New Jersey § 2a:162-5

§ 2a:162-5.

All recognizances of bail made or entered into before any court, judge or magistrate

having criminal jurisdiction, which have been or shall be forfeited, but upon which

no writ of scire facias or other process to enforce or collect the same shall have

been issued and prosecuted to final judgment within a period of 6 years after the

same shall have been filed and recorded in the clerk's office, and all recognizances

of bail which have not been forfeited, shall, after 6 years from the date of the filing

and recording of any such recognizances of bail in the clerk's office, no longer be

enforceable as a claim or as a lien or charge upon or against any property of which

any principal or surety named in any such recognizance was or shall have been seized

at the time of his entering into such recognizance or at any time thereafter; provided

that any claim, lien, or charge against personal property affected by any of the provisions

of this act may be prosecuted or enforced within 6 months from the effective date

hereof.