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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:12-7 - Legislative findings and declarations

2A:12-7. Legislative findings and declarations
The Legislature finds and declares that:
a. In the area of child visitation a court often orders supervised visitation where there has been a history of child abuse, medical disabilities, psychiatric problems or other situations where the safety and welfare of the child may be jeopardized.
b. Often court ordered supervised visitation never occurs due to the inability to locate volunteers willing to be present during the visitation and a facility in which the visitation may take place.
c. The inability of a parent or guardian to spend time with a child poses serious psychological problems to both the parent and the child and prevents the growth of a normal, healthy relationship.
d. The purpose of this act is to facilitate supervised visitation by making the facilities and members of local community organizations available to assist in court ordered supervised visitation.
L.1983, c. 424, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:12-8 - Definitions

2A:12-8. Definitions
As used in this act:
a. "Approved community organization" means a community organization which applies to the director for participation in the program and is approved for participation;
b. "Director" means the Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts;
c. "Program" means the Supervised Visitation Program created pursuant to this act.
L.1983, c. 424, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:12-11 - Duties of director

2A:12-11. Duties of director
The director shall:
a. Publicize the existence of the program;
b. Adopt rules for the program including among other things--
(1) Standards for approved community organizations,
(2) Standards for accounting and auditing, and
(3) The number of approved community organizations needed throughout each county;
c. Prepare uniform applications for community organizations to apply for participation in the program, which application shall request, among other things--
(1) The name, address, county and function of the community organization,
(2) The size and location of the facility where supervised visitation would take place,
(3) The average number of persons available in the facility at any given time who would be present during the supervised visitation,
(4) The community organization's fee for use of its personnel and facilities for the program,
(5) The number of persons the facility could accommodate at one time, and
(6) The general contents of the facility;
d. Select and approve those community organizations which comply with the director's standards and which would accept the lowest fee for participation in the program;
e. Prepare a printed list by county of approved community organizations available for participation in the program;
f. Distribute the list to each court within the State having jurisdiction over child visitation matters;
g. Prepare and submit budget estimates of State appropriations necessary for the operation of the program and make recommendations with respect thereto;
h. Report annually to the Legislature and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court on the activities of the program and make recommendations with respect thereto; and
i. Do all other things necessary and proper to implement the purposes of this act.
L.1983, c. 424, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:12-12 - Court with jurisdiction; order for visitation at approved community organization

2A:12-12. Court with jurisdiction; order for visitation at approved community organization
Any court having jurisdiction over a child visitation matter, which orders supervised child visitation, may direct in the order that the visitation take place at an approved community organization.
L.1983, c. 424, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:12-13 - Child of incarcerated person; care ensured; guideline development by Administrative Director of the Courts

2A:12-13. Child of incarcerated person; care ensured; guideline development by Administrative Director of the Courts
1. a. The Administrative Director of the Courts, in consultation with the Governor's Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect, shall develop and recommend to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, no later than the 120th day after the effective date of this act, guidelines for each judge of the Superior Court and each municipal court judge to follow in order to ensure that appropriate arrangements are made for the care of an incarcerated person's child by a responsible adult. The Chief Justice shall provide for implementation of these guidelines as soon as is practicable after the date of receipt of the recommended guidelines.
b. The administrative director, in consultation with the Governor's Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect, shall periodically review the guidelines adopted pursuant to subsection a. of this section and recommend to the Chief Justice such revisions as are deemed necessary. The Chief Justice shall provide for implementation of the revised guidelines as soon as is practicable after the date of receipt of the recommended revisions.
L.1994,c.113.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:12-14 - Advance notice to prosecutor; notice to victims; "prosecutor defined

2A:12-14. Advance notice to prosecutor; notice to victims; "prosecutor defined
2. a. The Administrative Office of the Courts shall establish procedures to ensure that advance notice is given to the prosecutor in any matter in which (1) a victim of an offense has been identified, and (2) the offense is within the jurisdiction of the Superior Court, and (3) the offense involves criminal conduct or conduct arising from an incident of domestic violence pursuant to N.J.S.2C:25-17 et seq. in which a criminal complaint has been filed. Notice shall include the date, time and place of the defendant's appearance before a judicial officer and shall include, but not be limited to, notice of motions or hearings to establish or reduce bail or authorize other pre-trial release from custody; notice of proceedings in which any plea agreement may be submitted; notice of trial and notice of sentencing.
b. Upon receipt of such notice from the court, the prosecutor shall use any reasonable means available to notify a victim in advance of a scheduled proceeding.
c. As used in this act, "Prosecutor" means the prosecutor of the county in which the defendant was convicted, unless the matter was prosecuted by the Attorney General, in which case "prosecutor" means the Attorney General.
L.1994,c.131,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:13-1 - Oath of practitioner

2A:13-1. Oath of practitioner
Every counsellor at law or attorney at law, shall, before he is permitted to practice in any court of this state, take and subscribe in open court, the following oath:
I, , do solemnly promise and swear, that I will support the constitution of this state and the constitution of the United States and will perform the duties of my office faithfully to the best of my ability. So help me God.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:13-3 - Attorneys not to be sureties on bonds

2A:13-3. Attorneys not to be sureties on bonds
No practicing attorney shall be surety on a bond as security for costs or a replevin bond or a bond given in connection with any proceeding in lieu of a prerogative writ. Any such bond signed by a practicing attorney as surety shall be insufficient.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:13-5 - Lien for services

2A:13-5. Lien for services
After the filing of a complaint or third-party complaint or the service of a pleading containing a counterclaim or cross-claim, the attorney or counsellor at law, who shall appear in the cause for the party instituting the action or maintaining the third-party claim or counterclaim or cross-claim, shall have a lien for compensation, upon his client's action, cause of action, claim or counterclaim or cross-claim, which shall contain and attach to a verdict, report, decision, award, judgment or final order in his client's favor, and the proceeds thereof in whosesoever hands they may come. The lien shall not be affected by any settlement between the parties before or after judgment or final order, nor by the entry of satisfaction or cancellation of a judgment on the record. The court in which the action or other proceeding is pending, upon the petition of the attorney or counsellor at law, may determine and enforce the lien.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:13-6 - Recovery of fees and disbursements

2A:13-6. Recovery of fees and disbursements
Every attorney and counsellor may commence and maintain an action for the recovery of reasonable fees, charges or disbursements against his client or his legal representative, provided he shall have first delivered to the client or his legal representative or left for him at his dwelling house or usual place of abode with some competent member of his family of the age of 14 years or over then residing therein, a copy of his bill of fees, charges and disbursements or shall forward a copy of same, by certified or registered mail, in a sealed envelope with proper postage prepaid and return receipt requested, to the client or his legal representative at his last known address.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended by L.1963, c. 133, s. 1, eff. July 2, 1963.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:13-7 - Bar examiners; salary and expenses

2A:13-7. Bar examiners; salary and expenses
Each bar examiner shall be paid a salary to be fixed by the supreme court and such traveling and incidental expenses as shall be approved by a supreme court justice.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:13-8 - Clerk of board of bar examiners

2A:13-8. Clerk of board of bar examiners
The supreme court may appoint a suitable person to be clerk to the board of bar examiners to hold office during the pleasure of the court and may appoint successors from time to time and may fix the compensation to be paid such clerk.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:13-9 - Filing of certificates of commission and qualification and autographed signature in county clerks' offices

2A:13-9. Filing of certificates of commission and qualification and autographed signature in county clerks' offices
Any attorney-at-law, after having been duly commissioned and qualified, shall, upon request, receive from the Clerk of the Supreme Court as many certificates of his commission and qualification as he shall require for filing in the county clerks' offices of this State, and upon receipt thereof, such attorney may present the same, together with his autographed signature, to such county clerks as he may desire for filing.
L.1959, c. 126, p. 558, s. 1, eff. June 18, 1959.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:13-10 - Certification by county clerk of authority of attorney to take proofs, acknowledgments or affidavits

2A:13-10. Certification by county clerk of authority of attorney to take proofs, acknowledgments or affidavits
The county clerk of any county in which any such attorney-at-law shall have filed his autographed signature and certificate, as provided in section 1 of this act, shall, upon request, subjoin to any certificate of proof, acknowledgment or affidavit signed by the attorney, a certificate under the clerk's hand and seal stating that the attorney-at-law was at the time of taking such proof, acknowledgment or affidavit duly commissioned and sworn and residing in this State, and was as such an officer of this State duly authorized to take and certify said proof, acknowledgment or affidavit as well as to take and certify the proof or acknowledgment of deeds for the conveyance of lands, tenements or hereditaments and other instruments in writing to be recorded in this State; that said proof, acknowledgment or affidavit is duly executed and taken according to the laws of this State; that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to the official acts of the attorney-at-law, and that the county clerk is well acquainted with the handwriting of the attorney-at-law and believes the signature to the instrument to which the certificate is attached is his genuine signature.
L.1959, c. 126, p. 559, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:13-11 - Notice of disbarment; cancellation of certificates filed by attorney

2A:13-11. Notice of disbarment; cancellation of certificates filed by attorney
In event that any such attorney-at-law shall be disbarred, the Clerk of the Supreme Court shall notify each county clerk accordingly and the county clerk shall cancel any certificate filed in his office pursuant to this act by such attorney.
L.1959, c. 126, p. 559, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:14-1 - 6 years

2A:14-1. 6 years
2A:14-1. a. Every action at law for trespass to real property, for any tortious injury to real or personal property, for taking, detaining, or converting personal property, for replevin of goods or chattels, for any tortious injury to the rights of another not stated in N.J.S.2A:14-2 and N.J.S.2A:14-3, or for recovery upon a contractual claim or liability, express or implied, not under seal, or upon an account other than one which concerns the trade or merchandise between merchant and merchant, their factors, agents and servants, shall be commenced within six years next after the cause of any such action shall have accrued.
b. This section shall not apply to any action for breach of any contract for sale governed by N.J.S.12A:2-725.
c. The period of time for the filing of a claim by a condominium association, cooperative corporation, or other planned real estate development association against a developer or any person acting through, on behalf of or at the behest of the developer under subsection a. of this section, shall be tolled until an election is held and the owners comprise a majority of the board pursuant to paragraph (3) of subsection a. of section 5 of P.L.1993, c.30 (C.45:22A-47), or subsection d. of section 2 of P.L.1979, c.157 (C.46:8B-12.1). Any cause of action involving a condominium, cooperative, or other planned real estate development under the provisions of subsection a. of this section that has not been subject to a final judgment dismissing the claim as of the effective date of P.L.2021, c.379 shall be subject to the terms of this subsection.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended by L.1961, c. 121, p. 723, s. 1; amended 2021, c.379.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:14-1.1 - Damages for injury from unsafe condition of improvement to real property; statute of limitations; exceptions; terms defined

2A:14-1.1. Damages for injury from unsafe condition of improvement to real property; statute of limitations; exceptions; terms defined
1. a. No action, whether in contract, in tort, or otherwise, to recover damages for any deficiency in the design, planning, surveying, supervision or construction of an improvement to real property, or for any injury to property, real or personal, or for an injury to the person, or for bodily injury or wrongful death, arising out of the defective and unsafe condition of an improvement to real property, nor any action for contribution or indemnity for damages sustained on account of such injury, shall be brought against any person performing or furnishing the design, planning, surveying, supervision of construction or construction of such improvement to real property, more than 10 years after the performance or furnishing of such services and construction. This limitation shall serve as a bar to all such actions, both governmental and private, but shall not apply to actions against any person in actual possession and control as owner, tenant, or otherwise, of the improvement at the time the defective and unsafe condition of such improvement constitutes the proximate cause of the injury or damage for which the action is brought.
b. This section shall not bar an action by a governmental unit:
(1) on a written warranty, guaranty or other contract that expressly provides for a longer effective period;
(2) based on willful misconduct, gross negligence or fraudulent concealment in connection with performing or furnishing the design, planning, supervision or construction of an improvement to real property;
(3) under any environmental remediation law or pursuant to any contract entered into by a governmental unit in carrying out its responsibilities under any environmental remediation law; or
(4) Pursuant to any contract for application, enclosure, removal or encapsulation of asbestos.
c. As used in this section:
"Asbestos " shall have the meaning as defined in subsection a. of section 3 of P.L.1984, c.173 (C.34:5A-34) and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
"Environmental remediation law" means chapter 10B of Title 58 of the Revised Statutes (C.58:10B-1 et seq.) and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
"Governmental"means the State, its political subdivisions, any office, department, division, bureau, board, commission or public authority or public agency of the State or one of its political subdivisions, including but not limited to, a county or a municipality and any board, commission, committee, authority or agency which is not a State board, commission, committee, authority or agency.
L.1967,c.59,s.1; amended 1997, c.355; 2001, c.76, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:14-1.2 - Civil actions commenced by the State, 10 years; "State" defined; exceptions.

2A:14-1.2 Civil actions commenced by the State, 10 years; "State" defined; exceptions.
2. a. Except where a limitations provision expressly and specifically applies to actions commenced by the State or where a longer limitations period would otherwise apply, and subject to any statutory provisions or common law rules extending limitations periods, any civil action commenced by the State shall be commenced within ten years next after the cause of action shall have accrued.
b. For purposes of determining whether an action subject to the limitations period specified in subsection a. of this section has been commenced within time, no such action shall be deemed to have accrued prior to January 1, 1992.
c. As used in this act, the term "State" means the State, its political subdivisions, any office, department, division, bureau, board, commission or agency of the State or one of its political subdivisions, and any public authority or public agency, including, but not limited to, the New Jersey Transit Corporation.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to any civil action commenced by the State concerning the remediation of a contaminated site or the closure of a sanitary landfill facility, or the payment of compensation for damage to, or loss of, natural resources due to the discharge of a hazardous substance, and subject to the limitations period specified in section 5 of P.L.2001, c.154 (C.58:10B-17.1).
L.1991, c.387, s.2; amended 2001, c.154, s.7; 2012, c.45, s.63.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:14-1.3 - Prohibition of certain actions after 10 years

2A:14-1.3. Prohibition of certain actions after 10 years
2. No action whether in contract, in tort or otherwise to recover damages for any deficiency in a survey of real property performed under contract for any purpose other than for any improvement to real property shall be taken against any person performing or furnishing such survey more than 10 years after the performance or furnishing of such survey.
L.2001,c.76,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:14-1.4 - Inapplicability of time limitation for adverse possession cases

2A:14-1.4. Inapplicability of time limitation for adverse possession cases
3. The 10-year time period limitation on actions for the statute of repose set forth in section 1 of P.L.1967, c.59 (C.2A:14-1.1) for surveying shall not be applicable to cases of adverse possession. In adverse possession cases the statute of repose for surveying shall be coterminous with the time period required for the adverse possession.
L.2001,c.76,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:14-2 - Actions for injury caused by wrongful act, appointment of guardian ad litem.

2A:14-2 Actions for injury caused by wrongful act, appointment of guardian ad litem.
2A:14-2. a. Except as otherwise provided by law, every action at law for an injury to the person caused by the wrongful act, neglect or default of any person within this State shall be commenced within two years next after the cause of any such action shall have accrued; except that an action by or on behalf of a minor that has accrued for medical malpractice for injuries sustained at birth shall be commenced prior to the minor's 13th birthday.
b. In the event that an action by or on behalf of a minor that has accrued for medical malpractice for injuries sustained at birth is not commenced by the minor's parent or guardian prior to the minor's 12th birthday, the minor or a person 18 years of age or older designated by the minor to act on the minor's behalf may commence such an action. For this purpose, the minor or designated person may petition the court for the appointment of a guardian ad litem to act on the minor's behalf.
amended 2004, c.17, s.3; 2019, c.120, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:14-2b - Commencement of actions regardless of statute of limitations.

2A:14-2b Commencement of actions regardless of statute of limitations.
9. a. Notwithstanding the statute of limitations provisions of N.J.S.2A:14-2, section 2 of P.L.2019, c.120 (C.2A:14-2a), section 1 of P.L.1964, c.214 (C.2A:14-2.1), or any other statute, an action at law for an injury resulting from the commission of sexual assault, any other crime of a sexual nature, a prohibited sexual act as defined in section 2 of P.L.1992, c.7 (C.2A:30B-2), or sexual abuse as defined in section 1 of P.L.1992, c.109 (C.2A:61B-1), that occurred prior to the effective date of P.L.2019, c.120 (C.2A:14-2a et al.), and which action would otherwise be barred through application of the statute of limitations, may be commenced within two years immediately following the effective date.
b. To the extent applicable, any action brought during the two-year period pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall be subject to the provisions of subsection c. of section 1 of P.L.1959, c.90 (C.2A:53A-7) and P.L.2005, c.264 (C.2A:53A-7.4 et seq.), as amended by P.L.2019, c.120 (C.2A:14-2a et al.).
c. (1) Every action at law for an injury that is commenced pursuant to this section shall proceed on an individual basis, and not proceed on behalf of a class in a class action, due to the particular circumstances, source of injury and its discovery, and damages relating to each occurrence or occurrences of sexual assault, any other crime of a sexual nature, a prohibited sexual act as defined in section 2 of P.L.1992, c.7 (C.2A:30B-2), or sexual abuse as defined in section 1 of P.L.1992, c.109 (C.2A:61B-1) against either a minor under the age of 18 or a person 18 years of age or older.
(2) Any private, contractual arrangement intending to settle claims for occurrences described in paragraph (1) of this subsection on a class basis is against public policy and shall be void and unenforceable.
L.2019, c.120, s.9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:14-2c - Effective date.

2A:14-2c Effective date.
10. The provisions of this amendatory and supplementary act, P.L.2019, c.120 (C.2A:14-2a et al.), shall take effect on December 1, 2019. These provisions shall be inapplicable to any civil action governed solely by the statute of limitations of another jurisdiction.
L.2019, c.120, s.10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:14-2.1 - 2 years; action by parent or other person for injury to minor child; joinder with action on behalf of minor child

2A:14-2.1. 2 years; action by parent or other person for injury to minor child; joinder with action on behalf of minor child
Where a parent or other person has a claim for damages suffered by him because of an injury to a minor child caused by the wrongful act, neglect or default of any person within this State, an action at law upon such claim may be commenced by the said parent or other person within the same period of time as provided by law in the case of the said minor child so injured, provided that, if an action is commenced by or on behalf of the said minor child, the said claim of the parent or other person shall be asserted and maintained in such action brought on behalf of the injured minor child either as a plaintiff or third party plaintiff and if not so asserted shall be barred by the judgment in the action brought on behalf of said injured minor child.
L.1964, c. 214, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:14-3 - 1 year; libel or slander

2A:14-3. 1 year; libel or slander
Every action at law for libel or slander shall be commenced within 1 year next after the publication of the alleged libel or slander.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:14-4 - Actions on lease, specialty, recognizance or award; 16 years; effect of payments; action on instrument under seal brought by merchant or financial institution; 6 years

2A:14-4. Actions on lease, specialty, recognizance or award; 16 years; effect of payments; action on instrument under seal brought by merchant or financial institution; 6 years
Every action at law for rent or arrears of rent, founded upon a lease under seal, every action at law upon a single or penal bill under seal for the payment of money only, upon an obligation under seal conditioned for the payment of money only, upon a recognizance or upon an award under the hands and seals of arbitrators for the payment of money only shall be commenced within 16 years next after the cause of any such action shall have accrued. If, however, any payment is made on any such lease, specialty, recognizance or award within or after such period of 16 years, an action thereon may be commenced within 16 years next after such payment, and not thereafter.
This section shall not apply to any action for breach of any contract for sale governed by N.J.S. 12A:2-725.
This section shall also not apply to any action founded upon an instrument under seal brought by a merchant or bank, finance company, or other financial institution. Any such action shall be commenced within 6 years next after the cause of any such action shall have accrued.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended by L.1961, c. 121, p. 723, s. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1963; L.1979, c. 436, s. 1, eff. Feb. 14, 1980.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:14-5 - 20 years; judgments

2A:14-5. 20 years; judgments
A judgment in any court of record in this state may be revived by proper proceedings or an action at law may be commenced thereon within 20 years next after the date thereof, but not thereafter. An action may be commenced on a judgment obtained in any other state or country within 20 years next after the date thereof or within the period in which a like action might be brought thereon in that state or country, whichever period is shorter, but not thereafter.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:14-6 - 20 years; right of entry into real estate

2A:14-6. 20 years; right of entry into real estate
Every person having any right or title of entry into real estate shall make such entry within 20 years next after the accrual of such right or title of entry, or be barred therefrom thereafter.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:14-7 - 20 years; real actions

2A:14-7. 20 years; real actions
Every action at law for real estate shall be commenced within 20 years next after the right or title thereto, or cause of such action shall have accrued.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:14-8 - 20 years; actions by state for real estate or rents

2A:14-8. 20 years; actions by state for real estate or rents
No person or body politic or corporate shall be sued or impleaded by the state of New Jersey for any real estate, or for any rents, revenues, issues or profits thereof, except within 20 years next after the right or title thereto or cause of such action shall have accrued.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:14-9 - 2 months; actions against sheriffs by claimants of personal property attached or levied upon under execution

2A:14-9. 2 months; actions against sheriffs by claimants of personal property attached or levied upon under execution
Where a person other than a defendant in attachment or execution lays claim to personal property attached, levied upon, taken or sold by a sheriff or other officer, by virtue of a writ of attachment or execution issuing out of any court of this state, no action shall lie or be brought by the claimant against such sheriff or other officer, either in his official or individual capacity, or against the agent of or person acting for him, to enforce the claim against the sheriff or other officer, agent or person, for such attachment, levy, taking or sale, or to recover the proceeds of such a sale, unless the same is commenced within 2 months from the time the claimant delivers a written notice of his claim to the sheriff or other officer, his attorney or agent. If no such written notice has been delivered to him, the sheriff or other officer may give written notice of the attachment, levy, taking or sale to any person who he may have reason to suppose claims, or before a sale claimed, the property so attached, levied upon, taken or sold; and such person shall thereupon, and within 2 months from the receipt by him of such notice, bring his action against the sheriff or other officer, or the agent or person acting for him, for the enforcement of his claim, or for damages for such attachment, levy, taking or sale, or for the proceeds of such a sale, or be forever thereafter barred therefrom.
This section shall not be construed to affect in any way the liability of any person except such sheriff or officer, in his official capacity and personally, and the agent of such sheriff or officer.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:14-10 - 2 years and 1 year; actions on penal statutes

2A:14-10. 2 years and 1 year; actions on penal statutes
All actions at law brought for any forfeiture upon any penal statute made or to be made, shall be commenced within the periods of time herein prescribed:
a. Within 2 years next after the offense committed or to be committed against the statute, when the forfeiture is or shall be limited by the statute to the state of New Jersey only;
b. Within 2 years next after the offense committed or to be committed against the statute, or cause of action accrued, when the benefit of the forfeiture and the action therefor is or shall be limited or given to the party aggrieved;
c. Within 1 year next after the offense committed or to be committed against the statute, when the benefit of the forfeiture and the action therefor is or shall be limited or given by the statute to any person who shall prosecute for the same, or to the state of New Jersey, and to any other who shall prosecute in that behalf, except that, in default of such action, the same shall be brought for the state of New Jersey, at any time within 1 year after the termination of the aforesaid year;
d. Within 1 year next after the offense committed or to be committed against the statute, when the forfeiture is or shall be limited by the statute to any county or municipality, or to any officer of such county or municipality, or to any person for the use of such county or municipality, or to the use of the poor of such municipality, either in whole or together with any other person who may lawfully sue for the same.
Where, however, by any statute made or to be made it is provided that any such action is to be brought within a shorter time than that prescribed by this section, such action shall be commenced within the time so provided by that statute.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:14-11 - 1 year; action on vacation of public rights by ordinance; park lands accepted by municipality

2A:14-11. 1 year; action on vacation of public rights by ordinance; park lands accepted by municipality
Whenever any municipality has heretofore adopted, or shall hereafter adopt, any ordinance vacating, extinguishing, or releasing the public rights in any road, street, avenue, public highway, lane, alley, path, park, square or pleasure grounds, or any part thereof, any person or persons having or claiming any right, title or interest in such road, street, avenue, public highway, lane, alley, path, park, square or pleasure grounds, or any part thereof, or the lands included therein, in which said public rights have been vacated, extinguished or released, shall bring his action or actions respecting the same within 1 year of the date of adoption of such ordinance, or in case such ordinance shall have been adopted prior to July 3, 1950, then before July 3, 1951, and not otherwise; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to any person or persons owning lands, of any interest therein, abutting any part of such road, street, avenue, public highway, lane, alley or path in which the public rights have been vacated, extinguished or released, or whose right of ingress and egress to a public street or highway is solely over such road, street, avenue, public highway, lane, alley or path in which the public rights were vacated, extinguished or released.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:14-12 - 2 years; persons claiming interest in park lands not accepted by municipality

2A:14-12. 2 years; persons claiming interest in park lands not accepted by municipality
Whenever any municipality shall after July 24, 1950 adopt any ordinance vacating any park or park lands or any part thereof, which shall have heretofore been dedicated by map, plat, deed, deed reference or otherwise but shall not have been accepted by such municipality, any person or persons, other than the owner of the fee title therein, having or claiming any easement, right, or interest in the lands vacated, shall be precluded from bringing an action to establish such easement, right, or interest therein unless:
a. Such person shall, within 2 years after the effective date of such ordinance, commence and diligently prosecute an action or actions in the superior court to establish such easement, right, or interest in the lands vacated against the owner or owners of record of the fee title of said lands, and
b. Such person shall, within 10 days after the filing of his complaint in such action file in the office of the recording officer, as the case may be, of the county where the lands vacated are situated, a written notice of the pendency of the action pursuant to article 2 of chapter 15 of Title 2A.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:14-13 - Enforcement of mortgage judgment or lien

2A:14-13. Enforcement of mortgage judgment or lien
Section 2A:14-12 of this title shall not be construed to preclude the holder of a mortgage judgment or lien upon and enforceable against the vacated lands from enforcing such mortgage judgment or lien.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:14-14 - 60 years; claims to real estate by devisees under invalid will as heirs to other real estate mentioned therein

2A:14-14. 60 years; claims to real estate by devisees under invalid will as heirs to other real estate mentioned therein
Where lands are attempted to be devised to 2 or more persons, the heirs of the decedent, in severalty by a writing purporting to be a last will which, though executed by the owner of such lands in the presence of 2 or more witnesses, is inoperative and void as a will, and such persons, their heirs, executors and assigns, remain for a period of 60 years after the death of such decedent in the actual or constructive possession of the land, so purporting to be devised to them, and the writing mentions other land not purporting to be devised to them, every such person, his heirs, executors and assigns, shall be estopped from claiming any right, title or interest in any land mentioned in such writing, other than that attempted to be devised to such person in severalty. No action shall be brought by any such persons, their heirs, executors or assigns, to enforce any right or claim as heir of such decedent in the other lands mentioned in such writing.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:14-15 - Actions by public officers or employees whose compensation was reduced to be brought prior to November 18, 1938

2A:14-15. Actions by public officers or employees whose compensation was reduced to be brought prior to November 18, 1938
L.1938, c. 200, p. 477 (R.S. 2:24-25) entitled "An act concerning the limitation of civil actions, and supplementing chapter 24 of Title 2 of the Revised Statutes" , approved May 18, 1938, saved from repeal. [This act provides that persons holding offices or employment under the government of this state or any county, municipality or school district thereof, whose compensation was reduced must bring his action for the recovery of such moneys alleged to be due by reason of the reduction prior to November 18, 1938.]
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:14-16 - 20 years; actions on bonds of fiduciaries

2A:14-16. 20 years; actions on bonds of fiduciaries
No action at law brought upon a bond given by any executor, administrator, guardian, trustee, receiver or assignee under any law relating to insolvent debtors or insolvent estates, for the faithful performance of any or all of the duties of any of such fiduciaries, shall in any way operate against or affect the sureties named in and bound by the bond, unless the same is commenced within 20 years next after the date of the bond.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:14-17 - 9 years; actions on bonds of sheriffs, county treasurers and municipal collectors or treasurers

2A:14-17. 9 years; actions on bonds of sheriffs, county treasurers and municipal collectors or treasurers
No action at law brought upon any bond given by any sheriff and his sureties for the faithful performance of the office of sheriff, or by any county treasurer and his sureties for the faithful performance of the duties of the office of such treasurer, or by any collector or treasurer of any municipality and his sureties for the faithful performance of the duties of the office of such collector or treasurer, shall in any way operate against or affect the sureties named in and bound by the bond, unless such action shall be commenced within 9 years next after the date of the bond.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:14-18 - 4 years; actions on bonds of constables

2A:14-18. 4 years; actions on bonds of constables
No action at law brought upon any bond given by any constable and his sureties for the faithful performance of all duties enjoined on him as constable shall in any way operate against or affect the sureties named in and bound by the bond, unless such action shall be commenced within 4 years next after the date of the bond.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:14-19 - 10 years; actions on bonds of municipal magistrates

2A:14-19. 10 years; actions on bonds of municipal magistrates
No action at law brought upon a bond given by any municipal magistrate and his sureties or by the clerk of any municipal court and his sureties shall in any way operate against or affect the sureties named in and bound by the bond, unless such action shall be commenced within 10 years next after the date of the bond.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:14-20 - 16 years; actions on prison limits bonds

2A:14-20. 16 years; actions on prison limits bonds
No action at law brought upon a prison limits bond, given to the sheriff of any county by an insolvent debtor or person arrested upon final process in a civil action, shall in any way operate against or affect the sureties named in and bound by the bond, unless such action shall be commenced within 16 years next after the date of the bond.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:14-21 - Disabilities affecting limitation; action on behalf of minor.

2A:14-21 Disabilities affecting limitation; action on behalf of minor.
2A:14-21. If a person entitled to commence an action or proceeding specified in N.J.S.2A:14-1 to 2A:14-8 or N.J.S.2A:14-16 to 2A:14-20 or to a right or title of entry under N.J.S.2A:14-6 is under the age of 18 years or a person who has a mental disability that prevents the person from understanding his legal rights or commencing a legal action at the time the cause of action or right or title accrues, the person may commence the action or make the entry, within the time as limited by those statutes, after reaching majority or having the mental capacity to pursue the person's lawful rights. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section to the contrary, an action by or on behalf of a minor that has accrued for medical malpractice for injuries sustained at birth shall be commenced prior to the minor's 13th birthday, as provided in N.J.S.2A:14-2.
amended 2004, c.17, s.4; 2013, c.103, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:14-22 - Tolling of statute of limitations

2A:14-22. Tolling of statute of limitations
2A:14-22. a. If (1) any person against whom there is any of the causes of action specified in sections 2A:14-1 to 2A:14-5 and 2A:14-8, or if any surety against whom there is a cause of action specified in any of the sections of article 2 of this chapter, is not a resident of this State when such cause of action accrues, or removes from this State after the accrual thereof and before the expiration of the times limited in said sections, or if any corporation or corporate surety not organized under the laws of this State, against whom there is such a cause of action, is not represented in this State by any person or officer upon whom summons or other original process may be served, when such cause of action accrues or at any time before the expiration of the times so limited, and (2) it appears by affidavit of plaintiff's attorney or of any person having knowledge of the facts that, after diligent inquiry and effort, long-arm service cannot be effectuated, the time or times during which such person or surety is not residing within this State or such corporation or corporate surety is not so represented within this State shall not be computed as part of the periods of time within which such an action is required to be commenced by the section. The person entitled to any such action may commence the same after the accrual of the cause therefor, within the period of time limited therefor by said section, exclusive of such time or times of nonresidence or nonrepresentation.
b. A corporation shall be deemed represented for purposes of this section if the corporation has filed with the Secretary of State a notice designating a representative to accept service of process.
c. A person shall be deemed a resident for purposes of this section if such person has filed with the Secretary of State a notice designating a representative to accept service of process.
d. A designation by a corporation pursuant to subsection b. of this section or by a person pursuant to subsection c. of this section shall expose such corporation or person to suit only as to those causes of action as to which such corporation or person has sufficient contacts with this State to satisfy the requirements of due process of law.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1984,c.131; 1991,c.387,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:14-23 - Death of person liable

2A:14-23. Death of person liable
If any person against whom there is any of the causes of action specified in sections 2A:14-1, 2A:14-2, 2A:14-4, 2A:14-5 and 2A:14-8 of this title, or if any surety against whom there is a cause of action specified in any of the sections of article 2 of this chapter, dies before the expiration of the time limited thereby, the space of 6 months next succeeding such death shall not be computed as a part of the period of time within which the action is required by the section to be commenced.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:14-23.1 - Cause of action belonging to decedent

2A:14-23.1. Cause of action belonging to decedent
No statute of limitation running on a cause of action belonging to a decedent which had not been barred as of the date of his death, shall apply to bar a cause of action surviving the decedent's death sooner than 6 months after death. A cause of action which, but for this section, would have been barred less than 6 months after death, is barred 6 months after death, unless tolled.
L.1977, c. 61, s. 1, eff. April 15, 1977.