New Jersey § 3a:40-4

§ 3a:40-4.

If an absentee, a resident or nonresident of New Jersey, shall be, by virtue of this

chapter, declared dead by any court of competent jurisdiction in New Jersey; and

if a. any real estate in which such absentee had or shall have any interest, divided

or not, or contingent or not, as owner, tenant by the entirety, lessee, spouse of

an owner, or otherwise, or b. the interest in such real estate of such absentee has been or shall be sold, conveyed,

mortgaged, assigned, leased, devised or otherwise aliened, as though such person were

actually dead, then such absentee shall be thereafter forever barred from any claim

of title to the real estate or interest therein. The person taking such real estate or interest therein in any such transaction,

and his heirs, assigns and successors in title, shall have as perfect a right or title

therein and thereto, and shall hold the same, as though such absentee had actually

died on the date he is declared dead.