§ 40A:12-1 Short title
§ 40A:12-2 Definitions
§ 40A:12-3 Acquisition of lands and buildings
§ 40A:12-4 Further acquisitions authorized
§ 40A:12-5 Additional powers
§ 40A:12-6 Authorization to incur indebtedness and make appropriations
§ 40A:12-7 Subsequent acquisition of outstanding interests
§ 40A:12-8 Acquisition of interests in lieu of enforcement of claims
§ 40A:12-9 Joint departmental acquisitions and joint use of buildings
§ 40A:12-10 Joint purchase of lands and construction of buildings or other capital improvements for joint use
§ 40A:12-10.1 Contracts for joint acquisition of land for recreation, conservation purposes
§ 40A:12-11 Early land acquisition
§ 40A:12-12 Acquisition of property in other States; necessity for and manner of acquisition
§ 40A:12-13 Sales of real property, capital improvements or personal property; exceptions; procedure
§ 40A:12-13.1 Sales of real property, capital improvements or personal property; authorization by resolution
§ 40A:12-13.2 Sales of real property; right of first refusal of contiguous owners
§ 40A:12-13.3 Sale of county property to municipality for public purposes
§ 40A:12-13.4 Conveyance to county
§ 40A:12-13.5 Sale, lease or exchange of real property of capital improvement by counties; conditions; fees
§ 40A:12-13.6 Notice of public hearing
§ 40A:12-13.7 Contents of notice of public hearing
§ 40A:12-13.8 Bid acceptance by county; conditions
§ 40A:12-13.9 Public acquisition, sale of real property, municipality, certain; authority of mayor
§ 40A:12-14 Leasing of county or municipal real property, capital improvements or personal property
§ 40A:12-14.1 Lease of certain farmland to prior lessee
§ 40A:12-15 Purposes for which leases for a public purpose may be made
§ 40A:12-15.1 Findings, declarations relative to lease, sale of certain property to nonprofits for certain purposes
§ 40A:12-16 Exchanges of certain lands; exceptions
§ 40A:12-17 Application of proceeds of disposition of lands
§ 40A:12-17.1 Lease of land for provision of water supply, wastewater treatment services in city of first class
§ 40A:12-18 Federal aid
§ 40A:12-19 Conveyance of lands for educational purposes
§ 40A:12-20 Acquisition on behalf of another public body
§ 40A:12-21 Private sales to certain organizations upon nominal consideration
§ 40A:12-21.1 Private sale of personal property authorized
§ 40A:12-22 Establishment, maintenance of central registry
§ 40A:12-23 Display of flags on county and municipal buildings
§ 40A:12-24 Rental of lands and buildings or portions thereof not needed for public use; portions of buildings; rental
§ 40A:12-25 Use of public building by counties and municipalities
§ 40A:12-27 Construction
§ 40A:12-28 Saving clause
§ 40A:12-29 Statutes repealed
§ 40A:12-30 Effective date
§ 40A:12-31 Short title
§ 40A:12-32 Findings, declarations
§ 40A:12-33 Definitions
§ 40A:12-34 Urban homesteading program
§ 40A:12-35 Certified list
§ 40A:12-36 Notice; procedures
§ 40A:12-37 Contract provisions
§ 40A:12-38 Filing of ordinance

Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes > Title 40A > Chapter 12 - Local Lands and Buildings Law

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • assessor: when used in relation to the assessment of taxes or water rents or other public assessments, includes all officers, boards or commissions charged with the duty of making such assessments, unless a particular officer, board or commission is specified. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • budget: means the budget of a local unit. See New Jersey Statutes 40A:1-1
  • census: means the latest Federal census effective within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • clerk: means the clerk of a municipality or of a board of chosen freeholders. See New Jersey Statutes 40A:1-1
  • collector: when used in relation to the collection of taxes or water rents or other public assessments, includes all officers charged with the duty of collecting such taxes, water rents or assessments, unless a particular officer is specified. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • director: means the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs. See New Jersey Statutes 40A:1-1
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • 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
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • local finance board: means the Local Finance Board in the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs. See New Jersey Statutes 40A:1-1
  • local unit: means a county or municipality. See New Jersey Statutes 40A:1-1
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • 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
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Personal property: includes goods and chattels, rights and credits, moneys and effects, evidences of debt, choses in action and all written instruments by which any right to, interest in, or lien or encumbrance upon, property or any debt or financial obligation is created, acknowledged, evidenced, transferred, discharged or defeated, in whole or in part, and everything except real property as herein defined which may be the subject of ownership. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • population: when used in any statute, shall be taken to mean the population as shown by the latest Federal census effective within this State, and shall be construed as synonymous with "inhabitants. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • real property: include lands, tenements and hereditaments and all rights thereto and interests therein. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • 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
  • sworn: includes "affirmed. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.