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NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-31 - Landlord's lien on assignor's goods

2A:19-31. Landlord's lien on assignor's goods  Where the assignor is a tenant, all of his goods and chattels on the premises, in his possession, shall be subject to a lien for the payment of rent due to the landlord. The claim for rent in favor of the landlord, not exceeding 1 year's rent, shall be first paid and satisfied by the assignee out of the goods and chattels of the tenant which were on the demised premises at the time of the assignment.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-32 - Landlord's rights where assignor's goods removed

2A:19-32. Landlord's rights where assignor's goods removed  If the tenant, his assignee, or any other person, shall remove any goods and chattels from the demised premises, after the assignment, the landlord, at any time within 40 days after such removal, may seize such goods and chattels in whosesoever hands the same may be found, as a distress for his rent, and proceed with the same in the manner directed by law concerning distresses, whether the rent by the terms of the lease be due or not, making a rebate on the sum not due, as is required where a party suing out execution pays rent not due to the landlord.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-33 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-33 - Assignee to proceed to make dividends

2A:19-33. Assignee to proceed to make dividends  If no exceptions to any claim or demand are filed, or in case any exceptions are filed, then after they have been adjudicated or settled, the assignee shall proceed to make, from time to time, fair and equal dividends among said creditors from the assets which shall come to hand in proportion to their claims.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-34 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-34 - Partial distribution

2A:19-34. Partial distribution  The court, in its discretion, on the application of the assignee or any person in interest, from time to time, may direct such partial distribution from the assets in hand to those creditors whose claims are not in dispute as may safely be made, reserving at all times sufficient assets to secure, after all the claims shall have been adjudicated and finally settled, an equal and proportionate distribution according to the intent of this chapter.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-35 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-35 - Directions as to dividends

2A:19-35. Directions as to dividends  The court may, in its discretion, upon application of the assignee, or of any person in interest, make directions with respect to any or all dividends, including the time when the same shall be made and the amount thereof.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-36 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-36 - Death or incapacity of assignee; successor

2A:19-36. Death or incapacity of assignee; successor  In case the assignee shall die or become incapable of executing his trust the court shall, upon application of any person in interest, appoint some suitable person or persons in his stead.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-37 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-37 - Removal for maladministration, neglect, or other cause; successor

2A:19-37. Removal for maladministration, neglect, or other cause; successor  In case any assignee shall embezzle, waste or misapply any part of the trust estate in his hands or under his control, or shall neglect or refuse to execute his trust, or to perform and obey any order or judgment of the court in respect of his trust, or shall remove from the state, or for a reasonable or just cause manifested to the court shall desire to be relieved from his office, then the court may remove the assignee and appoint a suitable person or persons in his stead.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-38 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-38 - Estate vests in new assignee; accounting and delivery by predecessor

2A:19-38. Estate vests in new assignee; accounting and delivery by predecessor  Upon the appointment of any new assignee as aforesaid, the entire trust estate, in whatsoever form the same then may be, shall forthwith vest in him. The court may compel the removed assignee, or the personal representative of the former assignee, to account in said court for his trust, to deliver possession of the estate in his hands to his successor, to pay over to such successor any balance found due on the accounting, and to execute such conveyance of the trust estate to his successor as the court may direct.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-39 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-39 - Powers and duties of new assignee

2A:19-39. Powers and duties of new assignee  Every new assignee shall have all the powers and rights and perform all the duties not already performed, conferred and imposed by the assignment or by law upon the original assignee.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-40 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-40 - Bond of new assignee

2A:19-40. Bond of new assignee  Every new assignee shall enter into bond for the faithful performance of his trust, in such amount as the court shall fix. The bond shall run to the superior court.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-41 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-41 - Final and intermediate accounts

2A:19-41. Final and intermediate accounts  As soon as may be after the determination of all claims, the assignee shall render, on oath, a final account to the court. The court may, in its discretion, upon the application of the assignee or any creditor, or the surety on the assignee's bond or other person in interest, direct the assignee to render an intermediate or final account. The settlement and judgment of the court shall be conclusive on all parties except for assets which may afterward come to hand, or except as relief may be had in a judgment in any action.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-42 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-42 - Disposition of unclaimed money

2A:19-42. Disposition of unclaimed money  2A:19-42. Disposition of unclaimed money. When an assignee states his final account, and there remains a balance, dividend sum or sum of money to be paid to a person and the person or his guardian, if he be under any disability, the balance, dividend sum or sum of money is intangible property remaining unclaimed in the possession of an assignee. After the period of time set forth in R.S.46:30B-37.1 has elapsed that property shall be presumed abandoned and handled in accordance with the "Uniform Unclaimed Property Act (1981)," R.S.46:30B-1 et seq.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1989,c.58,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-43 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-43 - Compensation of assignee

2A:19-43. Compensation of assignee  Such commissions shall be made to the assignee or to the personal representatives of a deceased assignee, or to a person who has been removed by the court from his office as assignee for any cause other than his misconduct, on any intermediate or final account, as the court shall consider just, but not in excess of 20% on all sums received by the said assignee, except that this limitation shall be inapplicable where the amount of the estate is less than $500.00. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended by L.1963, c. 137, s. 1, eff. July 24, 1963.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-44 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-44 - Any corporation may assign

2A:19-44. Any corporation may assign  Any corporation organized under the laws of this state may make a general assignment under the provisions of this chapter.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-45 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-45 - Corporation deemed resident of what county

2A:19-45. Corporation deemed resident of what county  2A:19-45. A corporation making a general assignment shall be deemed, for the purposes of this chapter, a resident of the county in which its principal office is located.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1991,c.91,s.72.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-46 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-46 - Assignee as party to receivership suit

2A:19-46. Assignee as party to receivership suit  The assignee may be made a party to any action in the superior court to have the corporation adjudged insolvent and a receiver thereof appointed, and may be enjoined, restrained and removed in such action and subjected to all orders and judgments therein. The said court may, if it sees fit, appoint the assignee of the corporation receiver thereof.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-47 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-47 - Removal of assignee and transfer of estate to receiver

2A:19-47. Removal of assignee and transfer of estate to receiver  2A:19-47. In case a corporation shall, at any time after the making of a general assignment, be adjudged insolvent and a receiver thereof be appointed by the Superior Court, the said court may, whenever it may deem it to the interest of the stockholders or creditors, remove the assignee and direct and compel him to transfer and convey the trust estate in his hands to the receiver to be administered under the direction of said court. The assignee shall thereupon present his accounts to the Superior Court for settlement and allowance.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1991,c.91,s.73.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-48 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-48 - Inclusion of individual estate

2A:19-48. Inclusion of individual estate  When a general assignment is made by partners in business, it may include only the partnership property or it may include also the several estates of the partners; or any of the partners may also make a separate general assignment of his individual estate.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-49 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-49 - Partnership and individual estates to be kept separate

2A:19-49. Partnership and individual estates to be kept separate  In all cases where a general assignment includes both a partnership and an individual estate, the same shall be kept separate in all proceedings under this chapter, and all notices and accounts in relation thereto shall plainly distinguish between the different estates, and all proceedings, orders and judgments shall recognize the rights and equities of the different classes of creditors, to the end that the property assigned may be equitably applied to the payment of the claims of such creditors.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:19-50 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:19-50 - One partner to reside in State

2A:19-50. One partner to reside in State  2A:19-50. In order to bring a general assignment of partners in business within the operation of this chapter, it shall be sufficient if any one of them resides in this State.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1991,c.91,s.74.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:20-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:20-1 - Debtors in actual confinement

2A:20-1. Debtors in actual confinement  2A:20-1. Any person, in actual confinement for debt or damages in any jail of this State, who is willing to deliver up to his creditor or creditors all his estate, both real and personal, toward their payment, may bring an action, in a summary manner, for his discharge under this chapter, in the Superior Court.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1991,c.91,s.75.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:20-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:20-2 - Persons arrested; discharge; requirements

2A:20-2. Persons arrested; discharge; requirements  2A:20-2. Any person arrested or held in custody by any officer in any civil action upon mesne process or process of execution, or who is surrendered in discharge of his bail, shall be discharged from arrest or custody by the officer upon compliance with the following requirements:  a. He shall make out and deliver to the officer making the arrest, or in whose custody he may be, a true and perfect inventory, under oath or affirmation, of all of his personal property and real estate, or any interest therein;  b. He shall give bond to the plaintiff at whose suit he is arrested, with sufficient security, in double the sum for which he is arrested or taken in execution. If the security is individual and not corporate, the surety or sureties shall be freeholders and resident of the county. Such bond shall be conditioned as follows:  1. That he will commence an action in the Superior Court on or before a certain designated date, not more than one month after the date of the bond and apply for his discharge under this chapter; and  2. That he will in all things comply with the requirements of this chapter; and  3. That he will prosecute such an action diligently until duly discharged as an insolvent debtor and, if refused a discharge, he will surrender himself immediately thereafter to the sheriff, warden or keeper of the jail of such county, there to remain until discharged by due course of law.  In case of the forfeiture of such bond by breach of any condition therein, the plaintiff, his executors or administrators, may bring an action thereon, and recover the debt, damages and costs due from such person, and for which such arrest was made.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1991,c.91,s.76.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:20-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:20-3 - Persons arrested; discharge; action

2A:20-3. Persons arrested; discharge; action  2A:20-3. Any person arrested as stated in N.J.S.2A:20-2 and who has given the bond therein prescribed, may bring an action in a summary manner for his discharge under this chapter in the Superior Court.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1991,c.91,s.77.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:20-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:20-4 - Officer's return on releasing person arrested; liability for escape

2A:20-4. Officer's return on releasing person arrested; liability for escape  When the officer has discharged the defendant from arrest under mesne process, upon giving bond as provided in this article, he shall so return on the process to the court or judge issuing the same, and shall also return therewith the inventory and bond taken by him pursuant to this article. The plaintiff may thereupon proceed to judgment, and have execution against the personal and real property of the defendant, as in other cases. When the defendant shall be discharged upon execution, the officer shall so return the same with the bond and inventory. The delivery of the bond to the plaintiff shall exonerate the officer from any liability for escape.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:20-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:20-5 - Appointment of assignee authorized

2A:20-5. Appointment of assignee authorized  If in the action brought under section 2A:20-1 or 2A:20-3 of this title, the court is satisfied that the conduct of the debtor has been upright, the court shall appoint 1 or more suitable residents of the county where such debtor is imprisoned or was arrested as assignee or assignees of the debtor.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:20-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:20-6 - Assignment of property to assignee; exemptions

2A:20-6. Assignment of property to assignee; exemptions  The debtor shall forthwith execute to the assignee a general assignment of all his real and personal property, with an inventory of his estate and a list of creditors as provided by chapter 19 of this title. The assignee shall have all the rights and powers and shall perform all the duties with respect to an assignee under said chapter 19, and all proceedings and other matters shall be governed by said chapter.  L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:20-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:20-7 - Conveyances by debtor after arrest void; recovery by assignee

2A:20-7. Conveyances by debtor after arrest void; recovery by assignee  All conveyances, deeds, mortgages, judgments, sales, transfers, assignments or other disposition of, for or upon any of his estate, real or personal, made, given or executed after his arrest by any debtor shall be void as against his creditors and the assignee appointed hereunder. The assignee may recover such estate or the value thereof against any person who may have purchased or in any manner come into the possession thereof after such arrest. The right and remedies conferred by this section shall be in addition to those conferred by section 2A:19-3 of this title. L.1951 (1stSS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:20-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:20-8 - Discharge of debtor from confinement on assignment of property

2A:20-8. Discharge of debtor from confinement on assignment of property  Upon making the assignment required by section 2A:20-6 of this title, the court may, by order, direct the sheriff to discharge the debtor from confinement on account of any debts previously contracted by him. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:20-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:20-9 - Remand of debtor to prison on concealment of property

2A:20-9. Remand of debtor to prison on concealment of property  If the creditor at whose suit the debtor is imprisoned or was arrested, or any other creditor, shall in an action brought in a summary manner prove to the satisfaction of the court that the debtor has not fully delivered up to the use of his creditors all of his property, real or personal, or that he has concealed or kept back any part of his property or suffered a judgment to be entered against himself, or made any conveyance, deed, mortgage, sale, transfer, assignment or other disposition of his property, real or personal, with intent to defraud his creditors, the court shall remand him to prison, there to remain in close confinement until discharged by due course of law. In such an action, the debtor shall have a right to trial by jury.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:20-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:20-10 - Discharge as immunity from imprisonment

2A:20-10. Discharge as immunity from imprisonment  Every insolvent debtor, who has given up all his estate and conformed in all things to the directions of this subtitle, shall, so far as regards the imprisonment of his person, forever thereafter be discharged from all debts due at the time of the assignment, or contracted for before that time, though payable afterwards. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:20-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:20-11 - New applications on refusal of discharge

2A:20-11. New applications on refusal of discharge  If the court fails or refuses, for any reason, to discharge a person as an insolvent debtor or remands a person to prison, and such person surrenders himself immediately to the sheriff, warden or keeper of the jail of the county, he may make out and deliver to the sheriff, warden or keeper a new inventory and new bond as provided by section 2A:20-2 of this title. Thereupon he shall be discharged from arrest or custody pursuant to sections 2A:20-2 and 2A:20-3 of this title, provided he brings a new action for his discharge, in which action the same proceedings shall be had for that purpose, as fully and effectually as if no previous action had been brought. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:21-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:21-1 - County prison limits

2A:21-1. County prison limits  The prison limits or boundary lines of such limits shall be the county or boundary lines of the county in which the county prison or work house is located. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:21-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:21-2 - Bond for prison limits

2A:21-2. Bond for prison limits  Each prisoner in a civil action, giving bond to the sheriff, with sufficient sureties, in double the sum for which he is committed, to keep within the prison limits or bounds prescribed by section 2A:21-1 of this title, shall be at liberty to be at large therein. If the sureties in the bond are individuals and not corporate they shall be freeholders of and residents in the county. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:21-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:21-3 - Forfeiture of bond; action thereon by sheriff or plaintiff

2A:21-3. Forfeiture of bond; action thereon by sheriff or plaintiff  If a prisoner at large within the prison limits after giving the bond required by section 2A:21-2 of this title voluntarily and intentionally goes out of and beyond the prison limits, such action on his part shall constitute an absolute forfeiture of his bond, and the sheriff to whom the bond has been given shall, or the plaintiff at whose suit the prisoner was committed to custody, if the bond has been assigned to him pursuant to section 2A:21-4 of this title, may, sue on the bond, although the prisoner may have returned within the prison limits before the commencement of such action, any law, custom or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:21-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:21-4 - Assignment of bond to plaintiff on forfeiture thereof; action thereon

2A:21-4. Assignment of bond to plaintiff on forfeiture thereof; action thereon  If the bond mentioned in section 2A:21-2 of this title is forfeited, the sheriff, at the request of plaintiff or his attorney, shall assign the bond to plaintiff, by indorsement, and by attestation under his hand and seal in the presence of 2 or more witnesses. Plaintiff may then bring an action on the bond. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.