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N.J.S.A. § 54:5-91.

Unknown owner, claimant defined

Official textNew Jersey Statutes Annotated (Tax)lis.njleg.state.nj.us
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54:5-91. Any person whose interest in the lands cannot, in the exercise of reasonable diligence, be ascertained from the search of the title of the premises described in the certificate of sale, made of the indexes in the office of the surrogate and county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages in the county in which the lands are situate, and in the office of the Secretary of State, extending back sixty years next preceding the date of the sale, shall be deemed to be included in the term "unknown owner" or "unknown claimant."

Amended 1953,c.51,s.44; 1994,c.32,s.12.

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In this chapter (40 sections)
  1. 54:5-70. · Final payment; amount included
  2. 54:5-71. · Interest computed
  3. 54:5-72. · Duplicate receipts; inspection
  4. 54:5-73. · Record of payments certified; application; fee
  5. 54:5-74. · Payments credited
  6. 54:5-75. · Installments unpaid; municipality to proceed for balance only
  7. 54:5-76. · Records kept by collector; open to public inspection
  8. 54:5-77. · Municipal action to bar redemption
  9. 54:5-79. · When title void; exception
  10. 54:5-81. · Notice, affidavits and certificate; indexing
  11. 54:5-82. · No action after two years
  12. 54:5-84 · Persons in need of a guardian
  13. 54:5-85. · Construction of article
  14. 54:5-86 · Action by municipality to foreclose right of redemption
  15. 54:5-86.1. · One acquiring title may request municipality to foreclose…
  16. 54:5-86.2. · Foreclosure against omitted party
  17. 54:5-86.3. · Owner as party; jurisdiction; expense
  18. 54:5-87 · Jurisdiction of court; effect of judgment
  19. 54:5-89.1. · Effect of judgment on unrecorded interests; application by…
  20. 54:5-90. · Judgment; failure to redeem; notice posted
  21. 54:5-91. · Unknown owner, claimant defined
  22. 54:5-97.1 · Fees allowed
  23. 54:5-98. · Redemption; fees and costs; time and place
  24. 54:5-98.1 · Information prominently displayed, property owner rights,…
  25. 54:5-98.2 · Notice of foreclosure, required to be served, published,…
  26. 54:5-99. · Evidence of payment of subsequent liens required
  27. 54:5-100. · Validity of sale and proceedings must be attacked by answer
  28. 54:5-104 · Judgment bars redemption only in lands described therein
  29. 54:5-104.100. · Conveyance of outstanding interest against certain…
  30. 54:5-104.101. · Applicability of law
  31. 54:5-104.102. · Benefits and disabilities; application to successors in…
  32. 54:5-104.103. · Definition of phrase "thought to be owned"
  33. 54:5-104.29. · Short title
  34. 54:5-104.30 · Definitions
  35. 54:5-104.31 · Construction as remedial legislation
  36. 54:5-104.32 · In rem proceedings
  37. 54:5-104.32a. · Right of state or county to foreclose
  38. 54:5-104.32b. · Proceedings by state or county
  39. 54:5-104.33. · No personal judgment shall be entered
  40. 54:5-104.34 · Time for institution of action
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