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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:19-42

  • Assignee: means an assignee under a general assignment, including an assignee appointed under chapter 20 of this title. See New Jersey Statutes 2A:19-1
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Intangible property: Property that has no intrinsic value, but is merely the evidence of value such as stock certificates, bonds, and promissory notes.
  • 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
2A:19-42. Disposition of unclaimed money.

When an assignee states his final account, and there remains a balance, dividend sum or sum of money to be paid to a person and the person or his guardian, if he be under any disability, the balance, dividend sum or sum of money is intangible property remaining unclaimed in the possession of an assignee. After the period of time set forth in R.S.46:30B-37.1 has elapsed that property shall be presumed abandoned and handled in accordance with the “Uniform Unclaimed Property Act (1981),” R.S.46:30B-1 et seq.

L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1989,c.58,s.2.