§ 1801.
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§ 1801. Title in deceased persons; petition to Probate Division of the Superior Court
When the record title to real estate or an interest therein stands in the name of a person who has been deceased for more than seven years and the estate of the person has not been probated and the interest of the heirs in that real estate has not been conveyed or has been defectively conveyed, the Probate Division of the Superior Court where venue lies, upon verified petition and after notice and hearing as provided by the Rules of Probate Procedure, shall determine whether the deceased person or the decedent’s heirs are possessed of an existing enforceable title or interest in that real estate.
(Amended 1985, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 90; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011; 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 11.)