New Jersey Statutes 22A:4-3. Commissioner of Banking and Insurance
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 22A:4-3
- Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
- 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.
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- 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
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- 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
For accepting service of process as the attorney for a banking, saving, trust, guaranty, safe deposit, indemnity, mortgage, investment, or building and loan corporation or association organized under the laws of any other State or of any foreign government, there shall be paid a service fee of two dollars ($2.00).
For accepting service of process as the attorney for a foreign fraternal beneficiary association, the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance shall be paid a service fee of three dollars ($3.00).
For accepting service of process as the attorney for any person, co-partnership, association or corporation engaged in the business of making small loans, the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance shall be paid a service fee of five dollars ($5.00).
For accepting service of process as the attorney for a foreign building and loan association, the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance shall be paid a service fee of five dollars ($5.00).
The plaintiff in the action shall be entitled to recover the amount of the service fee so paid, as part of the taxable costs if he prevails in the action.
L.1953, c. 22, p. 428, s. 11.