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

2A:53A-50 Definitions; scope. 2. Scope. a. In this section: (1) "Goods or services" does not include the creation, dissemination, exhibition, or advertisement or similar promotion of a dramatic, literary, musical, political, journalistic, or artistic work. (2) "Governmental unit"…

2A:53A-51 Order, show cause. 3. Order to Show Cause. Not later than 60 days after a party is served with a petition or complaint, crossclaim, counterclaim, third-party claim, or other pleading that asserts a cause of action to which this act applies or at a later time on a showin…

2A:53A-52 Court, order, stay. 4. Stay. a. Except as otherwise provided in subsections d. through g., upon the filing of an application for an order to show cause under section 3 of P.L.2023, c.155 (C.2A:53A-51) the court may order: (1) all other proceedings between the moving par…

2A:53A-53 Hearing. 5. Hearing. a. The court shall hear an order to show cause under section 3 of P.L.2023, c.155 (C.2A:53A-51) as expeditiously as possible. b. If the Court allows for discovery under subsection d. of section 4 of P.L.2023, c.155 (C.2A:53A-52), the court shall hea…

2A:53A-54 Proof. 6. Proof. In ruling on an order to show cause under section 3 of P.L.2023, c.155 (C.2A:53A-51), the court may consider the pleadings, the order to show cause application and supporting certifications, briefs, any reply or response to the order to show cause, and …

2A:53A-55 Cause of action, dismissal, whole, part. 7. Dismissal of cause of action in whole or part. a. In ruling on an order to show cause under section 3 of P.L.2023, c.155 (C.2A:53A-51), the court shall dismiss with prejudice a cause of action, or part of a cause of action, if…

2A:53A-56 Ruling. 8. Ruling. The court shall rule on an order to show cause under section 3 of P.L.2023, c.155 (C.2A:53A-51) as soon as practicable after a hearing under section 5 of P.L.2023, c.155 (C.2A:53A-53). L.2023, c.155, s.8.

2A:53A-57 Appeal. 9. Appeal. A moving party may appeal as a matter of right from an order denying, in whole or in part, an order to show cause under section 3 of P.L.2023, c.155 (C.2A:53A-51). The appeal must be filed not later than 20 days after entry of the order. L.2023, c.155…

2A:53A-58 Costs, attorney's fees, expenses. 10. Costs, Attorney's Fees, and Expenses. On a motion under section 3 of P.L.2023, c.155 (C.2A:53A-51), the court shall award court costs, reasonable attorney's fees, and reasonable litigation expenses related to the order to show cause…

2A:53A-59 Construction. 11. Construction. This act shall be broadly construed and applied to protect the exercise of the right of freedom of speech and of the press, the right to assembly and petition, and the right of association, guaranteed by the United States Constitution or …

2A:53A-6. Contributory negligence of conditional vendee, etc., as defense by third person in suit brought by conditional vendor, etc. Whenever a conditional vendor, bailor, or owner of the general property in goods or chattels or a secured party as defined in section 12A:9-102a.(…

2A:53A-60 Application, construction uniformity. 12. Uniformity of Application and Construction. In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it. L.2…

2A:53A-61 Severability. 13. Severability. If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this act which can be given effect with the invalid provision or application…

2A:53A-7 Immunity from liability for negligence. 1. a. No nonprofit corporation, society or association organized exclusively for religious, charitable or educational purposes or its trustees, directors, officers, employees, agents, servants or volunteers shall, except as is here…

2A:53A-7.1. Volunteers of certain organizations exempt from liability, damages a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no person serving without compensation, other than reimbursement for actual expenses, as a trustee, director, officer or voluntary member …

2A:53A-7.2. Limited immunity a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no person serving without compensation, other than reimbursement for actual expenses, as a trustee, director, officer or voluntary member of a nonprofit blood bank shall be liable for dama…

2A:53A-7.3. Exemption from liability for library trustees, members of commission Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no person serving as a member of the board of trustees of a free public library or regional library, or as a member of a county library com…

2A:53A-7.4 Inapplicability, certain, of civil immunity granted to certain charitable entities. 1. The immunity from civil liability granted to a nonprofit corporation, society or association organized exclusively for religious, charitable, educational or hospital purposes pursuan…

2A:53A-7.5 Application of act. 2. a. The provisions of this supplementary act, P.L.2005, c.264 (C.2A:53A-7.4 et seq.), shall apply prospectively and also shall be applicable to all civil actions for which the statute of limitations has not expired as of the effective date of this…

2A:53A-8. Liability of nonprofit hospital corporation Notwithstanding the provisions of the foregoing paragraph, any nonprofit corporation, society or association organized exclusively for hospital purposes shall be liable to respond in damages to such beneficiary who shall suffe…

2A:53A-9. Character of buildings used For the purposes of this act but not in limitation thereof, the buildings and places actually used for colleges, schools, academies, seminaries, historical societies, public libraries, religious worship, charitable or hospital purposes, the m…

2A:54A-1. Civil action to abate In addition to any criminal prosecution brought for violation of N.J.S. 2C:33-12, whenever a nuisance as defined in subsection c. of N.J.S. 2C:33-12 exists, the Attorney General or the prosecutor of the county in which the nuisance exists may bring…

2A:54A-2. Venue; preliminary injunction a. Any action instituted pursuant to the provisions of section 3 of this amendatory and supplementary act shall be brought in the Superior Court of the county in which the alleged nuisance exists. An action shall be instituted by the filing…

2A:54A-3. Evidence admissible in action In an action brought pursuant to section 3 of this amendatory and supplementary act, evidence of the general reputation of the location or an admission or finding of guilt of the person under the criminal laws against prostitution or obscen…

2A:54A-4. Permanent injunction; entry of order; forfeiture of property If, after final hearing, the court determines that the existence of a nuisance as defined in subsection c. of N.J.S. 2C:33-12 exists, the court may enter a permanent order enjoining the defendant and any other…

2A:54A-5. Penalty Whenever a permanent injunction is issued pursuant to the provisions of this amendatory and supplementary act, a penalty of not less than $300.00 nor more than $1,000.00 shall be imposed upon the person maintaining the nuisance. L.1983, c. 234, s. 7, eff. June 3…

2A:55-1. Liability of any of joint debtors served; judgment and execution; special judgment as against those served by publication Where persons are jointly indebted to any other person upon any joint contract, obligation or matter, and in an action thereon by the creditor any of…

2A:55-2. Representatives of 1 joint debtor chargeable as on joint and several obligations The representative of 1 joint debtor dying in the lifetime of the other joint debtor, may be charged with the obligation in the same manner as the representative might have been charged if t…

2A:55-3. Real sum due considered as the debt; judgment for penalty; discharge When an action is brought or a claim is made in an action on a bond, note or other contract containing a penalty to secure the payment of money only, the true sum due and not the penalty, shall be deeme…

2A:55-4. Payment may be pleaded even though not made according to condition If, before action is brought on a bond, which has a condition or defeasance to make void the same on payment of a less sum, at a day or place certain, the obligor, his heirs, executors or administrators h…

2A:55-5. Defendant may bring money into court with costs, pending action; judgment of discharge If the defendant shall, at any time pending an action on any bond of the kind mentioned in section 2A:55-4 of this title, with a penalty, bring into the court where the action shall be…

2A:55-6. Compromise of joint indebtedness Joint debtors may individually compromise with their creditors for their joint indebtedness in the same manner and with like effect as partners on the dissolution of the partnership may compromise with their creditors as provided by secti…

2A:55-7. Settlement or compromise of claims against directors or sureties In any case where several trustees, managers or directors of any insolvent corporation are liable to an action for unlawfully making any dividend or dividing, withdrawing or reducing capital, or for any def…

2A:55-8. Settlement pending action When any such settlement shall be made in a pending action, it shall be made in writing and the original or a signed copy filed with the court. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

2A:55-9. Several acts in condition in bond, bill, or contract When the condition of a bond, bill or contract provides for the performance of more than a single act, an action brought thereon with respect to a breach or breaches occurring prior to the commencement of the action sh…

2A:56-1. "Cotenant" ; executor or administrator with will annexed; definition and construction As used in this chapter: "Court" means the superior court. "Cotenant" means and includes a tenant in common, joint tenant or coparcener, but not a tenant by the entirety. An executor or…

2A:56-10. General proprietors not affected Nothing in this chapter contained shall extend to the partitioning of the real estate held in common by the general proprietors of the eastern or western divisions of this state. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

2A:56-11. Proceeds of sale; disposition The money arising from a sale pursuant to this chapter shall be paid to the parties interested in the real estate sold, their guardians or legal representatives, in proportion to their respective rights therein, deducting from their respect…

2A:56-12. Trusts or limitations created by foreign will; disposition of proceeds of partition sale When real estate situate in this state, or an estate therein, devised upon a trust or subject to a limitation over by way of expectancy or otherwise, by a person residing in another…

2A:56-13. Receipts and discharges; record by surrogate; evidence When a commissioner or commissioners shall make sale of real estate pursuant to this chapter and distribute the net proceeds to the persons thereto entitled by law, the commissioner or commissioners may produce the …

2A:56-14. Fees and costs In proceedings pursuant to this chapter clerks and surrogates shall receive for their services in filing, recording and making copies of the various papers therein the fees allowed for similar services by the title Fees and Costs, of the Revised Statutes.…

2A:56-15. Lienor not necessary party; effect of partition on lienor A person having a lien, by judgment, decree, mortgage or otherwise, on real estate, or any part thereof, whereof partition is sought in such an action in the superior court, shall not, in the first instance, be a…

2A:56-16. Effect of partition on lienor on undivided interest Where a lien mentioned in section 2A:56-15 of this title is on the undivided interest or estate of a party, the lien, if partition of the real estate is made, shall thereafter be a charge only on the share assigned to …

2A:56-17. Lienors may be made parties The plaintiff in such an action in partition may, at his election, make parties thereto every person having a lien, by mortgage, judgment, decree, devise or otherwise, on the undivided interest or estate of any of the parties. L.1951 (1st SS)…

2A:56-18. Lienors on undivided interests made parties when sale ordered Where lienors have not been made parties, the court may, before ordering sale of the premises, on motion of any party, admit as a party a person having a lien, by mortgage, judgment, decree, or otherwise, on …

2A:56-19. Proceeds of sale of share subject to liens paid into court If it appears by proceedings in such action or if the court shall determine, that there are any existing liens or encumbrances on the estate, share or interest of any party named in the proceedings, the court sh…