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2017 New Jersey Revised Statutes
TITLE 46 - PROPERTY
Section 46:26A-12 - Effect of recording.

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NJ Rev Stat § 46:26A-12 (2017)
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46:26A-12. Effect of recording.

a. Any recorded document affecting the title to real property is, from the time of recording, notice to all subsequent purchasers, mortgagees and judgment creditors of the execution of the document recorded and its contents.

b. A claim under a recorded document affecting the title to real property shall not be subject to the effect of a document that was later recorded or was not recorded unless the claimant was on notice of the later recorded or unrecorded document.

c. A deed or other conveyance of an interest in real property shall be of no effect against subsequent judgment creditors without notice, and against subsequent bona fide purchasers and mortgagees for valuable consideration without notice and whose conveyance or mortgage is recorded, unless that conveyance is evidenced by a document that is first recorded.

Source: 46:21-1; 46:22-1.

L.2011, c.217, s.1.

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