Below are the sections of the statute 14-1 and none of them have a 14 year SOL and they do not refer to civil judgments. 14-1 is for adverse possession, 14-1.1 is for Damages for injury from unsafe condition of improvement to real property, and 14-1.2 Civil actions commenced by the State.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:14-1 (2007)
§ 2A:14-1. 6 years

Every action at law for trespass to real property, for any tortious injury to real or personal property, for taking, detaining, or converting personal property, for replevin of goods or chattels, for any tortious injury to the rights of another not stated in sections 2A:14-2 and 2A:14-3 of this Title, or for recovery upon a contractual claim or liability, express or implied, not under seal, or upon an account other than one which concerns the trade or merchandise between merchant and merchant, their factors, agents and servants, shall be commenced within 6 years next after the cause of any such action shall have accrued.

§ 2A:14-1.1.Damages for injury from unsafe condition of improvement to real property ; statute of limitations; exceptions; terms defined


a. No action, whether in contract, in tort, or otherwise, to recover damages for any deficiency in the design, planning, surveying, supervision or construction of an improvement to real property, or for any injury to property, real or personal, or for an injury to the person, or for bodily injury or wrongful death, arising out of the defective and unsafe condition of an improvement to real property, nor any action for contribution or indemnity for damages sustained on account of such injury, shall be brought against any person performing or furnishing the design, planning, surveying, supervision of construction or construction of such improvement to real property, more than 10 years after the performance or furnishing of such services and construction. This limitation shall serve as a bar to all such actions, both governmental and private, but shall not apply to actions against any person in actual possession and control as owner, tenant, or otherwise, of the improvement at the time the defective and unsafe condition of such improvement constitutes the proximate cause of the injury or damage for which the action is brought.

b. This section shall not bar an action by a governmental unit:

(1) on a written warranty, guaranty or other contract that expressly provides for a longer effective period;

(2) based on willful misconduct, gross negligence or fraudulent concealment in connection with performing or furnishing the design, planning, supervision or construction of an improvement to real property;

(3) under any environmental remediation law or pursuant to any contract entered into by a governmental unit in carrying out its responsibilities under any environmental remediation law; or

(4) Pursuant to any contract for application, enclosure, removal or encapsulation of asbestos.

c. As used in this section:

"Asbestos" shall have the meaning as defined in subsection a. of section 3 of P.L. 1984, c. 173 (C. 34:5A-34) and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto.

"Environmental remediation law" means chapter 10B of Title 58 of the Revised Statutes (C. 58:10B-1 et seq.) and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto.

"Governmental" means the State, its political subdivisions, any office, department, division, bureau, board, commission or public authority or public agency of the State or one of its political subdivisions, including but not limited to, a county or a municipality and any board, commission, committee, authority or agency which is not a State board, commission, committee, authority or agency.

§ 2A:14-1.2. Civil actions commenced by the State, 10 years; "State" defined; exceptions


a. Except where a limitations provision expressly and specifically applies to actions commenced by the State or where a longer limitations period would otherwise apply, and subject to any statutory provisions or common law rules extending limitations periods, any civil action commenced by the State shall be commenced within ten years next after the cause of action shall have accrued.

b. For purposes of determining whether an action subject to the limitations period specified in subsection a. of this section has been commenced within time, no such action shall be deemed to have accrued prior to January 1, 1992.

c. As used in this act, the term "State" means the State, its political subdivisions, any office, department, division, bureau, board, commission or agency of the State or one of its political subdivisions, and any public authority or public agency, including, but not limited to, the New Jersey Transit Corporation and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.

The provisions of this section shall not apply to any civil action commenced by the State concerning the remediation of a contaminated site or the closure of a sanitary landfill facility, or the payment of compensation for damage to, or loss of, natural resources due to the discharge of a hazardous substance, and subject to the limitations period specified in section 5 of P.L. 2001, c. 154 (C. 58:10B-17.1).

http://www.fair-debt-collection.com/SOL-by-State.html#31 When i did the same search I got this, and it says 20 years. Real estate: 20 years, (N.J.S.A. 2A: 14-7); Judgments: 20 years, renewable, (2A: 14-5); Foreign judgments: 20 years (unless period in originating jurisdiction is less), (2A: 14- 5).

No matter what ask.com says, the statute says 20 years and the info you are getting is incorrect. But the info I got from the state statute is correct and when I tried ask.com it gave the same answer as the state statute I cited.

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