New Jersey Statutes 2A:14-12. 2 years; persons claiming interest in park lands not accepted by municipality
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:14-12
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- 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
- Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
Whenever any municipality shall after July 24, 1950 adopt any ordinance vacating any park or park lands or any part thereof, which shall have heretofore been dedicated by map, plat, deed, deed reference or otherwise but shall not have been accepted by such municipality, any person or persons, other than the owner of the fee title therein, having or claiming any easement, right, or interest in the lands vacated, shall be precluded from bringing an action to establish such easement, right, or interest therein unless:
a. Such person shall, within 2 years after the effective date of such ordinance, commence and diligently prosecute an action or actions in the superior court to establish such easement, right, or interest in the lands vacated against the owner or owners of record of the fee title of said lands, and
b. Such person shall, within 10 days after the filing of his complaint in such action file in the office of the recording officer, as the case may be, of the county where the lands vacated are situated, a written notice of the pendency of the action pursuant to article 2 of chapter 15 of Title 2A.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.