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N.J.S.A. 2A:162-5 — Duration of lien, upon any property, of forfeited recognizances not prosecuted to judgment; time limit after effective date for enforcement
Current through P.L.2025, c.346, and J.R.22
Part of Chapter 162, New Jersey Statutes.
Full text of N.J.S.A. 2A:162-5
Statutory text current through the P.L.2025, c.346, and J.R.22. This publication reproduces the official text of the New Jersey Statutes from the statute files published by the New Jersey Legislature; it is not the official statutes of the State of New Jersey.
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.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended by L.1954, c. 233, p. 863, s. 1, eff. Dec. 8, 1954.
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