A. 
If, before final subdivision approval has been granted, any person, as owner or agent, transfers or sells or agrees to transfer or sell, except pursuant to an agreement expressly conditioned on final subdivision approval, any land which forms a part of a subdivision for which municipal approval is required by this chapter, such person shall be subject to a penalty not to exceed $1,000, and each lot disposition so made shall be deemed a separate violation.
B. 
In addition to the foregoing, the municipality may institute and maintain a civil action:
(1) 
For injunctive relief.
(2) 
To set aside and invalidate any conveyance made pursuant to such a contract of sale if a certificate of compliance has not been issued in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-56 or § 610-52 of this chapter.
C. 
In any such action, the transferee, purchaser or grantee shall be entitled to a lien upon the portion of the land from which the subdivision was made that remains in the possession of the subdivider or his assigns or successors to secure the return of any deposits made or purchase price paid and, also, a reasonable search fee, survey expense and title closing expense, if any. Any such action must be brought within two years of the date of the recording of the instrument of transfer, sale or conveyance of said land or within six years, if unrecorded.
A. 
The prospective purchaser, prospective mortgagee or any other person interested in any land which forms part of a subdivision or which formed part of such a subdivision three years preceding the effective date of this chapter may apply in writing through the Secretary of the Planning Board for issuance of a certificate certifying whether or not such subdivision has been approved by the Planning Board. Such application shall contain a diagram showing the location and dimension of the land to be covered by the certificate and the name of the owner thereof.
B. 
The Secretary of the Planning Board shall make and issue such certificate within 15 days after the receipt of such written application and fees therefor. Said officer shall keep a duplicate copy of each certificate, consecutively numbered, including a statement of the fee charged, in a binder as a permanent record of his office.
C. 
Each such certificate shall be designated a certificate as to approval of subdivision of land and shall certify:
(1) 
That there exists in Greenwich Township a duly established Planning Board and an ordinance controlling the subdivision of land.
(2) 
That the subdivision, as it relates to the land shown in said application, has been approved by the Planning Board and the date of such approval, including extensions and terms thereof, if any, and confirm that the subdivision of which the lands applied for are a part is a validly existing subdivision.
(3) 
Whether such subdivision, if the same has not been approved, is statutorily exempt from the requirement of approval as provided under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
[Added 12-1-1980 by Ord. No. 13-1980]
D. 
The Secretary of the Planning Board shall be entitled to demand and receive for such certificate issued by him a reasonable fee not in excess of those provided in N.J.S.A. 54:5-14 and 54:5-15. The fees so collected by officials shall be paid by him to the municipality.
A. 
Any person who shall acquire for a valuable consideration an interest in the lands covered by the certificate of approval under this section in reliance upon the information contained in the certificate shall hold such interest free of any right, remedy or action which would be prosecuted or maintained by the municipality pursuant to § 610-51 of this chapter.
B. 
If the Secretary of the Planning Board fails to issue the certificate within 15 days after receipt of an application and fees therefor, any person acquiring an interest in the lands described in such application shall hold such interest free of any right, remedy or action which could be prosecuted or maintained by the municipality pursuant to § 610-51 of this chapter.
C. 
Any such application addressed to the Clerk of the municipality shall be deemed to be addressed to the Planning Board Secretary, and the municipality shall be bound thereby to the same extent as though the same were addressed to the Planning Board Secretary.