New Jersey § 46:26a-2

Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 46:26a-2, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 46:26a-2.

Documents affecting real property entitled to recording are: a. deeds or other conveyances, releases, or declarations of trust of any interest; b. powers of attorney for conveyance or release of any interest; c. leases, or memoranda of leases, for life or a term not less than two years; d. mortgages or other conveyances in the nature of a mortgage; e. liens or encumbrances and releases of liens or encumbrances on any interest; f. assignments, discharges, cancellations, or releases; g. options and rights of first refusal; h. certified copies of judgments, decrees and orders of courts of record; i. reports of condemnation commissioners filed with the Superior Court; declarations

of taking duly executed by executive officials of condemnors in accordance with section

17 of P.L.1971, c. 361 ( C.20:3-17 ); j. notices of federal tax liens, liens arising from the federal “Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980,” Pub.L.96-510 ( 42 U.S.C.s.9601 et seq. ), and other federal liens, which any Act of Congress or regulation adopted pursuant

to it provides for filing of notice in the recording office designated by a state,

and certificates discharging such liens; k. restrictions affecting the real property or its use; l . notices of settlement as provided by this chapter; m. maps as provided by this chapter; n. condominium master deeds and unit deeds as defined by law; o . cooperative master declarations and proprietary leases as defined by law; p. any other document that affects title to any interest in real property in any way

or contains any agreement in relation to real property, or grants any right or interest

in real property or grants any lien on real property; and q. any other document relating to real property that is directed to be recorded by

any statute or court order.

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Section 46:26a-2 is part of the New Jersey Statutes, the codified statutory law of New Jersey. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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