New Jersey Statutes 17:29A-35.1. Surcharge debts of driver extinguished upon death
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17:29A-35.1
- 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
- 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
1. Notwithstanding the provisions or any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, upon the death of a driver on whom surcharges have been levied by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission pursuant to section 6 of P.L.1983, c.65 (C. 17:29A-35), any debt established by the imposition of those surcharges is extinguished and the commission, or any agent or representative thereof, shall cease to seek payment of that debt.
Whenever the division is unable to obtain a death certificate from a person representing the estate of any driver on whom surcharges have been levied and who was a resident of the State, the commission shall obtain a copy of the death certificate by contacting the State registrar of vital statistics in the Department of Health and, in these cases, the commission shall not require the estate of the driver to furnish a death certificate.
L.1998, c.129, s.1; amended 2012, c.17, s.31.