New Jersey Statutes 44:5-19.5. Clerk or register of deeds; duties; fees
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 44:5-19.5
- 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 clerk or register of deeds and mortgages of the county or the Clerk of the Superior Court, as the case may be, shall provide suitable books in which all liens and other papers incidental thereto shall be received and recorded without payment of any fee, which books shall be properly indexed in the name of the person against whom the lien is claimed.
L.1957, c. 139, p. 531, s. 5.