New Jersey Statutes|Section 40a:12A-73: Bonds presumed authorized

                                                
 10. An authority or municipality, as applicable, shall cause a copy of any bond resolution or bond ordinance, as applicable, adopted by it to be filed for public inspection in the office of the municipal clerk of the municipality wherein the project financed by the bonds is located. In the case of an authority, the resolution also shall be filed for public inspection in its office. The authority or municipality may cause to be published, at least once in a newspaper published or circulating in the municipality, if there be one, and if not, in a newspaper published and circulating in the county, a notice stating the fact and date of the adoption and the places where the bond resolution or bond ordinance, as applicable, has been so filed for public inspection along with the date of the first publication of the notice and also stating that any action or proceeding of any kind or nature in any court questioning the validity or proper authorization of bonds provided for by the bond resolution or bond ordinance, as applicable, or the validity of any covenants, agreements or contracts provided for by the bond resolution or bond ordinance, as applicable, shall be commenced within 20 days after the first publication of that notice. If any such notice shall at any time be published and if no action or proceeding questioning the validity or proper authorization of bonds provided for by the bond resolution or bond ordinance, as applicable, referred to in said notice, or the validity of any covenants, agreements, or contracts provided for by said bond resolution or bond ordinance, as applicable, shall be commenced or instituted within 20 days after the first publication of the notice, then all persons shall be forever barred and foreclosed from instituting or commencing any action or proceeding in any court, or from pleading any defense to any action or proceeding, questioning the validity or proper authorization of such bonds, or the validity of such covenants, agreements, or contracts, and said bonds, covenants, agreements, and contracts shall be conclusively deemed to be valid and binding obligations in accordance with their terms and tenor. 
 
 L.2001, c.310, s.10; amended 2018, c.97, s.16.