New Jersey Statutes 40A:9-49.1. Burial expenses of indigents
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40A:9-49.1
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- 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
1. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary, when an indigent person dies in his resident county without a surviving spouse, parent or emancipated child or in a county other than his resident county, the resident county of the indigent decedent is responsible for the necessary and reasonable expenses for the burial. For the purposes of this act, “indigent decedent” means a person who dies without leaving an ascertainable estate sufficient to pay part or all of the person’s burial expenses and whose burial expenses are not payable by the State pursuant to P.L.1959, c.86 (C. 44:10-1 et seq.), P.L.1947, c.156 (C. 44:8-107 et seq.) or P.L.1973, c.256 (C. 44:7-85 et seq.), or by the county pursuant to N.J.S. 40A:9-49
L.1987,c.67,s.1; amended 2002, c.121, s.1.