39:8-2.3 - Possession of property in advance of compensation - New Jersey Statutes

39:8-2.3.  Possession of property in advance of compensation
    In addition to the powers now vested in the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles under section 39:8-2 of the Revised Statutes for the acquisition  of property by the power of eminent domain, the Director, upon or after  exercising the right of condemnation by instituting an action in the Superior  Court in the manner provided by chapter 1 of Title 20 of the Revised Statutes,  may in advance of making compensation therefor take immediate possession of and  occupy, use and improve the property, notwithstanding any other law.

     L.1956, c. 120, p. 514, s. 1.