New Jersey Statutes
N.J. Stat. § 2A:14-7 (2026)
20 years; real actions
✓ current as of May 2026
Every action at law for real estate shall be commenced within 20 years next after the right or title thereto, or cause of such action shall have accrued.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11
cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1983–2025 · leading case: In Re Bernheim Litig., 290 B.R. 249 (D.N.J. 2003).
In Re Bernheim Litig., 290 B.R. 249 (D.N.J. 2003). “) He asserts the 20-year state statutory limitations period is most analogous to his section 362(h) claim because his “TVA interest relates to underlying real property” and the action “is really one relating to the wrongful appropriation of land.”
J & M Land Co. v. First Union Nat'l Bank, 766 A.2d 1110 (N.J. 2001). “2A:14-6 and N.J.S.A 2A:14-7, require a twenty-year period; one, N.”
Patton v. North Jersey Dist. Water Supply Comm'n, 459 A.2d 1177 (N.J. 1983). “[N.J.S.A. 2A:14-7] 2 N.J.S.A. 2A: 14-30 provides: Thirty years’ actual possession of any real estate excepting woodlands or uncultivated tracts, and 60 years’ actual possession of woodlands or uncultivated tracts, uninterruptedly continued by occupancy, descent, conveyance or…”
Kennedy-Jarvis v. Wells, 195 F. Supp. 3d 230 (D.D.C. 2016). “at law for real estate,” N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2A:14-7; and (2) that, as a matter of New Jersey law, ”[t]here is no statute of limitations on an Administrator’s liability for improper exercise of power during his entire administration of an estate.”
Pathway Condo. Ass'n, Inc. Vs. Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Ass'n of the United Methodist Church (l-0313-17, Monmouth Cnty. & Statewide) (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2018). “Second, they argue that the six-year statute of limitations does not apply to their claims; rather, their claims are governed by either the twenty-year statute of limitations under N.J.S.A. 2A:14-7, or the sixteen-year statute of limitations under N.”
Catic Title Ins. Co., Etc. v. Richard Cecere (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2024). “Instead, the judge concluded that the twenty-year statute of limitations for real estate actions codified in N.J.S.A. 2A:14-7 applied. Judge Paganelli reasoned, A mortgage is defined as .”
1530 Owners Corp. Vs. Americana Assocs. (c-000181-19 & C-000281-19, Bergen Cnty. & Statewide) (Consol.) (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2021). “" N.J.S.A 2A:14-7 states: "Every action at law for real estate shall be commenced within [twenty] years next after the right or title thereto, or cause of such action shall have accrued.”
Patrick Kelly v. Hristo Tancevski (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2025). “2A:14-6 and N.J.S.A. 2A:14-7 and that the Tancevskis "own[ed] absolutely, and [we]re entitled to the title and possession of the real property upon which their driveway [wa]s situated under the [d]octrine of [a]dverse [p]ossession.”
Ranjit Benipal v. Tri-state Petro, Inc. (c-000060-17, Mercer Cnty. & Statewide) (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2022). “, within the twenty-year statute of limitations in N.J.S.A. 2A:14-7, and their fraud claim did not accrue until 2011 at the earliest, within the six-year statute of limitations in N.”
Deedra Brewer v. William Henderson, III (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2025). “2A:14-30; N.J.S.A. 2A:14-7; N.J.S.A. 2A:14-31. Nor does the record support plaintiff's claim prior owners of the Property maintained open, notorious, and hostile possession of the western portion of the right of way that A-2390-23 20 could be tacked on to plaintiff's years of…”
287 Corp Ctr Assoc v. Bridgewater Twp. (3rd Cir. 1996). “Associates argues for the application of New Jersey's twenty year statute of limitations, N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2A:14-7, which provides, "Every action at law for real estate shall be commenced within 20 years next after the right or title thereto, or cause of such action shall have…”
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