New Jersey Statutes 2A:62-23. Action by attorney general
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:62-23
- 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
- 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
When a grant or conveyance in fee of riparian lands or lands under water, or both, has been or shall be made by the state, the riparian commission, the board of commerce and navigation, the division of navigation, in the department of conservation or the division of planning and development in the department of conservation and economic development to any person, who, or whose lessee or grantee under an unexpired lease or an estate for years not terminated is in possession of the lands, or any part thereof, and the state denies the validity of the grant or conveyance of the fee and desires to contest it, the attorney general may maintain an action in the superior court on behalf of the state to determine and settle the title to the affected lands and to clear up all doubts concerning the same.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.