New Jersey Statutes 46:30C-1. Definitions relative to lost, abandoned property
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 46:30C-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
1. As used in this act:
a. “Abandoned property” is property of which the owner has intentionally given up possession under circumstances evincing intent to give up ownership.
b. “Lost property” is property the possession of which has been parted with casually, involuntarily or unintentionally; or which has been mislaid, left or forgotten.
c. A “finder” is a person who acquires legal possession by exercising physical control over abandoned or lost property.
L.1999,c.331,s.1.