Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54:5-104.65

  • 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
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
37. Upon the recording of a certified copy of such judgment in the office of the county recording officer, the plaintiff shall be seized of an estate in fee simple, in the lands described therein, absolute and free and clear of all liens and encumbrances, in accordance with the terms of said judgment. Neither the foreclosure nor the recording of any such judgment or certificate shall be construed to be a sale, transfer or conveyance of title or interest to the subject property under the provisions of the “Uniform Voidable Transactions Act,” R.S.25:2-20 et seq.

L.1948, c.96, s.37; amended 1953, c.51, s.89; 1994, c.32, s.16; 2021, c.92, s.26.