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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 14A:15-3

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • 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
The State Treasurer shall also charge and collect for:

(1) filing an application to reserve a

specified corporate name and issuing

a certificate of reservation $50.00

if application is for the first name available for

corporate use among not more than

three specified names $50.00

(2) filing a notice of transfer of a

reserved corporate name $25.00

(3) filing an application by a foreign corporation

to register its corporate name $50.00

(4) filing an application by a foreign corporation

to renew the registration of its corporate name $50.00

(5) filing a statement of cancellation of shares $75.00

(6) filing a statement of reduction of

stated capital $75.00

(7) filing a certificate as to the acquisition of

the shares or a class of shares of

a domestic corporation $75.00

(8) issuing a certificate of standing, including

registered agent and registered office $25.00

(9) issuing a certificate of standing, same as

above, but including incorporators, officers

and directors, and authorized shares $25.00

(10) issuing a certificate of standing,

listing charter documents $25.00

(11) issuing a certificate of availability of

corporate name (one to three names) $25.00

(12) filing a certificate of registration of

alternate name $50.00

(13) filing a certificate of renewal of

registration of alternate name $25.00

(14) filing a certificate of correction, in addition

to any applicable license fee $10.00

(15) filing and issuing a rein

(15) filing and issuing a reinstatement

of charter $75.00

(16) corporate status reports — per name $5.00

(17) accepting service of process

against corporation pursuant

to N.J.S. 2A:15-26 et seq. $25.00

(18) filing a termination of alternate name $75.00

L.1968, c.350; amended 1971, c.253, s.5; 1973, c.366, s.78; 1979, c.295; 1982, c.52, s.6; 1987, c.435, s.10; 1988, c.94, s.70; 2002, c.34, s.21.