N.J.S.A. 46:5-4 — Conveyance by quitclaim with reservation in favor of grantor; effect as conveyance by deed of bargain and sale; grantee bona fide purchaser

46:5-4. Conveyance by quitclaim with reservation in favor of grantor; effect as conveyance by deed of bargain and sale; grantee bona fide purchaser Whenever any conveyance or instrument executed and delivered after July fourth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, shall purport to remise, release or quitclaim any claim to or estate or interest in the lands described therein, except as to such claim to or estate or interest in such lands as shall be therein particularly reserved to the grantor therein, such conveyance or instrument shall be effectual to pass all the estate which the grantor could lawfully convey by deed of bargain and sale, except such part of the claim to or estate or interest therein which is particularly reserved to the grantor therein, and the grantee in such conveyance or instrument shall be presumed to be a bona fide purchaser to the same extent as would be the grantee in a deed of bargain and sale.

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