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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 3B:9-7

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Donee: The recipient of a gift.
  • 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
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
3B:9-7. Each county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages shall provide a book to be entitled “Disclaimers,” so arranged that he may record therein:

a. The name of the disclaimant;

b. The name of the decedent or the name of the donee of the power of appointment, the name of the trustee or other person having legal title to, or possession of, the property or interest disclaimed or entitled thereto in the event of disclaimer or the name of the donee of the power of appointment;

c. The location of the property;

d. The file number of the county clerk’s office or the office of register of deeds and mortgages indorsed upon each disclaimer filed;

e. The date of filing the disclaimer.

The county clerk or the register of deeds and mortgages shall maintain in the record an alphabetical index of the names of all disclaimants stated in any disclaimer file, and also keep in his office for public inspection, all disclaimers so filed therein.

Amended 2004, c.132, s.70.