Title 46, Title 46: PROPERTY

46:24-13. Entries in local or block indexes; maps, books and records public records; time for completion, certification and deposit All instruments in writing affecting land, in any county wherein local or block indexes shall be adopted as set forth in section 46:24-7 of this tit…

46:24-14. Entries on record or registry of instruments indexed in local indexes For the purpose of ready reference to the local indexes in counties adopting local indexes, and the discovery of errors of entry therein, every deed, mortgage or other instrument so entered shall have…

46:24-15. Order and time of entry of instruments in local or block indexes The county recording officer of any county in which local or block indexes shall be adopted shall enter every instrument received by him for record or registration on the local index in his office, in the …

46:24-16. Liability of county recording officer for errors or omissions The county recording officer of any county in which local or block indexes shall be adopted shall be liable for any loss or damage to any person interested, by reason of his failure to index an instrument as …

46:24-17. Indorsement of block number on instruments presented for record or registry All instruments presented to the county recording officer in counties adopting local or block indexes for recording or registering, shall be legibly indorsed by him with the number of the block …

46:24-18. Indorsement of land block number on instruments entered in local index In counties adopting local indexes as herein provided, every instrument entered in a local index shall, in addition to the other matters required by law, be indorsed by the county recording officer w…

46:24-19. Indexes as part of record of instruments and as notice of record, execution and contents thereof The local indexes directed by this chapter to be made and kept and the entries made therein shall, for the purpose of notice as aforesaid, be deemed and taken to be a part o…

46:24-2. Powers of commissioners as to procuring maps and indexes and as to expenditures If commissioners shall be appointed under section 46:24-1 of this Title, they may, in the name of the board of chosen freeholders of the county for which they shall be appointed, for the purp…

46:24-20. Blocks, parcels of land and lots to run to center of streets, avenues and roads For the purpose of notice under this chapter each block or parcel of land required to be separately numbered with a block number in accordance with section 46:24-7 of this title, and also ea…

46:24-21. Correction of erroneous entries In counties adopting local indexes under this chapter where there shall have been an erroneous indexing of any instrument in any such land record office, under the wrong block or otherwise, the county recording officer shall, on being sat…

46:24-22. Purpose and construction of chapter The provisions of this chapter shall be construed by all courts according to the true intent and purpose thereof, which is declared to be to establish the use of local indexes for public records of land in the larger counties in popul…

46:24-3. Access to public records and papers The commissioners appointed under section 46:24-1 of this title shall, in the performance of their duties, have free access to all public records and papers in this state, and be permitted to examine and copy the same free of charge.

46:24-4. Map or plan of county; preparation and contents The commissioners appointed under section 46:24-1 of this title shall, immediately upon entering upon their duties, cause to be prepared, under their direction by competent surveyors and draughtsmen, a map or plan of the co…

46:24-5. Maps marked as official land maps certified and filed; copies made and sold The map mentioned in section 46:24-4 of this title shall, when completed, be marked as the official land map of such county and certified as such by the commissioners, and filed in the office of …

46:24-6. Subdivisions of numbered blocks shown of official land maps Whenever, after the making of the land map in accordance with section 46:24-4 of this title, any large area or block division, or part thereof, on such map, shall be laid out by the owners thereof on a map filed…

46:24-7. Local or block indexes; preparation, form and contents The commissioners appointed under section 46:24-1 of this title shall cause to be prepared, in book form, indexes for indexing instruments affecting land in such counties, recorded or registered in the record offices…

46:24-8. Form and size of local block indexes; indorsements thereon The books of indexes referred to in section 46:24-7 of this title shall be made on such convenient form and size as the commissioners shall determine, and each book of indexes shall be indorsed with its appropria…

46:24-9. Subindexes In counties adopting local indexes under this chapter, the commissioners, or the county recording officers, after the term of office of the commissioners shall have expired, shall establish such subindexes as circumstances may warrant, in which shall be indexe…