§ 20:3-21 — Date of vesting of title

Title to the property condemned shall vest in the condemnor as of the earliest date of the happening of any of the following events: (a) Filing and recording the declaration of taking and depositing funds pursuant to sections 17 and 18 of this act; (b) Filing and recording in the recording office of the report of commissioners and payment of the award; (c) Filing in the action and recording in the recording office, an agreement between condemnor and condemnee fixing the date as of which title shall vest; (d) Paying and satisfying of record a final judgment fixing compensation payable hereunder. L.1971, c. 361, s. 21.