Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 39:4-30

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • 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
Nothing in this article shall apply to any road building machinery, vehicle, traction engine, steam roller or other apparatus or machinery running upon railroad or street railway tracks, or a private railroad or railway, spur track or switch, nor shall a license hereunder be required for any road building machinery, vehicle, traction engine, steam roller or other apparatus or machinery while actually used in any type of construction; provided, further, however, that any such road building machinery, vehicle, traction engine, roller or other apparatus or machinery of the kind may be operated or drawn, subject to the following conditions:

Any person, partnership or corporation may, with regard to such road building machinery, vehicle, traction engine, roller or other apparatus or machinery of the kind owned or controlled by it, obtain general registration and registration plates therefor of the style and kind provided for in this article, with the word “temporary” or “in-transit” stated thereon, but only if the director is satisfied as to the financial responsibility of such person, partnership or corporation to meet any claim for damages arising out of an accident and satisfactory evidence of such responsibility has been filed with him.

The annual fee for the issuance of a certificate of registration, or duplicates thereof and five sets of “temporary” or “in-transit” plates bearing a number, corresponding to the number on the certificate of registration shall be $100.00.

Such plates can be placed on any such road building machinery, vehicle, traction engine, roller or other apparatus or machinery, owned or operated by the person, partnership or corporation to whom the registration is issued, only in moving to and from the location of any type of construction.

Amended by L.1941, c. 257, p. 686, s. 1; L.1949, c. 250, p. 804, s. 1; L.1951, c. 23, p. 73, s. 21; L.1968, c. 130, s. 11, eff. Aug. 1, 1968; L.1975, c. 180, s. 11, eff. Jan. 1, 1976.