{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-16-53","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 2A:16-53","heading":"Questions determinable and rights declarable","body":"A person interested under a deed, will, written contract or other writing constituting a contract, or whose rights, status or other legal relations are affected by a statute, municipal ordinance, contract or franchise, may have determined any question of construction or validity arising under the instrument, statute, ordinance, contract or franchise and obtain a declaration of rights, status or other legal relations thereunder.\nL.1951 (1st SS), c.344","path":["TITLE 2A ADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE"],"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":"11a65d4a5becaa9dd37a55d26211656ed9631be6d6d209d16c871e974feb183b","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-16-52","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-16-54"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}