New Jersey Statutes 17B:33-1. Short title
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17B:33-1
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
- Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
a. The purpose of this chapter is to subject unauthorized insurers to the jurisdiction of the commissioner and to the courts of this State in suits by or on behalf of insureds or beneficiaries under insurance contracts or when such insurers place or send into this State any advertising designed to induce residents of this State to purchase insurance. It is in the interest of the State and of those residents of this State who purchase insurance from insurers which solicit insurance business in this State in the manner set forth in the preceding sentence that such insurers be subject to the provisions of this chapter and also that those residents who hold policies issued or delivered in this State by unauthorized insurers not be subjected to the obstacle of resorting to distant forums for the purpose of asserting legal rights under any policies. In furtherance of such state interest, there is provided herein a method of substituted service of process upon such insurers which is declared to be in the exercise of a state’s power to protect its residents pursuant to the powers and privileges available to the State by virtue of Public Law 15, 79th Congress of the United States, Chapter 20, 1st Session, s. 340, which declares that the business of insurance and every person engaged therein shall be subject to the laws of the several states; the authority provided herein to be in addition to any existing powers of this State.
b. The provisions of this act shall be liberally construed.
L.1971, c. 144, s. 17B:33-1