Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 52:6-15

  • 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
No person shall be denied appointment as a foreign commissioner of deeds of an adjoining state on account of residence outside of that State, provided such person resides in this State. The official acts of such a commissioner resident in this State and performed in an adjoining state shall be as valid and effectual as if he had resided in the adjoining state.

Amended by L.1981, c. 395, s. 2, eff. Jan. 6, 1982.