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It explains governing statutes, court rules, and relevant case law, and outlines best practices for both lenders and borrowers. 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Yellin, Cole Schotz P.C.  \nMichael R. Yellin Cole Schotz P.C.  \nThis practice note discusses the relevant statutes, court rules, case law, and best practices for the commercial (nonresidential) mortgage foreclosure process in New Jersey. Although foreclosure is a lender-driven process, this practice note provides guidance to counsel for both lenders and borrowers.  \nFor guidance on commercial real estate financing in New Jersey, see  Commercial Real Estate Financing (NJ) and Commercial Real Estate Acquisition Loan Resource Kit (NJ) .  \nFor a New Jersey mortgage form, see Mortgage (Acquisition Loan, Short Form) (NJ) . New Jersey-specific mortgage clauses, see Mortgage Clauses (Commercial) (NJ) .  \nBackground  \nHistory of Foreclosure Law in New Jersey  \nTo better understand the legal and equitable principles underlying commercial (nonresidential) mortgage foreclosure in New Jersey, practitioners should understand the history behind New Jersey’s current processes. Many of the concepts derived from early English common law remain applicable to present day foreclosure actions.  \nAs initially developed as part of the common law, a mortgage contract involved a conditional conveyance of real property. In that regard, “the mortgagee, upon the execution of the mortgage, became vested with the fee  \nto the land, and upon a default in payment, the right of possession; the mortgagor had no estate or interest therein, and no right to possession after default of the payment of the mortgage money.” Sears v. Camp, 124 N.J. Eq. 403, 407 (1938) . Stated differently, after a default, the mortgagee’s remedy was to seek ejectment of the mortgagor from the property. The mortgagor had no rights to the property and could not plead “that he was willing and ready to pay the debt.” Id.  \nThe inequities of the original common-law process gave rise to a more equitable approach, allowing the mortgagor to“redeem” the mortgage debt (and retain the property) after a default. This “right of redemption” became a recognized“equitable estate” in land that Professor Pomeroy has described as “the most magnificent triumph of equity jurisprudence over the injustice of common law.” Camp, 124 [N.J. Eq. at 407](N.J. Eq. at 407) .  \nWith the onset of the right of redemption, however, the pendulum swung and mortgagees began to face an inequitable result. There was originally no limit on a mortgagor’s right to redeem, substantially impairing a mortgagee’s right to sell property to which it had taken title. In response, the right of “foreclosure” was established.  \nIn 1794, New Jersey initially adopted the practice of strict foreclosure, with no foreclosure sale taking place. Instead, courts would simply order that the mortgagor had lost any further right to redeem. Foreclosure by judicial sale was adopted in 1820 and ultimately became the exclusive means for enforcing a mortgagee’s rights. See United States Sav. Bank. v. Schnitzer, 118 N.J. Eq. 584 (Ch. Div. 1935) . No further comprehensive changes were made to the foreclosure process in New Jersey until 1995, when New Jersey adopted the Fair Foreclosure Act (FFA), N.J. Rev. Stat. § 2A:50-53 et seq. The FFA remains in effect subject to several subsequent amendments.  \nWhat Is a Commercial Foreclosure in New Jersey?  \nThe phrase “commercial foreclosure” as used throughout this practice note refers to the foreclosure of a“nonresidential mortgage” as defined in the FFA. More specifically, under the FFA:  \n• A “residential mortgage” is defined as “mortgage[s], security interest[s] or the like, in which the security is a [1] residential property such as a house, real property or condominium, which is [2] occupied, or is to be occupied, by the debtor, who is a natural person, or a member of the debtor’s immediate family, as that person’s residence   [3] at the time the loan is originated” (N.J. Rev. 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