Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 3B:12-11

  • 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.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Personal property: includes goods and chattels, rights and credits, moneys and effects, evidences of debt, choses in action and all written instruments by which any right to, interest in, or lien or encumbrance upon, property or any debt or financial obligation is created, acknowledged, evidenced, transferred, discharged or defeated, in whole or in part, and everything except real property as herein defined which may be the subject of ownership. 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
3B:12-11. Affidavit of receipt; contents; filing.

The persons making payment of money or delivery of personal property as provided in this article shall obtain from the recipient thereof, if other than a financial institution or a married minor, an affidavit signed by the recipient acknowledging receipt of the money or personal property which shall set forth the recipient’s status in relation to the minor and the purpose for which the money or personal property will be used. The affidavit shall be filed in the office of the Surrogate of the county in which the minor resides or if the minor resides outside the State, the county which has jurisdiction of the property.

Amended 2005, c.304, s.7.