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3. That in any case where the commissioners of adjustment appointed under the provisions of the act to which this is a supplement, shall have filed their report with the circuit court of any county, and the said court shall have thereafter made an order directing the owner or owners, mortgagee or mortgagees, lienor or lienors, of each lot or parcel of land affected by said report to show cause why the said report should not be confirmed and the lands sold in fee simple, free and clear from any estate in or lien upon the same, as required by the act to which this is a supplement, and certified copies of said order to show cause, through inadvertence or otherwise, shall not have been served upon all of the owners, mortgagees, lienors or other persons interested and entitled by law to notice, and such owner or owners, mortgagee or mortgagees, lienor or lienors, or other persons interested in said lands shall have had no notice of the sale of said lands, and upon the return day of such order to show cause or the day to which the same may have been adjourned, said circuit court shall have confirmed the said report of the commissioners of adjustment, and there shall have been, subsequent to such confirmation, a sale of such lands by the collector of taxes of the said town, township, borough or other municipality, and the said lands shall have been purchased by any purchaser or purchasers, including the municipality, who shall have received from the said collector of taxes a certificate of sale of, or a deed for, said lands, and it shall thereupon appear that any owner or owners, mortgagee or mortgagees, lienor or lienors, or other persons interested and entitled to receive notice of such sale, shall not have been made parties defendant or served with the order to show cause or with notice of the proceedings upon which the report of the said commissioners of adjustment was confirmed by the said court and required by the act to which this is a supplement; that then, and in that case, the said commissioners of adjustment or their successors in office or such purchaser or purchasers heretofore or hereafter of lands sold pursuant to this act, and any subsequent purchaser, grantee of the title to said lands acquired at such sale, may, provided the said subsequent purchaser, grantee or assignee is the last owner of said lands as appears by the records since the said sale in the county in which said lands are situate, in order to perfect his or their title in fee simple as contemplated by the said act, to which this is a supplement, may present a petition to the circuit court of the county in which such town, township, borough or other municipality is situate, setting forth all the facts concerning the former report, the order to show cause served upon the defendants, owners, mortgagees, lienors or other persons interested, and the confirmation of said report and sale of lands, and further setting forth the names of the defendants or owners, mortgagees, lienors or other persons interested, who were not properly served with the order to show cause or notice of the proceedings as aforesaid; and, in addition setting forth any taxes, assessments, water rates or water rents assessed upon the said lands so described in the said petition, subsequent to the former sale and praying the said circuit court for an order requiring such owner or owners, mortgagee or mortgagees, lienor or lienors, or other persons interested in said lands, to redeem the said lands from the former sale within six months from the service of the notice required by this act, which order the said circuit court, upon the filing of such petition, may grant.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New Jersey Acts Saved from Repeal ACTS SAVED 54 § 6-5(45) - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nj/acts-saved-from-repeal/nj-st-sect-acts-saved-54-6-5-45/
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