Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:44-152

  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
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 made, and upon the owner of the lot upon which the monument is erected, if his name and residence can be ascertained.

L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.