2016 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 12 - Commerce And Navigation
Section 12:3-10 - Lease Or Conveyance To Riparian Owner On Application To Board
12:3-10. Lease or conveyance to riparian owner on application to board
Any riparian owner on tidewaters in this State who is desirous to obtain a lease, grant or conveyance from the State of New Jersey of any lands under water in front of his lands, may apply to the board, which may make such lease, grant or conveyance with due regard to the interests of navigation, upon such compensation therefor, to be paid to the State of New Jersey, as shall be determined by the board, which lease, conveyance or grant shall be executed as directed in sections 12:3-2 to 12:3-9 of this Title, and shall vest all the rights of the State in said lands in said lessee or grantee.
The board in its discretion, upon application in writing from any riparian owner, may cancel and annul any lease, grant or conveyance heretofore made to such riparian owner, and thereupon such lands, and rights therein, so leased, granted or conveyed shall revert to the State.
Amended by L.1938, c. 418, p. 1207, s. 1, eff. Dec. 13, 1938.
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