2009 New Jersey Code
TITLE 40 - MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES
Section 40:56
40:56-10 - Copy of award filed;  title vested;  right of entry

40:56-10.  Copy of award filed;  title vested;  right of entry
    Except as provided in article four of this chapter (s. 40:56-58 et seq.), as  to cities of the first class, upon the acceptance of any such award or payment  thereof into the Superior Court, title to the real estate or interest therein  shall vest in the municipality, which may thereupon enter upon and take  possession of such real estate or interest therein and remove all persons  therefrom, and a duplicate original of the award as confirmed or a copy thereof  certified by the municipal clerk as a true copy of the award as confirmed by  the governing body shall be recorded in the county in which the municipality is  situated in the record of deeds for such county. The officer in charge of such  office shall cause the names of the owner or owners of the property taken as  shown by such award to be indexed under "grantors"  in the index of deeds for  such county, and the names of mortgages named in such award under  "releasors"  in the index of releases of mortgages for such county.  A copy of the map shall  be filed in the same office.

     Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 700, s. 183, eff. March 19, 1953.