Civil Court Rules and Jury Charges

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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

NJSA 2A:17-23. Appraisement made

NJSA 2A:17-23. Appraisement made
The appraisers shall appoint a time and place where they will make their appraisement, and shall cause at least 5 days' notice in writing thereof to be given to the execution plaintiff or his attorney, at which time and place they shall, in the presence of the execution plaintiff or his attorney, if either see fit to attend, proceed with the appraisement, and set down in writing a particular account of the articles and things appraised, with their respective values annexed, and sign the same

NJSA 2A:17-22. Oath of appraisers

NJSA 2A:17-22. Oath of appraisers
The appraisers, before acting under their appointment, shall be severally sworn faithfully, honestly and impartially to appraise the property levied on, according to the true and intrinsic value thereof, without reference to what the same might be supposed to bring at a sale under the execution or process.

The oaths of the appraisers may be administered by the sheriff or other officer of the county or by any person authorized to administer oaths, and shall be indorsed on the appointment, and, with the appointment, shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of that county.

NJSA 2A:17-21. Appraisers; appointment

NJSA 2A:17-21. Appraisers; appointment
After making the levy and the inventory, the sheriff or other officer shall appoint in writing 3 discreet and judicious persons of his county, indifferent between the parties to the execution to make a just and true appraisement of the personal property levied on.

NJSA 2A:17-20. Inventory of personal property subject to levy

NJSA 2A:17-20. Inventory of personal property subject to levy
The sheriff or other officer having an execution or civil process against a defendant entitled to the exemption given by this article shall make a careful and particular inventory of the personal property of every kind and description of the defendant which shall be subject to levy

NJSA 2A:17-19. Amount; exceptions

NJSA 2A:17-19. Amount; exceptions
Goods and chattels, shares of stock or interests in any corporation and personal property of every kind, not exceeding in value, exclusive of wearing apparel, $1,000.00, and all wearing apparel, the property of a debtor shall be reserved, both before and after his death, for his use or that of his family or his estate, and shall not be liable to be seized or taken by virtue of any execution or civil process whatever, issued out of any court of this State.

Nothing herein contained shall be deemed or held to protect from sale under execution or other process any goods, chattels or property, for the purchase whereof the debt or demand for which the judgment on which such execution or process was issued, shall have been contracted, or to apply to process issued for the collection of taxes or assessments.

NJSA 2A:17-18. Proprietary rights and shares

NJSA 2A:17-18. Proprietary rights and shares
All proprieties, rights, share and shares of propriety and rights to unlocated lands shall be liable to levy and sale under an execution issued on a judgment for the payment of debt, damages and costs or sum of money thereby recovered, as other real estate is liable to be levied upon and sold, but no such rights or shares shall be levied upon and sold except by execution issued out of the superior court.

If the rights or shares are within the western division, the writ shall be directed to the sheriff of Burlington county; if within the eastern division, to the sheriff of Middlesex county.

NJSA 2A:17-17. Real estate liable to execution

NJSA 2A:17-17. Real estate liable to execution
2A:17-17. All real estate shall be liable to be levied upon and sold by executions to be issued on judgments obtained in any court of record in this State, except the Superior Court, Law Division, Special Civil Part, for the payment and satisfaction of the debt, damages, sum of money and costs so recovered or to be recovered; but no real estate of any testator or intestate shall be sold or in anywise affected by any judgment or execution against executors or administrators. No judgment obtained for the payment and satisfaction of any employment wage tax, including penalties, shall be enforced pursuant to this section.

NJSA 2A:17-16. Shares of stock

NJSA 2A:17-16. Shares of stock
Shares of stock in any corporation, incorporated under authority of this state, another state, the United States or another country, belonging to an execution defendant, may be taken and sold by virtue of an execution in the same manner as goods and chattels, except that a levy upon such shares shall be made subject to the provisions of section 14:8-39 of the title Corporations, General, of the Revised Statutes.

NJSA 2A:17-15. Money

NJSA 2A:17-15. Money
Money belonging to a defendant in execution may be levied on and returned by virtue of an execution as so much money collected, without exposing the same to sale.

NJSA 2A:17-14. Title of purchaser of personalty prior to actual levy but after delivery of writ to officer

NJSA 2A:17-14. Title of purchaser of personalty prior to actual levy but after delivery of writ to officer
The title of a purchaser who in good faith has purchased goods and chattels from an execution defendant and has paid for them prior to the actual levy of an execution thereon, without notice thereof, shall not be divested because the execution was delivered before the purchase was made.

NJSA 2A:17-13. Priorities among executions against real estate of same person

NJSA 2A:17-13. Priorities among executions against real estate of same person
Where several writs of execution shall be issued against the goods and chattels and real estate of the same person, and sufficient cannot be found to satisfy all the sums commanded to be made, the like priority and preference shall be given in such cases as is given by section 2A:17-12 of this title in writs of execution against the goods only, and all disputes respecting the same shall be adjudged and determined accordingly.

NJSA 2A:17-12. Priorities between executions against goods and chattels of same person issued on same day

NJSA 2A:17-12. Priorities between executions against goods and chattels of same person issued on same day
If 2 or more writs of execution shall be delivered against the goods and chattels of the same person on the same day, the one first delivered shall be first executed and satisfied; provided, however, that if one of any such writs derives from a court order for suitable support and maintenance of a wife, child or children it shall be first executed and satisfied, notwithstanding the prior delivery on the same day of any other such writ of execution

NJSA 2A:17-11. Indorsement on writs of year and day of receipt thereof by officer

NJSA 2A:17-11. Indorsement on writs of year and day of receipt thereof by officer
In order to show the time when writs of execution against the goods only or against the goods and chattels and the real estate are delivered to the sheriff, under-sheriff, coroner or other officer, his deputy or agent, to be executed, such officer, his deputy or agent, shall, upon the receipt of any such writ, indorse thereon, without fee for so doing, the time, the day of the month and year when he received the same.

NJSA 2A:17-10. Time when execution effective

NJSA 2A:17-10. Time when execution effective
No writ of execution shall bind the property or the goods of the person against whom such writ is sued forth, but from the time that such writ shall be delivered to the sheriff, under-sheriff, coroner or other officer, his deputy or agent, to be executed.

NJSA 2A:17-9. Statement of money collected, etc., returned and filed with execution

NJSA 2A:17-9. Statement of money collected, etc., returned and filed with execution
The sheriff or officer to whom an execution is delivered shall, when he returns the execution and without making a charge therefor, return and file therewith, in the office of the clerk of the court out of which the execution issued, a verified statement of the amount of money, if any and the time when collected, the balance, if any due on the execution and the items of his bill of costs or execution fees. The statement shall be conclusive only against the sheriff or officer making it, and, until returned and filed, no costs or fees on the execution shall be collectible from plaintiff in execution.

NJSA 2A:17-8. No execution on judgment in action on judgment appealed from pending determination of appeal

NJSA 2A:17-8. No execution on judgment in action on judgment appealed from pending determination of appeal
If a party against whom a judgment has been rendered appeals therefrom and the party in whose favor the judgment has been rendered brings an action on the judgment and recovers, execution shall not issue on the second judgment until the appeal from the first judgment has been determined.

NJSA 2A:17-7. Execution on judgment of Superior Court on appeal from municipal court

NJSA 2A:17-7. Execution on judgment of Superior Court on appeal from municipal court
2A:17-7. Execution on a judgment of the Superior Court on appeal from a municipal court may issue immediately on the entry of the judgment.

NJSA 2A:17-6. Dispute as to application of proceeds of executions out of different courts

NJSA 2A:17-6. Dispute as to application of proceeds of executions out of different courts
In a controversy between execution creditors as to the application of money realized from the sale of the property of a judgment debtor under executions issued out of different courts, the superior court shall in a summary action hear and decide the entire controversy.

Monday, November 23, 2009

NJSA 2A:17-5. One sale under executions issued out of superior court levied at same time; liability as trespasser

NJSA 2A:17-5. One sale under executions issued out of superior court levied at same time; liability as trespasser
If under more than 1 execution issued to different counties pursuant to section 2A:17-4 of this title, property is under levy at the same time, no sale of the property of the person against whom such executions have issued shall be made under more than 1 of such executions, except to satisfy a deficiency remaining after a prior sale.

The court may, for good cause, stay the proceedings on any 1 or more of such executions, direct under which execution a sale shall be first made or order the proceeds of any sale to be paid into court.

If a sale shall be made contrary to the provisions of this section, the party at whose instance the executions have issued and his attorney shall be liable as trespassers to the adverse party for all damages he may sustain thereby.

NJSA 2A:17-4. Several executions to different counties on judgment rendered or docketed in superior court

NJSA 2A:17-4. Several executions to different counties on judgment rendered or docketed in superior court
Upon all judgments recovered or docketed in the superior court, executions may issue at the same time to any county.

NJSA 2A:17-3. Issue of execution without revival of judgment

NJSA 2A:17-3. Issue of execution without revival of judgment
Execution may issue, without a revival of the judgment, at any time within 20 years after its entry.

NJSA 2A:17-2. Record of execution against real estate

NJSA 2A:17-2. Record of execution against real estate
Every writ of execution which shall be sued forth against real estate shall, before its delivery to the sheriff or other officer, be recorded in a book to be kept for that purpose by the clerk of the court out of which the same was issued. Such record so made shall be as good evidence as the writ itself.

NJSA 2A:17-1. Sequence of execution; against goods and chattels and real estate

NJSA 2A:17-1. Sequence of execution; against goods and chattels and real estate
In every writ of execution which shall be issued against real estate, the sheriff or other officer to whom such writ may be directed shall be commanded that he cause to be made, of the goods and chattels in his county of the party against whom such execution issues, the debt, damages and costs or sums of money mentioned in such execution; and that, if sufficient goods and chattels of such party cannot be found in his county, he cause the whole or the residue, as the case may require, of such debt, damages and costs or sum of money to be made of the real estate whereof such party was seized on the day when such real estate became liable to such debt, damages and costs or sum of money, specifying the day particularly, or at any time afterwards, in the hands of any person then having the same.

NJSA 2A:16-69. Provisions of act not waivable; controlling law; prohibitions

NJSA 2A:16-69. Provisions of act not waivable; controlling law; prohibitions
7. a. The provisions of this act shall not be waived by any payee.

b.Any transfer agreement entered into on or after the effective date of this act by a payee who resides in this State shall provide that disputes under the transfer agreement, including any claim that the payee has breached the agreement, shall be determined in and under the laws of this State. No transfer agreement shall authorize the transferee or any other party to confess judgment or consent to entry of judgment against the payee.

c.No transfer of structured settlement payment rights shall extend to any payments that are life-contingent unless, prior to the date on which the payee signs the transfer agreement, the transferee has established and has agreed to maintain procedures reasonably satisfactory to the annuity issuer and the structured settlement obligor for: (1) periodically confirming the payee's survival; and (2) giving the annuity issuer and the structured settlement obligor prompt written notice in the event of the payee's death.

d.No payee who proposes to make a transfer of structured settlement payment rights shall incur any penalty, forfeit any application fee or other payment, or otherwise incur any liability to the proposed transferee or any assignee based on any failure of the transfer to satisfy the conditions of this act.

e.Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to authorize any transfer of structured settlement payment rights in contravention of any law or to imply that any transfer under a transfer agreement entered into prior to the effective date of this act is valid or invalid.

f.Compliance with the requirements set forth in section 3 of this act and fulfillment of the conditions set forth in section 4 of this act shall be solely the responsibility of the transferee in any transfer of structured settlement payment rights, and neither the structured settlement obligor nor the annuity issuer shall bear any responsibility for, or any liability arising from, non-compliance with those requirements or failure to fulfill those conditions.

NJSA 2A:16-68. Application for approval of transfer, procedure

NJSA 2A:16-68. Application for approval of transfer, procedure
6. a. An application under this act to a court or responsible administrative authority for approval of a transfer of structured settlement payment rights shall be made by the transferee and may be brought in the jurisdiction in which the payee resides, in the jurisdiction in which the structured settlement obligor or the annuity issuer maintains its principal place of business, or in any court or before any responsible administrative authority which approved the structured settlement agreement.

b.Not less than 20 days prior to the scheduled hearing on any application for approval of a transfer of structured settlement payment rights under section 4 of this act, the transferee shall file with the court or responsible administrative authority and serve on all interested parties a notice of the proposed transfer and the application for its authorization, including with the notice:

(1)a copy of the transferee's application;

(2)a copy of the transfer agreement;

(3)a copy of the disclosure statement required under section 3 of this act;

(4)a listing of each of the payee's dependents, together with each dependent's age;

(5)notification that any interested party is entitled to support, oppose or otherwise respond to the transferee's application, either in person or by counsel, by submitting written comments to the court or responsible administrative authority or by participating in the hearing; and

(6)notification of the time and place of the hearing and notification of the manner in which, and the time by which, written responses to the application shall be filed, which shall be not less than 15 days after service of the transferee's notice, in order to be considered by the court or responsible administrative authority.

NJSA 2A:16-67. Procedures following transfer

NJSA 2A:16-67. Procedures following transfer
5.Following a transfer of structured settlement payment rights under this act:

a.The structured settlement obligor and the annuity issuer shall, as to all parties except the transferee, be discharged and released from any and all liability for the transferred payments;

b.The transferee shall be liable to the structured settlement obligor and the annuity issuer:

(1)if the transfer contravenes the terms of the structured settlement, for any taxes incurred by those parties as a consequence of the transfer; and

(2)for any other liabilities or costs, including reasonable costs and attorneys' fees, arising from compliance by those parties with the order of the court or responsible administrative authority or arising as a consequence of the transferee's failure to comply with this act;

c.Neither the annuity issuer nor the structured settlement obligor shall be required to divide any periodic payment between the payee and any transferee or assignee or between two or more transferees or assignees; and

d.Any further transfer of structured settlement payment rights by the payee shall be made in compliance with all of the requirements of this act.

2A:16-66. Approval required for payment 4.No direct or indirect transfer of structured settlement payment rights shall be effective and no structured

NJSA 2A:16-66. Approval required for payment
4.No direct or indirect transfer of structured settlement payment rights shall be effective and no structured settlement obligor or annuity issuer shall be required to make any payment directly or indirectly to any transferee of structured settlement payment rights unless the transfer has been approved in advance in a final court order or order of a responsible administrative authority based on express findings by the court or responsible administrative authority that:

a.the transfer is in the best interest of the payee, taking into account the welfare and support of the payee's dependents;

b.the payee has been advised in writing by the transferee to seek independent professional advice regarding the transfer and has either received the advice or knowingly waived the right to seek that advice in writing; and

c.the transfer does not contravene any applicable statute or the order of any court or other government authority.

njsa 2A:16-65. Provision of separate disclosure statement to payee, contents

njsa 2A:16-65. Provision of separate disclosure statement to payee, contents
3.Not less than three days prior to the date on which a payee signs a transfer agreement, the transferee shall provide to the payee a separate disclosure statement, in bold type no smaller than 14 points, setting forth:

a.the amounts and due dates of the structured settlement payments to be transferred;

b.the aggregate amount of the payments;

c.the discounted present value of the payments to be transferred, which shall be identified as the "calculation of current value of the transferred structured settlement payments under federal standards for valuing annuities" and the amount of the applicable federal rate used in calculating the discounted present value;

d.the gross advance amount;

e.an itemized listing of all applicable transfer expenses, other than attorneys' fees and related disbursements payable in connection with the transferee's application for approval of the transfer, and the transferee's best estimate of the amount of any of those fees and disbursements;

f.the net advance amount;

g.the amount of any penalties or liquidated damages payable by the payee in the event of any breach of the transfer agreement by the payee; and

h.a statement that the payee has the right to cancel the transfer agreement, without penalty or further obligation, not later than the third business day after the date the agreement is signed by the payee.

NJSA 2A:16-64. Definitions relative to structured settlements

NJSA 2A:16-64. Definitions relative to structured settlements
2.For the purposes of this act:

"Annuity issuer" means an insurer that has issued a contract to fund periodic payments under a structured settlement.

"Dependents" includes a payee's spouse and minor children and all other persons for whom the payee is legally obligated to provide support, including alimony.

"Discounted present value" means the present value of future payments determined by discounting those payments to the present using the most recently published applicable federal rate for determining the present value of an annuity, as issued by the United States Internal Revenue Service.

"Gross advance amount" means the sum payable to the payee or for the payee's account as consideration for a transfer of structured settlement payment rights before any reductions for transfer expenses or other deductions to be made from that consideration.

"Independent professional advice" means advice of an attorney, certified public accountant, actuary or other licensed professional adviser.

"Interested parties" means, with respect to any structured settlement, the payee, any beneficiary irrevocably designated under the annuity contract to receive payments following the payee's death, the annuity issuer, the structured settlement obligor, and any other party that has continuing rights or obligations under the structured settlement.

"Net advance amount" means the gross advance amount less the aggregate amount of the actual and estimated transfer expenses required to be disclosed under subsection e. of section 3 of this act.

"Payee" means an individual who is receiving tax free payments under a structured settlement and proposes to make a transfer of payment rights thereunder.

"Periodic payments" includes both recurring payments and scheduled future lump sum payments.

"Qualified assignment agreement" means an agreement providing for a qualified assignment within the meaning of 26 U.S.C. s.130.

"Responsible administrative authority" means, with respect to a structured settlement, any government authority vested by law with exclusive jurisdiction over the settled claim resolved by the structured settlement.

"Settled claim" means the original tort claim or workers' compensation claim resolved by a structured settlement.

"Structured settlement" means an arrangement for periodic payment of damages for personal injuries or sickness established by settlement or judgment in resolution of a tort claim or for periodic payments in settlement of a workers' compensation claim.

"Structured settlement agreement" means the agreement, judgment, stipulation or release embodying the terms of a structured settlement.

"Structured settlement obligor" means, with respect to any structured settlement, the party that has the continuing obligation to make periodic payments to the payee under a structured settlement agreement or a qualified assignment agreement.

"Structured settlement payment rights" means rights to receive periodic payments under a structured settlement, whether from the structured settlement obligor or the annuity issuer, if:

(1)the payee is domiciled in, or the domicile or principal place of business of the structured settlement obligor or the annuity issuer is located in, this State; or

(2)the structured settlement agreement was approved by a court or responsible administrative authority in this State; or

(3)the structured settlement agreement is expressly governed by the laws of this State.

"Terms of the structured settlement" include, with respect to any structured settlement, the terms of the structured settlement agreement, the annuity contract, any qualified assignment agreement and any order or other approval of any court or responsible administrative authority or other government authority that authorized or approved the structured settlement.

"Transfer" means any sale, assignment, pledge, hypothecation or other alienation or encumbrance of structured settlement payment rights made by a payee for consideration; except that the term "transfer" does not include the creation or perfection of a security interest in structured settlement payment rights under a blanket security agreement entered into with an insured depository institution, in the absence of any action to redirect the structured settlement payments to the insured depository institution, or an agent or successor in interest thereof, or otherwise to enforce the blanket security interest against the structured settlement payment rights.

"Transfer agreement" means the agreement providing for a transfer of structured settlement payment rights.

"Transfer expenses" means all expenses of a transfer that are required under the transfer agreement to be paid by the payee or deducted from the gross advance amount, including, without limitation, court filing fees, attorneys' fees, escrow fees, lien recordation fees, judgment and lien search fees, finders' fees, commissions, and other payments to a broker or other intermediary; "transfer expenses" does not include preexisting obligations of the payee payable for the payee's account from the proceeds of a transfer.

"Transferee" means a party acquiring or proposing to acquire structured settlement payment rights through a transfer.

NJSA 2A:16-63. Short title

NJSA 2A:16-63. Short title
1.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Structured Settlement Protection Act."

NJSA 2A:16-62. Review of orders and judgments

NJSA 2A:16-62. Review of orders and judgments
All orders and judgments under the provisions of this article may be reviewed as other orders and judgments.

NSJA 2A:16-61. Declaratory judgment refused

NSJA 2A:16-61. Declaratory judgment refused
The court may refuse to render or enter a declaratory judgment, when, if rendered or entered, it would not terminate the uncertainty or controversy giving rise to the proceeding.

NJSA 2A:16-60. Further relief

NJSA 2A:16-60. Further relief
Further relief based on a declaratory judgment may be granted whenever necessary or proper, by application to a court having jurisdiction to grant the relief. If the application is deemed sufficient, the court shall, on reasonable notice, require any adverse party whose rights have been adjudicated by the declaratory judgment to show cause why further relief should not be granted forthwith

NJSA 2A:16-59. Declaratory judgment; form and effect

NJSA 2A:16-59. Declaratory judgment; form and effect
A declaratory judgment may be either affirmative or negative in form and effect, and shall have the force and effect of a final judgment.

NJSA 2A:16-58. Determination of issues of fact

NJSA 2A:16-58. Determination of issues of fact
When a proceeding under this article involves the determination of an issue of fact, such issue may be tried and determined in the same manner as issues of fact are determined in other actions in the court in which the proceeding is pending

NJSA2A:16-57. Persons not parties not prejudiced by declaration

NJSA2A:16-57. Persons not parties not prejudiced by declaration
No declaratory judgment shall prejudice the rights of persons not parties to the proceeding.

NJSA 2A:16-56. Parties interested as parties to proceedings

NJSA 2A:16-56. Parties interested as parties to proceedings
When declaratory relief is sought, all persons having or claiming any interest which would be affected by the declaration shall be made parties to the proceeding.

NJSA 2A:16-55. Declaration of rights or legal relations of interested parties in relation to estates, wills and other writings

NJSA 2A:16-55. Declaration of rights or legal relations of interested parties in relation to estates, wills and other writings
A person interested as or through an executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, receiver, assignee for the benefit of creditors or other fiduciary, creditor, devisee, legatee, heir, next of kin, or cestui que trust, in the administration of a trust or the estate of a decedent, an infant, lunatic, insolvent or other person may have a declaration of rights or legal relations in respect thereto, to:

a. Ascertain any class of creditors, devisees, legatees, heirs, next of kin or others; or

b. Direct the executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, receiver, assignee for the benefit of creditors or other fiduciary to do or abstain from doing any particular act in his fiduciary capacity; or

c. Determine any question arising in the administration of the estate, trust or guardianship, including the construction of wills and other writings.

2A:16-54. Contract construed

2A:16-54. Contract construed
A contract may be construed either before or after a breach thereof.

NJSA 2A:16-53. Questions determinable and rights declarable

NJSA 2A:16-53. Questions determinable and rights declarable
A person interested under a deed, will, written contract or other writing constituting a contract, or whose rights, status or other legal relations are affected by a statute, municipal ordinance, contract or franchise, may have determined any question of construction or validity arising under the instrument, statute, ordinance, contract or franchise and obtain a declaration of rights, status or other legal relations thereunder.

NJSA 2A:16-52. Declaration of rights, status and other legal relations

NJSA 2A:16-52. Declaration of rights, status and other legal relations
All courts of record in this state shall, within their respective jurisdictions, have power to declare rights, status and other legal relations, whether or not further relief is or could be claimed; and no action or proceeding shall be open to objection on the ground that a declaratory judgment is demanded.

The enumeration in other sections of this article of the questions determinable and rights declarable in a proceeding brought under the provisions of this article does not limit or restrict the exercise of the general powers conferred by this section in a proceeding for declaratory relief, in which a judgment will terminate the controversy or remove an uncertainty.

NJSA 2A:16-51. Construction and citation of article

NJSA 2A:16-51. Construction and citation of article
This article is declared to be remedial. Its purpose is to settle and afford relief from uncertainty and insecurity with respect to rights, status and other legal relations. It shall be liberally construed and administered, and shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it, and to harmonize, as far as possible, with federal laws, rules and regulations on the subject of declaratory judgments. It may be cited as the uniform declaratory judgments law.

NJSA 2A:16-50. "Person" defined

NJSA 2A:16-50. "Person" defined
As used in this article, "person" includes any person, partnership, joint stock company, unincorporated association or society, and municipal or other corporation of any character

NJSA 2A:16-49.1. Application; hearing; order; cancellation and discharge; effect on lien; notice of application; set-off

NJSA 2A:16-49.1. Application; hearing; order; cancellation and discharge; effect on lien; notice of application; set-off
At any time after 1 year has elapsed, since a bankrupt was discharged from his debts, pursuant to the acts of Congress relating to bankruptcy, he may apply, upon proof of his discharge, to the court in which a judgment was rendered against him, or to the court of which it has become a judgment by docketing it, or filing a transcript thereof, for an order directing the judgment to be canceled and discharged of record. If it appears upon the hearing that he has been discharged from the payment of that judgment or the debt upon which such judgment was recovered, an order shall be made directing said judgment to be canceled and discharged of record; and thereupon the clerk of said court shall cancel and discharge the same by entering on the record or in the margin of the record of judgment, that the same is canceled and discharged by order of the court, giving the date of entry of the order of discharge. Where the judgment was a lien on real property owned by the bankrupt prior to the time he was adjudged a bankrupt, and not subject to be discharged or released under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Act, the lien thereof upon said real estate shall not be affected by said order and may be enforced, but in all other respects the judgment shall be of no force or validity, nor shall the same be a lien on real property acquired by him subsequent to his discharge in bankruptcy. Notice of the application, accompanied with copies of the papers upon which it is made, must be served upon the judgment creditor, or his attorney of record in said judgment, in the manner prescribed in R.R. 4:5-1, et cetera, of The Revision of The Rules Governing the Courts of the State of New Jersey (1953); provided, however, nothing herein contained shall prevent said judgment notwithstanding such discharge of record from being used as a set-off in any action in which it otherwise could be used.

NJSA 2A:16-49. Effect of entry of satisfaction on lien of attorney

NJSA 2A:16-49. Effect of entry of satisfaction on lien of attorney
The provisions of this article as to the entry of satisfaction of a judgment shall not be deemed to deprive an attorney at law of a lien which he may have on the judgment.

NSJA 2A:16-48. Acknowledgement of satisfaction on record when execution is returned satisfied

NSJA 2A:16-48. Acknowledgement of satisfaction on record when execution is returned satisfied
2A:16-48. When the sheriff or other officer returns, satisfied, execution issued on any judgment recovered or docketed in the Superior Court, Law Division, the clerk of the court issuing the execution shall enter "cancelled by execution returned, satisfied." Upon request the clerk shall tax the fee duly received by him as part of the execution fees.

NSJA 2A:16-47. Entry of satisfaction by clerk

NSJA 2A:16-47. Entry of satisfaction by clerk
Upon the filing of the warrant, the clerk shall forthwith enter satisfaction on the record. All satisfactions entered in a county clerk's office shall be in the margin of the record of the judgment.

NJSA 2A:16-46. Acknowledgment of satisfaction or warrant to satisfy required

NJSA 2A:16-46. Acknowledgment of satisfaction or warrant to satisfy required
When a party in whose favor a judgment is entered or docketed, any assignee of record, anyone entitled to receive satisfaction, or the legal representative of a deceased party or a guardian, shall have received satisfaction thereof, he or his attorney shall either enter an acknowledgment of satisfaction on the record of the judgment, or shall deliver to the party making satisfaction or his representative, guardian or attorney or to the clerk of the court in which the judgment is entered or docketed, a warrant directing and authorizing the clerk to satisfy the same of record. Any such warrant shall set forth the book and page wherein the judgment is recorded or docketed.

NJSA 2A:16-45. Court order of satisfaction; moneys paid into court in satisfaction

NJSA 2A:16-45. Court order of satisfaction; moneys paid into court in satisfaction
When a judgment is satisfied or the court in which a judgment is rendered or finally docketed allows moneys to be paid into court in satisfaction of a judgment, the court may direct the clerk to enter satisfaction on the record. Any such payment into court shall not affect the right of any party to appeal or to apply for relief from the judgment or for a new trial.

When moneys are paid into court in satisfaction of a judgment or order, any interest in the judgment or order, or claim thereon, including the lien for costs and compensation, if any, of the attorney for the party recovering the judgment or order, shall be transferred to the moneys paid into court.

NJSA 2A:16-44. Postponement of lien of judgment

NJSA 2A:16-44. Postponement of lien of judgment
2A:16-44. All postponements of the lien of judgments appearing of record in the office of the clerk of the Superior Court shall contain a full description of the property as to which the judgment lien is proposed to be postponed, together with the book and page of the record of the judgment to be postponed

NJSA 2A:16-42. Record of assignment as notice

NJSA 2A:16-42. Record of assignment as notice
The record of an assignment of a judgment shall, from the time the assignment is left for record, be notice to all persons concerned that such judgment is so assigned, except that a sheriff or other officer having in his hands an execution delivered to him by a person who at the time of the delivery was the owner of the judgment, shall not be liable to an assignee of the judgment unless the officer has notice of such assignment or fails to return such execution at the time when it is returnable.

NJSA 2A:16-41. Requisites of assignment to entitle it to record

NJSA 2A:16-41. Requisites of assignment to entitle it to record
An assignment of a judgment, to be entitled to record, shall be in writing, and acknowledged or proved as conveyances of real estate are required to be acknowledged or proved for the purposes of recording.

NJSA 2A:16-36. Effect of docketing in superior court

NJSA 2A:16-36. Effect of docketing in superior court
A judgment duly docketed in the superior court shall, from the time it is docketed, operate as a judgment obtained in the superior court.

NSJA 2A:16-33. Judgment; effect on real estate

NSJA 2A:16-33. Judgment; effect on real estate
2A:16-33. Where an appeal is taken from a municipal court in a civil action to the Superior Court, the judgment of the court on appeal shall not be binding on real estate unless an order is or has been entered in the minutes of the Superior Court directing the judgment to be recorded. From the time of the entry of the order, the judgment binds and shall bind all real estate of the judgment debtor in the State.

Such order may be entered at any time without notice. When entered, the judgment shall be recorded and indexed as other judgments of the court.

NSJA 2A:16-32. Remedy against principal or surety

NSJA 2A:16-32. Remedy against principal or surety
Nothing in this article shall be construed to affect any remedy against, or to make liable or release, any principal or surety on a bond heretofore or hereafter made or given.

NJSA 2A:16-31. Fees and costs

NJSA 2A:16-31. Fees and costs
The fees and costs allowed by law for services rendered under this article shall be a part of the amount due on the judgments or orders therein involved.

NJSA 2A:16-29. Liens and priorities of judgments or orders on filing statement in superior court clerk's offic

NJSA 2A:16-29. Liens and priorities of judgments or orders on filing statement in superior court clerk's office
Upon the filing by a party in interest with the clerk of the superior court of a statement thereof and affidavit in the form provided in section 2A:16-28 of this title, judgments or orders referred to in section 2A:16-27 of this title shall have the same liens and priorities as judgments of the superior court, and like executions may issue thereon. The clerk shall forthwith record the statement and affidavit in a proper public record book kept and indexed by him for that purpose.

NJSA 2A:16-28. Statement and affidavit

NJSA 2A:16-28. Statement and affidavit
The statements provided for by section 2A:16-27 and section 2A:16-29 of this title shall be certified by the surrogate and shall contain the names of the parties to the judgment or order (designating particularly those against whom it was rendered), the time when it was signed, the amount of the money therein ordered to be paid or allowances made, the fine imposed and costs, with an affidavit annexed thereto stating the amount due on the judgment or order at the time of the filing of the statement. The affidavit shall be sworn to by the filing party or his attorney.

NJSA 2A:16-18. Judgments or orders for payment of money; operation and effect

NJSA 2A:16-18. Judgments or orders for payment of money; operation and effect
Every judgment, or order for the payment of money, entered in the Superior Court, Chancery Division, from the time of its entry upon the civil judgment and order docket, and every decree or order for the payment of money, of the former court of chancery, from the time it was signed, shall have the force, operation and effect of a judgment of the Superior Court, Law Division, and execution may issue thereon as in other cases.

NJSA 2A:16-17. Notation of filing or lodging for record

NJSA 2A:16-17. Notation of filing or lodging for record
The entry upon the civil judgment and order docket of a notation of the filing or lodging for record of any instrument required so to be entered by this article shall be a sufficient compliance with any provision of law requiring notations thereof on the margin or at the foot or in any other location on any book or record thereof.

NJSA 2A:16-16. Indices

NJSA 2A:16-16. Indices
The clerk shall keep and maintain suitable indices in alphabetical order of the civil judgment and order docket and the record of all judgments, assignments of judgments, postponement of the lien of judgments, or warrants to satisfy judgments, in such form as shall be prescribed by the administrative director with the approval of the chief justice.

NJSA 2A:16-15. Assignments of, postponement of lien of or warrant to satisfy judgments; recording; entry of satisfaction

NJSA 2A:16-15. Assignments of, postponement of lien of or warrant to satisfy judgments; recording; entry of satisfaction
The clerk shall enter upon the civil judgment and order docket, if the judgment is entered therein, and otherwise in the civil docket, a notation of the filing or lodging with him for record of any assignment of, postponement of the lien of, or warrant to satisfy, any judgment, indicating when and where the same is recorded or filed, at a discernible place on or at the entry of such judgment in said docket and shall cause all such assignments of judgments and all postponements or warrants to satisfy judgments to be recorded in the manner provided by section 2A:16-12 of this title.

Judgments shall be satisfied of record as required by law but the entry of satisfaction may be made at any discernible place on or at the entry of such judgment on the civil judgment and order docket and upon any other record of such judgment.

NJSA 2A:16-13. Judgments by confession

NJSA 2A:16-13. Judgments by confession
The clerk shall record by similar entry in the civil judgment and order docket all judgments by confession entered in his office and shall record in the manner provided in section 2A:16-12 of this title, all documents filed or lodged with him to be recorded in his office in connection with the entry of any such judgment.

NJSA 2A:16-12. Recording of judgments, orders and proceedings

NJSA 2A:16-12. Recording of judgments, orders and proceedings
The clerk of the superior court shall record every judgment and appealable order and in actions in which any writ or other proceeding shall require the removal of the record of any judgment to any other court, or other circumstances render it necessary, the clerk shall record also the proceedings in the action in full, by entering the warrants of attorney, process and return, pleadings, proceedings and judgment, so as to make a complete record thereof, which entry shall constitute the record.

In each such case, the clerk shall enter on the civil docket and, when the judgment is recorded therein, on the civil judgment and order docket, the date and place where the judgment is recorded in full as provided by this section.

The photographing and placing in suitable secured binders of photostats, or the microphotographing and development of the microfilm reel, or the placing of carbon copies in suitable secured binders, of any pleading, judgment, order or any instrument filed with the clerk of the court, with a suitable index thereto, shall constitute a recording as required by this section.

NJSA 2A:16-11.1 Issuance of certificate of debt; definitions.

NJSA 2A:16-11.1 Issuance of certificate of debt; definitions.

1. a. In addition to any other remedy provided by law, where a debt is owed to a State department or agency, and the person who owes the debt has failed to comply within 30 days after service of any notice, demand or order directing payment of any amount found to be due, the Department of the Treasury, on behalf of the department or agency, may issue a certificate of debt to the Clerk of the Superior Court stating that the person identified in the certificate of debt is indebted to the State in such amount as shall be stated in the certificate of debt.

b.The certificate of debt shall reference the statute, regulation or other legal authority under which the indebtedness arises. Thereupon the clerk to whom such certificate of debt shall have been issued shall immediately enter upon the record of docketed judgments the name of such person or entity as debtor; the State as creditor; the address of such person or entity, if shown in the certificate of debt; a reference to the statute, regulation or other legal authority under which the debt arises; and the date of making such entries.

c.The docketing of the certificate of debt shall have the same force and effect as a civil judgment docketed in the Superior Court subject to the procedures for appeal as set forth in section 4 of P.L. 2005, c. 124 (C.52:18-38). The docketing of the certificate of debt shall be without prejudice to the right of appeal to the Appellate Division of the Superior Court.

d.As used in this section, in sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 of P.L.2005, c.124 (C.52:18-36, C.52:18-37, C.52:18-38, C.52:14F-22, C.52:18-39 and C.52:14F-23), and in sections 3 and 4 of P.L.2008, c.24 (C.52:18-40 and C.52:18-41):

"Debt" means a fee, fine, cost, penalty or assessment that has been due and owing a State department or agency for 90 days or more. "Debt" does not include inter-agency debts and debts associated with loans, notes, grants, and contracts.

e.As used in this amendatory and supplementary act, "State department or agency" does not include an independent authority or instrumentality that is independent of the operational and budgetary control of the department to which it is allocated.

NJSA 2A:16-11. Civil judgment and order docket

NJSA 2A:16-11. Civil judgment and order docket
2A:16-11. The Clerk of the Superior Court shall keep a book known as a civil judgment and order docket in which shall be entered an abstract of each judgment or order for the payment of money, submitted for entry, including a judgment or order to pay counsel fees and other fees or costs, entered from, or made in, the Superior Court. A judgment of the Special Civil Part of the Law Division shall not be entered unless it is docketed in the manner specifically provided for Special Civil Part judgments. A judgment or order for the payment of money is one which has been reduced to a fixed dollar amount. Any judgment for periodic payments where a total amount has not been fixed shall not be considered as having been reduced to a fixed dollar amount unless a judgment fixing arrearages has been entered.

The entry required by this section shall constitute the record of the judgment, order or decree and a transcript thereof duly certified by the clerk of the court shall be a plenary evidence of such judgment, order or decree.

The clerk shall also make an entry upon the civil judgment and order docket indicating the nature of every judgment or order and an entry on return showing execution of process and the date when such judgment or order was entered.

NJSA 2A:16-9. Warrant of attorney to confess judgment not revocable; ineffectual if found in instrument

NJSA 2A:16-9. Warrant of attorney to confess judgment not revocable; ineffectual if found in instrument
A warrant of attorney to confess judgment shall not be revocable by the party making it. No judgment by confession shall be entered upon a warrant of attorney which is included in the body of a bond, note or any instrument for the payment of money.

NJSA 2A:16-8. Offset against judgment of taxes, etc., due municipality

NJSA 2A:16-8. Offset against judgment of taxes, etc., due municipality
Whenever any judgment is recovered in an action in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state, against any municipality by any person who is, at the time of the recovery of the judgment, indebted to such municipality upon any indebtedness of a public nature, including taxes, assessments or water rates which constitute an indebtedness, or who shall become so indebted before the satisfaction of the judgment, such municipality may apply to the court in the action for an order to reduce or extinguish the judgment, and any execution issued thereon, by offsetting and crediting against the same any such indebtedness.

NJSA 2A:16-7. Judgment for conveyance of land; effect

NJSA 2A:16-7. Judgment for conveyance of land; effect
When a judgment of the superior court shall be entered for a conveyance, release or acquittance of real estate or an interest therein, and the party against whom the judgment shall be entered shall not comply therewith by the time appointed, or within 15 days after entry of the judgment if no time be appointed therein, the judgment shall be considered and taken, in all courts of the state to have the same operation and effect, and be available as if the conveyance, release or acquittance had been executed conformably to the judgment, and this notwithstanding any disability of such party by infancy, lunacy, coverture or otherwise.

NJSA 2A:16-6. Setting aside fraudulent judgment on motion of judgment creditor

NJSA 2A:16-6. Setting aside fraudulent judgment on motion of judgment creditor
A judgment entered in any action in any court by confession or otherwise which was confessed or obtained for the purpose of defrauding the creditors of the defendant, may be set aside by proceedings in the action taken by any judgment creditor of the defendant as though the judgment creditor were a party to the action.

NJSA 2A:16-5. Interest of purchasers and mortgagees, etc., saved

NJSA 2A:16-5. Interest of purchasers and mortgagees, etc., saved
No proceedings to be relieved of a final judgment shall, unless the judgment be void, in any wise affect the title of a purchaser or mortgagee for value, of any property derived under such judgment or process issued thereon or the right of any person who has acquired an interest therein for value depending upon any such judgment or process, or of their respective successors in interest

NJSA 2A:16-4. Cash deposit in lieu of supersedeas bond

NJSA 2A:16-4. Cash deposit in lieu of supersedeas bond
When a cash deposit is made in lieu of a supersedeas bond on appeal, the cash deposit shall be retained until the final determination of the cause and shall be subject to the lien of the judgment appealed from and costs, interest thereon and the costs of the appeal.

NJSA 2A:16-3. Security for payment of judgment; order discharging real estate from lien

NJSA 2A:16-3. Security for payment of judgment; order discharging real estate from lien
2A:16-3. If appellant, in an appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court, deposits with the clerk of the court such an amount as shall be deemed by that court to be sufficient, as security for the payment of such amount as may finally be determined to be due in the action, the court may by order discharge the real estate of appellant from the lien of the judgment appealed from.

The amount deposited shall be subject to the lien of the judgment appealed from and of any subsequent judgment recovered in the action, and shall be retained by the clerk until the final determination of the action.

When the order has been filed and the deposit made as required, the clerk shall enter in the margin of the record of the judgment or at a discernible place at the entry of the judgment, the words "lien of judgment discharged by order of the court," with the date of the discharge. Thereupon and thereafter the real estate of appellant shall be absolutely discharged and freed from any claim on account of the judgment appealed from or the action in which the judgment was rendered.

NJSA 2A:16-2. Minute entry of verdict or judgment as record of judgment

NJSA 2A:16-2. Minute entry of verdict or judgment as record of judgment
Until the clerk of any court enters the record of a judgment in any action which has been finally determined, the verdict or judgment entered in the minutes shall be held and taken in the court in which the judgment is obtained to be the record of the judgment in such action, and shall be received in evidence in such court as such judgment, as fully as if the record had been made up and signed.

NJSA 2A:16-1. Effective from time of entry

NJSA 2A:16-1. Effective from time of entry
2A:16-1. No judgment of the Superior Court shall affect or bind any real estate, but from the time of the actual entry of such judgment on the minutes or records of the court.

NJSA 2A:15-97. Deduction of duplicate benefits

NJSA 2A:15-97. Deduction of duplicate benefits
In any civil action brought for personal injury or death, except actions brought pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1972, c. 70 (C. 39:6A-1 et seq.), if a plaintiff receives or is entitled to receive benefits for the injuries allegedly incurred from any other source other than a joint tortfeasor, the benefits, other than workers' compensation benefits or the proceeds from a life insurance policy, shall be disclosed to the court and the amount thereof which duplicates any benefit contained in the award shall be deducted from any award recovered by the plaintiff, less any premium paid to an insurer directly by the plaintiff or by any member of the plaintiff's family on behalf of the plaintiff for the policy period during which the benefits are payable. Any party to the action shall be permitted to introduce evidence regarding any of the matters described in this act.

NJSA 2A:15-96. Payment for losses resulting from accident without admission of liability

NJSA 2A:15-96. Payment for losses resulting from accident without admission of liability
Any person, including his insurer, may make payments to, or on behalf of, a potential plaintiff for losses or expenses resulting from any accident, without any admission of liability. Any such payment may be made without prejudice to the rights of any of the parties, including the insurer, but shall not be recoverable from a potential plaintiff. Any such payment shall be deducted from any settlement or judgment.

NJSA 2A:15-95. Validation of sales where defect in notice to non-resident defendants

NJSA 2A:15-95. Validation of sales where defect in notice to non-resident defendants
L.1939, c. 54, p. 79, s. 1, entitled "An act validating the sales of certain lands, tenements, hereditaments or real estate made under any decree, judgment or order of any court of this state, or any execution or other process issued thereon," saved from repeal.

NJSA 2A:15-94. Transfer of actions pending September 15, 1948

NJSA 2A:15-94. Transfer of actions pending September 15, 1948
L.1948, c. 367, p. 1501, [C. 2:16-70 to 2:16-86] entitled "An act concerning the administration of justice and regulating the causes and proceedings pending in the courts upon the taking effect of the judicial article of the constitution and which are transferred to the courts established by said judicial article" , approved September 10, 1948, saved from repeal. [The purpose of this act is to facilitate the transfer of causes pending in the courts on September 15, 1948.]

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NJSA 2A:15-93. Payment of enemy property to United States attorney general

NJSA 2A:15-93. Payment of enemy property to United States attorney general
When an action mentioned in section 2A:15-92 of this title, or a proceeding in any such action, is brought for the purpose of directing, approving or authorizing the payment of any money or the delivery, transfer or conveyance of any property to a person mentioned in that section or to his heirs, devisees, grantees, next of kin, issue, legatees, and personal representatives, or any other defendant, or for the purpose of adjudging that he is or they are entitled to any moneys or property or an interest therein, and it appears to be in the public interest that such payment, delivery, transfer or conveyance should be withheld, the court in which the action is pending may direct by its judgment or order that such money be paid or such property be delivered, transferred or conveyed to the attorney general of the United States, if he will receive the same. Upon such payment or delivery, transfer or conveyance, any fiduciary, or officer or other person in possession or having custody or control of said moneys or property, or any other person adjudged by the court to be liable for the payment of any money or the delivery of any property to such defendant, shall take therefor the receipt of the attorney general. If the attorney general, within 60 days after receipt by him of a certified copy of said judgment or order, which shall be sent to him at the office of alien property by registered mail, shall not file with the clerk of the court a consent to accept and receipt for such money or property, the said fiduciary, officer or other person may, upon filing an affidavit stating the failure of the attorney general so to do, pay the said money or, if the court so orders, deliver, transfer or convey the said property to the clerk of the court, taking therefor the receipt of the said clerk.

Such receipt signed by or on behalf of the attorney general or the said clerk, as the case may be, shall be a full and sufficient discharge, of the fiduciary, officer or other person for money so paid or the property so delivered, transferred or conveyed to the attorney general or the said clerk and against any claimant thereto entitled. The receipt may be recorded in the office of the surrogate, or the clerk of the court, appointing him, in the same manner in which releases for legacies and distributive shares may be recorded.

NJSA 2A:15-92. Actions during world war II against persons in enemy or enemy-occupied countrie

NJSA 2A:15-92. Actions during world war II against persons in enemy or enemy-occupied countries
In any action involving real or personal property subject to the control of this state, or any interest therein, in which service of process is required to be made upon any person who is or is believed to be, in a designated enemy country or enemy-occupied territory, in addition to the service of process upon such person otherwise required, a copy of such process shall be sent by registered mail to the attorney general of the United States in care of the office of alien property, department of justice, Washington, District of Columbia.

If the person upon whom process is required to be served shall not appear or answer within the time limited or granted, the court shall appoint a guardian ad litem for him, who shall appear and who may defend the action, and the action may proceed in all respects as if such person had been duly served in this state with process. The court may appoint the attorney general of the United States as such guardian ad litem.

For the purposes of this section: (a) "designated enemy country" means any foreign country with which the United States of America was on March 25, 1943 at war and any other country with which the United States shall be at war thereafter during the course of the hostilities existing on March 25, 1943; (b) "enemy-occupied territory" shall be taken to mean any place under the control of any designated enemy country or any place with which, by reason of the existence of a state of war during such hostilities, the United States of America does not maintain postal communication.

This and the next sections are declared to be remedial and emergency legislation, and shall remain in force only so long as a state of war shall exist between the United States and any designated enemy country. They shall be liberally construed and administered.

NJSA 2A:15-75. Payment of judgments out of funds in court

NJSA 2A:15-75. Payment of judgments out of funds in court
If in any cause moneys are deposited with any court of this state, and any person shall hold a judgment in any of the courts of this state against any person entitled to the moneys, or any part thereof, the court in which the moneys are deposited shall, upon application made in the cause by or in behalf of such judgment creditor, and upon proof by affidavit or otherwise, as the court directs, that the residence of the person entitled to such moneys is unknown and cannot be ascertained, order and direct such moneys to be applied upon such judgment. It shall not be necessary that the judgment creditor be, or be admitted as, a party defendant in such cause.

VNJSA 2A:15-74. Care and supervision of funds, investments and securities; persons employed for; compensation and salaries

NJSA 2A:15-74. Care and supervision of funds, investments and securities; persons employed for; compensation and salaries
The chief justice may, from time to time, employ some suitable persons and assistants, to be selected by him, to exercise general care and supervision, subject to his orders, over the funds, investments and securities from time to time remaining in the superior court and fix the compensation and salaries for such persons, to be paid either out of the general income of the funds or out of any fund for the benefit of which special services may be rendered, as may be equitable and just.

NJSA 2A:15-73 Investment of moneys brought into Superior Court

NJSA 2A:15-73 Investment of moneys brought into Superior Court
2A:15-73. The chief justice may cause any moneys brought into the Superior Court or remaining on deposit therein to be invested (a) in the bonds and other securities of the United States, (b) in interest-bearing bonds of such character and description as are or may be lawful investments for moneys deposited with savings banks of this State, (c) in bonds secured by mortgages which shall be a first lien upon improved real estate situate in this State worth at least double the amount loaned thereon, (d) in programs as approved by the State Investment Council which are managed by the Division of Investment and in the New Jersey Cash Management Fund established pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1977, c.281 (C.52:18A-90.4), or (e) in any combination thereof. For the purpose of making such investments, moneys remaining to the credit of different persons or causes may be commingled. The moneys so deposited or invested, and the securities in which the same may be invested, shall be from time to time accounted for, invested, transferred, reinvested, or otherwise disposed of, as the chief justice shall deem reasonable and proper; and the interest and income derived from such investments, after deducting expenses, losses and reserves for the protection thereof, shall be apportioned to the several parties entitled thereto at such rate as the chief justice shall from time to time determine.

NJSA 2A:15-72. Exception to bond

NJSA 2A:15-72. Exception to bond
Where the nonresident party files a bond and with it an affidavit of the surety that he is a resident of this state and worth, above all debts and liabilities, more than double the amount of the bond, or in the case of a corporate surety, other sufficient justification, no exception may be taken to the surety. But if the affidavit or other sufficient justification is not filed, the party demanding the security may within 10 days after receiving the notice of the filing of the bond, give notice to the nonresident party that he excepts to the surety. Upon such exception, the nonresident party shall file the affidavit or other justification or file a new bond with a like affidavit or other justification, or make a deposit as aforesaid, and give the party making the demand notice thereof.

NJSA 2A:15-71. Bond or deposit filed before demand is made for security

NJSA 2A:15-71. Bond or deposit filed before demand is made for security
Before security is demanded, the nonresident party may file a bond for security for costs as provided in this article or make deposit in lieu of it, and give notice thereof.

NJSA 2A:15-70. Notice of security given

NJSA 2A:15-70. Notice of security given
Upon filing bond or making deposit, the nonresident party shall give notice thereof to the opposing party or parties making the demand, with the names of the sureties on the bond and the residences of the individual sureties.

NJSA 2A:15-69. Proceedings stayed until bond filed or deposit made

NJSA 2A:15-69. Proceedings stayed until bond filed or deposit made
Whenever a notice is given demanding from a nonresident party security for costs, all proceedings on his claim shall be stayed until the required security is filed or deposit made.

NJSA 2A:15-68. Deposit in lieu of bond

NJSA 2A:15-68. Deposit in lieu of bond
In lieu of a bond for costs, the nonresident party may deposit with the clerk cash in the amount of $100 or, if there is more than one opposing party demanding security, then in the amount of $100 for each such party.

NJSA2A:15-67. Bond for costs by nonresident claimant

2A:15-67. Bond for costs by nonresident claimant
2A:15-67. Where in any action in the Superior Court any plaintiff or any party asserting a counterclaim, cross-claim or third-party claim is a nonresident, he shall, if, at any time before trial, notice is given to him by an opposing party demanding security for costs, give bond in favor of the opposing party, or, if there is more than one making the demand, in favor of each of them, in the sum of $200, with sufficient surety, conditioned to prosecute the action with effect and to pay costs if the action is dismissed or judgment passes against him. If there is more than one plaintiff or claimant, they may give bond jointly in the sum of $200, all as aforesaid.

If the surety on the bond is an individual and not a corporation, he shall be a resident of this State.

The bond shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the court.

NJSA 2A:15-66. Duties of taxing officer

NJSA 2A:15-66. Duties of taxing officer
The officer authorized to tax costs in any civil matter shall, whether or not objection is made, examine the bills presented to him for taxation, satisfy himself that all the items allowed are correct and legal, strike out all charges for fees, not expressly allowed by law, as to which it does not appear that the services charged for were actually and necessarily performed, and, so far as possible, classify and segregate the fees payable to attorneys and counsellors, the clerk of the court, the court, the sheriff and other persons.

NJSA 2A:15-65. Time within which costs must be taxed

NJSA 2A:15-65. Time within which costs must be taxed
If costs are not taxed within 6 months next after the entry of a judgment or order or, where the judgment or order becomes the subject of review or further litigation, within 6 months after such judgment or order is finally disposed of, no costs shall thereafter be allowed or taxed, unless the court, upon good cause shown, orders allowance and taxation thereafter.

NJSA 2A:15-64. By whom taxed; clerk to sign bill of costs

NJSA 2A:15-64. By whom taxed; clerk to sign bill of costs
Costs shall be taxed by the clerks of the respective courts upon application of the party entitled thereto, or, where taxation is necessary and proper to enable any other party to proceed in the action, then upon his application; or they may be taxed by the court. The clerk when taxing the costs shall sign the bill of costs.

NJSA 2A:15-63. Actions for assault, battery, imprisonment, libel or slander

NJSA 2A:15-63. Actions for assault, battery, imprisonment, libel or slander
If, in an action for damages based upon an assault, battery or imprisonment or for libel or slander, plaintiff does not recover damages to the amount of $50, his costs shall not exceed the damages recovered.

2A:15-62. Actions cognizable before the Superior Court, Law Division, Special Civil Part commenced in Law Division

2A:15-62. Actions cognizable before the Superior Court, Law Division, Special Civil Part commenced in Law Division
2A:15-62. If an action cognizable before the Superior Court, Law Division, Special Civil Part is brought in the Superior Court, Law Division and if the plaintiff obtains judgment for an amount not exceeding the jurisdictional limit of the Special Civil Part exclusive of costs, the plaintiff may be allowed costs, but not exceeding the amount allowable in the Special Civil Part.

This section shall not extend to any action in which the title to real estate may, in any way, come in question, nor to any action in which the judge before whom it is tried shall, immediately after the verdict or the finding, certify that, in his judgment, the action should have been brought in the division and part of the Superior Court in which it was instituted.

2A:15-61. Double costs on appeal after jury verdict

2A:15-61. Double costs on appeal after jury verdict
Where an appeal is taken from a judgment of any court of record of this state after verdict of a jury, and the judgment is affirmed, the prevailing party shall, unless the appellate court shall in express terms adjudge to the contrary, be entitled to double costs on the appeal.

NJSA 2A:15-60. State or person prosecuting therefor

NJSA 2A:15-60. State or person prosecuting therefor
In an action brought by the state, or the governor, or any person for the use of the state, the plaintiff shall recover costs as any other plaintiff; but the defendant in such an action shall not recover any costs against such plaintiff, whether the action is dismissed, judgment shall pass in favor of the defendant or any other proceeding is taken.

This section shall not apply to any popular action, nor to any action on a penal statute, prosecuted by any person on behalf of himself and the state.

NJSA 2A:15-59.1. Frivolous causes of action

NJSA 2A:15-59.1. Frivolous causes of action
1. a. (1) A party who prevails in a civil action, either as plaintiff or defendant, against any other party may be awarded all reasonable litigation costs and reasonable attorney fees, if the judge finds at any time during the proceedings or upon judgment that a complaint, counterclaim, cross-claim or defense of the nonprevailing person was frivolous.

(2) When a public entity is required or authorized by law to provide for the defense of a present or former employee, the public entity may be awarded all reasonable litigation costs and reasonable attorney fees if the individual for whom the defense was provided is the prevailing party in a civil action, and if there is a judicial determination at any time during the proceedings or upon judgment that a complaint, counterclaim, cross-claim, or defense of the nonprevailing party was frivolous.

b. In order to find that a complaint, counterclaim, cross-claim or defense of the nonprevailing party was frivolous, the judge shall find on the basis of the pleadings, discovery, or the evidence presented that either:

(1) The complaint, counterclaim, cross-claim or defense was commenced, used or continued in bad faith, solely for the purpose of harassment, delay or malicious injury; or

(2) The nonprevailing party knew, or should have known, that the complaint, counterclaim, cross-claim or defense was without any reasonable basis in law or equity and could not be supported by a good faith argument for an extension, modification or reversal of existing law.

c. A party or public entity seeking an award under this section shall make application to the court which heard the matter. The application shall be supported by an affidavit stating in detail:

(1) The nature of the services rendered, the responsibility assumed, the results obtained, the amount of time spent by the attorney, any particular novelty or difficulty, the time spent and services rendered by secretaries and staff, other factors pertinent in the evaluation of the services rendered, the amount of the allowance applied for, an itemization of the disbursements for which reimbursement is sought, and any other factors relevant in evaluating fees and costs; and

(2) How much has been paid to the attorney and what provision, if any, has been made for the payment of these fees in the future.

NJSA 2A:15-59. Costs allowed in discretion of court

NJSA 2A:15-59. Costs allowed in discretion of court
Except as otherwise provided by law, costs may be allowed or disallowed in the discretion of the court to any party in any action, motion, appeal or proceeding, whether or not he be successful therein; and where allowed, they may be taxed according to law

Thursday, November 19, 2009

NJSA 2A:15-58. Definitions

NJSA 2A:15-58. Definitions
For the purpose of this article:

a. A case shall be held to involve or to grow out of a labor dispute when the case involves persons who are engaged in industry, trade, craft, employment, or occupation; or who are members of an affiliated organization of employers or employees; whether such dispute is (1) between 1 or more employees and 1 or more employers; (2) between 1 or more employees and an association or associations of employees or employers; (3) between an association or associations of employees and any other association or associations of employees; (4) between 1 or more associations of employees and 1 or more employers or associations of employers; or when the case involves any conflicting or competing interests in a "labor dispute" (as hereinafter defined) of "persons participating or interested" therein (as hereinafter defined).

b. A person or association shall be held to be a person participating or interested in a labor dispute if relief is sought against him or it, and if he or it is engaged in the industry, trade, craft, or occupation in which such dispute occurs, or has a direct or indirect interest therein, or is a member, officer, or agent of any association of employers or employees engaged in such industry, trade, craft, or occupation.

c. The term "labor dispute" includes any controversy concerning terms or conditions of employment, or concerning the association or representation of persons in negotiating, fixing, maintaining, changing, or seeking to arrange terms or conditions of employment, or concerning employment relations, or any other controversy arising out of the respective interests of employer and employee, regardless of whether or not the disputants stand in the proximate relation of employer and employee.

d. The word "person" as used in this article shall include the plural thereof and shall include and be taken to mean any organization of such persons. Wherever used in this article, the words "plaintiff" , "employer" , "employee" , and "proximate relation of employer and employee" shall include the plural thereof.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

NJSA 2A:15-57. Punishment for contempt

NJSA 2A:15-57. Punishment for contempt
Punishment for a contempt specified in section 2A:15-56 of this title may be by fine, not exceeding $100, or by imprisonment not exceeding 15 days, in the jail of the county where the court is sitting, or both, in the discretion of the court; provided, however, that this limitation shall not apply to any contempt conviction based on violations committed by a defendant subsequent to his initial conviction for violating any provision of the same injunction. Where a person is committed to jail, for the nonpayment of such a fine, he must be discharged at the expiration of 15 days; but where he is also committed for a definite time, the 15 days must be computed from the expiration of the definite time.

NJSA 2A:15-56. Disobedience of restraining order or injunction; contempt; jury trial; fees; trial without jury

NJSA 2A:15-56. Disobedience of restraining order or injunction; contempt; jury trial; fees; trial without jury
Whenever any person or persons shall be cited for disobeying, or shall be directed or ordered to show cause why they should not be adjudged in contempt of court for disobeying the restraining order, interlocutory injunction, or injunction above-mentioned, then the person or persons so cited or directed or ordered to show cause shall, on application to the court, have the facts concerning such dispute determined by a jury presided over by a judicial officer other than the one who issued such temporary restraining order, interlocutory injunction, or permanent injunction and shall order such jury trial.

The procedure before the court presiding at the hearing on the citation in impaneling and selecting the jury and in admitting evidence shall be the same as that provided for civil cases tried in the superior court. The jurymen so summoned shall be entitled to the same fees for services as are now allowed in other civil trials. In the event that the person cited or directed or ordered to show cause as aforesaid shall not demand a jury trial, then and in that case, such dispute shall be determined and presided over by a judicial officer other than the one who issued such temporary restraining order, interlocutory injunction or permanent injunction.

NJSA 2A:15-55. Finding of fact as basis for restraining order or injunction; acts to be enjoined; duration of permanent injunctio

NJSA 2A:15-55. Finding of fact as basis for restraining order or injunction; acts to be enjoined; duration of permanent injunction
a. No restraining order or interlocutory or permanent injunction shall be granted in a case involving or growing out of a labor dispute, except on the basis of findings of fact made and filed by the court in the record of the case prior to the issuance of such restraining order or injunction; and every restraining order or injunction granted in a case involving or growing out of a labor dispute shall include only a prohibition of such specific act or acts as may be expressly complained of in the complaint filed in such case and as shall be expressly included in said findings of fact made and filed by the court as provided herein.

b. No permanent injunction shall remain in full force more than 6 months from the date on which the judgment and order or either is filed; provided, however, that the duration of the injunction might be extended for another 6 months if after a further hearing initiated and conducted in the same manner as the original hearing, the court shall determine that the injunction shall be continued or modified in accordance with the findings of fact on the subsequent hearing.

NJSA 2A:15-54. When restraining order or injunctive relief not to be granted

NJSA 2A:15-54. When restraining order or injunctive relief not to be granted
No restraining order or injunctive relief shall be granted to any plaintiff who has failed to comply with any obligation imposed by law which is involved in the labor dispute in question, or who has failed to make every reasonable effort to settle such dispute either by negotiation or with the aid of any available governmental machinery of mediation or voluntary arbitration.

NJSA 2A:15-53. Temporary or permanent injunctions in labor disputes; hearing and findings required; notice; duration of temporary restraining order

NJSA 2A:15-53. Temporary or permanent injunctions in labor disputes; hearing and findings required; notice; duration of temporary restraining order; bond or undertaking
No court of the state of New Jersey nor any judge or judges thereof shall issue a temporary or permanent injunction in any case involving or growing out of a labor dispute, as herein defined, except after hearing the testimony of witnesses in open court (with opportunity for cross-examination) in support of the allegations of a complaint made under oath, and testimony in opposition thereto, if offered, and except after findings of all the following facts by the court or judge or judges thereof:

a. That unlawful acts have been committed and are likely to be continued unless restrained;

b. That substantial and irreparable injury to plaintiff's property will follow unless the relief is granted;

c. That as to each item of relief granted greater injury will be inflicted upon plaintiff by the denial thereof than will be inflicted upon defendants by the granting thereof;

d. That plaintiff has no adequate remedy at law.

Such hearing shall be held after due and personal notice thereof has been given, in such manner as the court shall direct, to all known persons against whom relief is sought; provided, however, that if a plaintiff shall also allege that unless a temporary restraining order shall be issued without notice, a substantial and irreparable injury to plaintiff's property will be unavoidable, then in that case a temporary restraining order may be issued; provided, the plaintiff presents oral testimony under oath sufficient to justify the court in issuing a temporary injunction upon a hearing after notice.

Such temporary restraining order shall be effective for no longer than 5 days, and at the expiration of said 5 days shall become void.

No temporary restraining order or interlocutory injunction or permanent injunction shall be allowed, except upon condition that plaintiff shall first file with the court a bond or undertaking, in favor of the person or persons enjoined or restrained, in an amount to be fixed by the court issuing the restraining order or injunction, sufficient to secure to the person or persons enjoined their court costs, attorney and counsel fees taxed against the plaintiff, in the event that the injunctive relief sought is subsequently denied by the court or in the event that the order or judgment granting such injunctive relief is thereafter reversed by an appellate court.

NJSA 2A:15-52. Public policy in matter of injunctions in labor disputes

NJSA 2A:15-52. Public policy in matter of injunctions in labor disputes
In the interpretation and application of this article, the public policy of the state of New Jersey is hereby defined and declared as follows:

Procedure that permits a complaining party, to obtain in any case involving or growing out of a labor dispute, as hereinafter defined, sweeping injunctive relief that is not preceded by or conditioned upon notice to and hearing of the responding party or parties, or that issues after hearing based upon written affidavits alone and not wholly or in part upon examination, confrontation and cross-examination of witnesses in open court, is subject to abuse and contrary to the public policy of the state of New Jersey for the reason that:

a. The status quo cannot be maintained, but is necessarily altered by the injunction.

b. Determination of issues of veracity and of probability of fact from affidavits of the opposing parties that are contradictory and, under the circumstances, untrustworthy, rather than from oral examination in open court is subject to grave error.

c. Error in issuing the injunctive relief is usually irreparable to the opposing party, and

d. Delay incident to the normal course of appellate practice frequently makes ultimate correction of error in law or in fact unavailing in the particular case.

NJSA A:15-51. Restraining order or interlocutory or permanent injunction in disputes concerning terms or conditions of employment prohibited

NJSA A:15-51. Restraining order or interlocutory or permanent injunction in disputes concerning terms or conditions of employment prohibited
No court of the state of New Jersey, nor any judge or judges thereof, shall issue any restraining order or interlocutory or permanent injunction to prohibit any person or persons (as these terms are defined in this article) from doing, whether singly or in concert, any of the following acts:

a. Ceasing or refusing to perform any work or to remain in any relation of employment;

b. Becoming or remaining a member of any labor organization or of any organization of employers, regardless of any undertaking or promise hereafter made;

c. Paying or giving to, or withholding from any person or persons any strike or unemployment benefits or insurance or other moneys or things of value;

d. By all lawful means aiding any person or persons in any labor dispute who is or are being proceeded against in, or is or are prosecuting, any action in any court of this state;

e. Giving publicity to the existence of, or the facts involved in, any labor dispute, whether by advertising, speaking, patrolling, picketing, without fraud or violence, or by any other method not involving fraud or violence, and not in violation of any other law of the state of New Jersey;

f. Assembling peaceably to act or to organize to act in promotion of their interests in a labor dispute;

g. Advising or notifying persons of an intention to do any of the acts heretofore specified;

h. Agreeing with other persons to do or not to do any of the acts heretofore specified;

i. Advising, urging, or otherwise causing or inducing without fraud or violence the acts heretofore specified regardless of any undertaking or promise hereafter made;

j. Requiring as a condition of employment that all employees of a particular employer or group of employers shall be members of a particular labor organization.

k. The aforesaid acts are hereby declared, as a matter of public policy of the state of New Jersey, to be lawful and in no wise to constitute a tort or a nuisance.

NJSA 2A:15-50. Challenges; triors; determination

NJSA 2A:15-50. Challenges; triors; determination
Challenges to a judge for any of the causes mentioned in section 2A:15-49 of this title shall be made before the trial or argument. The court may, in its discretion, try the challenges or appoint 3 disinterested persons as triors thereof. The finding of a majority of the triors shall be their determination.

NJSA 2A:15-49. What constitutes

NJSA 2A:15-49. What constitutes
No judge of any court shall sit on the trial of or argument of any matter in controversy in a cause pending in his court, when he:

a. Is related in the third degree to any of the parties to the action, which degree shall be computed as at common law; or

b. Has been attorney of record or counsel for a party to such action; or

c. Has given his opinion upon a matter in question in such action; or

d. Is interested in the event of such action.

This section shall not be construed to prevent a judge from sitting on such trial or argument because he has given his opinion in another action in which the same matter in controversy came in question or given his opinion on any question in controversy in the pending action in the course of previous proceedings therein, or because the board of chosen freeholders of a county or municipality in which he is a resident or liable to be taxed are or may be parties to the record or otherwise interested.

NJSA 2A:15-48. Set-off

NJSA 2A:15-48. Set-off
Any defendant failing to set off a liquidated debt or demand, or a debt or demand capable of being ascertained by calculation, shall thereafter be precluded from bringing any action for such debt or demand.

NJSA 2A:15-47. Render in discharge of bail

NJSA 2A:15-47. Render in discharge of bail
The defendant may, on notice to the plaintiff, render himself or be rendered in discharge of his bail, either before or after judgment, to the court in which the action was brought; but such render shall be made within 20 days after proceedings or an action is commenced against the bail on the recognizance of bail and not after, unless for good cause the court grants further time. Upon the render the defendant shall be committed, and thereupon the bail shall be discharged. At any time before judgment in the action, a defendant who has been rendered in discharge of his bail or has been arrested as provided in section 2A:15-44 of this title, may be released on again giving bail, on notice to the plaintiff.

NJSA 2A:15-46. Recognizance filed; record book

NJSA 2A:15-46. Recognizance filed; record book
Every recognizance of bail shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the court in which the action is pending, within 2 days after the approval of the bail, and the clerk shall thereupon deliver a bail piece to the bail. The clerk shall keep a properly indexed book for recording abstracts of recognizances of bail, which shall be accessible to all persons at all proper times. The abstract to be recorded in such book shall contain a statement of the name of the court, the names of plaintiff and defendant and the bail, the residence of the bail and the amount of the bail.

NJSA 2A:15-45. Who may be bail

NJSA 2A:15-45. Who may be bail
No attorney at law, sheriff, sheriff's deputy or other person concerned in the execution of process shall be bail in any action.

NJSA 2A:15-44. Amercement of bail; arrest and imprisonment of defendant

NJSA 2A:15-44. Amercement of bail; arrest and imprisonment of defendant

If the bail fails to bring in the body of the defendant when ordered by the court, they shall be amerced in a sum not exceeding plaintiff's debt or demand, with costs. The amercement shall have the force and effect of a judgment, upon which execution in the name and for the use of the plaintiff may be awarded if the court so directs; or in lieu of amercement, the court may arrest and commit the defendant as if upon a capias.

NJSA 2A:15-42. Capias; grounds in action founded upon contrac

NJSA 2A:15-42. Capias; grounds in action founded upon contract
A capias ad respondendum shall issue in an action founded upon contract, express or implied, due to plaintiff from defendant, only when the proof establishes the particulars specified in one or more of the following subparagraphs:

a. That defendant is about to remove any of his property out of the jurisdiction of the court in which the action is about to be commenced or is then pending with intent to defraud his creditors; or

b. That defendant has property or choses in action which he fraudulently conceals; or

c. That defendant has assigned, removed or disposed of, or is about to assign, remove or dispose of, any of his property with intent to defraud his creditors; or

d. That defendant fraudulently contracted the debt or incurred the demand.

In such a case, the court shall hold the defendant to bail in such an amount as is shown by the proof to be due plaintiff from defendant except that in actions to recover money from a public officer, the amount shall be that which the court thinks proper under the circumstances.

This section shall not apply to proceedings as for contempt to enforce civil remedies.

NJSA 2A:15-41. Capias; grounds in action founded upon tort

NJSA 2A:15-41. Capias; grounds in action founded upon tort

A capias ad respondendum shall issue in an action founded upon a tort only when the action is founded upon (a) an outrageous battery or a mayhem, (b) a claim of damages for the misconduct or neglect of a public officer or (c) a wilful or malicious act and the defendant is a nonresident or is about to remove from the state. In such a case the court shall hold the defendant to bail, in an amount which it thinks proper under the circumstances.

NJSA 2A:15-30.1 Service of process on business entity; substituted service.

NJSA 2A:15-30.1 Service of process on business entity; substituted service.

1. a. If a business entity, foreign or domestic, is required to register with a State official or agency to transact business in this State and is required to register an address or an agent in this State for the service of process, process in any action in any court of this State directed to the business may be served at the address or on the agent registered.

b.If a business entity, foreign or domestic, is required to register with a State official or agency to transact business in this State and is required to register an address or an agent in this State for the service of process, process in any action in any court of this State directed to the business may be served on the State official or agency, if:

(1)The business entity has failed to register or re-register as required by law; or

(2)The business entity has failed to maintain a registered address or a registered agent in this State for service of process, as required by law.

c.The official or agency upon which substituted service has been made, within two days after service, shall notify the business entity to which the process was directed, by a letter to its registered office, if any, or to any officer of the entity known to the official or agency. A copy of the process or other paper served shall be enclosed with the letter.

d.Service of process as provided in subsection (a) shall be as effective in any action as if the business entity had entered its general appearance in the action.

NJSA 2A:15-19. Intervention by taxpayer in action by or against county or municipality

NJSA 2A:15-19. Intervention by taxpayer in action by or against county or municipality
When, in an action by or against a county or municipality, if in the opinion of the court the interests of the county or municipality would be promoted thereby, the court may, upon terms, allow a taxpayer and resident of the county or municipality to intervene in the action on behalf of and prosecute or defend the same in the name of the county or municipality.

2A:15-18. Action by taxpayer on failure of county or municipality to sue

2A:15-18. Action by taxpayer on failure of county or municipality to sue
If the board of chosen freeholders of a county or the governing body of a municipality fails to prosecute a claim or demand of the county or municipality, any court in which an action on such claim or demand is cognizable may, upon terms, allow a taxpayer and resident of the county or municipality to commence and prosecute an action upon the claim or demand in the name and on behalf of the county or municipality, if in the opinion of the court the interests of the county or municipality would be promoted thereby.

NJSA 2A:15-17. Discharge of lis pendens when judgment is paid, satisfied or action settled or abandoned

NJSA 2A:15-17. Discharge of lis pendens when judgment is paid, satisfied or action settled or abandoned
When a judgment made in an action, of the pendency of which notice has been filed as herein provided, is paid, satisfied or performed, or the action has been settled by the parties thereto or has been abandoned by plaintiff therein, a statement of such payment, satisfaction, performance, settlement or abandonment shall be entered by the county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages in whose office the notice has been filed, upon the receipt and filing by him of a warrant for that purpose, executed by the party who filed the notice, or his attorney, as warrants to satisfy judgments are required to be executed.

If the judgment has been paid, satisfied or performed or the action has been settled or abandoned as aforesaid, but the party who filed the notice of lis pendens fails to file the warrant stated, the court having jurisdiction of the action may, upon being satisfied of the fact of such payment, satisfaction, performance, settlement or abandonment and upon such notice as it may by its order direct, order the real estate affected and described in the notice of lis pendens to be discharged of all claims or equities set up in the complaint in the action.

The county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages shall, upon the filing by him of the warrant mentioned in the first paragraph of this section or upon the filing by him of the original or a certified copy of the order mentioned in the second paragraph of this section, note in the margin of the record of the lis pendens notice the discharge thereof by the warrant or order.

Thereupon the real estate affected by the action and described in the notice shall be discharged of all claims or equities set up in the complaint in the action.

NJSA 2A:15-16. Record of discharge of real estate from claim

NJSA 2A:15-16. Record of discharge of real estate from claim
Upon the filing of a copy of the order mentioned in section 2A:15-15 of this title, certified under the seal of the court out of which it issued, with the county clerk or register of deeds with whom the notice of lis pendens has been filed, that officer shall enter, on the margin of the record of the notice, a notation of the discharge of the real estate from the claim set up in the action.

Thereafter the real estate shall be discharged from the claim, except such as may be covered by the security given for the payment thereof.

NJSA 2A:15-15. Order discharging real estate from claim

NJSA 2A:15-15. Order discharging real estate from claim
If, in an action for the enforcement against real estate of a claim for the payment of money, except for the foreclosure of a mortgage, as to which a notice of lis pendens has been filed, the defendant therein gives such sufficient security as the court having jurisdiction of the action shall direct, to pay such sum of money as may, by the final determination of the action, be ascertained to be chargeable upon the affected real estate, the court may by order discharge the real estate from such claim.

NJSA 2A:15-14. Marginal notation in record of notice of judgment for defendant; appeal; further lis pendens

NJSA 2A:15-14. Marginal notation in record of notice of judgment for defendant; appeal; further lis pendens
Whenever a final judgment is made in favor of the defendant or defendants in any action, notice of the pendency of which has been filed in the office of any county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages, the county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages in whose office the notice has been filed shall, when a copy of such judgment, certified under the seal of the court in which the judgment shall have been obtained, is filed in his office, enter in the margin of the record of the notice a statement of the substance of the judgment. Thereafter the real estate described in the notice shall be discharged of all equities or claims set up in the complaint in the action, unless the plaintiff takes an appeal or institutes proceedings for relief from the judgment and files a similar notice of lis pendens in said office, stating in the notice the object of the appeal or proceedings. Such notice shall, during the pendency of such appeal or proceedings, have the effect of the notice first filed, and the real estate described in the notice may be discharged of all equities set up in the complaint, in the manner provided for the discharge of the notice first filed.

NJSA 2A:15-13. Fee for recording notice as taxable costs

NJSA 2A:15-13. Fee for recording notice as taxable costs
The fee for recording a notice of lis pendens shall be taxable as a part of the costs in the action.

NJSA 2A:15-12. Record and index of notices; access to

NJSA 2A:15-12. Record and index of notices; access to
Except as provided by section 2A:15-9 of this title, the county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages, with whom a notice of lis pendens is filed, shall forthwith record the same, with the time of the filing thereof, in a proper book provided and kept by him in his office. The record book shall be properly indexed, and shall be a public record, to which persons desiring to examine the same shall have access.

NJSA 2A:15-11.Notice of lis pendens

NJSA 2A:15-11.Notice of lis pendens
2A:15-11. Notice of lis pendens. No notice of lis pendens shall be effective after five years from the date of its filing

NJSA 2A:15-10. Discharge of lis pendens of record when action not prosecuted

NJSA 2A:15-10. Discharge of lis pendens of record when action not prosecuted
If plaintiff in an action as to which a notice of lis pendens has been filed as herein required fails to prosecute the same diligently, the court wherein the action is pending may, for such cause or for other good cause shown, by order direct the county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages, as the case may be, to discharge the lis pendens of record.

NJSA 2A:15-9. Notice of foreclosure action

NJSA 2A:15-9. Notice of foreclosure action
In actions for the satisfaction or foreclosure of a duly recorded or registered mortgage or the foreclosure of a duly recorded certificate of tax sale, the notice of lis pendens shall, in addition to describing the affected real estate, specify the book and page of the record or registration of the mortgage or of the record of the certificate of tax sale, as the case may be. Such notice shall be filed, and the time of its filing and the time of the filing of the complaint with the name of the plaintiff and the first defendant named, shall, in lieu of any other indexing and recording, be noted in the margin of the record of the mortgage or of the record of the abstract thereof or in the margin of the record of the certificate of tax sale, as the case may be.

NJSA 2A:15-8. Rights of bona fide purchasers, mortgagees or lienors before notice filed and prior to final judgmen

NJSA 2A:15-8. Rights of bona fide purchasers, mortgagees or lienors before notice filed and prior to final judgment
Unless and until a notice of lis pendens is filed as herein provided, no action, as to which such notice is required, shall, before final judgment entered therein, be taken to be constructive notice to a bona fide purchaser or mortgagee of, or a person acquiring a lien on, the affected real estate.

NJSA 2A:15-7. Filed notice; effect as to persons claiming interest in real estate affected by notice

NJSA 2A:15-7. Filed notice; effect as to persons claiming interest in real estate affected by notice
a. In action to enforce or declare rights in, or concerning, or for partition of real estate, wherein plaintiff's claim arises out of a written instrument, which instrument either is executed by defendant and identifies such real estate or appears of record with respect to the title thereto, from and after the filing of a notice of lis pendens, any person claiming title to, interest in or lien upon the real estate described in the notice through any defendant in the action as to which the notice is filed shall be deemed to have acquired the same with knowledge of the pendency of the action, and shall be bound by any judgment entered therein, as though he had been made a party thereto and duly served with process therein.

b. In an action other than one specified in subsection a. of this section, if a notice of lis pendens is filed, that notice shall have the same effect as provided in subsection a., until the entry of a determination by the court pursuant to this subsection. When a notice of lis pendens is filed in such an action, the plaintiff shall, within three days after the filing of the notice of lis pendens, serve upon the defendant a copy of the notice of lis pendens and of the complaint. Any party claiming an interest in the real estate affected by the notice of lis pendens may, at any time thereafter, file with the court, in accordance with the Rules Governing the Courts of the State of New Jersey, except as otherwise provided herein, a motion for a determination as to whether there is a probability that final judgment will be entered in favor of the plaintiff sufficient to justify the filing or continuation of the notice of lis pendens. The plaintiff shall bear the burden of establishing such probability. The court shall, after hearing and within 10 days, enter a determination as to whether there is a sufficient probability that final judgment will be entered in favor of the plaintiff. If the court determines that there is a sufficient probability of final judgment in favor of the plaintiff, the notice of lis pendens shall be continued of record and shall have the same effect as provided in subsection a. If the court fails so to determine, the court shall forthwith order the notice of lis pendens discharged of record

NJSA 2A:15-6. Written notice of pendency of action; contents

NJSA 2A:15-6. Written notice of pendency of action; contents
2A:15-6. In every action, instituted in any court of this State having civil jurisdiction or in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, the object of which is to enforce a lien upon real estate or to affect the title to real estate or a lien or encumbrance thereon, plaintiff or his attorney shall, after the filing of the complaint, file in the office of the county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages, as the case may be, of the county in which the affected real estate is situate, a written notice of the pendency of the action, which shall set forth the title and the general object thereof, with a description of the affected real estate.