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

2A:62-13. Persons not bound by judgment No judgment entered pursuant to the provisions of this article shall affect the right of any other person claiming to own the lands involved, or a part thereof, or interest therein, or holding a lien or encumbrance thereon, whose title, cla…

2A:62-14. Persons not bound by judgments and orders All orders made and judgments entered in an action authorized by section 2A:62-11 of this title shall be binding upon all persons included in the classification "unknown claimants" and their heirs, devisees and personal represen…

2A:62-15. Construction of article This article shall be liberally construed to effect its purpose, which is to create a procedure by which it may be established that certain named persons have a marketable title to all of the estate in fee simple of lands defined by a judgment en…

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

2A:62-17. Persons entitled to maintain action When a person claims to be entitled to a vested estate in remainder in lands in this state or to a remainder interest in personalty and his title thereto, or any part thereof, is denied or disputed, or another person claims or is clai…

2A:62-18. Jury trial; issues; adjudication by court Upon the application of either party, a jury trial shall be directed to try the validity of the claims made to the estate or interest, or to settle the facts, or any specified portion of the facts upon which the same depends. Wh…

2A:62-19 Judgment; conclusiveness; opening judgment as to persons under disability. 2A:62-19. The final determination and judgment in an action authorized by N.J.S.2A:62-17 shall fix and settle the rights of all the parties in the estate in remainder in the lands or in the remain…

2A:62-2. Presumption of peaceable possession If the lands are not, by reason of their extent or because they are wild, wood, waste, uninclosed or unimproved, in the actual peaceable possession of the owner or person claiming ownership, the owner or person claiming ownership in fe…

2A:62-20. Persons entitled to maintain action A person in the peaceable possession of lands in this state, claiming ownership thereof in fee simple under a deed therefor, or by or under descent or devise from the grantee thereof, which deed contains no covenants, conditions or ag…

2A:62-21. Jury trial; adjudication by court Upon the application of either party, a jury trial shall be directed to try the validity of any claim specified in section 2A:62-20 of this title, or any specified portion of the facts upon which the same depends. When such jury trial i…

2A:62-22. Effect of final adjudication The final determination and judgment of the court in an action brought pursuant to section 2A:62-20 of this title shall fix and settle the rights of the parties with respect to the existence and validity of the covenants, conditions, agreeme…

2A:62-23. Action by attorney general When a grant or conveyance in fee of riparian lands or lands under water, or both, has been or shall be made by the state, the riparian commission, the board of commerce and navigation, the division of navigation, in the department of conserva…

2A:62-24. Jury trial; adjudication by court Upon application of either party, a jury trial shall be directed to try the validity of any claim to the affected lands mentioned in section 2A:62-23 of this title, or to settle the facts or any specified portion of the facts upon which…

2A:62-25. Effect of final adjudication The final determination and judgment of the court in an action authorized by section 2A:62-23 of this title shall fix and settle the rights of the parties in the affected lands, which shall be binding upon all the parties to the action. L.19…

2A:62-26. Tender or payment into court not required; terms upon which grant or conveyance set aside The attorney general need not, on behalf of the state, make or offer to make any tender or payment into court, either on or before filing the complaint. If the judgment of the cour…

2A:62-3. By grantor of mapped and sold lots If any person, while in peaceable possession of lands and claiming ownership thereof, has made and filed or makes and files a map thereof according to law, dividing such lands into lots and laying out and dedicating streets upon such la…

2A:62-4. Jury trial; issues; place of trial Upon the application of either party, a jury trial shall be directed to try the validity of a claim made to the affected lands, or to settle the facts, or any specified portion of the facts upon which the same depends. The trial may be …

2A:62-5. Determination of claims by court When no jury trial is requested pursuant to section 2A:62-4 of this title, or as to the facts for which the same is not requested, the court shall proceed to inquire into and determine such claims, interest and estate. L.1951 (1st SS), c.…

2A:62-6. Scope of adjudication by court The court shall, upon the verdict of the jury taken pursuant to section 2A:62-4 of this title, or upon its own inquiry and determination as provided by section 2A:62-5 of this title, finally settle and adjudge whether a defendant to the sui…

2A:62-7. Effect of final adjudication The final determination and judgment shall fix and settle the rights of the parties in the affected land and shall, except as provided by sections 2A:62-8 to 2A:62-10 of this title, be binding and conclusive upon all the parties to the action…

2A:62-8 Persons under disability; relief from judgment. 2A:62-8. If a defendant was, either at the time of the entry of a default against the defendant or at the time of the entry of the judgment, a minor or an incapacitated person, the defendant, or the defendant's heirs, may, u…

2A:62-9. Opening judgment on application for relief Upon an application for relief from the judgment as provided by section 2A:62-8 of this title the judgment shall be opened as to the applicant, and the cause may then proceed as if no judgment had been made against him. L.1951 (…