Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 45:21-6

  • Owner: means any and every person engaged in the business of renting or leasing motor vehicles, without a driver, to be operated by the lessee or bailee, his agent or servant, for purposes other than the transportation of passengers for hire. See New Jersey Statutes 45:21-1
  • Person: means any individual, partnership, association, corporation or joint stock company, their trustees or receivers appointed by any court. See New Jersey Statutes 45:21-1
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
Upon the owner‘s compliance with the requirements of sections 45:21-2 to 45:21-5 of this title, said clerk shall issue to the owner a certificate for each vehicle, which certificate shall describe the vehicle and certify that the owner thereof has filed a policy and power of attorney as required by this chapter. Said certificate shall at all times be carried in the vehicle, and no lessee or bailee shall remove, or cause or permit to be removed, said certificate therefrom. Said clerk shall revoke such certificate at any time when there is not on file with him a valid policy, in full force and effect, and a power of attorney, as required by this chapter. Upon notice of such revocation, the owner shall surrender such certificate to said clerk or to any person designated by him to receive the same, and shall cease to operate, or cause or permit to be operated, such motor vehicle.
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