46:16-1.1 - Decrees of former chancery court and final judgments affecting real estate; recording as deeds; indexing - New Jersey Statutes

46:16-1.1.  Decrees of former chancery court and final judgments affecting real estate;  recording as deeds;  indexing    Certified copies of final decrees of the former Court of Chancery, final judgments of courts of record of this State and of the United States and certified copies of declarations of taking and of reports of condemnation commissioners which have been filed with the Clerk of the Superior Court or with the Clerk of the United States District Court relating to or in any way affecting title to real estate may be recorded as deeds of conveyance in the office of the county recording officer of the county wherein the real estate is  situate, and shall be indexed in the names of the parties to the cause as set  forth in the decree, judgment, declaration of taking or report of commissioners  which when recorded shall from that time be notice to all subsequent judgment  creditors, purchasers and mortgagees of the existence and contents thereof.

     L.1939, c. 170, p. 521, s. 1.  Amended by L.1949, c. 148, p. 531, s. 2; L.1964, c. 117, s. 2.