2015 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 2A - ADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Section 2A:17-45 - Sale by sheriff or coroner for time being of property levied upon but not sold; special order

NJ Rev Stat § 2A:17-45 (2015) What's This?

2A:17-45. Sale by sheriff or coroner for time being of property levied upon but not sold; special order
Whenever any sheriff or coroner, or other person to whom any writ of execution is directed levies on the goods and chattels or on the real estate of the party named therein, and such sheriff, coroner or other person dies or becomes disabled by law to discharge the duties of his office or appointment, or removes himself out of the jurisdiction of the state, and continues to reside thereout, without discharging the duties of his office or appointment, by a sale of the property or estate so levied on, then, or in either of such cases, the court, in which judgment is or shall be had, may proceed in a summary manner to order the sheriff or coroner, for the time being, of the county where the levy was made, to sell the property or estate so levied on, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to satisfy the whole or the residue of the moneys due on such execution. Thereupon the sheriff or coroner shall make the sale, and shall be entitled to the same fees for services done, and liable to all the penalties and consequences of law for neglect of duty, all as if the execution had been originally directed to him.

L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.


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