any person shall hold a judgment in any of the courts of this state against the owner of such real estate or any other person who shall be entitled to such surplus, or any part thereof, the court shall, upon affidavit filed by or in behalf of such judgment creditor, and notice given as required under the practice and procedure of the superior court, and upon proof made to the satisfaction of the court that the residence of the person entitled to such surplus is unknown and cannot be ascertained, order and direct such surplus to be applied upon such judgment, although such creditor was not made defendant in such action, in which case it shall not be necessary that the judgment creditor be admitted as a party defendant in such cause, but such affidavit shall be entitled in the action out of which such surplus was realized. The proof required by this section may be made by affidavit, or otherwise, as the court shall direct. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:61A-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:61A-1 - Definitions.

2A:61A-1 Definitions.  1. As used in this act: a. "Commission" means compensation accruing to a sales representative for payment by a principal, earned through the last day on which services were performed by the sales representative, the rate of which is expressed as a percentage of the dollar amount of orders or sales or as a specified amount per order or per sale. b. "Principal" means a person, including a person who does not have a permanent or fixed place of business in this State, who manufactures, produces, imports or distributes a product or offers a service; contracts with an independent sales company or other person to solicit orders for the product or service; and compensates those companies or other persons who solicit orders, in whole or in part, by commission. c. "Sales representative" means an independent sales company or other person, other than an employee, who contracts with a principal to solicit orders and who is compensated, in whole or in part, by commission but shall not include one who places orders or purchases exclusively for his own account for resale. d. "Day" means a calendar day including Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays. e. "Termination" means the end of services performed by the sales representative for the principal by any means. f. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2007, c.289.) L.1990, c.93, s.1; mended 2007, c.289, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:61A-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:61A-2 - Payment to sales representative after termination of contract.

2A:61A-2 Payment to sales representative after termination of contract.  2. When a contract between a principal and a sales representative to solicit orders is terminated, the commissions and other compensation earned as a result of the representative relationship and unpaid shall become due and payable within 30 days of the date the contract is terminated or within 30 days of the date commissions are due, whichever is later.  A sales representative shall receive commissions on goods ordered up to and including the last day of the contract even if accepted by the principal, delivered, and paid for after the end of the agreement. The commissions shall become due and payable within 30 days after payment would have been due under the contract if the contract had not been terminated. L.1990, c.93, s.2; amended 2007, c.289, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:61A-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:61A-3 - Liability to sales representative for violation; liability for frivolous court action.

2A:61A-3 Liability to sales representative for violation; liability for frivolous court action.  3. a. A principal who violates or fails to comply with the provisions of section 2 of this act shall be liable to the sales representative for all amounts due the sales representative, exemplary damages in an amount of three times the amount of commissions owed to the sales representative and all attorney's fees actually and reasonably incurred by the sales representative in the action and court costs. b. Where the court determines that an action brought by a sales representative against a principal pursuant to this section is frivolous, pursuant to P.L.1988, c.46 (C.2A:15-59.1), the sales representative shall be liable to the principal for attorney's fees actually and reasonably incurred by the principal in defending the action and court costs. L.1990, c.93, s.3; amended 2007, c.289, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:61A-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:61A-4 - Payment as of postmark date

2A:61A-4. Payment as of postmark date  The commissions and other compensation shall be paid at the usual place of payment unless the sales representative requests that the commissions and other compensation be sent through first class mail. If, in accordance with a request by the sales representative, the sales representative's commissions and other compensation are sent through the mail, the commissions and compensation shall be deemed to have been paid as of the date of their registered postmark.  L.1990,c.93,s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:61A-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:61A-5 - Jurisdiction over nonresident principals

2A:61A-5. Jurisdiction over nonresident principals  A principal who is not a resident of this State who contracts with a sales representative to solicit orders in this State is declared to be doing business in this State for purposes of the exercise of personal jurisdiction.  L.1990.c.93,s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:61A-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:61A-6 - Waiving provisions of this act prohibited

2A:61A-6. Waiving provisions of this act prohibited  A provision in any contract between a sales representative and a principal purporting to waive any provision of this act, whether by express waiver or by a provision stipulating that the contract is subject to the laws of another state, shall be void.  L.1990,c.93,s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:61A-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:61A-7 - Construction

2A:61A-7. Construction  Nothing in this act shall invalidate or restrict any other or additional right or remedy available to a sales representative or principal, or preclude a sales representative from seeking to recover in one action on all claims against a principal, or preclude a principal from seeking to recover in one action on all claims against a sales representative.  L.1990,c.93,s.7.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:61A-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:61A-8 - Inapplicability of C.2A:61A-1 et seq.

2A:61A-8 Inapplicability of C.2A:61A-1 et seq.  4. The provisions of P.L.1990, c.93 (C.2A:61A-1 et seq.) shall not apply to: a. any real estate sales person licensed or regulated pursuant to chapter 15 of Title 45 of the Revised Statutes; b. any person licensed or regulated pursuant to subtitle 3 of Title 17 of the Revised Statutes, Title 17B of the New Jersey Statutes or P.L.1973, c.337 (C.26:2J-1 et seq.); or c. any person registered or regulated by the New Jersey Bureau of Securities pursuant to the "Uniform Securities Law (1997)," P.L.1967, c.93 (C.49:3-47 et seq.), or registered or regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, 15 U.S.C. s.77a et seq., the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. s.78a et seq., the Investment Company Act of 1940, 15 U.S.C. s.80a-1 et seq., or the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, 15 U.S.C. s.80b-1 et seq. L.2007, c.289, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:61C-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:61C-1 - Shoplifting, retail thefts, civil action; provided.

2A:61C-1 Shoplifting, retail thefts, civil action; provided.  1. a. A person who commits the offense of shoplifting as defined in N.J.S.2C:20-11 or a person who commits the offense of theft as defined in Chapter 20 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes by stealing food or drink from an eating establishment shall be liable for any criminal penalties imposed by law and shall be liable to the merchant in a civil action in an amount equal to the following:  (1) The value of the merchandise as damages, not to exceed $500, if the merchandise cannot be restored to the merchant in its original condition;  (2) Additional damages, if any, arising from the incident, not to include any loss of time or wages incurred by the merchant in connection with the apprehension of the defendant; and  (3) A civil penalty payable to the merchant in an amount of up to $150. b. A parent, guardian or other person having legal custody of a minor who commits the offense of shoplifting or the offense of theft of food or drink from an eating establishment shall be liable to the merchant for the damages specified in subsection a. of this section. This subsection shall not apply to a parent whose parental custody and control of such minor has been removed by court order, decree, judgment, military service, or marriage of such infant, or to a resource family parent of such minor.  c. If a merchant institutes a civil action pursuant to the provisions of this section, the prevailing party in that action shall be entitled to an award of reasonable attorney's fees and reasonable court costs. d. Limitations on civil action: (1) Before a civil action may be commenced, the merchant shall send a notice to the defendant's last known address giving the defendant 20 days to respond. It is not a condition precedent to maintaining an action under this act that the defendant has been convicted of shoplifting or theft.  (2) No civil action under this act may be maintained if the defendant has paid the merchant a penalty equal to the retail value of the merchandise where the merchandise was not recovered in its original condition, plus a sum of up to $150.  (3) The provisions of this act do not apply in any case where the value of the merchandise exceeds $500. e. If the person to whom a written demand is made complies with such demand within 20 days following the receipt of the demand, that person shall be given a written release from further civil liability with respect to the specific act of shoplifting or theft.  L.1993, c.214; amended 2004, c.130, s.11.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:62-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:62-1 - By person in peaceable possession

2A:62-1. By person in peaceable possession  Any person in the peaceable possession of lands in this state and claiming ownership thereof, may, when his title thereto, or any part thereof, is denied or disputed, or any other person claims or is claimed to own the same, or any part thereof or interest therein, or to hold a lien or encumbrance thereon, and when no action is pending to enforce or test the validity of such title, claim or encumbrance, maintain an action in the superior court to settle the title to such lands and to clear up all doubts and disputes concerning the same. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.