D.D.B. Interior Contracting Inc. v. Trends Urban Renewal Ass'n

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

ZAZZALI, J.

This appeal implicates N.J.S.A 2A:44A-6, which requires that a lien claim filed on behalf of a corporation be “signed, acknowledged and verified” by a “duly authorized officer.” We must determine whether by executing a power of attorney the sole owner and president of a corporation may confer on another the authority to sign, acknowledge, and verify a lien claim as a “duly authorized officer.” We hold that on the facts of this ease the lien claim at issue is valid under N.J.S.A 2A:44A-6.

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In 1998 and 1999, plaintiff D.D.B. Interior…