Any demand or notice mentioned in section 2A:65-8 of this title may be served upon the tenant of the particular estate either personally or by leaving the same at his usual place of abode, with some competent member of his family of the age of 14 years or over then residing therein. If the tenant of the particular estate cannot be found in this state or is a nonresident, the demand may be served by attaching it to some prominent part of the premises, and by publishing it in a newspaper printed and published in the county in which the real estate is situate, 4 times, not less than once a week for 4 consecutive weeks.
N.J.S. § 2A:65-9