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NJ Rev Stat § 3B:1-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:1-5 - Effect upon vested rights and remedies

3B:1-5. Effect upon vested rights and remedies  The repeal of any sections, acts or parts of acts by the enactment of this title shall not affect any right now vested in any person pursuant to any sections, acts or parts of acts so repealed, nor any remedy where an action or proceeding thereunder has been instituted and is pending on the effective date of this title. L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:1-5, eff. May 1, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:1-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:1-6 - Law governing rights, duties and powers of fiduciaries

3B:1-6. Law governing rights, duties and powers of fiduciaries  The provisions of this title shall govern the rights, duties and powers of successors and fiduciaries relating to the administration of all estates except that the validity and propriety of all acts done by a fiduciary and all rights established in successors prior to September 1, 1978, shall be determined under the law as then in effect. L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:1-6, eff. May 1, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:1-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:1-7 - Exclusion of property passing to a testamentary trustee other than by devise from rights of personal representative or creditors of decedent

3B:1-7. Exclusion of property passing to a testamentary trustee other than by devise from rights of personal representative or creditors of decedent  Property passing to a testamentary trustee other than by devise shall not be subject to rights of, powers of or to administration by a personal representative or to rights of creditors to any extent beyond that to which it would otherwise be if the testamentary trust was an inter vivos trust. L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:1-7, eff. May 1, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:1-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:1-8 - Application of title to wills

3B:1-8. Application of title to wills  The provisions of this title shall apply to any wills of decedents dying on or after September 1, 1978. L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:1-8, eff. May 1, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:1-8.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:1-8.1 - Applicability of act.

3B:1-8.1 Applicability of act.  23. The provisions of P.L.2004, c. 132 and P.L.2005, c.160 (C.3B:1-8.1 et al.) shall apply to any decedent dying on or after February 27, 2005. L.2005,c.160,s.23.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:1-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:1-9 - Effect of fraud and evasion

3B:1-9. Effect of fraud and evasion  Whenever fraud has been perpetrated in connection with any proceeding or in any statement filed under this title or if fraud is used to avoid or circumvent the provisions or purposes of this title, any person injured thereby may obtain appropriate relief against the perpetrator of the fraud or restitution from any person (other than a bona fide purchaser or lender) benefitting from the fraud, whether innocent or not. Any proceeding must be commenced within 2 years after the discovery of the fraud, but no proceeding may be brought against one not a perpetrator of the fraud later than 5 years after the time of commission of the fraud. This section has no bearing on remedies relating to fraud practiced on a decedent during his lifetime which affects the succession of his estate. L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:1-9, eff. May 1, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:2-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:2-1 - Jurisdiction of Superior Court not affected

3B:2-1. Jurisdiction of Superior Court not affected  The provisions of this title are not intended and shall not be so construed as in any way to affect, impair or limit the original general jurisdiction of the Superior Court given to it by the Constitution. L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:2-1, eff. May 1, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:2-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:2-2 - General authority of Superior Court as to probate matters

3B:2-2. General authority of Superior Court as to probate matters  The Superior Court shall have full authority to hear and determine all controversies respecting wills, trusts and estates, and full authority over the accounts of fiduciaries, and also authority over all other matters and things as are submitted to its determination under this title. L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:2-2, eff. May 1, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:2-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:2-3 - Jurisdiction of Superior Court over surrogate's proceedings

3B:2-3. Jurisdiction of Superior Court over surrogate's proceedings  The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine disputes or doubts arising before the surrogate or in the surrogate's court of a county, to review any order, determination or judgment of the surrogate or the surrogate's court of a county and upon the review to hear and determine the matter, and to grant relief from or to direct the entry of, as of a former time, any order, determination or judgment of the surrogate or the surrogate's court of a county. L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:2-3, eff. May 1, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:2-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:2-4 - Proceedings in Superior Court on order to show cause

3B:2-4. Proceedings in Superior Court on order to show cause  The Superior Court, in any proceeding by or against fiduciaries or other persons, may proceed in a summary manner. L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:2-4, eff. May 1, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:2-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:2-5 - Disputes or doubts in proceedings before the surrogate.

3B:2-5 Disputes or doubts in proceedings before the surrogate.  3B:2-5. In the event of any dispute or doubt arising before the surrogate or in the surrogate's court, neither the surrogate nor the court shall take any further action therein, except in accordance with the order of the Superior Court. L.1981, c.405, s.3B:2-5, eff. May 1, 1982; amended 2004, c.132, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:2-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:2-6 - Oath; affidavit; deposition or proof.

3B:2-6 Oath; affidavit; deposition or proof.  3B:2-6. Any oath, affidavit, deposition or proof required to be made or taken in any proceeding before a surrogate, the surrogate's court or in the Superior Court, or necessary or proper to be used before the surrogate or the court, may be made and taken before the surrogate or before any individual authorized by law to administer oaths. Qualifications of executors and administrators and acceptances of trusteeships and guardianships may be taken as provided by the rules of the Supreme Court. L.1981, c.405, s.3B:2-6, eff. May 1, 1982; amended 2004, c.132, s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:2-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:2-7 - Issuance of subpoenas by surrogate.

3B:2-7 Issuance of subpoenas by surrogate.  3B:2-7. A surrogate may issue process of subpoenas to any person within the State to appear and give evidence in any matter pending before the surrogate's court. L.1981, c.405, s.3B:2-7, eff. May 1, 1982; amended 2004, c.132, s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:2-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:2-8 - Penalty for failure to obey subpoena.

3B:2-8 Penalty for failure to obey subpoena.  3B:2-8. Any person subpoenaed as a witness by a surrogate, who does not appear pursuant thereto, or appearing refuses to be sworn or give evidence, without reasonable cause assigned, shall, for every such default or refusal, be subject to a fine of not more than $50.00, as the surrogate's court issuing the subpoena shall by judgment determine proper to impose. The fine, when collected, shall be paid to the county. In default of the payment of a fine so imposed, the surrogate's court by its judgment may commit the witness to the county jail of the county until it is paid or he is sooner discharged. The judgment of the surrogate's court imposing a fine or committing a witness to jail shall be reviewable by the Superior Court in the same manner as other judgments of the court are reviewed. L.1981, c.405, s.3B:2-8. eff. May 1, 1982; amended 2004, c.132, s.7.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:3-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:3-1 - Individuals competent to make a will and appoint a testamentary guardian.

3B:3-1 Individuals competent to make a will and appoint a testamentary guardian.  3B:3-1. Any individual 18 or more years of age who is of sound mind may make a will and may appoint a testamentary guardian. L.1981, c.405, s.3B:3-1, eff. May 1, 1982; amended 2004, c.132, s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:3-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:3-2 - Execution; witnessed wills; writings intended as wills.

3B:3-2 Execution; witnessed wills; writings intended as wills.  3B:3-2. Execution; witnessed wills; writings intended as wills. a. Except as provided in subsection b. and in N.J.S.3B:3-3, a will shall be: (1) in writing; (2) signed by the testator or in the testator's name by some other individual in the testator's conscious presence and at the testator's direction; and (3) signed by at least two individuals, each of whom signed within a reasonable time after each witnessed either the signing of the will as described in paragraph (2) or the testator's acknowledgment of that signature or acknowledgment of the will. b. A will that does not comply with subsection a. is valid as a writing intended as a will, whether or not witnessed, if the signature and material portions of the document are in the testator's handwriting. c. Intent that the document constitutes the testator's will can be established by extrinsic evidence, including for writings intended as wills, portions of the document that are not in the testator's handwriting. L.1981, c.405, s.3B:3-2, eff. May 1, 1982; amended 2004, c.132, s.9; 2005, c.160, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:3-2.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:3-2.1 - Creation, maintenance of will registry; fees.

3B:3-2.1 Creation, maintenance of will registry; fees.  1. a. The Secretary of State shall create and maintain a will registry in which a testator or his attorney may register information regarding the testator's will. The information contained in such registry shall include the name of the person making the will, the date the will was made, and sufficient identification of the location of the will at the time of registration. The registry shall not contain a copy of the will. b. The fee for registration of a will shall be $10.00, which shall be deposited by the Secretary of State in the General Fund. c. The existence or nonexistence of a registration for a particular will shall not be considered as evidence in any proceeding relating to such will, and the failure to file information about a will in the will registry shall not be a factor in determining the validity of the will. d. The fee for application to the Secretary of State to conduct a search of the registry shall be $10.00, which shall be deposited by the Secretary of State in the General Fund. Only interested persons and their representatives may conduct a search of the registry. As used in this act, "interested persons" means children, spouses, potential heirs, devisees, fiduciaries, creditors, beneficiaries and any others having a property right in or claim against a trust estate or the estate of a decedent which may be affected by the proceeding. e. The Secretary of State shall not be liable for the accuracy of the representation of the person conducting a search of the registry or for the accuracy of the information contained in the registry. L.2005,c.97,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:3-2.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:3-2.2 - Regulations.

3B:3-2.2 Regulations.  2. The Secretary of State shall promulgate regulations pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to effectuate the provisions of this act. L.2005,c.97,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:3-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:3-3 - Writings intended as wills.

3B:3-3 Writings intended as wills.  3B:3-3. Writings intended as wills. Although a document or writing added upon a document was not executed in compliance with N.J.S.3B:3-2, the document or writing is treated as if it had been executed in compliance with N.J.S.3B:3-2 if the proponent of the document or writing establishes by clear and convincing evidence that the decedent intended the document or writing to constitute: (1) the decedent's will; (2) a partial or complete revocation of the will; (3) an addition to or an alteration of the will; or (4) a partial or complete revival of his formerly revoked will or of a formerly revoked portion of the will. L.1981, c.405, s.3B:3-3, eff. May 1, 1982; amended 2004, c.132, s.10; 2005, c.160, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:3-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:3-4 - Making will self-proved at time of execution.

3B:3-4 Making will self-proved at time of execution.  3B:3-4. Any will executed on or after September 1, 1978 may be simultaneously executed, attested, and made self-proved, by acknowledgment thereof by the testator and affidavits of the witnesses, each made before an officer authorized pursuant to R.S.46:14-6.1 to take acknowledgments and proofs of instruments entitled to be recorded under the laws of this State, in substantially the following form: I, .........., the testator, sign my name to this instrument this .... day of ......., 20..., and being duly sworn, do hereby declare to the undersigned authority that I sign and execute this instrument as my last will and that I sign it willingly (or willingly direct another to sign for me), that I execute it as my free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed, and that I am 18 years of age or older, of sound mind, and under no constraint or undue influence.  ......................................... Testator We,............., the witnesses, sign our names to this instrument, and, being duly sworn, do hereby declare to the undersigned authority that the testator signs and executes this instrument as the testator's last will and that the testator signs it willingly (or willingly directs another to sign for him), and that each of us, in the presence and hearing of the testator, hereby signs this will as witness to the testator's signing, and that to the best of our knowledge the testator is 18 years of age or older, of sound mind, and under no constraint or undue influence.  ........................................ Witness ........................................ Witness The State of................ County of................... Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by ................, the testator and subscribed and sworn to before me by ............ and ............., witnesses, this ............. day of.................  (Signed)............................. ................................ (Official capacity of officer) L.1981, c.405, s.3B:3-4, eff. May 1, 1982; amended 1991, c.255; 2004, c.132, s.11.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:3-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:3-5 - Making will self-proved subsequent to time of execution.

3B:3-5 Making will self-proved subsequent to time of execution.  3B:3-5. A will executed in compliance with N.J.S.3B:3-2 may at any time subsequent to its execution be made self-proved by the acknowledgment thereof by the testator and the affidavits of the witnesses, each made before an officer authorized pursuant to R.S.46:14-6.1 to take acknowledgments and proofs of instruments entitled to be recorded under the laws of this State, attached or annexed to the will in substantially the following form: The State of County of We, , and , the testator and the witnesses, respectively, whose names are signed to the attached or foregoing instrument, being duly sworn, do hereby declare to the undersigned authority that the testator signed and executed the instrument as his last will and that the testator had signed willingly (or willingly directed another to sign for the testator), and that he executed it as the testator's free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed, and that each of the witnesses, in the presence and hearing of the testator, signed the will as witness and that to the best of his knowledge the testator was at that time 18 years of age or older, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence. Testator Witness Witness Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by , the testator, and subscribed and sworn to before me by and , witnesses, this day of . (Signed) (Official capacity of officer) L.1981, c.405, s.3B:3-5, eff. May 1, 1982; amended 2004, c.132, s.12.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:3-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:3-6 - Validating acknowledgment

3B:3-6. Validating acknowledgment  An acknowledgment to make a will self-proved taken on or after September 1, 1978, but before October 11, 1979, pursuant to R.S. 46:14-6, R.S. 46:14-7 or R.S. 46:14-8 to make a will self-proved under N.J.S. 3B:3-4 or N.J.S. 3B:3-5 is a valid acknowledgment, notwithstanding that the certificate of acknowledgment does not have the officer's official seal affixed thereto. L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:3-6, eff. May 1, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:3-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:3-7 - Who may witness a will.

3B:3-7 Who may witness a will.  3B:3-7. Any individual generally competent to be a witness may act as a witness to a will and to testify concerning execution thereof. L.1981, c.405, s.3B:3-7, eff. May 1, 1982; amended 2004, c.132, s.13.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:3-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:3-8 - Will not invalidated if signed by interested witness

3B:3-8. Will not invalidated if signed by interested witness  A will or any provision thereof is not invalid because the will is signed by an interested witness. L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:3-8, eff. May 1, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:3-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:3-9 - Laws determining valid execution of will

3B:3-9. Laws determining valid execution of will  A written will is validly executed if executed in compliance with N.J.S. 3B:3-2 or N.J.S. 3B:3-3 or its execution was in compliance with the law of the place where it was executed, or with the law of the place where at the time of execution or at the time of death the testator was domiciled, had a place of abode or was a national. L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:3-9, eff. May 1, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:3-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:3-10 - Incorporation by reference

3B:3-10. Incorporation by reference  Any writing in existence when a will is executed may be incorporated by reference if the language of the will manifests this intent and describes the writing sufficiently to permit its identification. L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:3-10, eff. May 1, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:3-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:3-11 - Identifying devise of tangible personal property by separate writing.

3B:3-11 Identifying devise of tangible personal property by separate writing.  3B:3-11. A will may refer to a written statement or list to dispose of items of tangible personal property not otherwise specifically disposed of by the will, other than money. To be admissible under this section as evidence of the intended disposition, the writing must be either in the handwriting of the testator or be signed by the testator and must describe the items and the devisees with reasonable certainty. The writing may be referred to as one to be in existence at the time of the testator's death; it may be prepared before or after the execution of the will; it may be altered by the testator after its preparation; and it may be a writing which has no significance apart from its effect upon the dispositions made by the will. L.1981, c.405, s.3B:3-11, eff. May 1, 1982; amended 2004, c.132, s.14.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:3-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:3-12 - Acts and events of independent significance.

3B:3-12 Acts and events of independent significance.  3B:3-12. A will may dispose of property by reference to acts and events which have significance apart from their effect upon the dispositions made by the will, whether they occur before or after the execution of the will or before or after the testator's death. The execution or revocation of a will of another individual is such an event. L.1981, c.405, s.3B:3-12, eff. May 1, 1982; amended 2004, c.132, s.15.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:3-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:3-13 - Revocation by writing or by act.

3B:3-13 Revocation by writing or by act.  3B:3-13. A will or any part thereof is revoked: a. By the execution of a subsequent will that revokes the previous will or part expressly or by inconsistency; or b. By the performance of a revocatory act on the will, if the testator performed the act with the intent and for the purpose of revoking the will or part or if another individual performed the act in the testator's conscious presence and by the testator's direction. For purposes of this subsection, "revocatory act on the will" includes burning, tearing canceling, obliterating or destroying the will or any part of it. A burning, tearing or cancelling is a "revocatory act on the will," whether or not the burn, tear, or cancellation touched any of the words on the will. (1) If a subsequent will does not expressly revoke a previous will, the execution of the subsequent will wholly revokes the previous will by inconsistency if the testator intended the subsequent will to replace rather than supplement the previous will. (2) The testator is presumed to have intended a subsequent will to replace rather than supplement a previous will if the subsequent will makes a complete disposition of the testator's estate. If this presumption arises and is not rebutted by clear and convincing evidence, the previous will is revoked; only the subsequent will is operative on the testator's death. (3) The testator is presumed to have intended a subsequent will to supplement rather than replace a previous will if the subsequent will does not make a complete disposition of the testator's estate. If this presumption arises and is not rebutted by clear and convincing evidence, the subsequent will revokes the previous will only to the extent the subsequent will is inconsistent with the previous will; each will is fully operative on the testator's death to the extent they are not inconsistent. L.1981, c.405, s.3B:3-13, eff. May 1, 1982; amended 2004, c.132, s.16.