Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 39:10-23

  • Assignment: means the execution of a prescribed form transferring ownership of a motor vehicle from the person named therein to the purchaser. See New Jersey Statutes 39:10-2
  • Certificate of ownership: means the document issued in conformance with this chapter, certifying ownership of a motor vehicle, other than manufacturer's or importer's certificate of origin. See New Jersey Statutes 39:10-2
  • Person: includes natural persons, firms or copartnerships, corporations, associations, or other artificial bodies, receivers, trustees, common law or statutory assignees, executors, administrators, sheriffs, constables, marshals, or other persons in representative or official capacity, and members, officers, agents, employees, or other representatives of those hereinbefore enumerated. See New Jersey Statutes 39:10-2
  • Purchaser: means a person who takes possession of a motor vehicle by transfer of ownership, either for use or resale, except a dealer when he takes possession through a certificate of origin. See New Jersey Statutes 39:10-2
When a motor vehicle is scrapped, junked or destroyed, or a person permanently parts with its possession other than by sale, he shall immediately surrender and deliver the certificate of ownership to the commissioner, who shall issue a receipt therefor to the person surrendering it. When a motor vehicle is sold to be scrapped, junked or destroyed, assignment shall be made to the purchaser in accordance with the provisions of section 39:10-8 of this Title. The purchaser shall within five days deliver the certificate of ownership to the commissioner, who shall issue a receipt therefor to the person surrendering it.

Amended by L.1946, c. 136, p. 636, s. 19.

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