{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-3b-22-26","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 3B:22-26","heading":"Direction of court as to sale","body":"If it shall appear to the satisfaction of the court that property of which a  decedent died seized or possessed is subject to escheat to the State and that  it is necessary to sell the property in order to pay debts of the decedent, the  court shall direct the personal representative of the decedent's estate to sell  the property or so much thereof as may be necessary for that purpose.\nL.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:22-26, eff. May 1, 1982.","path":["TITLE 3B ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES--DECEDENTS AND OTHERS"],"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":"fd7a9551d45bc2498edac845049b18ab9a5f5583c90dfb7d88de4113ed2b96c4","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-3b-22-25","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-3b-22-27"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}