{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-43-1","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 40:43-1","heading":"Every municipality a body corporate","body":"The inhabitants of every municipality shall be a body corporate in fact and  in law, and by its corporate name it shall have perpetual succession, may sue  and be sued, have a common seal, and purchase, acquire, lease, hold, let and  convey real and personal property for the use and benefit of the municipality.","path":["TITLE 40 MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES"],"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":"27a0ff1c8e71d82c74f4ac2f95e8682d5bcd83071aab1774c2f202e618c24226","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-42-4","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-43-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}