New Jersey Statutes Title 13. Conservation and Development Parks and Reservations 13 § 18A-35

The board shall, upon application of the appropriate landowner, and certification by the commission, issue Pinelands Development Credit Certificates for all pinelands development credits allocated pursuant to the comprehensive management plan. These certificates shall be issued to the current owner of record of the land with marketable title, verified by a 60 year search, who is legally empowered to restrict the use of the property in conformance with the comprehensive management plan, as indicated in the index of deeds recorded in the office of the recording officer of the appropriate county, subsequent to the recording of deed restrictions imposed on the use of that land pursuant to the comprehensive management plan.