N.J. Stat. § 20:3-21: Date of vesting of title

Title to the property condemned shall vest in the condemnor as of the earliest date of the happening of any of the following events:

(a) Filing and recording the declaration of taking and depositing funds pursuant to sections 17 and 18 of this act;

(b) Filing and recording in the recording office of the report of commissioners and payment of the award;

(c) Filing in the action and recording in the recording office, an agreement between condemnor and condemnee fixing the date as of which title shall vest;

(d) Paying and satisfying of record a final judgment fixing compensation payable hereunder.

L.1971, c. 361, s. 21.