New Jersey Statutes 2A:17-45. Sale by sheriff or coroner for time being of property levied upon but not sold; special order
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:17-45
- 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.
- 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
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
Whenever any sheriff or coroner, or other person to whom any writ of execution is directed levies on the goods and chattels or on the real estate of the party named therein, and such sheriff, coroner or other person dies or becomes disabled by law to discharge the duties of his office or appointment, or removes himself out of the jurisdiction of the state, and continues to reside thereout, without discharging the duties of his office or appointment, by a sale of the property or estate so levied on, then, or in either of such cases, the court, in which judgment is or shall be had, may proceed in a summary manner to order the sheriff or coroner, for the time being, of the county where the levy was made, to sell the property or estate so levied on, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to satisfy the whole or the residue of the moneys due on such execution. Thereupon the sheriff or coroner shall make the sale, and shall be entitled to the same fees for services done, and liable to all the penalties and consequences of law for neglect of duty, all as if the execution had been originally directed to him.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.