Title 2A, Title 2A: ADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

2A:14-1.4. Inapplicability of time limitation for adverse possession cases 3. The 10-year time period limitation on actions for the statute of repose set forth in section 1 of P.L.1967, c.59 (C.2A:14-1.1) for surveying shall not be applicable to cases of adverse possession. In ad…

2A:14-10. 2 years and 1 year; actions on penal statutes All actions at law brought for any forfeiture upon any penal statute made or to be made, shall be commenced within the periods of time herein prescribed: a. Within 2 years next after the offense committed or to be committed …

2A:14-11. 1 year; action on vacation of public rights by ordinance; park lands accepted by municipality Whenever any municipality has heretofore adopted, or shall hereafter adopt, any ordinance vacating, extinguishing, or releasing the public rights in any road, street, avenue, p…

2A:14-12. 2 years; persons claiming interest in park lands not accepted by municipality Whenever any municipality shall after July 24, 1950 adopt any ordinance vacating any park or park lands or any part thereof, which shall have heretofore been dedicated by map, plat, deed, deed…

2A:14-13. Enforcement of mortgage judgment or lien Section 2A:14-12 of this title shall not be construed to preclude the holder of a mortgage judgment or lien upon and enforceable against the vacated lands from enforcing such mortgage judgment or lien. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

2A:14-14. 60 years; claims to real estate by devisees under invalid will as heirs to other real estate mentioned therein Where lands are attempted to be devised to 2 or more persons, the heirs of the decedent, in severalty by a writing purporting to be a last will which, though e…

2A:14-15. Actions by public officers or employees whose compensation was reduced to be brought prior to November 18, 1938 L.1938, c. 200, p. 477 (R.S. 2:24-25) entitled "An act concerning the limitation of civil actions, and supplementing chapter 24 of Title 2 of the Revised Stat…

2A:14-16. 20 years; actions on bonds of fiduciaries No action at law brought upon a bond given by any executor, administrator, guardian, trustee, receiver or assignee under any law relating to insolvent debtors or insolvent estates, for the faithful performance of any or all of t…

2A:14-17. 9 years; actions on bonds of sheriffs, county treasurers and municipal collectors or treasurers No action at law brought upon any bond given by any sheriff and his sureties for the faithful performance of the office of sheriff, or by any county treasurer and his suretie…

2A:14-19. 10 years; actions on bonds of municipal magistrates No action at law brought upon a bond given by any municipal magistrate and his sureties or by the clerk of any municipal court and his sureties shall in any way operate against or affect the sureties named in and bound…

2A:14-2 Actions for injury caused by wrongful act, appointment of guardian ad litem. 2A:14-2. a. Except as otherwise provided by law, every action at law for an injury to the person caused by the wrongful act, neglect or default of any person within this State shall be commenced …

2A:14-2.1. 2 years; action by parent or other person for injury to minor child; joinder with action on behalf of minor child Where a parent or other person has a claim for damages suffered by him because of an injury to a minor child caused by the wrongful act, neglect or default…

2A:14-20. 16 years; actions on prison limits bonds No action at law brought upon a prison limits bond, given to the sheriff of any county by an insolvent debtor or person arrested upon final process in a civil action, shall in any way operate against or affect the sureties named …

2A:14-21 Disabilities affecting limitation; action on behalf of minor. 2A:14-21. If a person entitled to commence an action or proceeding specified in N.J.S.2A:14-1 to 2A:14-8 or N.J.S.2A:14-16 to 2A:14-20 or to a right or title of entry under N.J.S.2A:14-6 is under the age of 18…

2A:14-22. Tolling of statute of limitations 2A:14-22. a. If (1) any person against whom there is any of the causes of action specified in sections 2A:14-1 to 2A:14-5 and 2A:14-8, or if any surety against whom there is a cause of action specified in any of the sections of article …

2A:14-23. Death of person liable If any person against whom there is any of the causes of action specified in sections 2A:14-1, 2A:14-2, 2A:14-4, 2A:14-5 and 2A:14-8 of this title, or if any surety against whom there is a cause of action specified in any of the sections of articl…

2A:14-23.1. Cause of action belonging to decedent No statute of limitation running on a cause of action belonging to a decedent which had not been barred as of the date of his death, shall apply to bar a cause of action surviving the decedent's death sooner than 6 months after de…

2A:14-24. Acknowledgment or new promise In actions at law grounded on any simple contract, no acknowledgment or promise by words only shall be deemed sufficient evidence of a new or continuing contract, so as to take any case out of the operation of this chapter, or to deprive an…

2A:14-25. Indorsement or memorandum of payment on written obligation; effect No indorsement or memorandum of any payment written or made upon a promissory note, bill of exchange or other writing, by or on behalf of the party to whom the payment is made, shall be deemed sufficient…

2A:14-26. Military or naval service during war; effect on limitations The period of service, in time of war and 6 months thereafter, of any person, in active service in any of the armed forces of the United States, or the women's auxiliary corps, the women's reserve of the naval …

2A:14-26.1. Findings, declarations relative to statute of limitations regarding hemophiliacs infected with HIV, AIDS; accrual of actions 1. a. The Legislature finds and declares: (1) Over one-half of the people with hemophilia in this country were infected with the human immunode…

2A:14-26.2. Inapplicability of act 2. The provisions of this act shall be inapplicable to any civil action governed by the statute of limitations of another jurisdiction.L.1996,c.23,s.2.

2A:14-27. Set-off The limitations provided by this chapter shall apply to the case of any debt or demand for liquidated damages alleged by way of set-off. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

2A:14-28. New action after judgment reversed or relief granted If, in any of the actions or proceedings specified in sections 2A:14-1 to 2A:14-19, sections 2A:14-22 to 2A:14-25 or section 2A:14-27 of this Title, judgment is given for the plaintiff therein, and such judgment is re…

2A:14-29. Limitation of lien of civil recognizance All recognizances of bail made or entered into before any court, judge or magistrate having civil jurisdiction, upon which no actions or proceedings to enforce or collect the same shall have been prosecuted to final judgment with…

2A:14-2a Statute of limitations for action at law resulting from certain sexual crimes against a minor. 2. a. (1) Every action at law for an injury resulting from the commission of sexual assault, any other crime of a sexual nature, a prohibited sexual act as defined in section 2…

2A:14-2b Commencement of actions regardless of statute of limitations. 9. a. Notwithstanding the statute of limitations provisions of N.J.S.2A:14-2, section 2 of P.L.2019, c.120 (C.2A:14-2a), section 1 of P.L.1964, c.214 (C.2A:14-2.1), or any other statute, an action at law for a…

2A:14-2c Effective date. 10. The provisions of this amendatory and supplementary act, P.L.2019, c.120 (C.2A:14-2a et al.), shall take effect on December 1, 2019. These provisions shall be inapplicable to any civil action governed solely by the statute of limitations of another ju…

2A:14-3. 1 year; libel or slander Every action at law for libel or slander shall be commenced within 1 year next after the publication of the alleged libel or slander. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

2A:14-30. 30 years' possession of real estate, except woodlands or uncultivated tracts, and 60 years' possession of woodlands or uncultivated tracts however commenced or continued Thirty years' actual possession of any real estate excepting woodlands or uncultivated tracts, and 6…

2A:14-31. 30 years' actual possession of any real estate under claim or color of title Thirty years' actual possession of any real estate, uninterruptedly continued by occupancy, descent, conveyance or otherwise, wherever such possession commenced or is founded upon a proprietary…

2A:14-32 Disabilities affecting right to enforce right or title to real estate. 2A:14-32. If any person having a right or title to real estate is under the age of 18, or has been adjudicated incapacitated, or is outside the United States for purposes other than a military tour of…

2A:14-33. Prescriptive right to maintain wires or cables Whenever any wire or cable used for any telegraph, telephone, electric light, or other wire or cable for electric purposes, is or shall be attached to, or does or shall extend upon or over any building or land, no lapse of …

2A:14-34. Immateriality of descent cast If the disseizor of an interest in real estate, having no right or title thereto, shall hereafter die seized of such interest, the descent of the right or title acquired by the disseizin to the heir of the disseizor shall not take away the …

2A:14-4. Actions on lease, specialty, recognizance or award; 16 years; effect of payments; action on instrument under seal brought by merchant or financial institution; 6 years Every action at law for rent or arrears of rent, founded upon a lease under seal, every action at law u…

2A:14-5. 20 years; judgments A judgment in any court of record in this state may be revived by proper proceedings or an action at law may be commenced thereon within 20 years next after the date thereof, but not thereafter. An action may be commenced on a judgment obtained in any…

2A:14-6. 20 years; right of entry into real estate Every person having any right or title of entry into real estate shall make such entry within 20 years next after the accrual of such right or title of entry, or be barred therefrom thereafter. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

2A:14-7. 20 years; real actions Every action at law for real estate shall be commenced within 20 years next after the right or title thereto, or cause of such action shall have accrued. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

2A:14-8. 20 years; actions by state for real estate or rents No person or body politic or corporate shall be sued or impleaded by the state of New Jersey for any real estate, or for any rents, revenues, issues or profits thereof, except within 20 years next after the right or tit…

2A:14-9. 2 months; actions against sheriffs by claimants of personal property attached or levied upon under execution Where a person other than a defendant in attachment or execution lays claim to personal property attached, levied upon, taken or sold by a sheriff or other office…