27:16-48 - Entry upon property before making compensation; action to fix compensation - New Jersey Statutes

27:16-48.  Entry upon property before making compensation;  action to fix compensation
    The board of chosen freeholders may enter upon and take property for any of  the purposes set forth in section 27:16-1 of this Title, in advance of making  compensation therefor, in any case where it cannot acquire the property by  agreement with the owner.  In such cases the board, upon exercising such right  and entering upon and taking the property in advance of making compensation  therefor, shall institute an action to fix the compensation to be paid to the  owner and others as provided in chapter one of Title 20 of the Revised  Statutes.

     Amended by L.1953, c. 27, p. 493, s. 12.