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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 15A:12-18

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • 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.
  • 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
a. At any time after a corporation has been dissolved, the corporation, or a receiver appointed for the corporation pursuant to this chapter, may give notice requiring all creditors to present their claims in writing. The notice shall be published three times, once in each of 3 consecutive weeks, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the registered office of the corporation is located and shall state that all persons who are creditors of the corporation shall present written proof of their claims to the corporation or the receiver, as the case may be, at a place and on or before a date named in the notice, which date shall not be less than 6 months after the date of the first publication.

b. On or before the date of the first publication of the notice as provided in subsection a. of this section, the corporation, or the receiver, as the case may be, shall mail a copy of the notice to each known creditor of the corporation. The giving of the notice shall not constitute recognition that any person to whom the notice is directed is a creditor of the corporation other than for the purpose of receipt of notice hereunder.

c. As used in this section, “creditor” means all persons to whom the corporation is indebted, and all other persons who have claims or rights against the corporation, whether liquidated or unliquidated, matured or unmatured, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, secured or unsecured.

d. Proof of the publication and mailing authorized by this section shall be made by an affidavit filed in the office of the Secretary of State.

L.1983, c. 127, s. 15A:12-18, eff. Oct. 1, 1983.

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