9. All costs incurred in receiving title to a vessel under P.L.1975, c.369 (C.12:7C-7 et seq.) shall be borne by the applicant. In the case of an applicant that is a municipality or a harbor commission, the applicant may recover all costs incurred in receiving title to an abandoned vessel from the previous owner of the vessel in the same manner as the recovery of the removal or destruction costs authorized under subsection a. of section 10 of P.L.1975, c.369 (C.12:7C-16).
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 12:7C-15
Costs of receiving title
Known as the Abandoned or Sunken Vessels Disposition Law
The act spans §§ 12:7C-1 to 12:7C-9.1 (21 sections).
L.1975, c.369, s.9; amended 2008, c.52, s.12.
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