{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-44a-13","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 2A:44A-13","heading":"\"Construction Lien Book,\" \"Construction Lien Index Book\"; fees.","body":"13. a.  The county clerk shall provide a book designated as the \"Construction Lien Book\" in which  shall  be entered each Notice of Unpaid Balance and Right to File Lien, Amended Notice of Unpaid Balance and Right to File Lien, lien claim and amended lien claim, and  discharge, subordination or release of a lien claim or Notice of Unpaid Balance and Right to File Lien presented for filing pursuant to  this act.\nb.\tThe county clerk shall cause marginal notations to be made upon each filed document  as follows:\n(1)\tupon each Notice of Unpaid Balance and Right to File Lien, the date an amendment to that Notice or discharge thereof, and related lien claim or amendment thereto is filed;\n(2)\tupon each lien claim, the date  an  amendment thereto is filed; and the date a discharge, subordination or release thereof is filed; and\n(3)\tupon the affected lien claim or amended lien claim, the date of the filing of the Notice of Lis Pendens pertaining to the real property subject to the lien claim.\nc.\tThe failure of the clerk to cause a marginal notation to be made in accordance with subsection b. of this section shall not affect the validity, priority or enforceability of any document filed pursuant to this act.\nd.\tThe county clerk shall provide and maintain  an index book designated as the \"Construction Lien Index Book,\" setting forth  alphabetically, and arranged by  owners' or community associations' names, and by  claimants' names, each Notice of Unpaid Balance and Right to File Lien, Amended Notice of Unpaid Balance and Right to File Lien, lien claim, amended lien claim, discharge, subordination and release of a lien claim or Notice of Unpaid Balance and Right to File Lien.\ne.\tEach county clerk shall charge  fees for the filing and marginal notation of the documents authorized to be filed by this act as set forth in N.J.S.22A:2-29.\nL.1993, c.318, s.13; amended 2010, c.119, s.10.","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":"8ca699f90c5c1a8a92c6534fa8d37239f2d29a72b370b48a02cd88adbb876a2b","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-44a-12","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-44a-14"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}