N.J.S. § 20:4-4.1 Displacement By Housing Or Construction Code Enforcement Where Owner Liable For Penalties; Payment of Relocation Costs; Lien; Enforcement; Appeal

• Library: New Jersey Permanent Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through L. 2023, c. 194.
• Year: 2023
• Citation: N.J.S. § 20:4-4.1

a. In the case of any displacement of persons by housing or construction code enforcement, including any rehabilitation necessitated by that enforcement, in which the owner of the real property has, in any final court adjudication, been held liable for a civil or criminal penalty, all relocation costs incurred pursuant to sections 4 and 6 of P.L. 1971, c. 362 (C. 20:4-4 and 20:4-6) shall be paid by the owner of the real property to the public agency making relocation assistance payments upon presentation to the owner by the public agency of a statement of those relocation costs and of the date upon which the relocation costs are due and payable.

b. In the event that the relocation costs to be paid to a public agency with regard to any parcel of real property shall not be paid within 10 days after the date due, interest shall accrue and be due to the public agency on the unpaid balance at the rate of 18% per annum until the costs, and the interest thereon, shall be fully paid to the public agency.

c. In the event that the relocation costs to be paid to a public agency with regard to any parcel of real property shall not be paid within 10 days after the date due, the unpaid balance thereof and all interest accruing thereon shall be a lien on the parcel. To perfect the lien granted by this section, a statement showing the amount and due date of the unpaid balance and identifying the parcel, which identification may be sufficiently made by reference to the assessment map of the municipality, shall be recorded with the clerk or register of deeds and mortgages of the county in which the affected property is located, and upon recording, the lien shall have the priority of a mortgage lien. Whenever relocation costs with regard to the parcel and all interest accrued thereon shall have been fully paid to the public agency, the statement shall be promptly withdrawn or cancelled by the public agency.