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NJ Rev Stat § 2A:48-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:48-9 - Liability of municipality or county for death by lynching; amount

2A:48-9. Liability of municipality or county for death by lynching; amount  When any person shall suffer death by lynching at the hands of a mob, his surviving spouse, lineal heirs, or adopted children, who was or were dependent upon him, shall be entitled to recover their damages, but not in excess of $5,000, sustained by reason thereof, in an action against the municipality in which the lynching occurred if the municipality has a paid police force; otherwise, against the county. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:49-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:49-1 - Action for recovery; jurisdiction; bond for costs

2A:49-1. Action for recovery; jurisdiction; bond for costs  If moneys, funds or other property held or owned by any municipality or school district, or held or owned officially or otherwise for or on behalf thereof, have been or shall be, without right, obtained, received, paid, converted or disposed of, action for the recovery thereof or to recover damages or other compensation for such wrongful obtaining, receiving, paying, conversion or disposition, or both, may be maintained in any court of competent jurisdiction thereof, by 10 freeholders of such municipality or district who have paid taxes on real estate in such municipality or school district, within 1 year, in the name of and for and on behalf of such municipality or school district. Before any such action shall be maintained, such freeholders shall file with the clerk of such municipality or school district, a bond to the municipality or school district conditioned for the payment of the costs, if any, assessed against such municipality or school district, in said action, approved as to form and amount by a judge of the court in which such action is brought.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:49-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:49-2 - Limitation of action

2A:49-2. Limitation of action  No action under this chapter shall lie unless the cause thereof shall have accrued within 6 years before its commencement.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:49-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:49-3 - Disposition of recovery

2A:49-3. Disposition of recovery  Out of any recovery had in an action under this chapter, the expenses incurred in the action by the freeholders, including payments made or to be made for legal services in an amount to be approved by the court, shall be first deducted and the balance thereupon be paid into the treasury of the municipality or school district in whose behalf the action is brought.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:49A-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:49A-1 - Short title

2A:49A-1. Short title  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act."  L.1993,c.317,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:49A-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:49A-2 - Definitions

2A:49A-2. Definitions  2. As used in this act: "Action" means a judicial proceeding or arbitration in which a payment in money may be awarded or enforced with respect to a foreign-money claim.  "Bank-offered spot rate" means the spot rate of exchange at which a bank will sell foreign money at a spot rate.  "Conversion date" means the banking day next preceding the date on which money, in accordance with this act, is:  a. Paid to a claimant in an action or distribution proceeding; b. Paid to the official designated by law to enforce a judgment or award on behalf of a claimant; or  c. Used to recoup, set-off, or counterclaim in different moneys in an action or distribution proceeding.  "Distribution proceeding" means a judicial or nonjudicial proceeding for the distribution of a fund in which one or more foreign-money claims is asserted and includes an accounting, an assignment for the benefit of creditors, a foreclosure, the liquidation or rehabilitation of a corporation or other entity, and the distribution of an estate, trust, or other fund.  "Foreign money" means money other than money of the United States of America. "Foreign-money claim" means a claim upon an obligation to pay, or a claim for recovery of a loss, expressed in or measured by a foreign money.  "Money" means a medium of exchange for the payment of obligations or a store of value authorized or adopted by a government or by inter-governmental agreement.  "Money of the claim" means the money determined as proper pursuant to section 5 of this act.  "Person" means an individual, a corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, joint venture, partnership, association, two or more persons having a joint or common interest, or any other legal or commercial entity.  "Rate of exchange" means the rate at which money of one country may be converted into money of another country in a free financial market convenient to or reasonably usable by a person obligated to pay or to state a rate of conversion. If separate rates of exchange apply to different kinds of transactions, the term means the rate applicable to the particular transaction giving rise to the foreign-money claim.  "Spot rate" means the rate of exchange at which foreign money is sold by a bank or other dealer in foreign exchange for immediate or next day availability or for settlement by immediate payment in cash or equivalent, by charge to an account, or by an agreed delayed settlement not exceeding two days.  "State" means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.  L.1993,c.317,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:49A-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:49A-3 - Applicability of act

2A:49A-3. Applicability of act  3. a. This act applies only to a foreign-money claim in an action or distribution proceeding.  b. This act applies to foreign-money issues even if other law under the conflict of laws rules of this State applies to other issues in the action or distribution proceeding.  L.1993,c.317,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:49A-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:49A-4 - Agreements by parties to transaction

2A:49A-4. Agreements by parties to transaction  4. a. The effect of this act may be varied by agreement of the parties made before or after commencement of an action or distribution proceeding or the entry of judgment.  b. Parties to a transaction may agree upon the money to be used in a transaction giving rise to a foreign-money claim and may agree to use different moneys for different aspects of the transaction. Stating the price in a foreign money for one aspect of a transaction does not alone require the use of that money for other aspects of the transaction.  L.1993,c.317,s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:49A-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:49A-5 - Proper money

2A:49A-5. Proper money  5. a. The money in which the parties to a transaction have agreed that payment is to be made is the proper money of the claim for payment.  b. If the parties to a transaction have not otherwise agreed, the proper money of the claim, as in each case may be appropriate, is the money:  (1) regularly used between the parties as a matter of usage or course of dealing;  (2) used at the time of a transaction in international trade, by trade usage or common practice, for valuing or settling transactions in the particular commodity or service involved; or  (3) in which the loss was ultimately felt or will be incurred by the party claimant.  L.1993,c.317,s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:49A-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:49A-6 - Determination of amount to be paid

2A:49A-6. Determination of amount to be paid  6. a. If an amount contracted to be paid in a foreign money is measured by a specified amount of a different money, the amount to be paid is determined on the conversion date.  b. If an amount contracted to be paid in a foreign money is to be measured by a different money at the rate of exchange prevailing on a date before default, that rate of exchange applies only to payments made within a reasonable time after default, not exceeding 30 days. Thereafter, conversion is made at the bank-offered spot rate on the conversion date.  c. A monetary claim is neither usurious nor unconscionable because the agreement on which it is based provides that the amount of the debtor's obligation to be paid in the debtor's money, when received by the creditor, must equal a specified amount of the foreign money of the country of the creditor. If, because of unexcused delay in payment of a judgment or award, the amount received by the creditor does not equal the amount of the foreign money specified in the agreement, the court or arbitrator shall amend the judgment or award accordingly.  L.1993,c.317,s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:49A-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:49A-7 - Claim assertion; opposition; set-off

2A:49A-7. Claim assertion; opposition; set-off  7. a. A person may assert a claim in a specified foreign money. If a foreign-money claim is not asserted, the claimant makes the claim in United States dollars.  b. An opposing party may allege and prove that a claim, in whole or in part, is in a different money than that asserted by the claimant.  c. A person may assert a defense, set-off, recoupment, or counterclaim in any money without regard to the money of other claims.  d. The determination of the proper money of the claim is a question of law. L.1993,c.317,s.7.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:49A-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:49A-8 - Judgment, award on foreign-money claim; payment

2A:49A-8. Judgment, award on foreign-money claim; payment  8. a. Except as provided in subsection c. of this section, a judgment or award on a foreign-money claim shall be stated in an amount of the money of the claim.  b. A judgment or award on a foreign-money claim is payable in that foreign money or, at the option of the debtor, in the amount of United States dollars which will purchase that foreign money on the conversion date at a bank-offered spot rate.  c. Assessed costs shall be entered in United States dollars. d. Each payment in United States dollars shall be accepted and credited on a judgment or award on a foreign-money claim in the amount of the foreign money that could be purchased by the dollars at a bank-offered spot rate of exchange at or near the close of business on the conversion date for that payment.  e. A judgment or award made in an action or distribution proceeding on both (1) a defense, set-off, recoupment, or counterclaim and (2) the adverse party's claim, shall be netted by converting the money of the smaller into the money of the larger, and by subtracting the smaller from the larger, and specify the rates of exchange used.  f. A judgment substantially complies with subsection a. of this section, if it is in the following form: On this day of , 199 , it is ORDERED that judgment be entered in favor of the Plaintiff and against the Defendant in the sum of (insert amount in the foreign money) with interest at the rate of (insert rate - see Section 9 of this act) percent a year from the day of , 199 , or, at the option of the judgment debtor, the number of United States dollars which will purchase the (insert name of foreign money) with interest due, at a bank-offered spot rate at or near the close of business on the banking day next before the day of payment, together with assessed costs of (insert amount) United States dollars.  g. If a contract claim is of the type covered by subsections a. or b. of section 6 of this act, the judgment or award shall be entered for the amount of money stated to measure the obligation to be paid in the money specified for payment or, at the option of the debtor, the number of United States dollars which will purchase the computed amount of the money of payment on the conversion date at a bank-offered spot rate.  h. A judgment shall be entered and indexed in foreign money in the same manner as other judgments, and has the same effect as a lien. It may be discharged by payment.  L.1993,c.317,s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:49A-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:49A-9 - Governing rate of exchange

2A:49A-9. Governing rate of exchange  9. The rate of exchange prevailing at or near the close of business on the day the distribution proceeding is initiated governs all exchanges of foreign money in a distribution proceeding. A foreign-money claimant in a distribution proceeding shall assert its claim in the named foreign money and show the amount of United States dollars resulting from a conversion as of the date the proceeding was initiated.  L.1993,c.317,s.9.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:49A-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:49A-10 - Pre-judgment, pre-award interest payable

2A:49A-10. Pre-judgment, pre-award interest payable  10. a. With respect to a foreign-money claim, recovery of pre-judgment or pre-award interest and the rate of interest to be applied in the action or distribution proceeding, except as provided in subsection b. of this section, are matters of the substantive law governing the right to recovery under the conflict of laws rules of this State.  b. The court or arbitrator shall increase or decrease the amount of pre-judgment or pre-award interest otherwise payable in a judgment or award in foreign-money to the extent required by the law of this State governing a failure to make or accept an offer of settlement or offer of judgment, or conduct by a party or its attorney causing undue delay or expense.  c. A judgment or award on a foreign-money claim bears interest at the rate applicable to judgments of this State.  L.1993,c.317,s.10.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:49A-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:49A-11 - Entering, enforcing foreign judgment

2A:49A-11. Entering, enforcing foreign judgment  11. a. If an action is brought to enforce a judgment of another jurisdiction expressed in a foreign money and the judgment is recognized in this State as enforceable, the enforcing judgment shall be entered as provided in section 8 of this act, whether or not the foreign judgment confers an option to pay in an equivalent amount of United States dollars.  b. A foreign judgment may be docketed in accordance with any rule or statute of this State providing a procedure for its recognition and enforcement.  c. A satisfaction or partial payment made upon the foreign judgment, on proof thereof, shall be credited against the amount of foreign money specified in the judgment, notwithstanding the entry of judgment in this State.  d. A judgment entered on a foreign-money claim only in United States dollars in another state shall be enforced in this State in United States dollars only.  L.1993,c.317,s.11.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:49A-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:49A-12 - Computations of value of assets, amount of foreign money claimed under legal process.

2A:49A-12. Computations of value of assets, amount of foreign money claimed under legal process.  12. a. Computations under this section are for the limited purposes of the section and do not affect computation of the United States dollar equivalent of the money of the judgment for the purpose of payment.  b. For the limited purpose of facilitating the enforcement of provisional remedies in an action, the value in United States dollars of assets to be seized or restrained pursuant to a writ of attachment, garnishment, execution, or other legal process, the amount of United States dollars at issue for assessing costs, or the amount of United States dollars involved for a surety bond or other court-required undertaking, shall be ascertained as provided in subsections c. and d. of this section.  c. A party seeking process, costs, bond, or other undertaking under subsection b. of this section shall compute in United States dollars the amount of the foreign money claimed from a bank-offered spot rate prevailing at or near the close of business on the banking day next preceding the filing of a request or application for the issuance of process or for the determination of costs, or an application for a bond or other court-required undertaking.  d. A party seeking the process, costs, bond, or other undertaking under subsection b. of this section shall file with each request or application an affidavit or certificate executed in good faith by its counsel or a bank officer, stating the market quotation used and how it was obtained, and setting forth the calculation. Affected court officials incur no liability, after a filing of the affidavit or certificate, for acting as if the judgment were in the amount of United States dollars stated in the affidavit or certificate.  L.1993,c.317,s.12.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:49A-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:49A-13 - Substitution of new foreign money

2A:49A-13. Substitution of new foreign money  13. a. If, after an obligation is expressed or a loss is incurred in a foreign money, the country issuing or adopting that money substitutes a new money in place of that money, the obligation or the loss is treated as if expressed or incurred in the new money at the rate of conversion the issuing country establishes for the payment of like obligations or losses denominated in the former money.  b. If substitution occurs under subsection a. of this section after a judgment or award is entered on a foreign-money claim, the court or arbitrator shall amend the judgment or award by a like conversion of the former money.  L.1993,c.317,s.13.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:49A-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:49A-14 - Principles of law supplement provisions of act

2A:49A-14. Principles of law supplement provisions of act  14. Unless displaced by particular provisions of this act, the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant, and the law relative to capacity to contract, principal and agent, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, bankruptcy, or other validating or invalidating causes supplement its provisions.  L.1993,c.317,s.14.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:49A-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:49A-15 - Uniform construction of act

2A:49A-15. Uniform construction of act  15. This act shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this act among states enacting it.  L.1993,c.317,s.15.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:49A-16.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:49A-16.1 - Short title.

2A:49A-16.1 Short title.  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Foreign Country Money-Judgments Recognition Act of 2015." L.2017, c.365, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:49A-16.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:49A-16.2 - Definitions relative to foreign country money-judgments.

2A:49A-16.2 Definitions relative to foreign country money-judgments.  2. As used in this act: "Foreign country" means a government other than: (1) the United States; (2) a state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession of the United States; or (3) any other government with regard to which the decision in this State as to whether to recognize a judgment of that government's courts is initially subject to determination under the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the U.S. Const., Art.IV, Sec.1. "Foreign-country judgment" means a judgment of a court of a foreign country. L.2017, c.365, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:49A-16.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:49A-16.3 - Applicability.

2A:49A-16.3 Applicability.  3. a. Except as otherwise provided in subsection b. of this section, this act shall apply to a foreign-country judgment to the extent that the judgment: (1) grants or denies recovery of a sum of money; and (2) under the law of the foreign country where rendered, is final, conclusive, and enforceable. b. This act shall not apply to a foreign-country judgment, even if the judgment grants or denies recovery of a sum of money, to the extent that the judgment is:  (1) a judgment for taxes; (2) a fine or other penalty; or (3) a judgment for divorce, support, or maintenance, or other judgment rendered in connection with domestic relations. c. A party seeking recognition of a foreign-country judgment shall have the burden of establishing that this act applies to the foreign-country judgment. L.2017, c.365, s.3.