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NJ Rev Stat § 14A:14-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14A - Corporations, General|Section 14A:14-21 - Distribution of assets; priorities

14A:14-21. Distribution of assets; priorities  (1) After payment of all allowances, expenses and costs, and, subject to the laws of the United States and to subsection 14A:14-21(3), the satisfaction of all liens upon the funds of the corporation to the extent of their lawful priority, the creditors shall be paid proportionately to the amount of their respective debts, excepting mortgage and judgment creditors when the judgment has not been by confession for the purpose of preferring creditors. The creditors shall be entitled to distribution on debts not due, making in such case a rebate of interest, when interest is not accruing on the same. (2) The surplus funds, if any, after payment of the creditors and the costs, expenses and allowances aforesaid, and the preferred stockholders, shall be divided and paid to the general stockholders proportionately, according to their respective shares. (3) In any distribution to creditors all persons doing labor or service of any character, in the regular employment of the corporation, shall be entitled to priority of payment for the wages, not to exceed $600. for each claimant, due them respectively for all labor, work and services performed within three months before the institution of a receivership action under this chapter. A claim under this subsection 14A:14-21(3) shall have priority over all other claims against the corporation, but shall be subordinate to (1) a security interest in personal property perfected prior to the date when the receivership action was instituted, which perfected security interest cannot be set aside by the receiver under the provisions of this Chapter, (2) mortgages upon the real property of the corporation, and (3) all claims entitled to higher priority by law. L.1968, c.350; amended by L.1973, c. 366, s. 75, eff. May 1, 1974.
NJ Rev Stat § 14A:14-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14A - Corporations, General|Section 14A:14-22 - Judgment of dissolution

14A:14-22. Judgment of dissolution  After distribution of the corporation's assets as provided in section 14A:14-21, the Superior Court may make a judgment dissolving the corporation and declaring its charter forfeited and void.  L.1968, c.350.
NJ Rev Stat § 14A:14-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14A - Corporations, General|Section 14A:14-23 - Reorganization under act of Congress; "plan of reorganization" defined

14A:14-23. Reorganization under act of Congress; "plan of reorganization" defined  As used in sections 14A:14-24, 14A:14-25 and 14A:14-26, "plan of reorganization" means a plan of corporate reorganization which has been ordered or confirmed by a court or by a commission or other agency of the United States, in a proceeding brought under any act of Congress providing for the reorganization of corporations.  L.1968, c.350.
NJ Rev Stat § 14A:14-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14A - Corporations, General|Section 14A:14-24 - Reorganization under act of Congress; implementation of plan of reorganization

14A:14-24. Reorganization under act of Congress; implementation of plan of reorganization  (1) A corporation shall have the power to do any act required or permitted by a plan of reorganization in order to put such plan in effect according to its terms. (2) The power conferred by subsection (1) of this section shall be exercised by the trustee or trustees, or other person or persons acting in similar capacities, appointed in the reorganization proceeding resulting in the plan of reorganization, or, if none be then acting, by any other person or persons designated or appointed for such purpose in such organization proceeding, or, if no such other person or persons be then acting, by an officer or officers of the corporation. (3) The exercise of the power to put in effect a plan of reorganization by those designated in subsection (2) of this section shall have the same effect as if done with the unanimous consent of the directors and the shareholders.  L.1968, c.350.
NJ Rev Stat § 14A:14-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14A - Corporations, General|Section 14A:14-25 - Reorganization under act of Congress; rights of certain shareholders

14A:14-25. Reorganization under act of Congress; rights of certain shareholders  In any case where a plan of reorganization of a corporation provides for any action to be taken, which, if taken pursuant to any provisions of this act would entitle dissenting shareholders to payment of the value of their shares, such action may be taken by such corporation in reorganization without payment to shareholders of the value of their shares. L.1968, c.350; amended by L.1973, c. 366, s. 76, eff. May 1, 1974.
NJ Rev Stat § 14A:14-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14A - Corporations, General|Section 14A:14-26 - Reorganization under act of Congress; certificates

14A:14-26. Reorganization under act of Congress; certificates  When any plan of reorganization provides for any action to be taken, which, if taken pursuant to any provisions of this act, would require the filing of a certificate or other document in the office of the Secretary of State, such certificate or other document shall be executed on behalf of the corporation by the persons specified in subsection (2) of section 14A:14-24 and shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. Such certificate or other document shall recite that its making and filing are authorized pursuant to a plan of reorganization, and shall make reference to the proceeding in which the plan of reorganization was ordered or confirmed. L.1968, c.350; amended by L.1973, c. 366, s. 77, eff. May 1, 1974.
NJ Rev Stat § 14A:14-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14A - Corporations, General|Section 14A:14-27 - Reorganization under act of Congress; powers and duties of state instrumentalities

14A:14-27. Reorganization under act of Congress; powers and duties of state instrumentalities  Nothing contained in sections 14A:14-24, 14A:14-25 or 14A:14-26 shall be construed to abrogate, limit or restrict the powers and duties over any corporation imposed or conferred by law on any State officer, board, commission or other agency.  L.1968, c.350.
NJ Rev Stat § 14A:15-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14A - Corporations, General|Section 14A:15-3 - Additional corporate filing fees

14A:15-3 Additional corporate filing fees  14A:15-3. Additional corporate filing fees. 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.
NJ Rev Stat § 14A:16-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14A - Corporations, General|Section 14A:16-1 - Construction

14A:16-1. Construction  (1) The provisions of this act not inconsistent with those of prior laws shall be construed as a continuation of such laws. (2) This act shall be deemed to be a part of the general and permanent statutes of this State. The abbreviation "N.J.S. 14A" shall constitute a reference to this act, and sections of this act may be cited by section number only, preceded by such abbreviation. (3) No repeal contained herein shall affect any right now vested in any person pursuant to the provisions of any law so repealed, nor, except as otherwise provided herein, shall it affect any remedy in an action or proceeding heretofore instituted and pending on the effective date of this act. "Action or proceeding" as used in this section shall not be limited to judicial actions or proceedings. (4) The repeal of Title 14 of the Revised Statutes, as amended and supplemented, shall not of itself be deemed to revive any common law right or remedy abolished by any provision of said Title. (5) The classification and arrangement of the sections of this act have been made for purposes of convenience, reference and orderly arrangement, and no implication or presumption of a legislative construction shall be drawn therefrom. (6) In the construction of this act, no outline or analysis of the contents hereof or of any chapter or other part hereof, no cross-reference or cross-reference note and no headnote or source note to any section shall be deemed to be a part hereof. (7) If any chapter, section or provision of this act shall be declared to be unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative in whole or in part, by a court of competent jurisdiction, such chapter, section or provision shall, to the extent that it is not declared unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative, be enforced and effectuated, and no such determination shall be deemed to invalidate or make ineffectual the remaining provisions of this act. (8) The provisions of chapter 1 of Title 1 of the Revised Statutes shall be applicable to this act. (9) Any reference to a section or sections of Title 14 of the Revised Statutes, as amended and supplemented, in any other statute which became effective prior to the effective date of this act and which remains in effect, shall be given effect on and after the effective date of this act, as though the reference therein were made to the section or sections of this act which contain the statutory material formerly included in said section or sections of Title 14, as amended and supplemented. Where the statutory material formerly included in Title 14 as amended and supplemented, is not included in this act, references thereto in any other statute which so became effective and remains in effect, shall cease to be operative and shall be deemed to be superseded. L.1968, c.350; amended by L.1969, c. 102, s. 16.
NJ Rev Stat § 14A:16-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14A - Corporations, General|Section 14A:16-2 - Acts saved from repeal

14A:16-2. Acts saved from repeal  The following acts and parts of acts, and all amendments thereof, are saved from repeal: R.S. 14:2-2 R.S. 14:3-7 R.S. 14:3-10 R.S. 14:7-5 R.S. 14:8-18 R.S. 14:8-22 R.S. 14:11-16 R.S. 14:13-13 P.L.1950, c. 102 (C. 14:17-1) P.L.1959, c. 200 (C. 14:18-1 through C. 14:18-12) P.L.1962, c. 233 (C. 14:19-1 through C. 14:19-17)  L.1968, c.350.
NJ Rev Stat § 14A:16-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14A - Corporations, General|Section 14A:16-3 - Acts repealed

14A:16-3. Acts repealed  The following acts and parts of acts, and all other acts which are inconsistent with this act, except those specifically saved from repeal by this act, are hereby repealed: Title 14 of the Revised Statutes P.L.1938, c. 178 (C. 14:15-7 through C. 14:15-9) P.L.1938, c. 180 (C. 14:15-10) P.L.1938, c. 303 (C. 14:13-15) P.L.1942, c. 124 (C. 14:3-14) P.L.1943, c. 175 (C. 14:8-3.1) P.L.1945, c. 131 (C. 14:3-15 through C. 14:3-17) P.L.1950, c. 220 (C. 14:3-13.1 through C. 14:3-13.4) P.L.1950, c. 282 (C. 14:4-4.1) P.L.1951, c. 254 (C. 14:13-7.1 through C. 14:13-7.3) P.L.1952, c. 33 (C. 14:12-10) P.L.1963, c. 161 (C. 14:4-7, C. 14:4-8) P.L.1964, c. 177 (C. 14:10-9.1) P.L.1967, c. 116 (C. 14:12A-1 through C. 14:12A-5) P.L.1968, c. 151 (C. 14:15-1.1) P.L.1968, c. 168 (C. 14:1-3.1) P.L.1968, c. 262 (C. 14:3-18)  L.1968, c.350.
NJ Rev Stat § 14A:16-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14A - Corporations, General|Section 14A:16-4 - Effective date

14A:16-4. Effective date  This act shall take effect on January 1, 1969.  L.1968, c.350.
NJ Rev Stat § 14A:17-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14A - Corporations, General|Section 14A:17-1 - Legislative intent

14A:17-1. Legislative intent  It is the legislative intent to provide for the incorporation of an individual or group of individuals to render the same professional service to the public for which such individuals are required by law to be licensed or to obtain other legal authorization. L.1969, c. 232, s. 1, eff. Dec. 16, 1969.
NJ Rev Stat § 14A:17-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14A - Corporations, General|Section 14A:17-2 - Short title

14A:17-2. Short title  This act may be cited as "The Professional Service Corporation Act." L.1969, c. 232, s. 2, eff. Dec. 16, 1969.
NJ Rev Stat § 14A:17-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14A - Corporations, General|Section 14A:17-3 - Terms defined.

14A:17-3 Terms defined.  3. Terms defined. As used in this act, the following words shall have the meanings indicated: (1) "Professional service" shall mean any type of personal service to the public which requires as a condition precedent to the rendering of such service the obtaining of a license or other legal authorization and which prior to the passage of this act and by reason of law could not be performed by a corporation. By way of example and without limiting the generality thereof, the personal services which come within the provisions of this act are the personal services rendered by certified public accountants, architects, optometrists, ophthalmic dispensers and technicians, professional engineers, land surveyors, land planners, chiropractors, physical therapists, registered professional nurses, psychologists, dentists, osteopaths, physicians and surgeons, doctors of medicine, doctors of dentistry, podiatrists, veterinarians and, subject to the Rules of the Supreme Court, attorneys-at-law; (2) "Professional corporation" means a corporation which is organized under this act for the sole and specific purpose of rendering the same or closely allied professional service as its shareholders, each of whom must be licensed or otherwise legally authorized within this State to render such professional service; (3) "Closely allied professional service" means and is limited to the practice of (a) architecture, professional engineering, land surveying and land planning and (b) any branch of medicine and surgery, optometry, opticianry, physical therapy, registered professional nursing, psychology, and dentistry; (4) "Domestic professional legal corporation" means a professional corporation incorporated under P.L.1969, c.232 (C.14A:17-1 et seq.) for the sole purpose of rendering legal services of the type provided by attorneys-at-law; (5) "Foreign professional legal corporation" means a corporation incorporated under the laws of another state for the purpose of rendering legal services of the type provided by attorneys-at-law. L.1969, c.232, s.3; amended 1981, c.425, s.1; 1986, c.131; 1991, c.105, s.1; 1995, c.375, s.1; 2005, c.27; 2005, c.259, s.22 2014, c.79.
NJ Rev Stat § 14A:17-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14A - Corporations, General|Section 14A:17-4 - Application of act

14A:17-4. Application of act  This act shall not apply to any individual or groups within this State who, prior to the passage of this act, were permitted to organize a corporation and perform personal services to the public by the means of a corporation, and this act shall not apply to any corporations organized by such individual or group of individuals prior to the passage of this act; provided, however, any such individual or group of individuals or any such corporation may bring themselves and such corporation within the provisions of this act by amending the certificate of incorporation in such a manner so as to be consistent with all the provisions of this act and by affirmatively stating in the amended certificate of incorporation that the shareholders have elected to bring the corporation within the provisions of this act. L.1969, c. 232, s. 4, eff. Dec. 16, 1969.
NJ Rev Stat § 14A:17-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14A - Corporations, General|Section 14A:17-5 - Professional corporation and foreign professional legal corporation

14A:17-5. Professional corporation and foreign professional legal corporation  5. Professional corporation and foreign professional legal corporation. (a) One or more persons, each of whom is duly licensed or otherwise legally authorized to render the same or closely allied professional service within this State, may organize and become a shareholder or shareholders of a professional corporation for pecuniary profit under the provisions of the Business Corporation Act of New Jersey (Title 14A, Corporations, General, of the New Jersey Statutes), for the sole and specific purpose of rendering such professional service. (b) A foreign professional legal corporation may render legal services of the type provided by attorneys-at-law in this State provided by that it secures a certificate of authority from the Secretary of State in accordance with Chapter 13 of the Business Corporation Act of New Jersey (Title 14A, Corporations, General, of the New Jersey Statutes) and provided further that every shareholder or employee of the foreign professional legal corporation providing legal services in this State is an attorney-at-law licensed and eligible to practice in this State under the Rules of the Supreme Court. L.1969,c.232,s.5; amended 1981,c.425,s.2; 1995,c.375,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 14A:17-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14A - Corporations, General|Section 14A:17-6 - Directors and officers

14A:17-6. Directors and officers  A professional corporation which has only one shareholder need have only one director who shall be such shareholder. Such one shareholder shall also serve as the president of the corporation. The other officers of the corporation in such a case need not be licensed or otherwise legally authorized to render the same professional service within this State, as such one shareholder. A professional corporation which has only 2 shareholders need have only 2 directors who shall be such shareholders. The 2 shareholders shall, between them, fill all the officerships of the professional corporation. L.1969, c. 232, s. 6, eff. Dec. 16, 1969.
NJ Rev Stat § 14A:17-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14A - Corporations, General|Section 14A:17-7 - Rendering of professional service limited to licensed personnel; charges authorized

14A:17-7. Rendering of professional service limited to licensed personnel; charges authorized  7. Rendering of professional service limited to licensed personnel; charges authorized. No professional corporation or foreign professional legal corporation may render professional services in this State except through its officers, employees and agents who are duly licensed or otherwise legally authorized to render such professional services within this State; provided, however, that this provision shall not be interpreted to include in the term "employee" as used herein clerks, secretaries, administrators, bookkeepers, technicians and other assistants who are not usually and ordinarily considered by law, custom and practice to be rendering professional service to the public for which a license or other legal authorization is required in connection with the profession to be practiced, nor does the term "employee" include any other person who performs all his employment under the direct supervision and control of an officer, agent or employee who is himself rendering professional service to the public on behalf of the professional corporation; provided, that no person shall, under the guise of employment, practice a profession unless duly licensed to practice that profession under the laws of this State. Notwithstanding any other or contrary provisions of the laws of the State, a professional corporation or foreign professional legal corporation may charge for its services, may collect such charges, and may compensate its officers, employees and agents, including those persons excluded from the term "employee" as used herein. L.1969,c.232,s.7; amended 1991,c.105,s.2; 1995,c.375,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 14A:17-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14A - Corporations, General|Section 14A:17-8 - Professional relationship; personal liability; corporate liability

14A:17-8. Professional relationship; personal liability; corporate liability  8. Professional relationship; personal liability; corporate liability. Nothing contained in this act shall be interpreted to abolish, repeal, modify, restrict or limit the law now in effect in this State applicable to the professional relationship and the contract, tort and other legal liabilities between the person furnishing the professional services and the person receiving such professional service and to the standards for professional conduct, including the confidential relationship between the person rendering the professional services and the person receiving such professional service, if any; and all confidential relationships previously enjoyed under the laws of this State or hereafter enacted shall remain inviolate. Any officer, shareholder, agent or employee of a professional corporation or a foreign professional legal corporation shall remain personally and fully liable and accountable for any negligent or wrongful acts or misconduct committed by him, or by any person under his direct supervision and control, while rendering professional service on behalf of the corporation in this State to the person for whom such professional service was being rendered; provided, that the personal liability of shareholders of a professional corporation, in their capacity as shareholders of such corporation, shall be no greater in any aspect than that of a shareholder-employee of a corporation organized under the provisions of the Business Corporation Act of New Jersey, exclusive of this act. The professional corporation shall be liable up to the full value of its property for any negligent or wrongful acts or misconduct committed by any of its officers, shareholders, agents or employees while they are engaged on behalf of the corporation in the rendering of professional service. The assets of a professional corporation shall not be liable to attachment for the individual debts of its shareholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the relationship of an individual to a professional corporation or a foreign professional legal corporation with which such individual is or may be associated, whether as shareholder, director, officer, employee or agent, shall in no way modify, extend or diminish the jurisdiction over such individual, of and by whatever State, agency, office or authority which licensed or otherwise legally authorized him to render service in a particular field of endeavor in this State. L.1969,c.232,s.8; amended 1995,c.375,s.4.