# N.J. Stat. § 40:65-3: Service of notice

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NJ_T40_C65_S65-3

## Section

- **Citation:** N.J. Stat. § 40:65-3
- **Heading:** Service of notice
- **Jurisdiction:** New Jersey
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 65 / Section 65-3

## Text

40:65-3. The notice may be served upon all owners residing in the municipality, personally, or by leaving the same at their usual place of residence with a member of the family above the age of fourteen years. In the case of minors and incapacitated persons, the notice shall be served upon their guardians; when any real estate is held in trust, upon the trustee; when held by joint tenants, tenants in common or by the entirety, upon any one such tenant. If the owner of the real estate is a nonresident of the municipality, the notice may be served upon the owner personally, or upon the owner's agent in charge of the property, or upon the occupant thereof, or mailed to the nonresident owner at the nonresident owner's last known post-office address. amended 2013, c.103, s.108.

## Nearby sections

- [N.J. Stat. § 40:65-1 Ordinances for cost; conformance to grade; exception](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NJ_T40_C65_S65-1.md)
- [N.J. Stat. § 40:65-2 Notice of improvement; contents](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NJ_T40_C65_S65-2.md)
- [N.J. Stat. § 40:65-3 Service of notice.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NJ_T40_C65_S65-3.md)
- [N.J. Stat. § 40:65-4 Publication of notice where service impossible](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NJ_T40_C65_S65-4.md)
- [N.J. Stat. § 40:65-5 Proof of service](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NJ_T40_C65_S65-5.md)
- [N.J. Stat. § 40:65-6 Notice of improvement unnecessary where notice of ordinance given](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NJ_T40_C65_S65-6.md)
- [N.J. Stat. § 40:65-7 Municipality to make improvement on neglect of owner; contracts](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NJ_T40_C65_S65-7.md)
- [N.J. Stat. § 40:65-8 Costs; record filed; apportionment and assessment; notice to owners](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NJ_T40_C65_S65-8.md)
- [N.J. Stat. § 40:65-9 Assessments a lien; collection and enforcement; installments; errors immaterial](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NJ_T40_C65_S65-9.md)
- [N.J. Stat. § 40:65-9.1 Repair or reconstruction of sidewalks at public expense](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NJ_T40_C65_S65-9.1.md)
- [N.J. Stat. § 40:65-9.2 Resolution](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NJ_T40_C65_S65-9.2.md)
- [N.J. Stat. § 40:65-9.3 Appropriations and procedure](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NJ_T40_C65_S65-9.3.md)
- [N.J. Stat. § 40:65-9.4 Repair or reconstruction of curbs at public expense](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NJ_T40_C65_S65-9.4.md)
- [N.J. Stat. § 40:65-9.5 Resolution](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NJ_T40_C65_S65-9.5.md)

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