Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 12:7C-12

  • 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
6. The person, entity, municipality, or harbor commission desiring to acquire title shall also place a notice in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county or municipality where the vessel is located, describing the vessel, its location of abandonment, any identifying number, and shall state if the vessel is not claimed and removed within 30 days after the publication date of the notice, the person, entity, municipality, or harbor commission, as the case may be, will apply for title to the vessel in the person’s, entity’s, municipality’s, or harbor commission’s name.

L.1975, c.369, s.6; amended 2008, c.52, s.9.