§ 20:3-34 — Deposit of funds where ownership in dispute

If the condemnee entitled to receive the award or judgment upon tender thereof, shall refuse to receive the same, or shall be out of the State, or under any legal disability; or in case several condemnees interested in the fund shall not agree as to the distribution thereof; or in case the property condemned shall be encumbered by mortgage, judgment or other liens; or if for any other reason the condemnor cannot reasonably pay the award or judgment to any person, the amount thereof may be deposited with the clerk of the court, to be distributed to the parties entitled thereto according to law. The procedure for distributing the funds shall be in accordance with the rules. L.1971, c. 361, s. 34.