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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 33:2-4

  • 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
When any property is seized pursuant to section 33:2-3 of this title, the commissioner within fifteen days of such seizure shall cause to be posted at the place of seizure a notice that a hearing will be held by the commissioner at a place and time named in such notice which time shall not be less than five nor more than thirty days after the posting of such notice, to determine whether the seized property constitutes such unlawful property.

At least three days prior to the date of hearing a notice thereof shall be published in a newspaper printed and circulating in the county where the property was seized and shall be mailed to any person known or believed by the commissioner to have an interest in the seized property and to the record owner of and any person known or believed to have an interest in any building or premises in or on which the seized property was located when seized.