N.J. Stat. § 54:5-104.31: Construction as remedial legislation.

3. The In Rem Tax Foreclosure Act (1948), P.L.1948, c.96 (C.54:5-104.29 et seq.) shall be liberally construed as remedial legislation to encourage the barring of rights of redemption, and is an alternate and additional remedy to any other remedy provided by law, and shall apply to certificates of tax sales heretofore or hereafter issued and held by a municipality or an abandoned property certificate holder.

L.1948, c.96, s.3; amended 2015, c.16, s.3.