2A:162-5 - Duration of lien, upon any property, of forfeited recognizances not prosecuted to judgment;  time limit after effective date for enforcement

2A:162-5.  Duration of lien, upon any property, of forfeited recognizances not prosecuted to judgment;  time limit after effective date for enforcement
    All recognizances of bail made or entered into before any court, judge or magistrate having criminal jurisdiction, which have been or shall be forfeited,  but upon which no writ of scire facias or other process to enforce or collect  the same shall have been issued and prosecuted to final judgment within a  period of 6 years after the same shall have been filed and recorded in the  clerk's office, and all recognizances of bail which have not been forfeited,  shall, after 6 years from the date of the filing and recording of any such  recognizances of bail in the clerk's office, no longer be enforceable as a  claim or as a lien or charge upon or against any property of which any  principal or surety named in any such recognizance was or shall have been  seized at the time of his entering into such recognizance or at any time  thereafter;  provided that any claim, lien, or charge against personal property  affected by any of the provisions of this act may be prosecuted or enforced  within 6 months from the effective date hereof.

L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended by L.1954, c. 233, p. 863, s. 1, eff. Dec. 8, 1954.