Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54:5-128

  • 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
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • 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 owner, mortgagee, occupant or other person having an interest in such lands so conveyed or transferred shall have the same rights to redeem the said lands as are provided in chapter five of Title 54 of the Revised Statutes; provided, however, that the owner, mortgagee or occupant upon redemption of such lands, in addition to paying the sums required to be paid to the collection of taxes of such municipality under the provisions of the above mentioned act, shall reimburse the county for all expenses incurred or paid by it for filing, recording and search fees, court costs and foreclosure fees.

L.1950, c. 341, p. 1132, s. 2.

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