New Jersey § 13:1b-13

§ 13:1b-13.

(a) Any claimant of the meadowlands who shall desire to obtain a conveyance or lease

of the State's interest in such land may apply to the council submitting with his

application, a survey of the property showing its metes and bounds, an affidavit of

title, a copy of the instrument of title under which he claims the land, a statement

of the purpose for, and the manner in which, the claimant proposes to use or further

improve the property and such other information as the council shall require. (b) Any department, agency or instrumentality of the State, county, municipality,

or any person, not a claimant, may apply to the council for a conveyance or lease

of the State's interest in the meadowlands, said application shall contain a survey

of the property showing its metes and bounds, a copy of the latest purported title

which has been duly recorded in the county recording office in which the land is located,

a statement of the purpose for, and the manner in which the applicant proposes to

utilize or further improve the property, an affidavit of the applicant that he has

sent notification of his application to the person or persons named in such instrument

of title and to the person named as the owners in the tax records of the municipality

in which the lands are located, and such other information as the council may require. No title or lease shall be issued pursuant to this subsection until any claimant

to all, or part of, the property applied for has been given notice of the application

and 3 months thereafter, in which to apply for a conveyance or lease of said lands. (c) Any claimant owning meadowlands and applying only for a meadowlands grant or quitclaim

instrument may apply for and receive a meadowland's riparian instrument for such lands

without regard to the requirement of notices to riparian proprietors contained in R.S. 12:3-7 and R.S. 12:3-7.1 .