New Jersey § 2a:14-1

§ 2a:14-1.

a. No action , whether in contract, in tort, or otherwise , to recover damages for any deficiency in the design, planning, surveying, supervision or construction of an improvement to real property, or for any injury

to property, real or personal, or for an injury to the person, or for bodily injury

or wrongful death, arising out of the defective and unsafe condition of an improvement

to real property, nor any action for contribution or indemnity for damages sustained

on account of such injury, shall be brought against any person performing or furnishing

the design, planning, surveying, supervision of construction or construction of such improvement to real property,

more than 10 years after the performance or furnishing of such services and construction. This limitation shall serve as a bar to all such actions , both governmental and private , but shall not apply to actions against any person in actual possession and control

as owner, tenant, or otherwise, of the improvement at the time the defective and unsafe

condition of such improvement constitutes the proximate cause of the injury or damage

for which the action is brought. b. This section shall not bar an action by a governmental unit: (1) on a written warranty, guaranty or other contract that expressly provides for

a longer effective period; (2) based on willful misconduct, gross negligence or fraudulent concealment in connection

with performing or furnishing the design, planning, supervision or construction of

an improvement to real property; (3) under any environmental remediation law or pursuant to any contract entered into

by a governmental unit in carrying out its responsibilities under any environmental

remediation law; or (4) Pursuant to any contract for application, enclosure, removal or encapsulation

of asbestos. c. As used in this section: “ Asbestos ” shall have the meaning as defined in subsection a. of section 3 of P.L.1984, c.

173 ( C.34:5A-34 ) and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto. “ Environmental remediation law ” means chapter 10B of Title 58 of the Revised Statutes ( C.58:10B-1 et seq. ) and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto. “ Governmental ” means the State, its political subdivisions, any office, department, division, bureau,

board, commission or public authority or public agency of the State or one of its

political subdivisions, including but not limited to, a county or a municipality and

any board, commission, committee, authority or agency which is not a State board,

commission, committee, authority or agency.