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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:3C-3 - Definitions

46:3C-3. Definitions
3. As used in this act:
"Newly constructed" means any dwelling unit not previously occupied, excluding dwelling units constructed solely for lease and units governed by the "National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974," 42 U.S.C.5401 et seq.
"Off-site conditions" mean those conditions which may materially affect the value of the residential real estate property and shall be limited to the following:
(1) The latest Department of Environmental Protection listing of sites included on the National Priorities List pursuant to the "Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980," 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.;
(2) The latest sites known to and confirmed by the Department of Environmental Protection and included on the New Jersey master list of known hazardous discharge sites, prepared pursuant to P.L.1982, c.202 (C.58:10-23.15 et seq.);
(3) Overhead electric utility transmission lines conducting 240,000 volts or more;
(4) Electrical transformer substations;
(5) Underground gas transmission lines as defined in 49 C.F.R.192.3;
(6) Sewer pump stations of a capacity equal to, or in excess of 0.5 million gallons per day and sewer trunk lines in excess of 15 inches in diameter;
(7) Sanitary landfill facilities as defined pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-3);
(8) Public wastewater treatment facilities; and
(9) Airport safety zones as defined pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1983, c.260 (C.6:1-82).
"Person" means an individual, firm, corporation, limited liability corporation, partnership, association, trust or other legal entity or any combination thereof.
"Property" means a lot or plat upon which a residence has been, or will be, constructed.
"Project" means the development site upon which residential real estate for one or more purchasers is being constructed.
"Public wastewater treatment facility" means a structure or land involving the collection, conveyance, storage, reduction, recycling, reclamation, disposal, separation or other treatment of wastewater or sewage sludge.
"Purchaser" means a buyer of newly constructed residential real estate.
"Residential real estate" means a property or structure or both which will serve as a residence for the purchaser.
"Seller" means a real estate broker, real estate salesperson and real estate broker-salesperson as defined in R.S.45:15-3 or a builder as defined in section 2 of P.L.1977, c.467 (C.46:3B-2) who is engaged in the sale of newly constructed residential real estate.
L.1995,c.253,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:3C-4 - Off-site conditions, municipal lists

46:3C-4. Off-site conditions, municipal lists
4. The municipal clerk of each municipality shall receive and make available, in the form and manner specified by the Commissioner of Community Affairs after consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection, lists identifying the location of off-site conditions existing within the boundaries of the municipality.
L.1995,c.253,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:3C-5 - Providing municipal clerk with lists of off-site conditions

46:3C-5. Providing municipal clerk with lists of off-site conditions
5. a. Every person who owns, leases, or maintains any off-site condition, as defined in paragraph (3), (4), (5), (6), or (8) of section 3 of P.L.1995, c.253 (C.46:3C-3), located in this State, shall provide the municipal clerk of each municipality in which those off-site conditions are located, a list in the form and manner specified by the Commissioner of Community Affairs, of the location of the off-site conditions within the boundaries of the municipality. The provisions of this subsection shall apply whether or not the person provides any service within a municipality in which an off-site condition exists.
b. Every person subject to the provisions of subsection a. of this section shall submit the required lists within one year of the effective date of this act and shall update the lists, as necessary, as of August 31 of every year.
The person providing the lists pursuant to this section shall also send to the municipal clerk of each municipality receiving the list a statement as follows:
"This list identifies [insert type] off-site conditions owned, leased or maintained by [insert name and address of provider] as defined in the "New Residential Construction Off-Site Conditions Disclosure Act," P.L.1995, c.253 (C.46:3C-1 et seq.), which as of [date] have been identified as existing within [name of municipality]."
L.1995,c.253,s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:3C-6 - Lists from the Commissioner of Environmental Protection

46:3C-6. Lists from the Commissioner of Environmental Protection
6. a. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall provide the municipal clerk of each municipality with lists, in the form and manner specified by the Commissioner of Community Affairs, after consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection, of the location of all off-site conditions, as defined in paragraphs (1), (2) and (7) of section 3 of P.L.1995, c.253 (C.46:3C-3), located within the boundaries of the municipality.
b. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall submit the lists within one year of the effective date of this act and shall update the lists, as necessary, as of August 31 of every year. The department shall also send to the municipal clerk of each municipality receiving the lists a statement as follows:
"This list identifies [insert type] off-site conditions as defined in the "New Residential Construction Off-Site Conditions Disclosure Act," P.L.1995, c.253 (C.46:3C-1 et seq.), which as of [date] have been identified and listed by the Department of Environmental Protection as existing within [name of municipality]."
L.1995,c.253,s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:3C-7 - Fees for copies of lists.

46:3C-7 Fees for copies of lists.
7. A municipality that receives and makes available the lists required under P.L.1995, c.253 (C.46:3C-1 et seq.) may charge purchasers in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of P.L.1963, c.73 (C.47:1A-2).
L.1995,c.253,s.7; amended 2000, c.126, s.28.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:3C-8 - Seller's notice regarding off-site conditions

46:3C-8. Seller's notice regarding off-site conditions
8. At the time of entering into a contract for the sale of newly constructed residential real estate, the seller shall provide the purchaser with a notice of the availability of the lists of the off-site conditions that exist not only within the boundaries of the municipality in which the residential real estate is located but also within any other municipality located within one-half mile of the residential real estate. The notice shall be as follows:
"NOTIFICATION REGARDING OFF-SITE CONDITIONS
Pursuant to the "New Residential Construction Off-Site Conditions Disclosure Act," P.L.1995, c.253 (C.46:3C-1 et seq.), sellers of newly constructed residential real estate are required to notify purchasers of the availability of lists disclosing the existence and location of off-site conditions which may affect the value of the residential real estate being sold. The lists are to be made available by the municipal clerk of the municipality within which the residential real estate is located and in other municipalities which are within one-half mile of the residential real estate. The address(es) and telephone number(s) of the municipalities relevant to this project and the appropriate municipal offices where the lists are made available are listed below. Purchasers are encouraged to exercise all due diligence in order to obtain any additional or more recent information that they believe may be relevant to their decision to purchase the residential real estate. Purchasers are also encouraged to undertake an independent examination of the general area within which the residential real estate is located in order to become familiar with any and all conditions which may affect the value of the residential real estate.
The purchaser has five (5) business days from the date the contract is executed by the purchaser and the seller to send notice of cancellation of the contract to the seller. The notice of cancellation shall be sent by certified mail. The cancellation will be effective upon the notice of cancellation being mailed. If the purchaser does not send a notice of cancellation to the seller in the time or manner described above, the purchaser will lose the right to cancel the contract as provided in this notice.
MUNICIPALITY
ADDRESS
TELEPHONE NUMBER "
L.1995,c.253,s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:3C-9 - Cancellation of contract

46:3C-9. Cancellation of contract
9. The purchaser may cancel the contract by sending a written notice of cancellation to the seller within five business days from the date the contract is executed by the purchaser and the seller, informing the seller that the purchaser is canceling the contract. The notice of cancellation shall be sent by certified mail. If the purchaser fails to send the notice of cancellation in the time and manner provided for in this section, the purchaser shall lose the right to cancel the contract pursuant to this act and the contract shall be otherwise legally binding.
L.1995,c.253,s.9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:3C-10 - Seller's disclosure duties

46:3C-10. Seller's disclosure duties
10. a. By providing the purchaser with the notice of the availability of the lists, as required by section 8 of P.L.1995, c.253 (C.46:3C-8), the seller shall be deemed to have disclosed fully the off-site conditions relating to the residential real estate and shall be deemed to have satisfied fully the seller's disclosure duties pursuant to New Jersey law notwithstanding that (1) the lists required to be submitted to the municipal clerk of each municipality pursuant to sections 5 and 6 of P.L.1995, c.253 (C.46:3C-5 and C.46:3C-6) have not been, or are not yet required to be submitted or (2) a municipal clerk has not received or made available the lists as required pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1995, c.253 (C.46:3C-4) or (3) there is any error, omission or inaccuracy in the lists as made available by the municipality. This furnishing of the notice shall be available to the seller as a defense to any claim that the seller failed to disclose any off-site conditions.
b. A seller's responsibility to disclose those conditions that may materially affect the value of the residential real estate, but which are not part of the project, shall be fully met when notice is provided in accordance with the provisions of P.L.1995, c.253 (C.46:3C-1 et seq.). The furnishing of the notice shall be available to the seller as a defense to any claim that the seller failed to disclose any conditions which are not part of the project.
c. With respect to any residential real estate contracts entered into and fully executed prior to the effective date of this act, no seller shall be deemed to have breached any duty to disclose, nor shall any seller be liable to any person for any loss, damage, or any other injury for failure to have disclosed the existence of any off-site condition or any other condition which is not part of the residential real estate, except in any specific cases in which there has been an action filed in the Superior Court prior to April 25, 1995, or in which the Appellate Division of the Superior Court or the Supreme Court has issued a decision prior to the effective date of this act.
d. The provisions of P.L.1995, c.253 (C.46:3C-1 et seq.) shall not be interpreted to affect the disclosure requirements for conditions off-site contained in "The Planned Real Estate Development Full Disclosure Act," P.L.1977, c.419 (C.45:22A-21 et seq.), the "Air Safety and Zoning Act of 1983," P.L.1983, c.260 (C.6:1-80 et seq.) or in any other statutory provision.
L.1995,c.253,s.10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:3C-11 - Seller not required to contribute to list

46:3C-11. Seller not required to contribute to list
11. No seller, unless otherwise required by section 5, as a condition of completeness or approval pursuant to the "Municipal Land Use Law," P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-1 et seq.), or any other law, rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, shall be required to compile or to contribute to the compilation of, in whole or in part, the lists of off-site conditions required to be made available by municipal clerks pursuant to this act.
L.1995,c.253,s.11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:3C-12 - Nonliability for civil damages

46:3C-12. Nonliability for civil damages
12. The Department of Environmental Protection or a municipality making available to purchasers lists which disclose the existence and location of off-site conditions pursuant to this act shall not be liable for civil damages for withholding or omitting facts pertaining to such conditions which materially affected the value of the property or otherwise caused any loss, damage or other injury to the plaintiff, unless the plaintiff can affirmatively demonstrate that the department or municipality was in possession of, or which a reasonable person would conclude that it had or should have had knowledge of, those facts and the department or municipality knowingly or intentionally omitted or withheld the facts.
L.1995,c.253,s.12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:4-1 - Short form deed

46:4-1. Short form deed
A deed may be made in the following form or to the same effect:
"This deed made the day of , in the year , between (here insert names and residences of parties);
Witnesseth: That in consideration of (here state the consideration), the said doth (or do) grant and convey unto the said all, et cetera (here describe the property and insert covenants or any other provisions);
In Witness Whereof the said party of the first part ha hereunto set hand and seal the day and year first above written;
Signed, sealed and delivered .
In the presence of ."
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:4-2 - "The said covenants" construed

46:4-2. "The said covenants" construed
When a deed uses the words "the said covenants" , such covenant shall have the same effect as if it was expressed to be by the covenantor, for himself, his heirs, personal representatives and assigns, and shall be deemed to be with the covenantee, his heirs, personal representatives and assigns.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:4-3 - Covenant of seizin

46:4-3. Covenant of seizin
A covenant by the grantor in a deed "that he is lawfully seized of the said land" , shall have the same effect as if he had covenanted, promised and granted to and with the grantee, his heirs and assigns, that at the time of the sealing and delivery of the deed, he, the said grantor, was seized in his own right of an absolute and indefeasible estate of inheritance in fee simple, of and in all and singular the premises thereby granted, with the appurtenances.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:4-4 - Covenant as to right to convey

46:4-4. Covenant as to right to convey
A covenant by the grantor in a deed "that he has the right to convey the said land to the grantee" , shall have the same effect as if the grantor had covenanted that he has good right, full power and absolute authority to grant, bargain, sell and convey the said land, with all the buildings thereon, and the privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging unto the grantee, his heirs and assigns forever, in the manner in which the same is conveyed, or intended so to be by the deed, and according to its true intent.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:4-5 - Covenants as to quiet possession and freedom from encumbrances

46:4-5. Covenants as to quiet possession and freedom from encumbrances
A covenant by the grantor in a deed "that the grantee shall have quiet possession of the said land" , shall have as much effect as if he had covenanted that the grantee, his heirs and assigns, might, at any and all times thereafter, peaceably and quietly enter upon, and have, hold, use and occupy, possess and enjoy the land conveyed by the deed, or intended so to be, with all the buildings thereon, and the privileges and appurtenances thereto belonging, and receive and take the rents and profits thereof, to and for his and their use and benefit without any let, suit, eviction, interruption, claim or demand whatever of the grantor, his heirs or assigns, or any other person or persons whomsoever, lawfully claiming or to claim the same.
If, to such covenant, there be added "free from all encumbrances" , such words shall have as much effect as if the words "and that the said premises are free and clear, and freely and clearly acquitted and discharged of and from all former mortgages, judgments, executions, and of and from all other encumbrances whatever" .
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:4-6 - Covenant as to grantor's acts

46:4-6. Covenant as to grantor's acts
A covenant by the grantor in a deed "that he has done no act to encumber the said lands" , shall have the same effect as if he covenanted that he had not done or executed, or knowingly suffered to be done or executed, any act, deed or thing whereby the lands and premises conveyed, or intended so to be or any part thereof, are or will be changed, charged, altered, affected, defeated, or encumbered in title, estate or otherwise.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:4-7 - Covenant of general warranty

46:4-7. Covenant of general warranty
A covenant by the grantor in a deed "that he will warrant generally the property hereby conveyed" , shall have the same effect as if the grantor covenanted that he, his heirs and personal representatives, will forever warrant and defend the said property unto the grantee, his heirs, personal representatives and assigns, against the claims and demands of all persons whomsoever.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:4-8 - Covenant of special warranty

46:4-8. Covenant of special warranty
A covenant by the grantor in a deed "that he will warrant specially the property hereby conveyed" , shall have the same effect as if the grantor had covenanted that he, his heirs and personal representatives, will forever warrant and defend the said property unto the grantee, his heirs, personal representatives and assigns, against the claims and demands of the grantor and all persons claiming or to claim by, through, or under him.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:4-9 - "With general warranty" , "with special warranty" construed

46:4-9. "With general warranty" , "with special warranty" construed
The words "with general warranty" in the granting part of any deed shall be deemed to be a covenant by the grantor "that he will warrant generally the property hereby conveyed" . The words "with special warranty" in the granting part of a deed shall be deemed to be a covenant by the grantor "that he will warrant specially the property hereby conveyed" .
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:4-10 - Covenant as to further assurances

46:4-10. Covenant as to further assurances
A covenant by the grantor in a deed "that he will execute such further assurances of the said lands as may be requisite" , shall have the same effect as if he had covenanted that he, his heirs or personal representatives, will, at any time, upon any reasonable request at the charge of the grantee, his heirs or assigns, do, execute, or cause to be done or executed, all such further acts, deeds and things for the better, more perfectly and absolutely conveying and assuring the said lands and premises thereby conveyed or intended so to be, unto the grantee, his heirs and assigns, in the manner aforesaid as by the grantee, his heirs or assigns, his or their counsel in law, shall be reasonably devised, advised or required.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:4-11 - Deeds or covenants not conforming to statutory short forms

46:4-11. Deeds or covenants not conforming to statutory short forms
Any deed or part of a deed which shall fail to take effect by virtue of sections 46:4-1 to 46:4-10 of this title, shall, nevertheless, be as valid and effectual and shall bind the parties thereto, so far as the rules of law and equity will permit, as if the sections herein mentioned had not been enacted.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:5-1 - Certain words in quitclaim deeds construed

46:5-1. Certain words in quitclaim deeds construed
Whenever, in any deed heretofore or hereafter executed and recorded, there shall have been or may be used the words "the grantor releases to the said grantee" , or the words "the grantor does remise, release and forever quitclaim unto the said grantee" , or the words "the grantor does grant and release to the said grantee" , such deed shall be hereafter construed, unless a contrary intention shall be set forth, as though it set forth that "the grantor does grant and convey unto the said " .
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:5-2 - "Grantor" , "grantee" , "release" construed

46:5-2. "Grantor" , "grantee" , "release" construed
Whenever in any deed there shall be used the words "the grantor (or the said ) releases to the said grantee (or the said ) all his claims upon the said lands" , such deed shall be construed as if it set forth that "the grantor (or releasor) hath remised, released, and forever quitclaimed, and by these presents doth remise, release and forever quitclaim unto the grantee (or releasee), his heirs and assigns, all right, title and interest whatsoever, both at law and in equity, in or to the lands and premises granted (or released) or intended so to be, so that neither he, nor his personal representatives, his heirs or assigns, shall at any time thereafter have, claim, challenge or demand the said lands and premises, or any part thereof, in any manner whatever" .
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:5-3 - Conveyance by quitclaim without reservation in favor of grantor; effect as conveyance by deed of bargain and sale; grantee bona fide purchaser

46:5-3. Conveyance by quitclaim without reservation in favor of grantor; effect as conveyance by deed of bargain and sale; grantee bona fide purchaser
Any conveyance or instrument executed and delivered after July fourth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, which shall purport to remise, release or quitclaim to the grantee therein any claim to or estate or interest in the lands described therein, there being nothing in such conveyance or instrument which indicates an intent on the part of the grantor therein to reserve to himself any part of his claim to or estate or interest therein, shall be effectual to pass all the estate which the grantor could lawfully convey by deed of bargain and sale, and the grantee in such conveyance or instrument shall be presumed to be a bona fide purchaser to the same extent as would be the grantee in a deed of bargain and sale.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:5-4 - Conveyance by quitclaim with reservation in favor of grantor; effect as conveyance by deed of bargain and sale; grantee bona fide purchaser

46:5-4. Conveyance by quitclaim with reservation in favor of grantor; effect as conveyance by deed of bargain and sale; grantee bona fide purchaser
Whenever any conveyance or instrument executed and delivered after July fourth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, shall purport to remise, release or quitclaim any claim to or estate or interest in the lands described therein, except as to such claim to or estate or interest in such lands as shall be therein particularly reserved to the grantor therein, such conveyance or instrument shall be effectual to pass all the estate which the grantor could lawfully convey by deed of bargain and sale, except such part of the claim to or estate or interest therein which is particularly reserved to the grantor therein, and the grantee in such conveyance or instrument shall be presumed to be a bona fide purchaser to the same extent as would be the grantee in a deed of bargain and sale.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:5-5 - Conveyance by quitclaim prior to July 4, 1931; effect after record as conveyance by deed of bargain and sale; exceptions

46:5-5. Conveyance by quitclaim prior to July 4, 1931; effect after record as conveyance by deed of bargain and sale; exceptions
Whenever any conveyance or instrument executed and delivered prior to July fourth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, shall have purported to remise, release or quitclaim to the grantee therein any claim to or estate or interest in the lands described therein, such conveyance or instrument shall, if the same shall have been, or shall after said date be, acknowledged or proved and recorded with the same formality and in the same manner as was or is required at the date of the execution and delivery thereof or at the date of the record thereof for the making, executing, acknowledging or proving of deeds of bargain and sale, be effectual to pass all the estate which the grantor could lawfully convey by deed of bargain and sale, except such claim to or estate or interest in the affected lands as shall have been particularly reserved to the grantor therein.
If, however, the grantor or anyone claiming title through him in any such conveyance or instrument, shall not, prior to or within one year after July fourth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, have instituted some appropriate action against his grantee, or some one claiming title through such grantee, to have the effect of such conveyance or instrument construed and held to operate in some other manner than in this section provided, and shall not, prior to or within one year after July fourth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, file a notice of the pendency of such action as provided by sections 2:26-27 to 2:26-39 of the title Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice, such grantor, or anyone claiming title through him, shall forever, after one year from July fourth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, be barred from any claim, estate or interest which shall pass under and by virtue of the force and effect given to such conveyance or instrument by the provisions of this section; but, if such grantor, or anyone claiming title through him, shall have complied with the provisions of this section as to the institution of action and the filing lis pendens, any such conveyance or instrument as was or is involved in any such action shall be construed and held to operate in accordance with the final judgment or decree of the court in which such action shall have been instituted, or in accordance with the judgment or decree of any appellate court to which such judgment or decree shall have been or eventually may be carried.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:5-6 - Conveyance by quitclaim and record thereof as evidence; validity as to subsequent judgment creditors, purchasers and mortgagees

46:5-6. Conveyance by quitclaim and record thereof as evidence; validity as to subsequent judgment creditors, purchasers and mortgagees
Every conveyance or instrument which shall purport to remise, release or quitclaim to the grantee therein any claim to or estate or interest in the real estate described therein, made and executed prior to or after July fourth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, and which has been acknowledged or proved by the grantor therein with the same formality and in the same manner as is required by the laws of this state for the making, executing and acknowledging or proving of deeds of bargain and sale, shall be received in evidence in any court of this state, as shall the record thereof, if such conveyance or instrument shall have been first recorded in the office of the county recording officer of the county wherein the described real estate is situate; and every such conveyance or instrument shall, until duly recorded or lodged for record in the office of the county recording officer of the county in which the affected real estate is situate, be void and of no effect against subsequent judgment creditors without notice, and against all subsequent bona fide purchasers and mortgagees for valuable consideration, not having notice thereof, whose deed or mortgage shall have been first duly recorded; but every such conveyance or instrument shall be valid and operative, although not recorded, except as against such judgment creditors, purchasers and mortgagees.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:5-7 - Liberal construction as to grantee and strict construction against grantor

46:5-7. Liberal construction as to grantee and strict construction against grantor
Sections 46:5-3 to 46:5-6 of this title shall be construed as remedial, and shall be construed liberally in favor of the grantee and strictly against the grantor in any deed or instrument mentioned therein.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:5-8 - Intention in enactment of sections 46:5-3 to 46:5-6

46:5-8. Intention in enactment of sections 46:5-3 to 46:5-6
Nothing in sections 46:5-3 to 46:5-6 of this title contained shall be deemed to show an intent on the part of the legislature to determine that it was not, prior to July fourth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, the law that a conveyance or instrument purporting to remise, release or quitclaim to the grantee therein was effectual to pass all the estate which the grantor could lawfully convey by deed of bargain and sale.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:5-9 - Registered mortgages not affected

46:5-9. Registered mortgages not affected
Nothing in sections 46:5-3 to 46:5-6 of this title contained shall be construed to affect or impair the effect of any mortgage registered as provided by chapter 17 of this title (s. 46:17-1 et seq.).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:6-1 - Transfers, leases, assurances and conveyances pursuant to letters of agency, powers of attorney or other powers or authorities

46:6-1. Transfers, leases, assurances and conveyances pursuant to letters of agency, powers of attorney or other powers or authorities
All deeds, grants, sales, leases, assurances, or other conveyances whatsoever, heretofore made by virtue of letters of agency, powers of attorney, or other powers or authorities whatsoever, and entered on the public books of records of the province of New Jersey or the public books of records of the eastern or western divisions thereof, prior to July fourth, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six, whereby any real estate whatsoever within this state or province were granted, sold, conveyed, assured, released, or transferred to any person pursuant to such powers and authorities whatsoever, shall be, and are hereby declared as good, valid and sufficient title in law, to all intents, constructions and purposes whatsoever, unto the grantees therein, and to their heirs and assigns, as if the constituent or constituents had then and there sold and conveyed such real estate, and had executed deeds according to the true intent and meaning of such grants, deeds or conveyances, and such grants, deeds or conveyances shall be of force against, conclude and bind all and every the constituents, employers, grantors of such powers and authorities, and their and all and every of their heirs, and all and every other person or persons claiming or to claim estate from or under them, or any of them, severally and respectively and when any real estate heretofore has been or hereafter shall be sold, conveyed or disposed of by virtue of any such powers or authorities as aforesaid, such powers or authorities having been first acknowledged or proved and certified and entered upon the public records in the books appropriate therefor in the proper record offices of this state, the grants and conveyances, deeds and instruments made pursuant to the powers thereby granted shall be as good, valid and sufficient titles against all and every the constituents, employers and grantors of such powers and authorities, against all claiming or to claim estate under them severally and respectively as aforesaid, as if the constituent or constituents had then and there sold and conveyed the same real estate.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:6-2 - Informalities or irregularities in conveyances executed by agent under power

46:6-2. Informalities or irregularities in conveyances executed by agent under power
Whenever an attorney, authorized to execute and deliver conveyances of real estate has failed, prior to March twenty-third, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, to convey the title of his principal thereto as he was authorized to convey the same, by reason of any informality or irregularity in the recitals or subject matter contained in the deed or conveyance, or by reason of any informality or irregularity in the execution thereof, although it was the intention of such attorney to convey a good title to the same, such informality or irregularity shall not affect the title intended to be so conveyed, but such deed or conveyance shall convey the title of the principal in and to such real estate as effectually as though such informality or irregularity did not exist, and as though the principal had himself executed such deed or conveyance.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:6-3 - Conveyances under powers of attorney not recorded

46:6-3. Conveyances under powers of attorney not recorded
Whenever any deed to or conveyance of real estate in this state shall purport to have been executed by virtue of any letter of attorney, and such deed or conveyance shall have been properly acknowledged and recorded, the recital of the letter of attorney in such deed or conveyance shall be prima facie proof of the existence thereof, notwithstanding the same may not be recorded, but only when such deed or conveyance shall have been recorded at least ten years, and the person claiming thereunder shall take and subscribe an oath that he has seen such letter of attorney so recited, which oath shall be recorded in the office of the county recording officer of the county wherein such real estate is situate, in the book therein provided for the recording of powers of attorney.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:6-6 - Letters of attorney considered unrevoked until revoked by recorded instrument or death of principal

46:6-6. Letters of attorney considered unrevoked until revoked by recorded instrument or death of principal
All letters of attorney for any sale, conveyance, assurance, lease, acquittance or release hereafter duly executed and recorded in accordance with the provisions of section 46:16-1 of the Revised Statutes shall be considered as unrevoked and as remaining in full force and effect in accordance with the terms thereof unless and until the letters of attorney are revoked by the principal by an instrument duly executed and recorded in accordance with the provisions of section 46:16-2 of the Revised Statutes, except that nothing herein contained shall continue in effect any letters of attorney revoked by the death of the principal.
L.1950, c. 306, p. 1041, s. 1, eff. July 6, 1950.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:7-1 - Deed of confirmation

46:7-1. Deed of confirmation
46:7-1. Whenever a corporation or association, created under any law of this State, shall have made, during its corporate existence, a deed or conveyance of real estate in this State, or of an interest therein, and thereafter shall have ceased to exist by reason of dissolution, death of its members or otherwise, and it shall be discovered that an error exists in such deed or conveyance, any surviving president, vice-president, director or trustee of such defunct corporation or association may, by deed of confirmation, containing a proper recital, correct the error in the original deed or conveyance. If no one of the surviving officers hereinbefore named be living, the oldest adult child, or, if there be none living, the oldest adult grandchild of any such president, vice-president, last surviving director or trustee may make such deed of confirmation. Prior to the making of any such deed of confirmation, the person claiming to be entitled to the benefit of this section shall institute an action in the Superior Court, against any person within or without the State hereby authorized to make the deed of confirmation. The court may proceed therein in a summary manner or otherwise and, after considering the nature of the error or defect in the original deed or conveyance, and the relief sought, may, if convinced of the merit of the action, direct the proper person to execute and acknowledge the confirmatory deed.
If the person so directed to execute the confirmatory deed shall fail to comply with the judgment of the court within twenty days after the service of a certified copy thereof, the court making the judgment may, upon proof thereof, appoint a commissioner to execute the confirmatory deed.
The costs of the action shall be chargeable to the plaintiff.
A confirmatory deed executed and acknowledged or proved in accordance with the terms of this section shall be as valid and effective as if duly made, executed and acknowledged or proved under the corporate seal of such corporation or association during the period of its corporate existence.
Amended 1953,c.44,s.3; 1987,c.357,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:7-2 - Deed of conveyance

46:7-2. Deed of conveyance
46:7-2. Where any conveyance of real estate has been, prior to April 6, 1915, made, executed and recorded, in which conveyance it shall appear that the persons therein named as grantees have taken the title to such real estate in behalf of or in the interest of any unincorporated religious association, society, meeting, congregation or organization, upon condition that the real estate so granted and conveyed shall be held in trust for any specific uses and purposes, and such association, society, meeting, congregation or organization shall have thereafter become incorporated as a religious society under the laws of this State, any surviving person or persons named in such conveyance as a grantee may, by deed of conveyance, containing a proper recital, convey the real estate mentioned in the original conveyance to the religious association, society, meeting, congregation or organization, in behalf of which or in whose interest title to the same was taken, in its present corporate name. If there shall be no such surviving grantee, the oldest adult child, or adult grandchild if such child be deceased, of such last surviving grantee may make the deed of conveyance herein provided for.
Any deed of conveyance, made by any surviving grantee or grantees, or oldest adult child or adult grandchild of the last surviving grantee, shall be as valid and effectual in law as if made and executed by the grantees named in such original conveyance, and the title to such real estate shall thereby vest in the incorporated religious association, society, meeting, congregation or organization, as effectually as if the same had been incorporated at the time of the original conveyance and had taken title to such real estate directly in its corporate name.
Amended 1987,c.357,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:7-3 - Statements curing defects in designation of corporate grantees

46:7-3. Statements curing defects in designation of corporate grantees
When a conveyance of real estate or an interest therein is made to a religious society or corporation or an association not for pecuniary profit, incorporated under any general or special law of this state, and such conveyance fails to state correctly the corporate name or designation of the grantee society, corporation or association, but the intention of the grantor is manifested by the use, in such conveyance, of the principal words of the corporate name or designation of such society, corporation or association, and such society, corporation or association has entered into possession and occupation of the conveyed real estate, it may file in the office of the county recording officer of the county in which such real estate is situate a statement setting forth the date of such conveyance, the date of its recording and the number and page of the book of record thereof, the name of the grantor, a description of the property conveyed, the erroneous title or designation of such society, corporation or association as expressed in the conveyance, together with the correct title or designation thereof. Such statement shall be verified by any duly authorized officer of such society, corporation or association, before an officer authorized to take acknowledgments or proofs of deeds.
Such statement, when filed, shall be recorded by the county recording officer in a book to be by him kept for that purpose, and, when so filed and recorded, shall vest in such society, corporation or association as good and perfect a title to the real estate or interest so conveyed as though the same had been conveyed by a proper corporate name or designation; and such statement, so filed and recorded, or duly certified copies thereof, shall be received as evidence in any of the courts of this state.
For recording statements pursuant to this section the county recording officer shall receive the same fees as are allowed by law for recording deeds.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:7-4 - Perfecting title to real estate conveyed to church prior to completion of organization thereof

46:7-4. Perfecting title to real estate conveyed to church prior to completion of organization thereof
If the trustees of any intended church organization, which has not been perfected according to law, shall have taken title to real estate in their own names, or in their own names as trustees of such intended organization, and such intended organization has afterwards perfected its organization according to law, by the same or any other name, such trustees, or the survivors or survivor of them, may and shall convey, by good and sufficient deed or deeds in the law, all their right, title and interest in such real estate to the trustees of such perfected organization, whether the same shall have been perfected prior to March twenty-fifth, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, or thereafter by the same name or by any other name than the one originally intended; and, when such real estate shall have been so conveyed, such perfected organization shall have the same as fully and completely as though such organization had been originally perfected according to law.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:7-5 - Conveyances to religious societies prior to incorporation valid after incorporation

46:7-5. Conveyances to religious societies prior to incorporation valid after incorporation
Where any conveyance of real estate has been made, executed and recorded in favor of any religious society, association or corporation of this state, as the grantee therein, and such religious society, corporation or association has failed to record and file the proper certificate of incorporation in the manner prescribed by Title 16, Corporations and Associations, Religious, or by any law in force at the time when any such society, corporation or association was incorporated or attempted to be incorporated, until after the making and execution of such conveyance and the recording thereof, any and all such conveyances shall be as valid and effectual in law as if made, executed and delivered to such religious society, association or corporation after the filing and recording of the proper certificate of incorporation and as if made to such religious society, association or corporation during the period of its corporate existence; and the record of any such conveyance so made to any such religious society, association or corporation prior to the recording and filing of its certificate of incorporation as aforesaid shall be of the same force and effect as if the conveyance had been made, executed and recorded subsequent to the recording and filing of such certificate of incorporation, and shall be admissible in evidence as fully and completely for all purposes as if such conveyances had been made and recorded during the corporate existence of such society, association or corporation.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:7-6 - Conveyances to clubs prior to incorporation valid after incorporation

46:7-6. Conveyances to clubs prior to incorporation valid after incorporation
Where any club, society, association or other body has failed, although required by law so to do, to execute, record and file a lawful and proper certificate of incorporation in the manner provided by Title 15, Corporations and Associations Not for Profit, or by any law in force at the time when any such club, society or body was incorporated or attempted to be incorporated until after the making, execution and recording of any conveyance of real estate to or in favor thereof, as grantee therein, every such conveyance shall be as valid and effectual in law as if made, executed and recorded thereto after the making, recording and filing of a lawful and proper certificate of incorporation, and as if made to such club, society, association or other body during the period of its lawful corporate existence; and the record of any such conveyance so made to any such club, society, association or other body prior to the making, recording and filing of its certificate of incorporation as aforesaid shall be of the same force and effect as if such conveyance had been made, executed and recorded subsequently to the making, recording and filing of such certificate of incorporation, and shall be admissible as evidence as fully and completely for all purposes as if such conveyances had been made and recorded during the proper and lawful corporate existence of such club, society, association or other body.
This section shall not apply to clubs, societies, associations or other bodies in this state incorporated prior to April twenty-first, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight; nor shall it apply to any club, society, association or other body unless the same shall first make, execute and record and file a certificate of incorporation in the manner provided by Title 15, Corporations and Associations Not for Profit, under the corporate title, named and set forth in any such conveyance made prior to its incorporation.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 46 - Property › Section 46:7-7 - Conveyances to lodges prior to incorporation valid after incorporation

46:7-7. Conveyances to lodges prior to incorporation valid after incorporation
Where any conveyance of real estate has, prior to January 2, 1964, been made, executed and recorded to or in favor of any lodge, subordinate lodge, society, or other body or association not incorporated at the time of such conveyance, whose members shall have entered into the possession and enjoyment of such real estate, such conveyance shall, if such lodge, subordinate lodge, society or other body or association shall thereafter make, execute and record and file a certificate of incorporation in the manner provided by Title 15, Corporations and Associations Not for Profit, under the title named and set forth in such conveyance of real estate be as valid and effectual as if such lodge, subordinate lodge, society or other body or association had been a duly incorporated body at the time of the execution and recording of any such conveyance.
Amended by L.1965, c. 156, s. 1.