New Jersey Statutes 12:3-18. Right of way separating riparian owner’s lands from tidewater; effect on leases and grants
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 12:3-18
- 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
- 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
When lands have been or shall be taken or granted for a right of way and such right of way has been or shall be so located on land of a riparian owner as to occupy the same along or on the shore line, thereby separating the upland of the riparian owner adjoining that used for the right of way from tidewater, such owner of the land so subject to such right of way shall be held to be a riparian owner for the purpose of receiving any grant or lease heretofore or hereafter made of the lands of the state under water, or for the purpose of receiving any notice under sections 12:3-2 to 12:3-17 of this title; provided, that nothing in this section shall affect the rights of the state to the lands lying under water.