New Jersey § 12:3-9 Grant to person other than riparian owner;  procedure

New Jersey Statutes

§ 12:3-9 — Grant to person other than riparian owner; procedure

New Jersey § 12:3-9

Title 12COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION

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N.J. Stat. Ann. § 12:3-9 (2026).

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In any case where a grant of the lands of the State under water is made by the department to any person other than the riparian owner the State's grantee shall not fill up or improve said lands under water until the rights and interest of the riparian owner in said lands under water (if any he has) shall be extinguished, as follows: The department shall fix the amount to be paid to said riparian owner for his rights and interest therein (if any he has), and said riparian owner shall have the right, within twenty days after he has been notified of said amount, to accept said sum in full extinguishment of all his rights, or if he is dissatisfied with said award he may apply to the Superior Court for a struck jury to try the question in such place as may be designated by said court, and said 

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In any case where a grant of the lands of the State under water is made by the department to any person other than the riparian owner the State's grantee shall not fill up or improve said lands under water until the rights and interest of the riparian owner in said lands under water (if any he has) shall be extinguished, as follows: The department shall fix the amount to be paid to said riparian owner for his rights and interest therein (if any he has), and said riparian owner shall have the right, within twenty days after he has been notified of said amount, to accept said sum in full extinguishment of all his rights, or if he is dissatisfied with said award he may apply to the Superior Court for a struck jury to try the question in such place as may be designated by said court, and said jury may increase or diminish the amount to be paid the said riparian owner, and their verdict shall be final as to said amount, and on the payment or tender by the State's grantee to the riparian owner of the amount fixed by said jury all the rights and interests of said riparian owner in the lands of the State under water in front of his land shall be extinguished; the costs of the trial shall be paid as follows: If the verdict of the jury is greater than the award of the board then the State shall pay the costs of the trial, if the verdict is the same as the award or less than the award of the department then the riparian owner shall pay the costs. Amended by L.1953, c. 12, p. 99, s. 3, eff. March 19, 1953.