{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-46-26a-2","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 46:26A-2","heading":"Documents that may be recorded.","body":"Documents affecting real property entitled to recording are:\na.\tdeeds or other conveyances, releases, or declarations of trust of any interest;\nb.\tpowers of attorney for conveyance or release of any interest;\nc.\tleases, or memoranda of leases, for life or a term not less than two years;\nd.\tmortgages or other conveyances in the nature of a mortgage;\ne.\tliens or encumbrances and releases of liens or encumbrances on any interest;\nf.\tassignments, discharges, cancellations, or releases;\ng.\toptions and rights of first refusal;\nh.\tcertified copies of judgments, decrees and orders of courts of record;\ni.\treports of condemnation commissioners filed with the Superior Court; declarations of taking duly executed by executive officials of condemnors in accordance with section 17 of P.L.1971, c.361 (C.20:3-17);\nj.\tnotices of federal tax liens, liens arising from the federal \"Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980,\" Pub.L.96-510 (42 U.S.C.s.9601 et seq.), and other federal liens, which any Act of Congress or regulation adopted pursuant to it provides for filing of notice in the recording office designated by a state, and certificates discharging such liens;\nk.\trestrictions affecting the real property or its use;\nl.\tnotices of settlement as provided by this chapter;\nm.\tmaps as provided by this chapter;\nn.\tcondominium master deeds and unit deeds as defined by law;\no.\tcooperative master declarations and proprietary leases as defined by law;\np.\tany other document that affects title to any interest in real property in any way or contains any agreement in relation to real property, or grants any right or interest in real property or grants any lien on real property; and\nq.\tany other document relating to real property that is directed to be recorded by any statute or court order.\nSource: 46:16-1.\nL.2011, c.217, s.1.","path":["TITLE 46 PROPERTY"],"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":"a3d269c1cb77c4a33af5640db9886ac9b0fb3f26fe2a557d6a6afb4debf9f2a9","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-46-26a-1","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-46-26a-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}