New Jersey Statutes 3B:27-2. Restoration and recovery of property upon reappearance of absentee
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 3B:27-2
- 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
- Heirs: means those persons, including, but not limited to, the surviving spouse, the domestic partner and the descendants of the decedent, who are entitled under the statutes of intestate succession to the property of a decedent. See New Jersey Statutes 3B:1-1
- 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
If an estate or property has been received, recovered or taken into possession by any person by reason of a declaration of death under the provisions of this chapter and in any action or proceeding it is thereafter proved that the person declared dead was alive at the time of the receipt, recovery or taking into possession, the estate or property, or its reasonable value at that time, shall, except as otherwise provided by law, be restored to the person deprived thereof by reason of the declaration, or to his heirs, devisees, personal representative or other persons entitled thereto. He or they may also demand and recover the income, rents and profits therefrom during the time he was or they were deprived thereof.
L.1981,c.405, s.3B:27-2, eff. May 1, 1982.