{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-20-3-21","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 20:3-21","heading":"Date of vesting of title","body":"Title to the property condemned shall vest in the condemnor as of the earliest date of the happening of any of the following events:\n(a) Filing and recording the declaration of taking and depositing funds pursuant to sections 17 and 18 of this act;\n(b) Filing and recording in the recording office of the report of commissioners and payment of the award;\n(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;\n(d) Paying and satisfying of record a final judgment fixing compensation payable hereunder.\nL.1971, c. 361, s. 21.","path":["TITLE 20 EMINENT DOMAIN"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"f6f0d9a42201c04411b3e921a5546f41b1176881c7ddace12d2685d28b7bc2ec","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-20-3-20","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-20-3-22"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}