New Jersey Statutes
N.J. Stat. § 2B:50-1 (2026)
Action for replevin
✓ current as of May 2026
2B:50-1. Action for Replevin. A person seeking recovery of goods wrongly held by another may bring an action for replevin in the Superior Court. If the person establishes the cause of action, the court shall enter an order granting possession. Source: N.J.S.2A:59-3.
2B:50-2. Temporary relief; on notice 2B:50-2. Temporary Relief; On Notice. If the court, after notice and hearing, and based upon filed papers and testimony, if any, finds a probability of final judgment for the plaintiff, it may, prior to final judgment:
a. grant possession of the goods to the plaintiff; or
b. order other just relief. Source: New.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15
cases (9 in the last 5 years), 2002–2025 · leading case: Video Pipeline, Inc. v. Buena Vista Home Ent., Inc., 210 F. Supp. 2d 552 (D.N.J. 2002).
Video Pipeline, Inc. v. Buena Vista Home Ent., Inc., 210 F. Supp. 2d 552 (D.N.J. 2002). “Under N.J.S.A. 2B:50-1, “[a] person seeking recovery of goods wrongly held by another may bring an action for replevin .”
Video Pipeline, Inc. v. Buena Vista Home Ent., Inc., 275 F. Supp. 2d 543 (D.N.J. 2003). “If the person establishes the cause of action, the court shall enter an order granting possession.” N.J.S.A. 2B:50-1. Plaintiff opposes the motion only on the ground that the trailers Disney gave to plaintiff from 1993 to 2000 were allegedly not subject to the 1988 Agreement’s…”
Riverside Acquisition Grp. LLC v. Vertis Holdings, Inc. (In re Vertis Holdings, Inc.), 536 B.R. 589 (Bankr. D. Del. 2015). “CC (Pizzutillo, Jan. 31, 2014, Depo.) at 73:17-25. . Quad’s Memorandum in Support of Summary Judgment at 17 Sullivan Decl.”
Yamaha Motor Fin. Corp., U.S.A. v. Ml Country Club LLC (D.N.J. 2020). “Plaintiff seeks a writ of replevin under N.J.S.A. 2B:50-1, N.J.S.A. 2B:50-2, and New Jersey Court Rule 4:61-2, the New Jersey statutes and Court Rule governing replevin actions and writs of replevin in New Jersey.”
Chep USA v. H & M Pallets, LLC (D.N.J. 2024). “6, 2019) (citing N.J.S.A. 2B:50-1; New Jersey Court Rule 4:61-2)); Yamaha Motor Fin.”
Marcia Richmond v. Sofia Martianou (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2024). “" N.J.S.A. 2B:50-1. Pets are a form of personal property and, therefore, may properly be the subject of a replevin action.”
Chey v. Labruno (D.N.J. 2022). “Under N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2B:50-1, Chey could pursue an action for replevin in order to seek the recovery of property “wrongfully held by [Defendants].”
August Uribe Fine Art, LLC v. Dartmilano Srl (D.N.J. 2023). “” N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2B:50-1. To succeed in a replevin action, the burden is on plaintiff to establish “absolute ownership and right to the possession” of the property.”
Bellis v. Kelly (D.N.J. 2025). “§ 2A:38A (“Count II”); Fraud (“Count III”); Conversion (“Count IV”); Replevin, N.J.S.A § 2B:50-1 (“Count V”); Unjust Enrichment (“Count VI”); Misappropriation of Confidential Information (“Count VII”); Civil Conspiracy (“Count VIII”); and Negligence (“Count IX”).”
State of New Jersey Vs. Scott Geddes (14-05-0625, Bergen Cnty. & Statewide) (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2020). “The State excuses its failure to file timely a forfeiture action regarding the derivative contraband, which defendant raised for the first time on appeal, as something that "should yield to the State's paramount interest in public safety," while faulting defendant for not filing…”
Vw Credit, Inc. v. Cte2, LLC (D.N.J. 2019). “N.J.S.A. 2B:50-1; New Jersey Court Rule 4:61-2.”
Kalief v. Camden Cnty. Police Dep't (D.N.J. 2022). “; and (3) a replevin action pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2B:50-1 et seq. and N.J. CT. R. 4:61-1 et seq.”
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