New Jersey Statutes 3B:14-29. Exercise of powers by domiciliary foreign fiduciary; security for costs
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 3B:14-29
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Estate: means all of the property of a decedent, minor or incapacitated individual, trust or other person whose affairs are subject to this title as the property is originally constituted and as it exists from time to time during administration. See New Jersey Statutes 3B:1-1
- Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
- Fiduciary: includes executors, general administrators of an intestate estate, administrators with the will annexed, substituted administrators, substituted administrators with the will annexed, guardians, substituted guardians, trustees, substituted trustees and, unless restricted by the subject or context, temporary administrators, administrators pendente lite, administrators ad prosequendum, administrators ad litem and other limited fiduciaries. See New Jersey Statutes 3B:1-1
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- 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
Upon compliance with N.J.S. 3B:14-28, a domiciliary foreign fiduciary may exercise as to assets in this State all powers he would have had if he had received letters or been appointed in this State, including the power to release and discharge real or personal estate from a mortgage, judgment or other lien or encumbrance held by his decedent, ward or trust. Whether N.J.S. 3B:14-28 is complied with prior to, pending, or subsequent to the action, a domiciliary foreign fiduciary may maintain, or be made a party defendant or otherwise, to any action in any court of this State as if letters had been granted to him in this State, subject to any conditions generally imposed upon nonresident parties. Security for costs may be required of him.
L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:14-29, eff. May 1, 1982.