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N.J. Stat. § 2A:17-17 (2026)

Real estate liable to execution

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2A:17-17. All real estate shall be liable to be levied upon and sold by executions to be issued on judgments obtained in any court of record in this State, except the Superior Court, Law Division, Special Civil Part, for the payment and satisfaction of the debt, damages, sum of money and costs so recovered or to be recovered; but no real estate of any testator or intestate shall be sold or in anywise affected by any judgment or execution against executors or administrators. No judgment obtained for the payment and satisfaction of any employment wage tax, including penalties, shall be enforced pursuant to this section.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1987–2022 · leading case: In re the Bankr. Petition of Wieber, 347 P.3d 41 (Wash. 2015).
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In re the Bankr. Petition of Wieber, 347 P.3d 41 (Wash. 2015). “See N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2A:17-17 (indicating that generally, all real estate shall be liable for judgments); 42 Pa.”
Matter of Arevalo, 142 B.R. 111 (Bankr. D.N.J. 1992). “2A:16-1; N.J.S.A. 2A:17-17. It is clear therefore, that Donoso’s lien against the debtors’ properties in Hasbrouck Heights and Hobo-ken is valid.”
Matter of Braen, 72 B.R. 56 (Bankr. D.N.J. 1987). “2A:17-15; N.J.S.A. 2A:17-17 and N.J.S.A. 2A:17-18).”
Felicito Antonio & Purisima Antonio (Bankr. D.N.J. 2022). · cites it 2× “N.J.S.A. 2A:17-17 provides: All real estate shall be liable to be levied upon and sold by executions to be issued on judgments obtained in any court of record in this State .”
In the Matter of the Est. of Valmore J. Forgett, Jr. (p-183801, Passaic Cnty. & Statewide) (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2019). “Because Farina never had a judgment against decedent, she had no lien against his property prior to his death and was therefore a general claimant of the Estate.”
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