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NJ Rev Stat § 17:30E-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations and Institutions for Finance and Insurance|Section 17:30E-19 - Copy of plan of operation sent to Senate and General Assembly

17:30E-19. Copy of plan of operation sent to Senate and General Assembly  For the purposes of monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of the implementation of this act, the commissioner shall forward a copy of the plan of operation or any amended plan of operation to the Senate and General Assembly on the first day in which both Houses shall be meeting in the course of a regular or special session after a plan or amended plan has been certified to the directors. L.1983, c. 65, s. 31, eff. Jan. 1, 1983, operative Jan. 1, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 17:30E-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations and Institutions for Finance and Insurance|Section 17:30E-20 - Regulations

17:30E-20. Regulations  In addition to the general powers conferred upon the commissioner by law and this act, the commissioner shall have the authority to promulgate such regulations as he deems necessary for the effective implementation of this act. L.1983, c. 65, s. 32, eff. Jan. 1, 1983, operative Jan. 1, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 17:30E-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations and Institutions for Finance and Insurance|Section 17:30E-21 - Recommendations regarding insurance coverage to commercial vehicles

17:30E-21. Recommendations regarding insurance coverage to commercial vehicles  Twelve months after the operative date of this act the board shall submit to the commissioner recommendations with respect to the provision of insurance coverage to commercial vehicles through the association or a similar entity. L.1983, c. 65, s. 33, eff. Jan. 1, 1983, operative Jan. 1, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 17:30E-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations and Institutions for Finance and Insurance|Section 17:30E-22 - Payment of taxes

17:30E-22. Payment of taxes  Taxes required to be paid pursuant to P.L.1945, c.132 (C.54:18A-1 et seq.) on premiums earned by the association on or after the effective date of P.L.1990, c.8 (C.17:33B-1 et al.) shall be paid by the association to the State Treasurer and shall be credited to the New Jersey Automobile Insurance Guaranty Fund created by section 23 of P.L.1990, c.8 (C.17:33B-5).  L.1983,c.65,s.34; amended 1990,c.8,s.73.
NJ Rev Stat § 17:30E-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations and Institutions for Finance and Insurance|Section 17:30E-24 - Severability

17:30E-24. Severability  The provisions of this act shall be severable, and if any of its provisions shall be held to be unconstitutional, the decision of the court shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this act, except that the provisions of section 25 shall not be severable from the provisions of sections 13 to 31, and if any of the provisions of section 25 shall be held to be unconstitutional, the commissioner shall establish a plan for the providing of automobile insurance pursuant to P.L.1970, c. 215 (C. 17:29D-1). L.1983, c. 65, s. 36, eff. Jan. 1, 1983, operative Jan. 1, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 17:31-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations and Institutions for Finance and Insurance|Section 17:31-1 - Surety company as bondsman; premiums on official bonds

17:31-1. Surety company as bondsman; premiums on official bonds  Any bond, undertaking, recognizance, guaranty or other obligation required or permitted to guarantee the performance of any act, duty or obligation, or the refraining from any act, required or permitted, by law, or the charter, ordinances, rules or regulations of any municipality, board, body, organization, court or public officer, to be made, given, tendered or filed with surety or sureties, may be executed by any company authorized under the laws of this state to carry on the business specified in paragraph "g" of section 17:17-1 of this title. The execution by the company of the bond, undertaking, recognizance, guaranty or other obligation shall be, in all respects, a full and complete compliance with the requirements of every law, charter, ordinance, rule or regulation that the same be executed by one surety, or one or more sureties, or that the surety be residents, householders or freeholders, or either, or both, or possess any other qualification, and all courts, judges, heads of departments, boards, bodies, municipalities and public officers of every character shall accept and treat the same as conforming to, and fully complying with, the requirements of every such law, charter, ordinance, rule or regulation. The premium for a bond given by a public official of the state, or a county, municipality or school district, pursuant to a law or ordinance, shall be paid by the state, county, municipality or school district, as the case may be.
NJ Rev Stat § 17:31-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations and Institutions for Finance and Insurance|Section 17:31-2 - Agreement for deposit of property by fiduciaries

17:31-2. Agreement for deposit of property by fiduciaries  A receiver, assignee, guardian, trustee, committee, executor, administrator, curator, or other fiduciary or party of whom a bond, undertaking or other obligation is required, may agree and arrange with the company for the deposit for safe-keeping of any money, assets or other property for which he may be responsible, with a bank, savings bank, safe deposit or trust company authorized to do business in this state, in such manner as to prevent the withdrawal or alienation of the money, assets or other property, or any part thereof, without the written consent of the company, or an order of the court or a judge thereof made on such notice to the company as the court or judge directs.
NJ Rev Stat § 17:31-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations and Institutions for Finance and Insurance|Section 17:31-3 - Qualifications for action as surety or guarantor

17:31-3. Qualifications for action as surety or guarantor  The company, to be qualified to so act as surety or guarantor, shall comply with all the requirements of chapters 17 to 33 of this title (s. 17:17-1 et seq.), applicable to it, and shall have good available assets in excess of its liabilities. The liabilities for the purposes of said chapters 17 to 33, shall be taken to be its capital stock, its outstanding debts and a premium reserve of fifty per cent of the annual premiums on all outstanding bonds, undertakings, recognizances and obligations of like character in force.
NJ Rev Stat § 17:31-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations and Institutions for Finance and Insurance|Section 17:31-4 - Bond as lien on real estate

17:31-4. Bond as lien on real estate  No bond, undertaking, recognizance or other obligation heretofore or hereafter given or entered into by any company organized under the laws of this or any other State and authorized to transact in this State the business of executing bonds or entering into recognizances in civil or criminal proceedings in the courts of this State, and the business of insuring against loss or damage on account of neglect or breaches of duty or obligations guaranteed by the insurer or the business of guaranteeing bonds, undertakings or other obligations required by law or the charter, ordinances, rules or regulations of any county or municipality, or any forfeiture thereunder, shall be deemed to impose any lien upon the real estate of the company in this State. This section shall not affect any right to a lien upon the real estate by attachment or other judicial proceeding or by judgment acquired by reason of any such bond or recognizance. Amended by L.1953, c. 17, p. 260, s. 131.
NJ Rev Stat § 17:31-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations and Institutions for Finance and Insurance|Section 17:31-5 - Insurance commissioner's certificate of authority as evidence

17:31-5. Insurance commissioner's certificate of authority as evidence  The certificate of authority issued by the commissioner, pursuant to chapters 17 to 33 of this title (s. 17:17-1 et seq.), to a surety company of this or any other state or foreign country, shall be evidence of its qualification and authority to become and be accepted as sole surety on all bonds, undertakings, recognizances and obligations required or permitted by law or the charter, ordinances, rules or regulations of any municipality, board, body, organization or public officer, and of the solvency and credit of the company for all purposes and its sufficiency as surety.
NJ Rev Stat § 17:31-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations and Institutions for Finance and Insurance|Section 17:31-6 - Sureties for auto club bail bonds

17:31-6. Sureties for auto club bail bonds  Any domestic or foreign surety company which has qualified to transact surety business in this State may, in any year, become surety in an amount not to exceed $500.00 with respect to any guaranteed arrest bond certificates issued in such year by an automobile club or association, by filing with the Commissioner of Insurance an undertaking thus to become surety.  L. 1970, c. 262, s. 1, eff. Nov. 2, 1970. Amended by L. 1985, c. 270, s. 1, eff. Aug. 2, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 17:31-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations and Institutions for Finance and Insurance|Section 17:31-7 - Filing with Insurance Commissioner

17:31-7. Filing with Insurance Commissioner  Any such undertaking shall be in a form to be prescribed by the Commissioner of Insurance, and subject to such regulations as he shall from time to time prescribe in regard thereto, and shall state the following:  a. The name and address of the automobile club or clubs or automobile association or associations with respect to guaranteed arrest bond certificates of which the surety company undertakes to be surety;  b. The unqualified obligation of the surety company to pay the fine or forfeiture in an amount not to exceed $500.00 of any person who, after posting a guaranteed arrest bond certificate with respect to which the surety company has undertaken to be surety, failed to make the appearance for which the guaranteed arrest bond certificate was posted.  L. 1970, c. 262, s. 2, eff. Nov. 2, 1970. Amended by L. 1985, c. 270, s. 2, eff. Aug. 2, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 17:31-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations and Institutions for Finance and Insurance|Section 17:31-8 - $500 maximum

17:31-8. $500 maximum  Any guaranteed arrest bond certificate with respect to which a surety company has become surety, as herein provided, shall, when posted by the person whose signature appears thereon, be accepted in lieu of cash bail or other bond in an amount not to exceed $500.00, as a bail bond, to guarantee the appearance of such person in any court in this State, including all municipal courts in this State, at such time as may be required by such court, when the person is arrested for violation of any motor vehicle law of this State or any motor vehicle ordinance of any municipality in this State, except for the offense of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquors or of drugs or for any high misdemeanor, committed prior to the date of expiration shown on such guaranteed arrest bond certificate; provided that any such guaranteed arrest bond certificate so posted as bail bond in any court in this State shall be subject to the forfeiture and enforcement provisions with respect to bail bonds in criminal cases as otherwise provided by law or as hereafter may be provided by law, and that any such guaranteed arrest bond certificate posted as a bail bond in any municipal court of this State shall be subject to the forfeiture and enforcement provisions of the charter or ordinance of the particular municipality pertaining to bail bonds posted.  L. 1970, c. 262, s. 3, eff. Nov. 2, 1970. Amended by L. 1985, c. 270, s. 3, eff. Aug. 2, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 17:31-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations and Institutions for Finance and Insurance|Section 17:31-9 - Surety discrimination ban

17:31-9. Surety discrimination ban  No surety authorized to do business in this State shall discriminate against minority or women's businesses with respect to the providing of coverage, and shall provide coverage for these businesses on the same basis and to the same extent as for any other like businesses.  L. 1985, c. 80, s. 1, eff. March 14, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 17:31-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations and Institutions for Finance and Insurance|Section 17:31-10 - Definitions relative to issuance of bail bonds by surety companies.

17:31-10 Definitions relative to issuance of bail bonds by surety companies.  1. As used in this act: "Bail agent or agency" means any person or entity that solicits, negotiates or sells bail bonds, or is affiliated in any manner with the execution of bail and is licensed as a limited lines insurance producer pursuant to P.L.2001, c.210 (C.17:22A-26 et seq.), an insurance producer or a limited insurance representative. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance. "Surety company" means an insurer authorized to transact surety business in this State. L.2003,c.202,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 17:31-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations and Institutions for Finance and Insurance|Section 17:31-11 - Temporary suspension, fines, restoration.

17:31-11 Temporary suspension, fines, restoration.  2. a. Upon receipt of a certification from the Clerk of the Superior Court stating that a bail agent or agency has failed to provide full, accurate and truthful information to the Clerk of the Superior Court as required by section 4 of this act, or has failed to satisfy a judgment or judgments for forfeited bail, the commissioner shall notify the bail agent or agency that its authority to negotiate, solicit or sell bail bonds, or be affiliated in any manner with the execution of bail bonds in this State shall be temporarily suspended. Upon receipt of a certification from the Clerk of the Superior Court that a surety company has failed to register or provide full, accurate and truthful information to the Clerk of the Superior Court, as required by section 4 of this act or has failed to satisfy a judgment for forfeited bail, the commissioner may temporarily suspend the surety company's authority to negotiate, solicit or sell bail bonds, or be affiliated in any manner with the execution of bail bonds in this State. The temporary suspensions imposed in accordance with this section shall remain in effect until the Clerk of the Superior Court notifies the commissioner that the surety company or bail agent or agency has properly registered and has provided information in accordance with section 4 of this act or has satisfied the judgment or judgments for forfeited bail. b. In addition to any temporary suspension imposed pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the commissioner, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, shall impose a fine against the surety company, bail agent or agency in an amount of up to $10,000 for a first violation, up to $25,000 for a second violation and up to $100,000 for a third or subsequent violation for failure to register or provide full, accurate and truthful information to the Clerk of the Superior Court, as required by section 4 of this act or for failure to satisfy a judgment or judgments for forfeited bail.  c. The commissioner shall not restore the surety company's authority to negotiate, solicit or sell bail bonds, or be affiliated in any manner with the execution of bail bonds in this State, until the surety company has demonstrated that it has satisfied all judgments or court orders related to forfeited bail and has paid all fines imposed pursuant to this act. d. Nothing in this act shall be construed to limit, preclude or otherwise adversely affect the commissioner's ability to pursue enforcement actions against the surety company, bail agent or agency resulting from violations of the insurance laws arising from the breach of the duties owed to the courts as provided in subsection a. of this section. L.2003,c.202,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 17:31-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations and Institutions for Finance and Insurance|Section 17:31-12 - Deposit of amount of order or judgment on appeal.

17:31-12 Deposit of amount of order or judgment on appeal.  3. Whenever a surety company, or bail agent or agency acting on its behalf, files an appeal in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, or the Supreme Court of New Jersey, from a judgment or order entered against it by a court to enforce the forfeiture of a bail bond pursuant to the Rules Governing the Courts of the State of New Jersey, the surety company shall deposit the full amount of the order or judgment in cash or by certified, cashiers or bank check with the Clerk of the Superior Court or Supreme Court, as appropriate. The court may allow the posting of a supersedeas bond, in a form approved by the court, upon the showing of good cause; provided, however, that good cause shall not mean an application by a surety to extend the time to forfeit a bond, to stay payment of a forfeiture of default judgment, or to extend the time to locate a defendant. L.2003,c.202,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 17:31-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations and Institutions for Finance and Insurance|Section 17:31-13 - Registration by surety company of bail agent, agency.

17:31-13 Registration by surety company of bail agent, agency.  4. a. A surety company shall register with the Clerk of the Superior Court the name and address of each bail agent or agency authorized by the surety company to write bail. The surety company shall provide written notice to the Clerk of the Superior Court when any bail agent or agency authorized to write bail is terminated or is no longer authorized by the surety company to write bail. b. With respect to each bail agent or agency set forth in subsection a. of this section, the surety company shall disclose the name and address of any bail agent or agency that has provided a guarantee to the surety company for the satisfaction of any forfeited bail or bail forfeiture judgments entered against that surety company written by such bail agent or agency. The registration and disclosure shall include a certification by each listed bail agent or agency stating that the information provided is true and accurate. c. Any surety company, or bail agent or agency, failing to register with the Clerk of the Superior Court, or failing to provide full, accurate and truthful information to the Clerk of the Superior Court, in accordance with the provisions of subsections a. and b. of this section shall be subject to the penalties set forth in section 2 of this act. d. In addition to the information required in subsections a. and b. of this section, surety companies and bail agents or agencies shall provide any other information that the Rules Governing the Courts of the State of New Jersey may require. L.2003,c.202,s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 17:31-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations and Institutions for Finance and Insurance|Section 17:31-14 - Construction of act relative to authority of the courts.

17:31-14 Construction of act relative to authority of the courts.  5. Nothing in this act shall be construed to limit, prohibit or otherwise adversely affect the authority of the Supreme Court of New Jersey to adopt rules or issue directives or procedures to preclude a surety company, or its bail agents or agencies, from negotiating, soliciting or selling bail bonds on behalf of any defendant charged with a criminal or quasi-criminal offense pending in the Superior Court or in a municipal court of this State. L.2003,c.202,s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 17:31-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations and Institutions for Finance and Insurance|Section 17:31-15 - Rules, regulations.

17:31-15 Rules, regulations.  6. The commissioner may promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.2003,c.202,s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 17:32-2.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations and Institutions for Finance and Insurance|Section 17:32-2.1 - Waiving requirements for certain foreign insurers

17:32-2.1. Waiving requirements for certain foreign insurers  1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the Commissioner of Insurance may waive any requirement that a foreign or alien insurance or surety company which has applied for a certificate of authority to transact business in this State shall, for a period of five years prior to the date of the application for the New Jersey certificate of authority, have been authorized by its state or country of domicile to engage in, and in fact have been actively engaged in, the kind of insurance business for which it seeks the certificate of authority, if the insurer or surety meets all other requirements for admission to this State and upon a finding, by the commissioner, that the line or lines of insurance for which the insurer or surety has applied for a certificate of authority are presently underserved in this State.  L.1994,c.156.
NJ Rev Stat § 17:32-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations and Institutions for Finance and Insurance|Section 17:32-1 - Transaction of business by foreign companies

17:32-1. Transaction of business by foreign companies  Any insurance company formed by authority of another State or foreign government may be admitted to transact in this State any class or classes of insurance authorized by chapters 17 to 33 of this Title (ss.17:17-1 seq.), to be transacted by an insurance company of this State, in the manner hereinafter provided. Any corporation of any State of the United States, which by its charter or the laws of the State in which it was incorporated is authorized to write life insurance and insurance against accidents to persons, may, if possessed of a paid-up capital of not less than $1,000,000.00, be admitted to transact in this State all of the kinds of insurance specified in paragraphs "c," "d" and "e" of section 17:17-1 of this Title.  Amended 1968,c.336,s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 17:32-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations and Institutions for Finance and Insurance|Section 17:32-3 - Deposit company of foreign country

17:32-3. Deposit company of foreign country  If the company is organized under the laws of a foreign country it shall not be admitted until, in addition to complying with the foregoing conditions, it has made a deposit or deposits with the insurance commissioner or other officer of a State or States of the United State designated by the laws of such State or States to hold the same, of a total amount not less than $200,000.00, nor less than the capital required of a stock company of this State transacting the same kinds o business. The deposit or deposits must be in exclusive trust for the benefit and security of all the policyholders of the company in the United States, and shall be deemed for all purposes of this subtitle t capital of the company making it.  Amended 1960,c.35,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 17:32-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations and Institutions for Finance and Insurance|Section 17:32-4 - Evidence of authority of foreign company

17:32-4. Evidence of authority of foreign company  When an insurance company of another State or foreign country complies with the laws of this State and has issued to it the certific of the commissioner, authorizing it to transact business in this State then in any civil action in which the company is plaintiff or defendant or in any criminal proceedings in this State, a certified copy of the certificate of authority, under the hand and official seal of the commissioner, shall be prima facie evidence of the incorporation of the company.  Amended 1953,c.17,s.132.