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

2A:15-75. Payment of judgments out of funds in court If in any cause moneys are deposited with any court of this state, and any person shall hold a judgment in any of the courts of this state against any person entitled to the moneys, or any part thereof, the court in which the m…

2A:15-8. Rights of bona fide purchasers, mortgagees or lienors before notice filed and prior to final judgment Unless and until a notice of lis pendens is filed as herein provided, no action, as to which such notice is required, shall, before final judgment entered therein, be ta…

2A:15-9. Notice of foreclosure action In actions for the satisfaction or foreclosure of a duly recorded or registered mortgage or the foreclosure of a duly recorded certificate of tax sale, the notice of lis pendens shall, in addition to describing the affected real estate, speci…

2A:15-92. Actions during world war II against persons in enemy or enemy-occupied countries In any action involving real or personal property subject to the control of this state, or any interest therein, in which service of process is required to be made upon any person who is or…

2A:15-93. Payment of enemy property to United States attorney general When an action mentioned in section 2A:15-92 of this title, or a proceeding in any such action, is brought for the purpose of directing, approving or authorizing the payment of any money or the delivery, transf…

2A:15-94. Transfer of actions pending September 15, 1948 L.1948, c. 367, p. 1501, [C. 2:16-70 to 2:16-86] entitled "An act concerning the administration of justice and regulating the causes and proceedings pending in the courts upon the taking effect of the judicial article of th…

2A:15-95. Validation of sales where defect in notice to non-resident defendants L.1939, c. 54, p. 79, s. 1, entitled "An act validating the sales of certain lands, tenements, hereditaments or real estate made under any decree, judgment or order of any court of this state, or any …

2A:15-96. Payment for losses resulting from accident without admission of liability Any person, including his insurer, may make payments to, or on behalf of, a potential plaintiff for losses or expenses resulting from any accident, without any admission of liability. Any such pay…

2A:15-97. Deduction of duplicate benefits In any civil action brought for personal injury or death, except actions brought pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1972, c. 70 (C. 39:6A-1 et seq.), if a plaintiff receives or is entitled to receive benefits for the injuries allegedly inc…

2A:16-1. Effective from time of entry 2A:16-1. No judgment of the Superior Court shall affect or bind any real estate, but from the time of the actual entry of such judgment on the minutes or records of the court. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1981,c.388,s.1.

2A:16-11. Civil judgment and order docket 2A:16-11. The Clerk of the Superior Court shall keep a book known as a civil judgment and order docket in which shall be entered an abstract of each judgment or order for the payment of money, submitted for entry, including a judgment or …

2A:16-11.1 Issuance of certificate of debt; definitions. 1. a. In addition to any other remedy provided by law, where a debt is owed to a State department or agency, and the person who owes the debt has failed to comply within 30 days after service of any notice, demand or order …

2A:16-12. Recording of judgments, orders and proceedings The clerk of the superior court shall record every judgment and appealable order and in actions in which any writ or other proceeding shall require the removal of the record of any judgment to any other court, or other circ…

2A:16-13. Judgments by confession The clerk shall record by similar entry in the civil judgment and order docket all judgments by confession entered in his office and shall record in the manner provided in section 2A:16-12 of this title, all documents filed or lodged with him to …

2A:16-15. Assignments of, postponement of lien of or warrant to satisfy judgments; recording; entry of satisfaction The clerk shall enter upon the civil judgment and order docket, if the judgment is entered therein, and otherwise in the civil docket, a notation of the filing or l…

2A:16-16. Indices The clerk shall keep and maintain suitable indices in alphabetical order of the civil judgment and order docket and the record of all judgments, assignments of judgments, postponement of the lien of judgments, or warrants to satisfy judgments, in such form as sh…

2A:16-17. Notation of filing or lodging for record The entry upon the civil judgment and order docket of a notation of the filing or lodging for record of any instrument required so to be entered by this article shall be a sufficient compliance with any provision of law requiring…

2A:16-18. Judgments or orders for payment of money; operation and effect Every judgment, or order for the payment of money, entered in the Superior Court, Chancery Division, from the time of its entry upon the civil judgment and order docket, and every decree or order for the pay…

2A:16-2. Minute entry of verdict or judgment as record of judgment Until the clerk of any court enters the record of a judgment in any action which has been finally determined, the verdict or judgment entered in the minutes shall be held and taken in the court in which the judgme…

2A:16-28. Statement and affidavit The statements provided for by section 2A:16-27 and section 2A:16-29 of this title shall be certified by the surrogate and shall contain the names of the parties to the judgment or order (designating particularly those against whom it was rendere…

2A:16-29. Liens and priorities of judgments or orders on filing statement in superior court clerk's office Upon the filing by a party in interest with the clerk of the superior court of a statement thereof and affidavit in the form provided in section 2A:16-28 of this title, judg…

2A:16-3. Security for payment of judgment; order discharging real estate from lien 2A:16-3. If appellant, in an appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court, deposits with the clerk of the court such an amount as shall be deemed by that court to be sufficient, as security for the…

2A:16-31. Fees and costs The fees and costs allowed by law for services rendered under this article shall be a part of the amount due on the judgments or orders therein involved. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

2A:16-32. Remedy against principal or surety Nothing in this article shall be construed to affect any remedy against, or to make liable or release, any principal or surety on a bond heretofore or hereafter made or given. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

2A:16-33. Judgment; effect on real estate 2A:16-33. Where an appeal is taken from a municipal court in a civil action to the Superior Court, the judgment of the court on appeal shall not be binding on real estate unless an order is or has been entered in the minutes of the Superi…

2A:16-36. Effect of docketing in superior court A judgment duly docketed in the superior court shall, from the time it is docketed, operate as a judgment obtained in the superior court. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

2A:16-4. Cash deposit in lieu of supersedeas bond When a cash deposit is made in lieu of a supersedeas bond on appeal, the cash deposit shall be retained until the final determination of the cause and shall be subject to the lien of the judgment appealed from and costs, interest …

2A:16-41. Requisites of assignment to entitle it to record An assignment of a judgment, to be entitled to record, shall be in writing, and acknowledged or proved as conveyances of real estate are required to be acknowledged or proved for the purposes of recording. L.1951 (1st SS)…

2A:16-42. Record of assignment as notice The record of an assignment of a judgment shall, from the time the assignment is left for record, be notice to all persons concerned that such judgment is so assigned, except that a sheriff or other officer having in his hands an execution…

2A:16-44. Postponement of lien of judgment 2A:16-44. All postponements of the lien of judgments appearing of record in the office of the clerk of the Superior Court shall contain a full description of the property as to which the judgment lien is proposed to be postponed, togethe…

2A:16-45. Court order of satisfaction; moneys paid into court in satisfaction When a judgment is satisfied or the court in which a judgment is rendered or finally docketed allows moneys to be paid into court in satisfaction of a judgment, the court may direct the clerk to enter s…

2A:16-46. Acknowledgment of satisfaction or warrant to satisfy required When a party in whose favor a judgment is entered or docketed, any assignee of record, anyone entitled to receive satisfaction, or the legal representative of a deceased party or a guardian, shall have receiv…

2A:16-47. Entry of satisfaction by clerk Upon the filing of the warrant, the clerk shall forthwith enter satisfaction on the record. All satisfactions entered in a county clerk's office shall be in the margin of the record of the judgment. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

2A:16-48. Acknowledgement of satisfaction on record when execution is returned satisfied 2A:16-48. When the sheriff or other officer returns, satisfied, execution issued on any judgment recovered or docketed in the Superior Court, Law Division, the clerk of the court issuing the …

2A:16-49. Effect of entry of satisfaction on lien of attorney The provisions of this article as to the entry of satisfaction of a judgment shall not be deemed to deprive an attorney at law of a lien which he may have on the judgment. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

2A:16-49.1. Application; hearing; order; cancellation and discharge; effect on lien; notice of application; set-off At any time after 1 year has elapsed, since a bankrupt was discharged from his debts, pursuant to the acts of Congress relating to bankruptcy, he may apply, upon pr…

2A:16-5. Interest of purchasers and mortgagees, etc., saved No proceedings to be relieved of a final judgment shall, unless the judgment be void, in any wise affect the title of a purchaser or mortgagee for value, of any property derived under such judgment or process issued ther…

2A:16-50. "Person" defined As used in this article, "person" includes any person, partnership, joint stock company, unincorporated association or society, and municipal or other corporation of any character. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344

2A:16-51. Construction and citation of article This article is declared to be remedial. Its purpose is to settle and afford relief from uncertainty and insecurity with respect to rights, status and other legal relations. It shall be liberally construed and administered, and shall…

2A:16-52. Declaration of rights, status and other legal relations All courts of record in this state shall, within their respective jurisdictions, have power to declare rights, status and other legal relations, whether or not further relief is or could be claimed; and no action o…

2A:16-53. Questions determinable and rights declarable A person interested under a deed, will, written contract or other writing constituting a contract, or whose rights, status or other legal relations are affected by a statute, municipal ordinance, contract or franchise, may ha…

2A:16-54. Contract construed A contract may be construed either before or after a breach thereof. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344

2A:16-55 Declaration of rights or legal relations of interested parties in relation to estate, wills and other writings. 2A:16-55. A person interested as or through an executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, receiver, assignee for the benefit of creditors, or other fiduciary,…

2A:16-56. Parties interested as parties to proceedings When declaratory relief is sought, all persons having or claiming any interest which would be affected by the declaration shall be made parties to the proceeding. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

2A:16-57. Persons not parties not prejudiced by declaration No declaratory judgment shall prejudice the rights of persons not parties to the proceeding. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

2A:16-58. Determination of issues of fact When a proceeding under this article involves the determination of an issue of fact, such issue may be tried and determined in the same manner as issues of fact are determined in other actions in the court in which the proceeding is pendi…