12. The commission may receive title to any vessel abandoned on any of the waters of this State, including municipal waterways, or on any land owned by this State or any of its political subdivisions by proceeding in the same manner as a landowner, his lessee, or his agent, or a municipality, or a harbor commission, as set forth in P.L.1975, c.369 (C.12:7C-7 et seq.).
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 12:7C-18
Acquisition of title by commission
Known as the Abandoned or Sunken Vessels Disposition Law
The act spans §§ 12:7C-1 to 12:7C-9.1 (21 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Sindia Expedition, Inc. v. Wrecked & Abandoned Vessel (1989)
Most recently applied in Sindia Expedition, Inc. v. Wrecked & Abandoned Vessel (May 1989)
L.1975, c.369, s.12; amended 1995, c.401, s.51; 2008, c.52, s.15.
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