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New Jersey Statutes Title 20. Eminent Domain 20 § 3-21

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Title to the property condemned shall vest in the condemnor as of the earliest date of the happening of any of the following events:

(a) Filing and recording the declaration of taking and depositing funds pursuant to sections 17 and 18 of this act;  1

(b) Filing and recording in the recording office of the report of commissioners and payment of the award;

(c) Filing in the action and recording in the recording office, an agreement between condemnor and condemnee fixing the date as of which title shall vest;

(d) Paying and satisfying of record a final judgment fixing compensation payable hereunder.

1 N.J.S.A. §§ 20:3-17, 20:3-18.
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