Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:50-2.1

  • 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
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
In the case of a mortgage given to secure a debt evidenced by a note, where foreclosure proceedings are instituted within the time prescribed by the Statute of Limitations, action on the note for any deficiency may be commenced within the 3-month period provided by N.J.S. 2A:50-2, regardless of whether said action would otherwise be barred for lapse of time.

L.1979, c. 286, s. 11.