New Jersey Statutes 12:4-3. Owners of docks, wharves and piers may collect wharfage, dockage and rent; no hindrance to navigation
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 12:4-3
- 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 owners or holders of all docks, wharves, storehouses and piers may:
a. Use, possess and repair the same;
b. Lay any vessel alongside the same;
c. Demand, receive and sue for and recover of and from any vessel or person using the same, reasonable wharfage, demurrage, rent or dockage; and
d. Recover for any damage done to the same.
This section shall not impair the legal rights of any other persons or authorize any hindrance to navigation.