Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 39:6-86.4

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • 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
  • 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
When the death of or personal injury to any person arises out of the ownership, maintenance or use of an automobile in this State on or after the effective date of this act, but the identity of the automobile and of the operator and owner thereof cannot be ascertained or it is established that the automobile was, at the time said accident occurred, in the possession of some person other than the owner without the owner’s consent and that the identity of such person cannot be ascertained, any person qualified to receive payments under the provisions of the “Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund Law” shall be entitled to receive payment under sections 7 and 10 of this act, provided that:

a. The claimant is not a person covered with respect to such injury or death by any workers’ compensation law, or the personal representative of such a person,

b. The claimant was not at the time of the accident the owner or registrant of an uninsured motor vehicle, or was not operating a motor vehicle in violation of an order of suspension or revocation,

c. The claimant was not at the time of the accident:

(1) A person operating or riding in a motor vehicle which he had stolen or participated in stealing, or

(2) Operating a motor vehicle without the permission of the owner, and is not the personal representative of such a person,

d. All reasonable efforts have been made to ascertain the identity of the motor vehicle and of the owner and operator thereof and either that the identity of the motor vehicle and the owner and operator thereof cannot be established, or that the identity of the operator, who was operating the motor vehicle without the owner’s consent, cannot be established, or

e. (Deleted by amendment, P.L. 1983, c. 362.)

f. The action or claim is not brought by or on behalf of an insurer.

L.1972, c. 198, s. 10, eff. Jan. 1, 1973. Amended by L.1983, c. 362, s. 5, eff. Oct. 4, 1983.

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