New Jersey Statutes 30:4D-7.7. Compromise, settlement or waiver of lien; discharge of lien
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 30:4D-7.7
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Human Services. See New Jersey Statutes 30:1-1
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- 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
The commissioner or director or such person designated by the commissioner or director is hereby authorized to compromise, settle or waive in whole or in part any lien or certificate of debt filed under the provisions of this act in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner pursuant to subsection l . of section 7 of P.L.1968, c. 413 (C. 30:4D-7).
To discharge any lien or certificate of debt filed hereunder, the commissioner or director, or his duly constituted agent shall file with the clerk of the county, register of deeds and mortgages, or clerk of the superior court, as the case may be, a duly acknowledged certificate or warrant setting forth the fact that the department desires to discharge the lien or certificate of debt of record.
L.1979, c. 365, s. 12, eff. Feb. 4, 1980. Amended by L.1981, c. 511, s. 16, eff. Jan. 12, 1982.