Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40:60-25.62

  • certified mail: include private express carrier service, provided that the private express carrier service provides confirmation of mailing. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • 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
An application for an order vesting title to the abandoned burying ground or cemetery in the municipality shall include a certification by the clerk of the municipality that a diligent inquiry has been conducted to locate the person owning or controlling the burying ground or cemetery. A diligent inquiry shall include, but shall not be limited to:

a. Mailing, by certified mail to the last known address of the last owner of record of the burying ground or cemetery in question and the last known address of any lot owner or any interested party if such information is available, a notice of intent to acquire the burying ground or cemetery by the municipality and that in the absence of a written response to this notice by the person who owns or controls it or lot owner or other interested party, within 60 days of the date of delivery, the municipality will apply to the Superior Court for an order vesting title to the burying ground or cemetery in the municipality under this act.

b. Publication, in at least two newspapers published in this State and of general circulation in the county in which the municipality is located, at least four times in a period of 60 days, of notice of intent to acquire the burying ground or cemetery by the municipality and that in the absence of a written response to this notice by the person who owns or controls it within 60 days of the last date of publication or a lot owner within the same period of time, the municipality will apply to the Superior Court for an order vesting title to the burying ground or cemetery in the municipality under this act.

L.1983, c. 194, s. 2, eff. May 24, 1983.