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Code · New Jersey · Title 2A — Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice · Chapter 45

2A:45-5. Release of judgment from lien of state on real estate required for public improvement

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Whenever any real estate required for the purpose of carrying out a public improvement which has been authorized by law is subject to the lien of any judgment held by the state of New Jersey, the governor shall have power, by effective instruments, approved by the attorney general, sealed with the great seal of this state and attested by the secretary of state, to release such real estate so required from the lien of such judgment, if and when, upon application, the governor shall deem it to be in the public interest, and that there is remaining real estate subject to the lien of such judgment sufficient to secure the amount then due on such judgment.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
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