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NJ Rev Stat § 2A:18-80 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:18-80 - Deductions from sale proceeds

2A:18-80. Deductions from sale proceeds  11. A landlord may deduct from the proceeds of any sale the reasonable costs of notice, storage and sale and any unpaid rent and charges not covered by a security deposit. After deducting these amounts, the landlord shall remit to the tenant the remaining proceeds, if any, together with an itemized accounting. If the tenant, after due diligence, cannot be found the remaining proceeds shall be deposited into the Superior Court and, if not claimed within 10 years, shall escheat to the State. L.1999,c.340,s.11.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:18-81 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:18-81 - Compliance with act constitutes complete defense

2A:18-81. Compliance with act constitutes complete defense  12. Compliance in good faith with all the requirements of this act shall constitute a complete defense in any action brought by a tenant against a landlord for loss or damage to personal property disposed of pursuant to this act. L.1999,c.340,s.12.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:18-82 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:18-82 - Noncompliance with act; tenant's recovery

2A:18-82. Noncompliance with act; tenant's recovery  13. If a landlord seizes and retains a tenant's personal property without complying with this act, the tenant shall be relieved of any liability for reimbursement to the landlord for storage and removal costs and shall be entitled to recover up to twice the actual damages sustained by the tenant. L.1999,c.340,s.13.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:18-83 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:18-83 - Applicability of act

2A:18-83. Applicability of act  14. This act shall not be applicable to any unclaimed property which must be disposed of in accordance with the "Uniform Unclaimed Property Act (1981)," P.L.1989, c.58 (R.S.46:30B-1 et seq.). L.1999,c.340,s.14.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:18-84 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:18-84 - Nonapplicability to motor vehicles

2A:18-84. Nonapplicability to motor vehicles  15. This act shall not be applicable to abandoned motor vehicles. L.1999,c.340,s.15.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-1 - Definitions.

2A:19-1. Definitions.  2A:19-1. As used in this chapter: a. "General assignment" means a transfer or conveyance by a debtor in writing, whereby the debtor transfers or conveys to an assignee, in trust for the benefit of his creditors, all of his property. A "general assignment" includes an assignment by a debtor made under section 2A:20-6 of this title.  b. "Debtor" means any person liable on a debt, including any person in actual confinement or discharged under bond pursuant to chapter 20 of this title.  c. "Court" means the Superior Court. d. "Creditor" includes any person to whom a debt is due. e. "Debt" includes any debt, demand or claim. f. "Assignor" means any debtor who has executed a general assignment. g. "Assignee" means an assignee under a general assignment, including an assignee appointed under chapter 20 of this title.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1991,c.91,s.70.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-2 - Assignments must be for equal benefit; preferences void

2A:19-2. Assignments must be for equal benefit; preferences void  Every general assignment made by a debtor residing in this state shall be made for the equal benefit of his creditors in proportion to their several demands, to the extent of the net amount that shall come to the hands of the assignee for distribution. All preferences attempted to be made in any such assignment of one creditor over another, or whereby any one creditor shall be first paid or have a greater proportion in respect of his claim than another, shall be deemed fraudulent and shall render the assignment void.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-3 - Transfer of property within 4 months of assignment to give preference void; recovery of property

2A:19-3. Transfer of property within 4 months of assignment to give preference void; recovery of property  If any person being insolvent or in contemplation of insolvency shall, within 4 months before the making of a general assignment, and with the intention of preferring any creditor or person under liability for him, mortgage, pledge, assign, pay or transfer any of his property, or procure or suffer any of his property to be taken, attached or levied upon, or any lien or encumbrance to be acquired thereon by legal process or otherwise, such preferential transaction shall be void as against the assignee. The assignee may recover the property given by way of preference, or the value thereof, from the person so receiving the same or so benefited thereby.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-4 - Assignor to acknowledge assignment for recording as deed

2A:19-4. Assignor to acknowledge assignment for recording as deed  The assignor shall acknowledge the general assignment or cause the same to be proved according to law, so that it may be recorded as a deed to real estate.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-5 - Assignor to annex inventory and list of creditors with their claims, to assignment

2A:19-5. Assignor to annex inventory and list of creditors with their claims, to assignment  The assignor shall annex to the general assignment an inventory, under oath of his estate, real and personal, together with a list of his creditors and the amount of their respective claims according to the best of his knowledge. Such inventory shall in nowise be conclusive as to the quantum of the assignor's estate, and the assignee shall be entitled to any other property which may belong to the assignor at the time of the assignment.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-6 - Legality of assignments

2A:19-6. Legality of assignments  All general assignments for the benefit of creditors shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-7 - Assignee to record and file assignment

2A:19-7. Assignee to record and file assignment  2A:19-7. The assignee, upon receiving a general assignment, shall forthwith record it, including the inventory and list of creditors with their claims, in the county where the assignor resides and in any other counties or states where he may deem it necessary. The same shall be recorded in this State in the office of the register of deeds in counties having such an office and in the office of the county clerk in other counties. A copy of the same, executed by the assignor or certified by the register or county clerk, shall be filed by the assignee with the surrogate of the county where the assignor resides or with the clerk of the Superior Court.   L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1991,c.91,s.71.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-8 - Publication and mailing of notice; extension of time

2A:19-8. Publication and mailing of notice; extension of time  The assignee shall also forthwith give public notice by advertising at least 4 times during 4 consecutive calendar weeks, once in each week in a newspaper printed in this state and circulating in the neighborhood where the creditors reside. Such notice shall make known that a general assignment has been made, and the date thereof, and shall set forth a general description of any business carried on by the assignor and the place where the same was so carried on, and that all claims of creditors against the estate must be presented under oath to the assignee within 3 months from the date of the general assignment, or be barred from participating in a dividend of said estate. The assignee shall also, within 30 days after the date of the general assignment, mail a copy of such notice to every creditor of the assignor, addressed to him at his usual post-office address, so far as the assignee can ascertain the same. In case of failure to give such notice, or mail the same as above provided, the court may extend and fix the time for the presentation of claims and the giving and mailing notice thereof as aforesaid.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-9 - Assignee to file inventory and valuation

2A:19-9. Assignee to file inventory and valuation  The assignee shall also forthwith file with the clerk of the court, under oath, a true inventory and valuation of the estate so far as it has come to his knowledge.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-10 - Bond of assignee; additional security

2A:19-10. Bond of assignee; additional security  The assignee shall, after filing the inventory and valuation, forthwith enter into bond in such amount as the court may fix, for the faithful performance of his trust. The bond shall be filed with the clerk of the court. In case at any time the security given by any assignee under this chapter shall be shown to be insufficient, the court shall direct him to give such additional security as it shall deem proper. Every bond given under this section shall run to the superior court.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-11 - Assignee not to proceed until bond, etc., filed

2A:19-11. Assignee not to proceed until bond, etc., filed  Until the inventory, valuation and bond required by this chapter are filed, the assignee shall not proceed to the discharge of his trust under the general assignment, further than may be necessary for the preservation of the assigned estate; but the court, before such inventory, valuation and bond are filed, may authorize the assignee to perform such other acts in the administration of the trust, and upon such terms, as it may deem necessary for the protection of the trust.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-12 - Exemption to assignor

2A:19-12. Exemption to assignor  In case of any general assignment, other than a general assignment of partnership property or by a corporation, there shall be reserved of the goods and chattels of any assignor having a family residing in this state, goods and chattels to the value of $500, and all wearing apparel for the use of the assignor and his family. The assignee shall, at the written demand of the assignor, as soon after the assignment is executed as conveniently may be, cause a just and true appraisement of the assignor's goods and chattels at their actual value. The appraisement shall be made by 2 appraisers appointed by the assignee. The assignee shall thereafter set apart for the use of the assignor and his family such of the goods and chattels as the assignor may select from the appraisement, not exceeding in value the said sum of $500.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-13 - Assignee's general powers as successor to assignor

2A:19-13. Assignee's general powers as successor to assignor  Every assignee shall have as full power and authority to dispose of all of the assignor's property, except as otherwise may be provided, as the assignor had at the time of the general assignment. He may sue for and recover in his own name everything belonging or appertaining to the estate. He may compromise, settle and compound all claims, disputes and litigations of the assignor, refer the same to arbitration, agree with any person concerning the same, redeem all mortgages and conditional contracts, and generally act as and do whatsoever the assignor might have lawfully done in the premises.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-14 - Assignee's powers as representative of creditors; setting aside conveyances and transfers

2A:19-14. Assignee's powers as representative of creditors; setting aside conveyances and transfers  The assignee, in addition to the powers which he may exercise as the successor to the assignor, shall also at all times be the representative of the creditors of the assignor, and shall have the same power to set aside conveyances, and to recover or reach assets for the benefit of the creditors as a creditor would have who was the holder of a judgment and levy against the assignor and his property at the date of the assignment. All conveyances, mortgages and transfers of property, real or personal, made by the assignor, which are void or voidable as against the creditors of the assignor, shall in like manner be void or voidable as against the assignee.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-15 - Subpoena; commitment for failure to testify

2A:19-15. Subpoena; commitment for failure to testify  The assignee may send for persons and papers and examine, on oath which he may administer, any persons, including the creditors and assignor, respecting the affairs, transactions and assets of the assignor, his debts, credits, obligations, contracts, and liabilities and claims asserted against the assignor. If any person shall refuse to be sworn or to answer the questions put to him, or refuse to declare the whole truth touching the subject matter of the examination, the court may, on report by the assignee, commit such person to prison, to remain until he shall have submitted himself to be examined and have paid all the costs of the proceedings against him.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-16 - Continuing assignor's business

2A:19-16. Continuing assignor's business  The court may, upon such notice to creditors as it may direct, authorize the assignee to continue for such a period and under such conditions as it may prescribe, any business of the assignor in which the assigned estate, or any part thereof, is invested.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-17 - Action to compel assignee to perform duties

2A:19-17. Action to compel assignee to perform duties  The court may, from time to time, compel the assignee to proceed to the execution of his duties.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-18 - Assignee to sell real estate; manner of sale

2A:19-18. Assignee to sell real estate; manner of sale  Whenever any assignee shall take any real estate of the assignor under a general assignment, he shall, except as hereinafter provided, proceed to sell the same, at public or private sale, in the manner prescribed for an executor or administrator directed by the court to sell lands for the payment of the debts of a decedent.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-19 - Assignee to submit sales of personalty for confirmation

2A:19-19. Assignee to submit sales of personalty for confirmation  The assignee shall submit all contracts for sale of personal property of the estate, whether by public or private sale, to the court for confirmation.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-20 - Limitation of actions against assignee for taking or disposing of property

2A:19-20. Limitation of actions against assignee for taking or disposing of property  All actions at law or in equity which may be brought against any assignee on account of the taking, appropriating, selling or disposing of any property by him as a part of the trust estate, shall be commenced within 9 months from the time when the cause of action shall arise, and not afterwards.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-21 - Reconveyance to assignor upon composition with creditors; proceedings

2A:19-21. Reconveyance to assignor upon composition with creditors; proceedings  If after a general assignment the assignor shall make an agreement of compromise or composition with his creditors, the court may, if it confirms the agreement, authorize the assignee to reassign and reconvey to the assignor all the trust estate in his hands, in whatsoever form the same may be, free and discharged from the trust.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-22 - Claims due or to become due are presentable

2A:19-22. Claims due or to become due are presentable  Any creditor may present not only any debt due, but any debt to become due, making in such case a reasonable rebate when interest is not accruing on the same.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-23 - Claims filed after time share only in subsequent dividends

2A:19-23. Claims filed after time share only in subsequent dividends  If any creditor shall fail to present his claim to the assignee within 3 months from the date of a general assignment, or within such other time as may be fixed by the court for that purpose, his claim shall be barred of a dividend, except that any creditor may, at any time prior to the making of a final dividend, present his claim under oath to the assignee, and share in any dividend made after such presentation.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-24 - Claims filed after time; notice; exceptions; adjudication

2A:19-24. Claims filed after time; notice; exceptions; adjudication  Upon the presentation of any claim after time as authorized by section 2A:19-23 of this title, the assignee, before allowing the same, shall give notice thereof by mail to the other creditors who have proved their claims, as directed by section 2A:19-26 of this title in relation to claims proved in time. The claim shall be subject to the same exceptions by the assignee or the other creditors as a claim filed in time and may be adjudicated upon in like manner.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-25 - Assignee to file list of creditors, statement of claims, and proof of notice

2A:19-25. Assignee to file list of creditors, statement of claims, and proof of notice  At the expiration of the time for the presentation of claims, notice having been duly given and mailed as provided in section 2A:19-8 of this title, the assignee shall file with the clerk of the court a true list, under oath, of all the creditors of the assignor who have proved their claims before him, with a true statement of their respective claims, and due proof of the publication and mailing of the notice above-mentioned. Such proof shall give in detail the names of the persons to whom, with the respective addresses to which, and the time when, such notices were mailed.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-26 - Notice of filing such list and statement; proof of mailing

2A:19-26. Notice of filing such list and statement; proof of mailing  Within 10 days after the filing of the list of creditors and the statement of their claims, the assignee shall mail notice of such filing to every creditor who has proved his claim, addressed to the creditor at his usual post-office address, so far as the assignee can ascertain, and shall, within said 10 days, also file with the clerk of the court due proof of the mailing of such notice.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-27 - Extending time for compliance with sections 2A:19-25 and 2A:19-26

2A:19-27. Extending time for compliance with sections 2A:19-25 and 2A:19-26  In case of failure to comply with the provisions of sections 2A:19-25 and 2A:19-26 of this title, the court may extend and fix the time of any of the duties of the assignee which he may have failed to perform.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-28 - Assignee's inventory, list of creditors and statement of claims to be proved and recorded

2A:19-28. Assignee's inventory, list of creditors and statement of claims to be proved and recorded  The inventory and list of creditors, with the statement of claims, as required by sections 2A:19-9 and 2A:19-25 of this title to be filed by the assignee, shall be recorded by the clerk of the court in a book provided for that purpose and called "assignee's book" .  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-29 - Exceptions to claims

2A:19-29. Exceptions to claims  At any time within 60 days after the list of creditors and statement of claims have been filed and notice thereof has been mailed to the creditors, the assignee, or any creditor or other person interested, may file in the court exceptions to the allowance or rejection by the assignee of claim or demand of any creditor exhibited as aforesaid. The court may then adjudicate upon such claim or demand.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-30 - Wages of clerks, mechanics, and laborers, preferred

2A:19-30. Wages of clerks, mechanics, and laborers, preferred  The wages of clerks, mechanics and laborers due from the assignor at the time of the general assignment including wages fully earned though not then payable, shall be preferred and shall be paid by the assignee before any other claim or debt. In case any such wages have been partly earned at the time of the assignment, but are not then payable, the same shall be equitably apportioned and shall be paid as preferred debts insofar as they have been earned up to the said time. No payment of more than $300 shall be made as a preferred debt to any one person. In case any claim shall receive a preference to the extent of $300 under this section, any balance thereof remaining unpaid shall be entitled to all dividends to be calculated upon such balance as upon a claim of a general creditor.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.