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

2A:42A-6.2. Liberal construction 6. The provisions of P.L.1985, c.431 (C.2A:42A-6 et seq.) shall be liberally construed to serve as an inducement to the owners, lessees and occupants of property, that might otherwise be reluctant to do so for fear of liability, to permit persons …

2A:42A-7. Liability for dangerous condition This act shall not limit the liability which would otherwise exist for willful or malicious failure to guard, or to warn against, a dangerous condition, use, structure or activity. L. 1985, c. 431, s. 2, eff. Jan. 13, 1986.

2A:42A-8. Limitation of liability of owners, lessees, occupants An owner, lessee or occupant of premises upon which public access has been required as a condition of a regulatory approval of, or by agreement with, the Department of Environmental Protection, regardless of whether …

2A:42A-8.1 Liability of owners of certain premises which allow public access. 1. a. An owner, lessee or occupant of premises on which a conservation restriction is held by the State, a local unit, or a charitable conservancy and upon which premises subject to the conservation res…

2A:42A-9. "Agricultural or horticultural land" defined 1. As used in this act, "agricultural or horticultural land" means orchards, nurseries or other land devoted to the production for sale of plants, crops, trees, forest products or other related commodities. L.1997,c.378,s.1.

2A:43-1. Privileged communications The privileged character attaching to the publication of judicial or other proceedings shall extend to the publication in any newspaper of official statements issued by police department heads and county prosecutors in investigations in progress…

2A:43-2. Damages recoverable The defendant, in an action for libel against the owner, manager, editor, publisher or reporter of any newspaper, magazine, periodical, serial or other publication in this state, may give proof of intention; and plaintiff, unless he shall prove either…

2A:43-3. Broadcasters; liability for statements of candidates for public office The owner, licensee or operator of a visual or sound radio broadcasting station or network of stations, hereinafter referred to as a broadcaster, and any agent or employee of any such broadcaster, sha…

2A:43A-1. Definitions; notice a. As used in this section: (1) "Library material" means any material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, or any part thereof, belonging to, on loan to, or otherwise in the custody of a library facility; (2) "Library facility" means any …

2A:44-1. Definitions As used in this article: "Aircraft" means any contrivance invented, used or designed for navigation or flight in the air except a parachute or other contrivance designed for such navigation but used primarily as safety equipment. "Aircraft mechanic" means any…

2A:44-10. Sale of aircraft if proceedings not taken by owner If no proceedings are taken for the repossession of the aircraft or the parts thereof by the owner, such property so held by any airport operator or any operator of a hangar or place of storage, repair or supplies for a…

2A:44-11. Notice of sale; advertisement Notice of sale under section 2A:44-10 of this title shall be published 2 times for 2 weeks, at least once in each week, in some newspaper circulating in the municipality, in which the aircraft or part thereof is detained, and not less than …

2A:44-12. Disposition of proceeds of sale The proceeds of the sale shall be applied to the payment of the lien and the expenses of seizure, if any, and of such sale. The balance, if any remaining, shall be paid to the owner of such property. The balance, if not claimed by the own…

2A:44-125. Short title This article may be cited as the "municipal mechanics' lien law" . L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

2A:44-126. Definitions As used in this article: "Contractor" means a person, his assigns or legal representatives, with whom a contract with a public agency is made. "Public agency" means any county, city, town, township, public commission, public board or other municipality in t…

2A:44-127. Action to recover debt not barred Nothing in this article contained shall affect or impair the right of a creditor for labor performed or materials furnished to maintain an action to recover such debt against the person liable therefor. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

2A:44-128. Debts for labor and materials; funds liable; asserting lien; forfeiture of lien 2A:44-128. a. Any person who, as laborer, mechanic, materialman, merchant or trader, or subcontractor, in pursuance of or conformity with the terms of any contract for any public improvemen…

2A:44-129. Commencement and extent of lien; exception A lien created by this article shall, from the time of the filing thereof, attach, to the extent of the liability of the contractor or subcontractor as the case may be, for the claim preferred upon any funds due or to grow due…

2A:44-13. Sale of perishable goods; application to court; procedure. 2A:44-13. Where the consignee of perishable goods cannot be found by the carrier or shall neglect or refuse to receive the same or to pay the costs and expenses of transportation, or the charges for detention or…

2A:44-130. Release of funds from lien; bond The funds to which a lien has attached as provided by section 2A:44-129 of this title may be released and paid to the contractor by the financial officer of the public agency upon the filing with such officer of a bond in double the sum…

2A:44-131. Priority of lien over assignments The lien given by and filed pursuant to this article shall have priority over an assignment, by a contractor or subcontractor to a third person of moneys due or to grow due to such contractor or subcontractor for labor performed or mat…

2A:44-132. Filing notice of lien claim A lien claimant may, at any time before the whole work to be performed by the contractor for the public agency is either completed or accepted by resolution of the public agency, or within 60 days thereafter, file with the chairman or other …

2A:44-133. Contents of notice; variance of names not to affect validity of lien The notice of claim under section 2A:44-132 of this title shall state: a. The name and residence or place of business of the claimant; b. The amount claimed and from whom due and if not due when it wi…

2A:44-134. Lien docket; entries; validity of claim not affected by failure to make entry The officer of the public agency with whom a notice of lien claim is filed pursuant to section 2A:44-132 of this title shall give notice of the filing thereof to the financial officer of the …

2A:44-135. Notice by public agency to contractor or person in interest A public agency may, upon a notice of lien claim being filed with it pursuant to section 2A:44-132 of this title, serve notice upon the contractor and upon any person who may appear, by the records of the publ…

2A:44-136. Payment of claim by public agency if statement not filed; credit for amount paid; priority of claim of laborer If the contractor or person in interest shall fail to file with the financial officer of the public agency, within the time prescribed by notice under section…

2A:44-137. Actions in superior court Any claimant who has filed a notice under sections 2A:44-132 and 2A:44-133 of this title may enforce his claim against the fund therein designated by an action of an equitable nature in the superior court. An action of the same nature to deter…

2A:44-138. Commencement of action; lien of other claimants preserved No lien created under this article shall be binding on the funds of the public agency, unless an action to enforce the lien claim be brought within 60 days from the time when the whole work to be performed by th…

2A:44-139. Parties to action; county or municipality when public agency not corporation The claimant first bringing an action for the enforcement of his claim in the superior court as provided by this article, shall make parties to the action all who have filed claims, the contra…

2A:44-14. Sale of unclaimed property; when authorized. When the owner or consignee of property transported by a common carrier to its destination, does not call for the same, or cannot be found, or is unknown, or neglects or refuses to receive the property or to pay the costs and…

2A:44-140. Determination of validity of liens and amount due; judgment; ratable distribution; priority of laborer's lien; claim of subcontractor chargeable with amount paid to claimants The superior court shall determine the validity and priorities of the liens of the plaintiffs …

2A:44-141. Payment by public agency into court The public agency may at any time during the pendency of the action pay into the superior court the amount which it admits to be due the principal contractor upon the contract. The contractor or claimants shall not be precluded there…

2A:44-142. How discharged A lien created under this article may be discharged by: a. Filing with the financial officer of the public agency a duly acknowledged or proved certificate of the claimant or his successor in interest, or his duly authorized attorney or agent or his atto…

2A:44-143. Additional bond for payment of claims for labor, material, etc.; waiver, surety's obligation 2A:44-143. a. (1) When public buildings or other public works or improvements are about to be constructed, erected, altered or repaired under contract, at the expense of the St…

2A:44-144. Sureties on and amount of bond; condition for payment of claims; bond deposited, held for use of interested parties 2A:44-144. The bond required by this article shall be executed by the contractor with such sureties in accordance with N.J.S.2A:44-147 as shall be approv…

2A:44-145. Statements of claimants filed with sureties on bond; time for action on bond 2A:44-145. Any person who may be a beneficiary of the payment bond, as defined in this article, and who does not have a direct contract with the contractor furnishing the bond shall, prior to …

2A:44-146. Action on bond; limitation 2A:44-146. If the indebtedness due to any person as shown by the statement required to be filed by N.J.S.2A:44-145 shall not be paid in full at the expiration of 90 days from the date of notice of the amount due to the person, such person sha…

2A:44-147. Bond form; conditions 2A:44-147. The bond required by this article shall be in substantially the following form: "Know all men by these presents, that we, the undersigned as principal and as sureties, are hereby held and firmly bound unto in the penal sum of dollars, f…

2A:44-148. Money paid to contractor trust fund for payment of claims All money paid by the state of New Jersey or by any agency, commission or department thereof, or by any county, municipality or school district in the state, to any person pursuant to the provisions of any contr…

2A:44-149. Definitions As used in this article: "Cemetery" includes a burial ground. "Monument" includes a gravestone, inclosure or other structure. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

2A:44-15. Notice of sale. Public notice of the sale, under section 2A:44-14 of this title, shall be given by advertisement in 1 or more newspapers of the county, at least 6 days before the sale, and by notice set up at least 5 days before the sale in at least 5 of the most public…

2A:44-150. Right of lien A person furnishing or placing a monument in a cemetery shall have a lien thereon for the agreed price thereof or the part remaining unpaid, with interest from the time the amount was due, upon filing a notice of lien with the superintendent or person in …

2A:44-151. Notice of lien; contents; filing Notice of lien may be filed at any time after the completion of the work, but shall be filed within 1 year after the agreed price for furnishing or placing the monument becomes due. The notice shall state that the lienor has a lien on t…

2A:44-152. Service of notice of lien The lienor shall, within 10 days after filing the notice of lien, serve a copy thereof personally, or by mail, upon the person with whom the agreement for the purchase and erection of the monument or for the performance of labor thereon was ma…

2A:44-153. Enforcement of lien by action and sale A lienor may, after service of the notice, as provided by section 2A:44-152 of this title, bring an action to recover the amount of the debt and to enforce his lien therefor against the person with whom the agreement was made for …

2A:44-154. Sale under judgment The sale authorized by section 2A:44-152 of this title, may be conducted by the lienor or by an officer of the court according to the judgment entered in the action, and the court shall prescribe the terms and conditions, the time and place, and the…