New Jersey § 12:3-42

§ 12:3-42.

The board may, in reaching its conclusion that it is equitable and just to confirm

in a present riparian owner title to lands now or formerly under tidal waters which

he has acquired through any previous lease or grant of the state, determine that it

is equitable and just if it determines that: a. The consideration paid for the original lease or grant was at the date of its execution

full and adequate consideration for the lands so leased or granted; b. The lands leased or granted lie in front of the ripa on which the lease or grant

was based because the lands under water in the vicinity of the lands under consideration

have been equitably apportioned to the riparian owners by any agency authorized by

law to make grants of land under tidal waters in the name of the state and the lands

under consideration are within the area of the lands under water so apportioned to

the lands owned by the petitioner, and provide reasonable access to riparian owners

to deep water beyond bulkhead and pierhead lines; c. The lands leased or granted lie in front of the riparian lands of the petitioner

because the lands so leased or granted constitute an equitable allotment or apportionment

of the lands under water to the riparian lands to which they are attached, even though

the boundaries defining the limits of the lands granted are irregular and do not constitute

straight side lines running parallel to each other and extending from the shore to

the bulkhead or pierhead lines, and provide reasonable access to riparian owners to

deep water beyond bulkhead and pierhead lines; and d. The owner of all estates, rights and privileges under the lease or grant to be

confirmed to the extent of the lands under water to be defined in a confirmatory lease

or grant is the petitioning owner of riparian lands to be benefited on the date the

petition is filed, or at the date of the finding of the board that it is equitable

and just that a confirmatory lease or grant shall be executed.