Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 52:27B-66

  • 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
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
The director may, with the approval of the commissioner, sell any personal property in the possession of the State which is perishable in character and from which no revenue is derived, at public sale, after the same shall have been advertised at least ten days in a newspaper published in the city of Trenton and all persons claiming any lien or interest in such property shall take notice of the same at their peril. If any person shall thereafter establish a claim to any interest in the goods so sold according to law, the fund received from such sale shall be liable for the space of one year from the date of the sale for such interest or claim. All claims and interest in such property, other than that provided in this section, shall be forever barred. The sum realized from the sale shall, after the expiration of the period of one year, be covered into the State treasury.

L.1944, c. 112, art. 6, p. 309, s. 14.