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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:58D-2 - Definitions relative to invasion of privacy relative to first responders; violations, penalties.

2A:58D-2 Definitions relative to invasion of privacy relative to first responders; violations, penalties.
1. a. As used in this section:
"Disclose" means to sell, manufacture, give, provide, lend, trade, mail, deliver, transfer, publish, distribute, circulate, disseminate, present, exhibit, advertise, or offer.
"First responder" means a law enforcement officer, paid or volunteer firefighter, paid or volunteer member of a duly incorporated first aid, emergency, ambulance, or rescue squad association, or any other individual who, in the course of his employment, is dispatched to the scene of a motor vehicle accident or other emergency situation for the purpose of providing medical care or other assistance.
b. A first responder who is dispatched to or is otherwise present at the scene of a motor vehicle accident or other emergency situation, for the purpose of providing medical care or other assistance, shall not photograph, film, videotape, record, or otherwise reproduce in any manner, the image of a person being provided medical care or other assistance, except in accordance with applicable rules, regulations, or operating procedures of the agency employing the first responder.
c. A first responder shall not disclose any photograph, film, videotape, record, or other reproduction of the image of a person being provided medical care or other assistance at the scene of a motor vehicle accident or other emergency situation without the prior written consent of the person, or the person's next-of-kin if the person cannot provide consent, unless that disclosure was for a legitimate law enforcement, public safety, health care, or insurance purpose or pursuant to a court order.
d. A person who knowingly violates the provisions of subsection c. of this section shall be guilty of a disorderly persons offense.
e. In addition to any other right of action or recovery otherwise available under the laws of this State, a first responder who knowingly violates the provisions of subsection b. or c. of this section shall be liable to the person whose image was taken or disclosed, who may bring a civil action in the Superior Court.
The court may award:
(1) actual damages, but not less than liquidated damages computed at the rate of $1,000 for each violation of this act;
(2) punitive damages upon proof of willful or reckless disregard of the law;
(3) reasonable attorney's fees and other litigation costs reasonably incurred; and
(4) such other preliminary and equitable relief as the court determines to be appropriate.
L.2012, c.28, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:60-1 - Rights and remedies of reversioner or remainderman as against tenant in dower, by curtesy or for life

2A:60-1. Rights and remedies of reversioner or remainderman as against tenant in dower, by curtesy or for life
Sections 1 and 2 of an act entitled "An act granting relief, in certain cases, against collusive judgments and wrongful alienation of lands," passed March 2, 1798 [Rev. 1877, p. 1407, s.s. 1, 2 (C. S. p. 1524, s.s. 1, 2) ] saved from repeal. [These sections save rights of certain tenants from effect of certain collusive judgments.]
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:60-2 - Appeal by reversioner or remainderman from judgment against tenant in dower or by curtesy or for life; restoration of estate affected

2A:60-2. Appeal by reversioner or remainderman from judgment against tenant in dower or by curtesy or for life; restoration of estate affected
Section 12 of an act entitled "An act granting relief, in certain cases, against collusive judgments and wrongful alienations of lands" , passed March 2, 1798 [Rev. 1877, p. 1409, s. 12 (C. S. p. 1526, s. 12) ] saved from repeal. [This section permits certain persons to appeal from certain collusive judgments.]
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:61-1 - Advertisements of sales; publication in newspapers; fees

2A:61-1. Advertisements of sales; publication in newspapers; fees
When any sheriff, coroner, master, executor, administrator, guardian, commissioner, auditor or other officer or person is authorized or required by any public statute or the direction of any court of competent jurisdiction in this State to make sales of real estate, he shall, unless otherwise specially directed or authorized by law, before making the sale, give notice of the time and place of the sale by public advertisement, signed by himself, and set up in the office of the sheriff of the county or counties where the real estate is located and at the premises to be sold, at least 3 weeks before the time appointed for the sale. The notice need not be set up at any other place. The notice of sale shall include either a diagram of the premises or a concise statement indicating the municipality, the tax lot and block and where appropriate, the street and street number, and the dimensions of the premises, as well as the number of feet to the nearest cross street. The notice of sale shall state that the diagram or concise description does not constitute a full legal description of the premises, and shall state where the full legal description can be found.
Such officer or person shall also cause the notice to be published 4 times, at least once a week, during 4 consecutive weeks, in two newspapers, to be by him designated,
(a) both printed and published in the county where the real estate to be sold is located, one of which shall be either a newspaper published at the county seat of the county or a newspaper published in the municipality in the county having the largest population according to the latest census, or
(b) one printed and published in the county and one circulating in the county, if only one daily newspaper is printed and published in the county, or
(c) one published at the county seat and one circulating in the county, if no daily newspaper is published in the county, or
(d) both circulating in the county, if no newspapers are printed and published in the county.
The first publication shall be at least 21 days prior and the last publication not more than 8 days prior to the time appointed for the sale of the real estate.
Whenever, in the opinion of any such officer or person, the ends of justice shall require it, or the sale being conducted by him will be benefited thereby, the notice of sale may be published in three newspapers instead of two as required by the second paragraph of this section, if there be that number printed and published in the county where the real estate to be sold is located.
The officer or person so advertising in the newspapers shall be entitled therefor, in addition to his other fees, to the sum of $1.50, except where it is otherwise specifically provided.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended by L.1953, c. 209, p. 1565, s. 1; L.1957, c. 198, p. 703, s. 1, eff. Dec. 18, 1957; L.1968, c. 42, s. 1, eff. May 14, 1968; L.1979, c. 364, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:61-2 - Publication in foreign language newspaper

2A:61-2. Publication in foreign language newspaper
The officer or other person mentioned in section 2A:61-1 of this title having charge of any sale of real estate may, whenever the sale, in his opinion, will be promoted by publication in such a newspaper, in addition to the publications required by section 2A:61-1, select a newspaper printed in a foreign language, circulating in the neighborhood of the property to be sold. The same fees shall be allowed and paid for publication in a newspaper printed and published in a foreign language as in other cases.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:61-3 - Judgment or order founded upon equitable cause of action; public or private sale

2A:61-3. Judgment or order founded upon equitable cause of action; public or private sale
When a sale of real estate is ordered by the superior court in any action, wherein the order or judgment under which such sale is ordered, is founded upon a cause of action of an equitable nature, except mortgage foreclosure sales, the officer or person authorized or directed to make the sale may, in his discretion, make the same at public or private sale and on such terms as he may deem to be most advantageous to the parties concerned therein. A private sale shall not be valid until it is confirmed by the court upon a report of the terms thereof by the officer or person making the sale.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:61-4 - Times and places of sale; announcement of description of real estate to be sold

2A:61-4. Times and places of sale; announcement of description of real estate to be sold
Any officer or person mentioned in section 2A:61-1 of this title, making a sale of real estate governed by this chapter, shall, at the time and place appointed therefor, between the hours of 12 and 5 in the afternoon, if requested by any person interested in the sale of the real estate to be sold, read the description of the real estate to be sold by metes and bounds, or, in the absence of such a request, the officer or person making the sale shall announce the street and number, or streets and numbers, of the real estate to be sold, or the block and lot number or numbers by which such real estate is designated on the taxing maps of the municipality or municipalities in which the same is situate, if the same is not identified by a street and number or streets and numbers on such taxing maps, and where there is no street number or lot and block number, the officer or person making the sale may announce such description or designation as to him may be deemed sufficient, and sell such real estate at public vendue to the highest bidder.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:61-5 - Adjournments of sales

2A:61-5. Adjournments of sales
Any officer or person mentioned in section 2A:61-1 of this title making a sale of real estate governed by this chapter may, subject only to such limitations or restrictions upon the exercise of such power as may be specially provided by law, adjourn the same from time to time.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:61-6 - Publication of notices of adjournments; fee

2A:61-6. Publication of notices of adjournments; fee
If a sale of real estate governed by this chapter is adjourned for more than 1 week, notice thereof shall be published once within 1 week after the date of the adjournment in the newspapers in which the original notice of the sale was published unless the original advertisement of the sale specifically reserved the right to adjourn the sale, in which case no further notice need be published. The adjournment notice need only consist of a statement of the parties to the cause and the time and place to which the sale is adjourned. In publishing any adjournment it shall not be necessary to continue the publication of the original advertisement of the sale.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:61-7 - Lien of debts of ancestor, sale free from; order touching disposition of proceeds

2A:61-7. Lien of debts of ancestor, sale free from; order touching disposition of proceeds
In all actions in the superior court, in the nature of a proceeding in equity, for the sale of real estate, the court may, when the personal estate of the ancestor from whom the real estate descended is insufficient to pay his just debts, direct such real estate to be sold free from the lien of such debts, and to make such order touching the disposition of the proceeds of the sale as may be necessary for the ascertainment and payment of such deficiency thereout before the distribution of the fund.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:61-8 - Sales confirmed notwithstanding defects or irregularities in publication of advertisements

2A:61-8. Sales confirmed notwithstanding defects or irregularities in publication of advertisements
All sales of real estate made by virtue of any order or judgment of any court of record of this state may, notwithstanding any defect or irregularity in the publication of the advertisement of the sale, be confirmed by the court, if the officer making the sale certifies, under oath, that the sale was otherwise regular and that, in his judgment, the real estate was sold for a fair price, and the court is satisfied by the affidavit that the defect or irregularity in the publication was not injurious to the parties in interest.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:61-9 - Affidavit of selling officer indorsed on or added to conveyances

2A:61-9. Affidavit of selling officer indorsed on or added to conveyances
When a sheriff or other officer shall make a sale of real estate pursuant to a judgment, execution or order of any court, he shall make and sign an affidavit indorsed on or added to the conveyance of the real estate sold, to the following effect:
"I, A. B., sheriff, et cetera, do solemnly swear that the real estate described in this deed made to C. D., was sold by me by virtue of an execution (or as the case may be) as is therein recited, that the money ordered to be paid has not been paid, to my knowledge or belief, that the time and place of the sale of said real estate were duly advertised as required by law, and that the same was sold to a bona fide purchaser for the best price that could be obtained.
A. B., Sheriff.
Sworn before me, one of the, et cetera, on this day of , 19 A. D., and I having examined the deed above mentioned do approve the same and order it to be recorded as a good and sufficient conveyance of the real estate therein described."
The affidavit shall be taken before a judge of the superior court or an attorney-at-law of this state, for which taking the attorney before whom the affidavit is taken shall be entitled to a fee of $1.
If there has been a new sheriff elected and qualified, or where the sheriff may have been incapacitated by death, resignation or otherwise, after a sale made by the former or incapacitated sheriff, the affidavit required by this section may be made by such former or incapacitated sheriff or by the deputy of such former or incapacitated sheriff.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:61-10 - Record of conveyance with affidavit indorsed or added; effect

2A:61-10. Record of conveyance with affidavit indorsed or added; effect
Any conveyance mentioned in section 2A:61-9 of this title, with the affidavit required by said section 2A:61-9 indorsed thereon or added thereto, may, when approved by a judge of the superior court or an attorney-at-law of this state, be recorded as if duly acknowledged; and such conveyance or the record thereof, or a certified copy of such record, shall be evidence of a good and valid sale and conveyance of the real estate conveyed thereby, as if the same had been reported to and approved by the court in pursuance of whose judgment, execution or order the same was made.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:61-11 - Defects or imperfections in affidavits of selling officer

2A:61-11. Defects or imperfections in affidavits of selling officer
All affidavits indorsed on or added to deeds as required by law by any sheriff, or other officer or person, shall, notwithstanding any errors or imperfections in such affidavits, be taken and held to be good and sufficient in law, but only if such deeds shall have been recorded for a period of at least 6 years.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:61-12 - Effect of recitals in conveyances by selling officer

2A:61-12. Effect of recitals in conveyances by selling officer
The conveyance of any real estate sold by a sheriff, or other officer or person, in pursuance of a decree, judgment, execution or order of a court, heretofore or hereafter made and duly acknowledged or approved, and the record thereof, or a certified copy of such record, shall be good and sufficient prima facie evidence of the truth of the recitals in such deed or conveyance contained.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:61-13 - Conveyances by public or municipal authority; collateral attack

2A:61-13. Conveyances by public or municipal authority; collateral attack
The provisions of section 2A:61-12 of this title shall apply to all deeds, declarations of sale and conveyance, duly acknowledged or proved, heretofore or hereafter made by or under the authority of any public or municipal authority, authorized or empowered by any law of this state to make and execute or to direct the making and execution of any deed, declaration of sale or conveyance; and the proceedings upon which such deeds, declarations of sale and conveyances are founded shall not be subject to be questioned collaterally, but may be, at any time, reviewed by a proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ or other proper proceedings.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:61-14 - Confirmatory deeds on loss of originals

2A:61-14. Confirmatory deeds on loss of originals
Whenever a deed or conveyance, given by an officer or other person mentioned in section 2A:61-1 of this title pursuant to a sale made by him, is lost before the recording thereof, the person entitled to the deed or conveyance may apply to the court under whose direction the sale was made and the deed or conveyance made and delivered for a confirmatory deed or conveyance. The court shall, upon being satisfied that the original deed or conveyance has been so lost, order the officer who made the same to make a confirmatory deed or conveyance to the grantee named in the lost deed or conveyance for the real estate sold. The confirmatory deed or conveyance shall recite the fact of the loss of the original deed or conveyance and the order for the confirmatory deed or conveyance and shall, in other respects, be in the same form as the original deed or conveyance, and shall be as good and valid and have the same force and effect as the original deed or conveyance.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:61-15 - Fees for confirmatory deed

2A:61-15. Fees for confirmatory deed
The officer making the confirmatory deed or conveyance shall be entitled to the same fee therefor as he was entitled to for making the original deed or conveyance.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:61-16 - Relief to bidder at sale on showing defect in title or lien or encumbrance on property sold

2A:61-16. Relief to bidder at sale on showing defect in title or lien or encumbrance on property sold
Any purchaser of real estate at any public sale, held by any officer or person mentioned in section 2A:61-1 of this title, except at sales under general execution and actual levy thereunder, or for unpaid taxes or municipal liens, shall be entitled to be relieved from his bid if, before delivery of the deed, he shall satisfy the court by whose authority such sale was made of the existence of any substantial defect in or cloud upon the title of the real estate sold, which would render such title unmarketable, or of the existence of any lien or encumbrance thereon, unless a reasonable description of the estate or interest to be sold, and of the defects in title and liens or encumbrances thereon, with the approximate amount of such liens and encumbrances, if any, be inserted in the notices and advertisements required by law, and in the conditions of sale; but, if the court shall direct any lien or encumbrance not described, and which is due and payable, to be paid out of the proceeds of sale, the purchaser shall not then be relieved by reason of such lien or encumbrance.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:61-17 - Bona fide purchasers protected after 7 years

2A:61-17. Bona fide purchasers protected after 7 years
When a conveyance of any real estate sold by a sheriff, or other officer or other person mentioned in section 2A:61-1 of this title, pursuant to a judgment, execution or order of any court, shall hereafter be duly made and acknowledged, or approved as provided for in this chapter, or shall have been heretofore duly made and acknowledged more than 7 years before the same shall be offered in evidence, no evidence shall be received or be of any force or avail against any bona fide purchaser holding under such conveyance, or his heirs or assigns, that the execution had not been duly recorded before it was delivered to the sheriff, or that the sale of such real estate had not been duly advertised, or that the money recovered or ordered to be made by the judgment, or execution, had been paid before the sale, unless the payment or satisfaction of such judgment, or execution shall have been entered of record before such sale.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:61-18 - Recorded deeds by sheriff or other officer valid notwithstanding defects in writ; record as evidence

2A:61-18. Recorded deeds by sheriff or other officer valid notwithstanding defects in writ; record as evidence
Any deed or deeds of conveyance heretofore or hereafter made and delivered by any sheriff, former sheriff, or other officer of the court, of any real estate, which shall have stood unchallenged on record for a period of 1 year from the date of record thereof, shall be deemed a valid deed for the conveyance of the property therein described, notwithstanding any informality or imperfection in the writ pursuant to the terms of which such sale was made or variance between the date of said deed and the date of acknowledgment or proof of said deed, provided such sale shall have been duly confirmed by the court pursuant to whose writ such sale shall have been made.
Any such deed, or the record thereof, or a certified copy of such record, shall be admissible in evidence in all cases and in all courts of this state.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:61-19 - Distribution of proceeds of sales of or compensation for real estate paid into court

2A:61-19. Distribution of proceeds of sales of or compensation for real estate paid into court
Whenever any real estate shall be sold or taken upon compensation, pursuant to any competent judicial authority, or any law of this state, and the proceeds of such sale or the compensation for such taking, shall be paid into any court of this state, pursuant to such authority or law, such court shall order and direct such payment or payments, in gross, to be made out of such proceeds, as compensation to such person or persons as shall be entitled to any vested, certain and absolute estate or interest, less than the fee simple, of, in, and to such real estate, or any part thereof, as such court shall deem a just and reasonable satisfaction for such estate or interest, and as the person so entitled shall consent, in writing, to accept in lieu thereof; but in case any such person shall fail to give such consent, before the making of the order for the distribution of such proceeds or compensation, then such court shall ascertain and determine what proportion of such proceeds or compensation will be just and reasonable to be reserved for the benefit of such person, and shall order the same to be put out at interest on sufficient security of real estate, or invested in legal securities or to be paid into court, under the direction and control of such court, for the benefit of such person.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:61-20 - Payment of proceeds of sales of or for real estate into superior court; effect

2A:61-20. Payment of proceeds of sales of or for real estate into superior court; effect
Whenever any real estate has heretofore been or shall hereafter be sold or taken upon compensation pursuant to any competent judicial authority or any law of this state, and the proceeds of such sale or the compensation for such taking have been or shall be paid into any court of this state other than the superior court, pursuant to such authority or law, and it shall appear to the court wherein the same have been or shall be paid that the interests of any person or persons entitled thereto, or any part thereof, require or will be substantially promoted by the payment into the superior court of so much or such proportion of such proceeds or compensation as the court wherein such money is paid may determine belong to or should be reserved for the benefit of such person, it shall be lawful for such court to order the same paid into the superior court, to be thence disposed of as ordered and directed by the superior court.
Upon filing such order in the superior court and payment of such money thereunder, such person or persons shall, so far as relates to such property or money and its income, be considered a ward of the superior court.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:61-21 - Surplus from sale of real estate deposited in court; use to pay judgments

2A:61-21. Surplus from sale of real estate deposited in court; use to pay judgments
Whenever there shall be a surplus from the sale of real estate sold by virtue of any order or judgment, and such surplus shall be deposited in the court ordering the sale or in which the judgment was entered, and any person shall hold a judgment in any of the courts of this state against the owner of such real estate or any other person who shall be entitled to such surplus, or any part thereof, the court shall, upon affidavit filed by or in behalf of such judgment creditor, and notice given as required under the practice and procedure of the superior court, and upon proof made to the satisfaction of the court that the residence of the person entitled to such surplus is unknown and cannot be ascertained, order and direct such surplus to be applied upon such judgment, although such creditor was not made defendant in such action, in which case it shall not be necessary that the judgment creditor be admitted as a party defendant in such cause, but such affidavit shall be entitled in the action out of which such surplus was realized. The proof required by this section may be made by affidavit, or otherwise, as the court shall direct.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:61A-1 - Definitions.

2A:61A-1 Definitions.
1. As used in this act:
a. "Commission" means compensation accruing to a sales representative for payment by a principal, earned through the last day on which services were performed by the sales representative, the rate of which is expressed as a percentage of the dollar amount of orders or sales or as a specified amount per order or per sale.
b. "Principal" means a person, including a person who does not have a permanent or fixed place of business in this State, who manufactures, produces, imports or distributes a product or offers a service; contracts with an independent sales company or other person to solicit orders for the product or service; and compensates those companies or other persons who solicit orders, in whole or in part, by commission.
c. "Sales representative" means an independent sales company or other person, other than an employee, who contracts with a principal to solicit orders and who is compensated, in whole or in part, by commission but shall not include one who places orders or purchases exclusively for his own account for resale.
d. "Day" means a calendar day including Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays.
e. "Termination" means the end of services performed by the sales representative for the principal by any means.
f. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2007, c.289.)
L.1990, c.93, s.1; mended 2007, c.289, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:61A-2 - Payment to sales representative after termination of contract.

2A:61A-2 Payment to sales representative after termination of contract.
2. When a contract between a principal and a sales representative to solicit orders is terminated, the commissions and other compensation earned as a result of the representative relationship and unpaid shall become due and payable within 30 days of the date the contract is terminated or within 30 days of the date commissions are due, whichever is later.
A sales representative shall receive commissions on goods ordered up to and including the last day of the contract even if accepted by the principal, delivered, and paid for after the end of the agreement. The commissions shall become due and payable within 30 days after payment would have been due under the contract if the contract had not been terminated.
L.1990, c.93, s.2; amended 2007, c.289, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:61A-3 - Liability to sales representative for violation; liability for frivolous court action.

2A:61A-3 Liability to sales representative for violation; liability for frivolous court action.
3. a. A principal who violates or fails to comply with the provisions of section 2 of this act shall be liable to the sales representative for all amounts due the sales representative, exemplary damages in an amount of three times the amount of commissions owed to the sales representative and all attorney's fees actually and reasonably incurred by the sales representative in the action and court costs.
b. Where the court determines that an action brought by a sales representative against a principal pursuant to this section is frivolous, pursuant to P.L.1988, c.46 (C.2A:15-59.1), the sales representative shall be liable to the principal for attorney's fees actually and reasonably incurred by the principal in defending the action and court costs.
L.1990, c.93, s.3; amended 2007, c.289, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:61A-4 - Payment as of postmark date

2A:61A-4. Payment as of postmark date
The commissions and other compensation shall be paid at the usual place of payment unless the sales representative requests that the commissions and other compensation be sent through first class mail. If, in accordance with a request by the sales representative, the sales representative's commissions and other compensation are sent through the mail, the commissions and compensation shall be deemed to have been paid as of the date of their registered postmark.
L.1990,c.93,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:61A-5 - Jurisdiction over nonresident principals

2A:61A-5. Jurisdiction over nonresident principals
A principal who is not a resident of this State who contracts with a sales representative to solicit orders in this State is declared to be doing business in this State for purposes of the exercise of personal jurisdiction.
L.1990.c.93,s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:61A-6 - Waiving provisions of this act prohibited

2A:61A-6. Waiving provisions of this act prohibited
A provision in any contract between a sales representative and a principal purporting to waive any provision of this act, whether by express waiver or by a provision stipulating that the contract is subject to the laws of another state, shall be void.
L.1990,c.93,s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:61A-7 - Construction

2A:61A-7. Construction
Nothing in this act shall invalidate or restrict any other or additional right or remedy available to a sales representative or principal, or preclude a sales representative from seeking to recover in one action on all claims against a principal, or preclude a principal from seeking to recover in one action on all claims against a sales representative.
L.1990,c.93,s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:61A-8 - Inapplicability of C.2A:61A-1 et seq.

2A:61A-8 Inapplicability of C.2A:61A-1 et seq.
4. The provisions of P.L.1990, c.93 (C.2A:61A-1 et seq.) shall not apply to:
a. any real estate sales person licensed or regulated pursuant to chapter 15 of Title 45 of the Revised Statutes;
b. any person licensed or regulated pursuant to subtitle 3 of Title 17 of the Revised Statutes, Title 17B of the New Jersey Statutes or P.L.1973, c.337 (C.26:2J-1 et seq.); or
c. any person registered or regulated by the New Jersey Bureau of Securities pursuant to the "Uniform Securities Law (1997)," P.L.1967, c.93 (C.49:3-47 et seq.), or registered or regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, 15 U.S.C. s.77a et seq., the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. s.78a et seq., the Investment Company Act of 1940, 15 U.S.C. s.80a-1 et seq., or the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, 15 U.S.C. s.80b-1 et seq.
L.2007, c.289, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:61C-1 - Shoplifting, retail thefts, civil action; provided.

2A:61C-1 Shoplifting, retail thefts, civil action; provided.
1. a. A person who commits the offense of shoplifting as defined in N.J.S.2C:20-11 or a person who commits the offense of theft as defined in Chapter 20 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes by stealing food or drink from an eating establishment shall be liable for any criminal penalties imposed by law and shall be liable to the merchant in a civil action in an amount equal to the following:
(1) The value of the merchandise as damages, not to exceed $500, if the merchandise cannot be restored to the merchant in its original condition;
(2) Additional damages, if any, arising from the incident, not to include any loss of time or wages incurred by the merchant in connection with the apprehension of the defendant; and
(3) A civil penalty payable to the merchant in an amount of up to $150.
b. A parent, guardian or other person having legal custody of a minor who commits the offense of shoplifting or the offense of theft of food or drink from an eating establishment shall be liable to the merchant for the damages specified in subsection a. of this section. This subsection shall not apply to a parent whose parental custody and control of such minor has been removed by court order, decree, judgment, military service, or marriage of such infant, or to a resource family parent of such minor.
c. If a merchant institutes a civil action pursuant to the provisions of this section, the prevailing party in that action shall be entitled to an award of reasonable attorney's fees and reasonable court costs.
d. Limitations on civil action:
(1) Before a civil action may be commenced, the merchant shall send a notice to the defendant's last known address giving the defendant 20 days to respond. It is not a condition precedent to maintaining an action under this act that the defendant has been convicted of shoplifting or theft.
(2) No civil action under this act may be maintained if the defendant has paid the merchant a penalty equal to the retail value of the merchandise where the merchandise was not recovered in its original condition, plus a sum of up to $150.
(3) The provisions of this act do not apply in any case where the value of the merchandise exceeds $500.
e. If the person to whom a written demand is made complies with such demand within 20 days following the receipt of the demand, that person shall be given a written release from further civil liability with respect to the specific act of shoplifting or theft.
L.1993, c.214; amended 2004, c.130, s.11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:62-1 - By person in peaceable possession

2A:62-1. By person in peaceable possession
Any person in the peaceable possession of lands in this state and claiming ownership thereof, may, when his title thereto, or any part thereof, is denied or disputed, or any other person claims or is claimed to own the same, or any part thereof or interest therein, or to hold a lien or encumbrance thereon, and when no action is pending to enforce or test the validity of such title, claim or encumbrance, maintain an action in the superior court to settle the title to such lands and to clear up all doubts and disputes concerning the same.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:62-2 - Presumption of peaceable possession

2A:62-2. Presumption of peaceable possession
If the lands are not, by reason of their extent or because they are wild, wood, waste, uninclosed or unimproved, in the actual peaceable possession of the owner or person claiming ownership, the owner or person claiming ownership in fee under a deed or other instrument, duly recorded in this state, who has paid taxes thereon and to whom or to whose grantors the taxes thereon have been assessed for 5 consecutive years immediately prior to the commencement of the action authorized by section 2A:62-1 of this title, shall, if no other person is in actual possession thereof, be presumed to be in peaceable possession thereof, and shall have all the rights and benefits of and be subject to all the provisions of this article and articles 2 and 4 of this chapter.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:62-3 - By grantor of mapped and sold lots

2A:62-3. By grantor of mapped and sold lots
If any person, while in peaceable possession of lands and claiming ownership thereof, has made and filed or makes and files a map thereof according to law, dividing such lands into lots and laying out and dedicating streets upon such lands and has sold and conveyed or sells and conveys any of the lots designated on the map, he may, for the purpose of avoiding a multiplicity of actions, in his own name and notwithstanding any sale and conveyance made by him, maintain the action authorized by section 2A:62-1 of this title, which shall not be dismissed because the plaintiff has sold and conveyed any of the lots before the action is instituted. For the purposes of such action the title and possession of his grantees shall be the title and possession of the plaintiff.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:62-4 - Jury trial; issues; place of trial

2A:62-4. Jury trial; issues; place of trial
Upon the application of either party, a jury trial shall be directed to try the validity of a claim made to the affected lands, or to settle the facts, or any specified portion of the facts upon which the same depends. The trial may be held in and before a jury of a county other than that in which the lands involved are situate, whenever it is so ordered by the order directing such trial or by any other order made by the court in the cause.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:62-5 - Determination of claims by court

2A:62-5. Determination of claims by court
When no jury trial is requested pursuant to section 2A:62-4 of this title, or as to the facts for which the same is not requested, the court shall proceed to inquire into and determine such claims, interest and estate.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:62-6 - Scope of adjudication by court

2A:62-6. Scope of adjudication by court
The court shall, upon the verdict of the jury taken pursuant to section 2A:62-4 of this title, or upon its own inquiry and determination as provided by section 2A:62-5 of this title, finally settle and adjudge whether a defendant to the suit has an estate, interest or right in or lien or encumbrance upon the affected lands, or any part thereof, and what the same is and in or upon what part of the affected lands it exists.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:62-7 - Effect of final adjudication

2A:62-7. Effect of final adjudication
The final determination and judgment shall fix and settle the rights of the parties in the affected land and shall, except as provided by sections 2A:62-8 to 2A:62-10 of this title, be binding and conclusive upon all the parties to the action.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:62-8 - Persons under disability; relief from judgment.

2A:62-8 Persons under disability; relief from judgment.
2A:62-8. If a defendant was, either at the time of the entry of a default against the defendant or at the time of the entry of the judgment, a minor or an incapacitated person, the defendant, or the defendant's heirs, may, unless the defendant was represented in the action by a guardian or a guardian ad litem, at any time within two years after the termination of the defendant's disability, appear in the action and apply for relief from the judgment.
amended 2013, c.103, s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:62-9 - Opening judgment on application for relief

2A:62-9. Opening judgment on application for relief
Upon an application for relief from the judgment as provided by section 2A:62-8 of this title the judgment shall be opened as to the applicant, and the cause may then proceed as if no judgment had been made against him.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:62-10 - Effect of opening or vacating judgment.

2A:62-10 Effect of opening or vacating judgment.
2A:62-10. If the title to the lands which is the subject of the judgment sought to be opened pursuant to N.J.S.2A:62-8 and N.J.S.2A:62-9, has, by the judgment or in consequence thereof, been conveyed to a purchaser for value or mortgaged to a mortgagee for value, the title shall not be affected by either the opening or vacation of the judgment. The vacation of the judgment shall operate only against the plaintiff named in the judgment, the plaintiff's heirs, executors, and administrators, to compel compensation to the minor, or incapacitated person to the extent of the value of the plaintiff's interest in the affected real property at the time the property was so conveyed or mortgaged.
amended 2013, c.103, s.9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:62-11 - By person in peaceable possession; action in the superior court

2A:62-11. By person in peaceable possession; action in the superior court
Any person in the peaceable possession of lands in this state, and claiming ownership thereof, may, if it is alleged or claimed or it is reputed that his title is defective, in that some other person may, at some time, claim to own the same or a part thereof, or some interest therein, or to hold a lien or encumbrance thereon, and the person so in possession is unable to ascertain the name or identity of such other person from a search of the title of such lands, extending back 60 years from the time of the commencement of the suit herein authorized, maintain an action, in the superior court, to settle the title to such lands and clear up all doubts concerning the same.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:62-12 - Sections 2A:62-1 to 2A:62-10 applicable

2A:62-12. Sections 2A:62-1 to 2A:62-10 applicable
The provisions of article 1 of this chapter (s. 2A:62-1 et seq.) shall so far as the same are consistent with the provisions of this article, extend to all cases in which the provisions of this article authorize an action to settle the title to lands in this state and clear up all doubts concerning the same.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:62-13 - Persons not bound by judgment

2A:62-13. Persons not bound by judgment
No judgment entered pursuant to the provisions of this article shall affect the right of any other person claiming to own the lands involved, or a part thereof, or interest therein, or holding a lien or encumbrance thereon, whose title, claim or encumbrance would be disclosed by a search of the title of such lands for a period of 60 years immediately prior to the commencement of the action, who is not made a party defendant.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:62-14 - Persons not bound by judgments and orders

2A:62-14. Persons not bound by judgments and orders
All orders made and judgments entered in an action authorized by section 2A:62-11 of this title shall be binding upon all persons included in the classification "unknown claimants" and their heirs, devisees and personal representatives, and their or any of their successors in right, title and interest. The classification "unknown claimants" shall include all persons who may, as alleged or claimed or reputed in the complaint filed in a suit authorized by section 2A:62-11 of this title, at some time claim to own the affected lands, or a part thereof, or an interest therein or to hold a lien or encumbrance thereon, whose title, claim, lien or encumbrance cannot be ascertained by a search of the title of such lands for a period of sixty years immediately prior to the commencement of suit.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended by L.1952, c. 203, p. 714, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:62-15 - Construction of article

2A:62-15. Construction of article
This article shall be liberally construed to effect its purpose, which is to create a procedure by which it may be established that certain named persons have a marketable title to all of the estate in fee simple of lands defined by a judgment entered in such an action, so that there shall be no occasion for lands in this state being kept out of the market because of uncertainty as to who the owner of every interest therein may be.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice › Section 2A:62-16 - Sections 2A:62-1 to 2A:62-10 not affected

2A:62-16. Sections 2A:62-1 to 2A:62-10 not affected
This article shall not, by implication or otherwise, be construed to affect any of the provisions of article 1 of this chapter (s. 2A:62-1 et seq.).
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.