New Jersey Statutes 17:23A-16. Service of process-insurance-support organizations
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17:23A-16
- 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
- registered mail: include "certified mail". See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
- 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
Service of process–insurance-support organizations. For the purpose of this act, an insurance-support organization transacting business outside this State which has an effect on a person residing in this State shall be deemed to have appointed the commissioner to accept service of process on its behalf, if the commissioner causes a copy of such service to be mailed forthwith by registered mail to the insurance-support organization at its last known principal place of business. The return postcard receipt for the mailing shall be sufficient proof that the same was properly mailed by the commissioner.
L. 1985, c. 179, s. 16.