County vested with all property; proceedings unaffected
40:18-2. County vested with all property; proceedings unaffected
Every county, by its corporate name, shall succeed to and become vested with all property, real and personal, now held by the county or its board of chosen freeholders under the corporate name as heretofore existing, and no suit, proceeding, instrument or liability shall abate or in anywise be affected by any change of corporate name.
This is the verbatim text of N.J.S.A. 40:18-2, retrieved from the New Jersey Legislature's public statute corpus. Statutes are amended periodically — for the most current version, check the external source link above. KyzerLex is not a law firm and this page is not legal advice.