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NJ Rev Stat § 44:1-111 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:1-111 - Permanent relief where settlement is in county having no provision therefor

44:1-111. Permanent relief where settlement is in county having no provision therefor  Where a poor person requiring permanent relief in a municipality has not gained a settlement therein but has gained a settlement in the county in which the municipality is situated, in which county there is no county almshouse or welfare-house and no provision for permanent relief, the overseer shall, by a written order, commit and remove the poor person to a municipal almshouse in the county after which notice shall be served upon the board of chosen freeholders of the county which shall thereupon proceed to provide for the support and maintenance of the poor person as a county charge, the expense of which shall be borne by the entire county.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:1-112 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:1-112 - Permanent relief in municipality or county other than that of settlement

44:1-112. Permanent relief in municipality or county other than that of settlement  Where a poor person who requires permanent relief in a municipality in which he is a resident or inhabitant, has a settlement in a municipality or county other than the one in which relief is sought, the overseer shall temporarily relieve the person and proceed to remove him to his place of settlement as directed in sections 44:1-117 to 44:1-127 of this title. Until the place of settlement is ascertained the overseer in his discretion may maintain and relieve the person in the same manner as other permanent poor having a settlement there.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:1-113 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:1-113 - Permanent relief forbidden to persons without settlement and otherwise removable

44:1-113. Permanent relief forbidden to persons without settlement and otherwise removable  Permanent relief shall not be rendered by an overseer to a person who is otherwise lawfully removable and who has no settlement in the municipality or county in which relief is sought or necessary. Such persons shall be temporarily provided for or admitted to an almshouse or welfare-house pending removal and shall be removed by such procedure as may be lawfully necessary by the overseer as provided in this chapter, or as otherwise provided by law.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:1-114 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:1-114 - Procedure where relief required by person having no settlement anywhere

44:1-114. Procedure where relief required by person having no settlement anywhere  Where a poor person who requires relief in a municipality or county in which he is a resident and inhabitant, has not gained a settlement in any municipality or county within this state, or in any other state, the overseer shall provide relief. If it is ascertained that the poor person has no legal settlement in the municipality, the overseer shall proceed to remove him to the place from which he came by whatever lawful proceedings may be necessary to that end with the aid of the officers as provided in this chapter, and the expense of his removal shall be borne by the municipality from which he is removed.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:1-115 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:1-115 - Procedure where temporary relief required and settlement is elsewhere in state

44:1-115. Procedure where temporary relief required and settlement is elsewhere in state  Where a poor person who requires temporary relief in a municipality in which he is a resident and inhabitant, has a settlement in some other county in this state, the overseer shall provide and render temporary relief pending removal.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:1-116 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:1-116 - Procedure where temporary relief required and settlement is outside of state

44:1-116. Procedure where temporary relief required and settlement is outside of state  Where temporary relief is required by a poor person in a municipality or county in which he is a resident and inhabitant, and it is ascertained that his place of settlement is outside this state, the overseer shall provide relief and immediately make such application, with the aid of the county adjuster, as may be necessary and otherwise lawful for his removal. A record thereof shall be filed with the commissioner and his aid obtained for such purpose when necessary, which aid the commissioner shall give forthwith.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:1-117 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:1-117 - Duties of overseer

44:1-117. Duties of overseer  The removal of poor persons to their place of settlement or to the place where they became poor before being found or becoming domiciled in the place from which they are to be removed, shall, when the removal is to another place in the same county, and in all other cases where there is no superintendent or county adjuster to act as provided in this chapter, be accomplished by action of the overseer where the person is found or resides.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:1-118 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:1-118 - Duties of county adjuster

44:1-118. Duties of county adjuster  The county adjuster shall on the application of an overseer forthwith take the steps necessary to the removal of a poor person to another state, or to another county within this state, by negotiating with the proper authority in the other state or county through the commissioner for the reception of the poor person who may be properly removable to a place in that state or county, and shall perform that function for all overseers in the county, and all overseers in a county shall take the steps necessary to such removal by means of the aid and authority of the county adjuster.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:1-119 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:1-119 - Written notice of removal

44:1-119. Written notice of removal  When the removal of a poor person from the place of his domicile or where he is found to the place of his settlement is lawful and necessary, it shall be inaugurated by means of a written notice signed by such official to the officer having jurisdiction in the place to which the person is to be removed, if the removal is to be to a municipality in the county; if otherwise, then the county adjuster shall act for the overseer forthwith on the application of or notice from the overseer, except as otherwise provided by law, that on a day certain not less than ten nor more than twelve days after the date and mailing of the notice an order will be made by the removing overseer, or, if the removal is outside the county, by the county adjuster, that the poor person be removed to the place of his settlement, stating the reasons therefor, the place of his settlement or the place where he became poor prior to his becoming an inhabitant of the municipality from whence he is to be removed.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:1-120 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:1-120 - Removal in absence of contest

44:1-120. Removal in absence of contest  On the day named in the notice the order for removal shall be made by the overseer of the poor of the municipality from which the poor person is to be removed, or by the county adjuster as the case may be, and the poor person shall forthwith be removed to the place indicated in the notice upon the making of an order that the poor person has no settlement in the municipality, county or district in which he is a resident or is found, and has a settlement or became poor in the other municipality or county prior to his becoming a resident and inhabitant or being found in the municipality from which he is to be removed, unless within ten days after the mailing of the written notice the overseer to whom it was mailed shall proceed to contest the allegation of the settlement of the poor person or of the right to remove him to that municipality or county.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:1-121 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:1-121 - Contest; how made

44:1-121. Contest; how made  44:1-121. The contest shall be made by notice to the officer giving the original notice, of a time and place when the contesting director of welfare will apply to the Superior Court in the county in which the poor person may be and from which he is to be removed, and the court shall hear and determine the controversy. The hearing shall be not less than ten nor more than thirty days from the time of giving the original notice.  Amended 1953,c.42,s.6; 1991,c.91,s.426.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:1-122 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:1-122 - Failure to resist removal, review

44:1-122. Failure to resist removal, review  44:1-122. On failure to resist the removal the receiving director of welfare may not decline to receive the poor person but shall receive him and provide such relief as is lawful; except that for good cause shown for the failure to contest the removal the receiving director may, within thirty days after the receipt of the poor person in the municipality, apply to the Superior Court in the county from whence the person was removed to review the proceeding and make such revised order and disposition for the care and relief of the poor person and his removal, if lawful, as may be proper and necessary. Amended 1953,c.42,s.7; 1991,c.91,s.427.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:1-123 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:1-123 - Liability of municipality, recovery

44:1-123. Liability of municipality, recovery  44:1-123. If a director of welfare of a municipality shall neglect to receive or remove a poor person as provided in this chapter after the determination of the matter by the Superior Court having jurisdiction, the municipality where the neglect occurs shall be liable for the expense of the support and relief of the poor person. The expense shall be recoverable from time to time with costs of suit by the director of welfare incurring the cost of relief and support in a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction in the name of the municipality against the municipality liable therefor.  Amended 1953,c.42,s.8; 1991,c.91,s.428.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:1-124 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:1-124 - Bringing poor person into municipality or county unlawfully; misdemeanor

44:1-124. Bringing poor person into municipality or county unlawfully; misdemeanor  A person who shall send, bring, remove or entice to remove, or cause to be sent, brought or enticed, a poor person into a municipality or county from any other municipality or county within this state without first having obtained the consent of the overseer of the municipality or the superintendent if there is no overseer appointed and qualified therein, or the county welfare board of the county, as the case may be, or from any other state into any municipality or county within this state without first having obtained the consent of the commissioner and furnishing suitable bond, and there leave or attempt to leave the person without first having obtained that consent, in order that the support or maintenance of the poor person upon the municipality or county may be avoided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and the poor person shall not gain a legal settlement thereby and shall be returned from whence he came in the manner provided by law.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:1-125 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:1-125 - Suspension of sentence or fine upon certain conditions

44:1-125. Suspension of sentence or fine upon certain conditions  A sentence or fine imposed under the provisions of section 44:1-124 of this title may be suspended before or after conviction upon condition that the offender will convey the poor person to the place where he has a settlement or where he became poor without this state and from which he was sent, brought, removed or enticed, or that the offender will at his own expense support the poor person, which removal or support by the offender shall be secured by a bond to the overseer, superintendent or county welfare board as the case may be with sufficient surety satisfactory to the court conditioned upon the making of the removal as provided in this section or the making by the offender with the overseer, superintendent or director of welfare of the county welfare board as the case may be, of proper provisions for the relief and support of the poor person.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:1-126 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:1-126 - Transportation of nonresident, approval required.

44:1-126 Transportation of nonresident, approval required.  44:1-126. No person shall furnish a non-resident who is sick, elderly, injured, or who has a physical disability, with transportation at the cost of the municipality until the municipal welfare director has ascertained the legal residence of the person applying. Transportation furnished to a person shall be to the person's legal residence unless it shall appear that the person has some valid claim for support or some means of support in some other place to which the person shall ask to be sent. Amended 2017, c.131, s.178.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:1-127 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:1-127 - Enabling nonresident poor to earn funds to return home

44:1-127. Enabling nonresident poor to earn funds to return home  When a person not being in the place in which he usually lives, or has his home, shall apply to an overseer of the poor or superintendent or director of welfare of a municipality, county or district, stating that he is desirous of returning to his home but is poor and has not the means to do so, that officer may employ or let out the poor person to labor at some suitable place to be selected by the officer and at wages which shall seem to him just. When in the opinion of the officer the poor person has earned a sufficient sum, the officer shall, with the money so earned, and such additions thereto, not exceeding twenty dollars, from the treasury of the municipality, county or district as he may think reasonable, cause the person to be returned to his home whether in this state or elsewhere.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:1-128 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:1-128 - When relief may be provided in home

44:1-128. When relief may be provided in home  When adult poor persons own the property in whole or in part where they reside, or are receiving shelter in some other suitable home or habitation, and it is possible to maintain them in such homes more adequately and profitably within the intent of this chapter, the overseer, or superintendent when acting in place of the overseer may, as provided in section 44:1-129 of this title, apply for such relief in lieu of committing or placing them in an almshouse or welfare-house.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:1-129 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:1-129 - Petition for relief

44:1-129. Petition for relief  44:1-129. The director of welfare of a municipality shall by petition to the Superior Court, setting forth the necessary facts, apply for the person's relief in that manner, whereupon the court shall fix a date for hearing the petition within not less than ten days from the filing of the petition.  Amended 1953,c.42,s.9; 1991,c.91,s.429.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:1-130 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:1-130 - Summary hearing; order for home relief

44:1-130. Summary hearing; order for home relief  The court shall proceed in a summary manner to examine into the facts, and, upon being satisfied that permanent relief should be furnished to the poor person in the home, shall, in its discretion, order a fixed sum not exceeding the rate of two hundred dollars per annum for the poor person's maintenance and support in the home for a period of six months from the date of the order.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:1-131 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:1-131 - Continuance of relief

44:1-131. Continuance of relief  At the expiration of the six months' period for which relief is ordered, and every succeeding such period of time thereafter, the overseer may, if further relief is necessary in the case, apply to the court for an order directing the continuance of the relief for a like period, and that relief shall be payable upon the further order of the court.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:1-132 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:1-132 - Revocation of order for relief

44:1-132. Revocation of order for relief  The court may in its discretion summarily revoke any order for such relief made by it, and thereafter all maintenance and relief for the poor person shall cease forthwith.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:1-133 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:1-133 - Payment of home relief

44:1-133. Payment of home relief  The sum ordered to be paid for the maintenance and support of a poor person in the home as provided in this article shall be a charge against the municipality, county or district in which the poor person has a settlement, and shall be payable monthly upon the application of the overseer or the superintendent out of the funds from which other expenses of relief and settlement of the permanent poor are paid. The sum shall be for use only for the care and maintenance of the person for whom such relief has been ordered.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:1-134 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:1-134 - Notice to board of children's guardians of commitment of minor to almshouse

44:1-134. Notice to board of children's guardians of commitment of minor to almshouse  The supervisor or superintendent of an almshouse or welfare-house shall within twenty-four hours of the commitment of a minor child under the age of eighteen years to the almshouse or welfare-house, notify the state board of children's guardians of that commitment.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:1-135 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:1-135 - Supervision of minor committed to almshouse

44:1-135. Supervision of minor committed to almshouse  The care and general supervision of a minor child under the age of eighteen years who is committed to an almshouse or welfare-house shall upon commitment be vested in the board of children's guardians.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:1-136 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:1-136 - Temporary commitment of poor minor by overseer to institution or home

44:1-136. Temporary commitment of poor minor by overseer to institution or home  The overseer of the poor shall upon application for permanent relief, if granted, commit a minor poor child who has gained a legal settlement within the meaning of this chapter to the almshouse or welfare-house or other public institution for the care of children or in some private institution for the care of children, or with some family approved by the state board of children's guardians for a period not to exceed thirty days after date of commitment or until the court having jurisdiction has adjudged the child a public charge or made an order committing it or its family to the care of the state board of children's guardians as provided by law in this chapter and otherwise.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:1-137 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:1-137 - Expense of temporary commitment

44:1-137. Expense of temporary commitment  A poor child temporarily committed by the overseer as provided in section 44:1-136 of this title shall, during such commitment and until the making by the court of an adjudication or order as provided by law in this article or otherwise, remain a charge against the municipality of the overseer's jurisdiction, to be paid for by the overseer from the funds at his disposal.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:1-138 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:1-138 - Notice of placement to boards of freeholders and children's guardians

44:1-138. Notice of placement to boards of freeholders and children's guardians  Within twenty-four hours of such placement the overseer shall give a written notice thereof to the state board of children's guardians and the board of chosen freeholders of the county wherein the child has a settlement or resides. The notice shall contain a description of the child embracing its name, age, sex, religion, faith of its parents, the names and addresses of all relatives legally liable for its care, date of placement, past and present address or place of abode, the length of time the family has received relief from the municipality or district, and such information as the overseer has been able to ascertain.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:1-139 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:1-139 - Obtaining or compelling assistance of relatives

44:1-139. Obtaining or compelling assistance of relatives  Upon application for the relief of a poor person an overseer shall ascertain if possible the relatives chargeable by law for his support and proceed to obtain their assistance or compel them to render such assistance as is provided by law.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:1-140 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:1-140 - Relatives chargeable

44:1-140. Relatives chargeable  a. The father and mother of a person under 18 years of age who applies for and is eligible to receive public assistance, and the children, and husband or wife, severally and respectively, of a person who applies for and is eligible to receive public assistance, shall, if of sufficient ability, at his or their charge and expense, relieve and maintain the poor person or child in such manner as shall be ordered, after due notice and opportunity to be heard, by any county or municipal director of welfare, or by any court of competent jurisdiction upon its own initiative or the information of any person. b. The provisions of this section shall apply to the minor children of a mother whose husband shall fail properly to support and maintain such children when by reason thereof they are likely to become a public charge. c. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person 55 years of age or over except with regard to his or her spouse, or his or her natural or adopted child under the age of 18 years. Amended by L.1968, c. 446, s. 1, eff. Feb. 19, 1969; L.1975, c. 1, s. 1, eff. Jan. 14, 1975; L.1979, c. 401, s. 1, eff. Feb. 8, 1980.