New Jersey Statutes 54:5-104.32b. Proceedings by state or county
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54:5-104.32b
- Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
- Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
The proceeding shall be begun in the name of the municipality for the use of the State or the county, without the adoption of any resolution by the governing body of the municipality to foreclose any such tax sale certificate, and shall proceed in the same manner as is provided in such In Rem Tax Foreclosure Act and the Rules of the Supreme Court governing such proceeding, in the case in which the proceedings are brought and prosecuted by the municipality for its own use and if a judgment barring the rights of redemption and foreclosing all prior or subsequent alienations and descents of the lands and encumbrances thereon, is entered thereon, it shall adjudge an absolute and indefeasible estate in fee simple in the lands therein described, to be vested in the State or the county, as the case may be, and such judgment shall be binding and final upon all persons in the same manner as though it was entered in favor of the municipality for its own use.
L.1964, c. 39, s. 3. Amended by L.1974, c. 22, s. 3, eff. April 25, 1974.