Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 5:16-3

  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Personal property: includes goods and chattels, rights and credits, moneys and effects, evidences of debt, choses in action and all written instruments by which any right to, interest in, or lien or encumbrance upon, property or any debt or financial obligation is created, acknowledged, evidenced, transferred, discharged or defeated, in whole or in part, and everything except real property as herein defined which may be the subject of ownership. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
3. a. The owner of a campground facility or the owner’s heirs, successors or assignees shall have a lien upon all personal property located at a campground facility for rent, labor or other reasonable charges due as specified in the rental agreement, and for expenses necessary for its preservation or for expenses reasonably incurred in any sale executed under this act. The lien provided for in this section is superior to any other lien or security interest except those prior liens as to which the occupant has notified the owner in writing. The lien shall attach as of the date the personal property is brought to the campground facility. The owner may retain the personal property until such time as the lien is satisfied or the personal property is sold at auction.

b. The owner of the campground facility shall post and maintain in a conspicuous place a written notice which states that the owner of the campground facility has a lien on all personal property located at the campground facility for rent, labor or other reasonable charges due as specified in the rental agreement, and for expenses necessary for its preservation or for expenses reasonably incurred in any sale executed pursuant to the provisions of this act.

L.1999,c.299,s.3.