§ 17:46C-1 Short title
§ 17:46C-2 Legislative declarations
§ 17:46C-3 Definitions
§ 17:46C-4 Certificate of authority; persons entitled to transact business without; necessity for other persons; application; fee; exemptions
§ 17:46C-5 Conditions for issuance; order stating person provides legal insurance
§ 17:46C-6 Policy or master policy; certificate of coverage; forms; rating system; approval; hearings
§ 17:46C-7 Transaction of business of legal insurance along with any other business; segregated accounts
§ 17:46C-8 Management contract; approval
§ 17:46C-9 Annual report by insurers; exceptions
§ 17:46C-10 Reserves
§ 17:46C-11 Investments
§ 17:46C-12 Regulation of trade practices
§ 17:46C-13 Rules and regulations
§ 17:46C-14 Commissions to nonlicensees and rebates; prohibition
§ 17:46C-15 Examination of insurers; expenses; payment
§ 17:46C-16 Report of violations of Code of Professional Responsibility
§ 17:46C-17 Suspension or revocation
§ 17:46C-18 Liquidation or dissolution
§ 17:46C-19 Fees; payment
§ 17:46C-20 Retaliatory tax provisions; application
§ 17:46C-21 Applications, filings and reports as public documents; application of attorney-client privilege; validity of independent judgment of attorney
§ 17:46C-22 Unauthorized insurers; submission to jurisdiction of state
§ 17:46C-23 Application of Titles 17 and 17B to insurers authorized to transact business under Subtitle 3
§ 17:46C-24 Titles 17 and 17B; application to orders or rules and regulations; inapplicability to insurer authorized under this act
§ 17:46C-25 Violations; penalty; enforcement; expenses for enforcement of act; payment
§ 17:46C-26 Person transacting business prior to effective date; application; continuance of operation
§ 17:46C-29 Nonapplicability of authority of commissioner to discipline or regulation of attorneys
§ 17:46C-30 Severability
§ 17:46C-31 Liberal construction of act
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes > Title 17 > Chapter 46C - New Jersey Legal Services Insurance Act

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
  • 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
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.