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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 52:4B-66

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • certified mail: include private express carrier service, provided that the private express carrier service provides confirmation of mailing. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • 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
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
6. Upon receipt of a copy of a summons and complaint, or upon receipt of notice from the crime victim prior to filing the action as provided in section 5 of this act, the board shall immediately take such actions as are necessary to:

a. notify all other known crime victims of the alleged existence of profits from a crime or funds of a convicted person by certified mail, return receipt requested, where the victims’ names and addresses are known by the board;

b. publish, at least once every six months for three years from the date it is initially notified by a victim, pursuant to section 5 of this act, a legal notice in newspapers of general circulation in the county wherein the crime was committed and in counties contiguous to such county advising any crime victims of the existence of profits from a crime or funds of a convicted person. The board may, in its discretion, provide for such additional notice as it deems necessary;

c. avoid the wasting of the assets identified in the complaint as the newly discovered profits from a crime or as funds of a convicted person.

L.2003,c.190,s.6.