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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Marriages and Married Persons › Section 37:1-33 - References to marital or spousal relationships to include civil unions.

37:1-33 References to marital or spousal relationships to include civil unions.
92. Whenever in any law, rule, regulation, judicial or administrative proceeding or otherwise, reference is made to "marriage," "husband," "wife," "spouse," "family," "immediate family," "dependent," "next of kin," "widow," "widower," "widowed" or another word which in a specific context denotes a marital or spousal relationship, the same shall include a civil union pursuant to the provisions of this act.
L.2006, c.103, s.92.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Marriages and Married Persons › Section 37:1-34 - Validity of civil unions entered into in foreign jurisdictions.

37:1-34 Validity of civil unions entered into in foreign jurisdictions.
95. A civil union relationship entered into outside of this State, which is valid under the laws of the jurisdiction under which the civil union relationship was created, shall be valid in this State.
L.2006, c.103, s.95.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Marriages and Married Persons › Section 37:1-35 - Rules and regulations; guidance on replying to form questions.

37:1-35 Rules and regulations; guidance on replying to form questions.
93. The Commissioner of Health and Senior Services in consultation with the Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. These rules and regulations shall address the issue of how partners in a civil union couple may legally answer questions on forms, governmental and private, concerning their status as partners in a civil union couple.
L.2006, c.103, s.93.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Marriages and Married Persons › Section 37:2-30 - Minor spouses; authority to join adult spouse in transfer of realty

37:2-30. Minor spouses; authority to join adult spouse in transfer of realty
Any deed of conveyance or mortgage executed and acknowledged by an adult married person in conjunction with his or her minor spouse, if 17 years of age or older, conveying or mortgaging his or her, or their real estate, shall be valid and effectual notwithstanding the minority of such minor spouse at the time of such execution and acknowledgment, and any such deed or mortgage made shall be valid as if such minor spouse had at the time been of lawful age, and such minor spouse shall be liable on a bond or other obligation executed in connection with any such mortgage to the same extent as if such minor at the time of execution had been of full age, and any such bond or other obligation executed by any minor spouse shall be valid to the same extent.
L.1967, c. 139, s. 1, eff. July 5, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Marriages and Married Persons › Section 37:2-31 - Short title.

37:2-31 Short title.
37:2-31. This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Premarital and Pre-Civil Union Agreement Act." Source: New.
L.1988, c.99, amended 2006, s.103, s.26.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Marriages and Married Persons › Section 37:2-32 - Definitions.

37:2-32 Definitions.
37:2-32. As used in this article:
a. "Premarital or pre-civil union agreement" means an agreement between prospective spouses or partners in a civil union couple made in contemplation of marriage or a civil union and to be effective upon marriage or upon the parties establishing a civil union;
b. "Property" means an interest, present or future, legal or equitable, vested or contingent, in real or personal property, including income and earnings;
c. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2013, c.72).
amended 2006, c.103, s.27; 2013, c.72, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Marriages and Married Persons › Section 37:2-33 - Formalties; consideration.

37:2-33 Formalties; consideration.
37:2-33. Formalities; consideration.
A premarital or pre-civil union agreement shall be in writing, with a statement of assets annexed thereto, signed by both parties, and it is enforceable without consideration.
L.1988, c.99; amended 2006, c.103, s.28.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Marriages and Married Persons › Section 37:2-34 - Contents of premarital or pre-civil union agreement.

37:2-34 Contents of premarital or pre-civil union agreement.
37:2-34. Contents of premarital or pre-civil union agreement.
Parties to a premarital or pre-civil union agreement may contract with respect to:
a. The rights and obligations of each of the parties in any of the property of either or both of them whenever and wherever acquired or located;
b. The right to buy, sell, use, transfer, exchange, abandon, lease, consume, expend, assign, create a security interest in, mortgage, encumber, dispose of, or otherwise manage and control property;
c. The disposition of property upon separation, marital dissolution, dissolution of a civil union, death, or the occurrence or nonoccurrence of any other event;
d. The modification or elimination of spousal or one partner in a civil union couple support;
e. The making of a will, trust, or other arrangement to carry out the provisions of the agreement;
f. The ownership rights in and disposition of the death benefit from a life insurance policy;
g. The choice of law governing the construction of the agreement; and
h. Any other matter, including their personal rights and obligations, not in violation of public policy.
L.1988, c.99; amended 2006, c.103, s.29.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Marriages and Married Persons › Section 37:2-35 - Premarital or pre-civil union agreement not to adversely affect right of child support.

37:2-35 Premarital or pre-civil union agreement not to adversely affect right of child support.
37:2-35. Premarital or pre-civil union agreement not to adversely affect right of child support.
A premarital or pre-civil union agreement shall not adversely affect the right of a child to support.
L.1988, c.99; amended 2006, s.103, s.30.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Marriages and Married Persons › Section 37:2-36 - When premarital or pre-civil union agreement becomes effective.

37:2-36 When premarital or pre-civil union agreement becomes effective.
37:2-36. When premarital or pre-civil union agreement becomes effective.
A premarital or pre-civil union agreement becomes effective upon marriage of the parties or upon the parties establishing a civil union.
L.1988, c.99; amended 2006, c.103, s.31.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Marriages and Married Persons › Section 37:2-37 - Amendment or revocation of premarital or pre-civil union agreement.

37:2-37 Amendment or revocation of premarital or pre-civil union agreement.
37:2-37. Amendment or revocation of premarital or pre-civil union agreement.
After marriage of the parties or the parties establishing a civil union, a premarital or pre-civil union agreement may be amended or revoked only by a written agreement signed by the parties, and the amended agreement or revocation is enforceable without consideration.
L.1988, c.99; amended 2006, c.103, s.32.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Marriages and Married Persons › Section 37:2-38 - Enforcement of premarital or pre-civil union agreement; generally.

37:2-38 Enforcement of premarital or pre-civil union agreement; generally.
37:2-38. Enforcement of premarital or pre-civil union agreement; generally.
The burden of proof to set aside a premarital or pre-civil union agreement shall be upon the party alleging the agreement to be unenforceable. A premarital or pre-civil union agreement shall not be enforceable if the party seeking to set aside the agreement proves, by clear and convincing evidence, that:
a. The party executed the agreement involuntarily; or
b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2013, c.72)
c. The agreement was unconscionable when it was executed because that party, before execution of the agreement:
(1) Was not provided full and fair disclosure of the earnings, property and financial obligations of the other party;
(2) Did not voluntarily and expressly waive, in writing, any right to disclosure of the property or financial obligations of the other party beyond the disclosure provided;
(3) Did not have, or reasonably could not have had, an adequate knowledge of the property or financial obligations of the other party; or
(4) Did not consult with independent legal counsel and did not voluntarily and expressly waive, in writing, the opportunity to consult with independent legal counsel.
d. The issue of unconscionability of a premarital or pre-civil union agreement shall be determined by the court as a matter of law. An agreement shall not be deemed unconscionable unless the circumstances set out in subsection c. of this section are applicable.
amended 2006, c.103, s.33; 2013, c.72, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Marriages and Married Persons › Section 37:2-39 - Enforcement of premarital or pre-civil union agreement; marriage or civil union determined void.

37:2-39 Enforcement of premarital or pre-civil union agreement; marriage or civil union determined void.
37:2-39. Enforcement of premarital or pre-civil union agreement; marriage or civil union determined void.
If a marriage or civil union is determined to be void, an agreement that would otherwise have been a premarital or pre-civil union agreement is enforceable only to the extent necessary to avoid an inequitable result.
L.1988, c.99; amended 2006, c.103, s.34.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Marriages and Married Persons › Section 37:2-40 - Construction of article.

37:2-40 Construction of article.
37:2-40. Construction of article.
a. This article shall be construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of the article among states enacting the "Uniform Premarital Agreement Act."
b. This article shall be construed to apply to pre-civil union agreements executed on and after the effective date of P.L.2006, c.103 (C.37:1-28 et al.).
L.1988, c.99; amended 2006, c.103, s.35.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 37 - Marriages and Married Persons › Section 37:2-41 - Application of article.

37:2-41 Application of article.
37:2-41. Application of article.
This article shall apply to premarital agreements executed on and after its effective date.
This article as amended by P.L.2006, c.103 (C.37:1-28 et al.) shall apply to pre-civil union agreements executed on and after the effective date of P.L.2006, c.103 (C.37:1-28 et al.).
L.1988, c.99; amended 2006, c.103, s.36.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines › Section 38:16-1 - Removal of veterans from office or position

38:16-1. Removal of veterans from office or position
38:16-1. No person now holding any employment, position or office under the government of this State, or the government of any county or municipality, including any person employed by a school board or board of education, or who may hereafter be appointed to any such employment, office or position, whose term of employment, office or position is not now fixed by law, and receiving a salary from such State, county or municipality, including any person employed by a school board or board of education, who has served as a soldier, sailor, marine or nurse, in any war of the United States, or in the New Jersey State militia during the period of the World War, or who served as a member of the American Merchant Marine during World War II and is declared by the United States Department of Defense to be eligible for federal veterans' benefits, and has been honorably discharged from the service of the United States or from such militia, or from such merchant marine service, prior to or during such employment in or occupancy of such position or office, shall be removed from such employment, position or office, except for good cause shown after a fair and impartial hearing, but such person shall hold his employment, position or office during good behavior, and shall not be removed for political reasons.
For the purposes of this section no term of office, position or employment of any person shall be deemed to be fixed by law or coterminous with that of the employing or appointing board or body by reason of the fact that such person was or is appointed or employed by a noncontinuous board or body; provided, however, that in no event is it intended that this act shall apply to appointments made for a fixed or stated period of time.
Amended 1942,c.83; 1991,c.389,s.9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines › Section 38:16-2 - Charges preferred; hearing

38:16-2. Charges preferred; hearing
Before any person mentioned in section 38:16-1 of this title shall be dismissed from any position or office mentioned in such section, charges shall be preferred against him, a copy of which shall be served upon him and a time set for the hearing of same. The person so accused shall have the right to be represented by counsel, and may produce witnesses and testimony in his own behalf.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines › Section 38:16-3 - Abolition of office to terminate employment prohibited

38:16-3. Abolition of office to terminate employment prohibited
No governing body of any state department, or of any county, municipality or school district, shall abolish any position or office held by a person mentioned in section 38:16-1 of this title or change the title of such position, office or employment or reduce the emoluments thereof for the purpose of terminating the service of such person.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines › Section 38:16-4 - Guaranteed employment until after a hearing

38:16-4. Guaranteed employment until after a hearing
1. No person now holding any employment, position or office under a commission, elected or appointed by the governing bodies of two or more municipalities, which, by legislative authority, have entered into an agreement for the election or appointment of such commission, whose term of employment, office or position is not now fixed by law, who has served as a soldier, sailor, marine or nurse, in any war of the United States, or who served as a member of the American Merchant Marine during World War II and is declared by the United States Department of Defense to be eligible for federal veterans' benefits, and has been honorably discharged from the service of the United States, prior to such employment in or occupancy of such position or office, shall be removed from such employment, position or office, except for good cause shown after a fair and impartial hearing, but such person shall hold his employment, position or office during good behavior, and shall not be removed for political reasons.
For the purposes of this section no term of office, position or employment of any person shall be deemed to be fixed by law or coterminous with that of the employing or appointing board or body by reason of the fact that such person was or is appointed or employed by a noncontinuous board or body.
L.1944,c.249,s.1; amended 1991,c.389,s.10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines › Section 38:16-5 - Position or office of certain war veterans not to be abolished to terminate service

38:16-5. Position or office of certain war veterans not to be abolished to terminate service
No such commission shall abolish any position or office held by a person mentioned in paragraph one of this act, or change the title of such position, office or employment, or reduce the emoluments thereof for the purpose of terminating the service of such person.
L.1944, c. 249, p. 813, s. 2, eff. April 24, 1944.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines › Section 38:16-6 - Policemen, firemen, and motor vehicle inspectors; time spent in armed forces

38:16-6. Policemen, firemen, and motor vehicle inspectors; time spent in armed forces
Any time spent by any member of a police or fire department of any municipality or county of this State or by any State motor vehicle inspector in the armed forces of the United States during the present war shall be counted as time spent in the active service of the police or fire department of such municipality or county or of the State Department of Motor Vehicles, and any such policeman, fireman or motor vehicle inspector shall be entitled to be advanced in grade and to all increased pay that he might have received had he not entered the service of the United States but remained in active service in such police or fire department or State Department of Motor Vehicles.
L.1944, c. 86, p. 183, s. 1, eff. April 10, 1944.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines › Section 38:17-1 - Interment of indigent veterans; definitions.

38:17-1 Interment of indigent veterans; definitions.
38:17-1. The board of chosen freeholders in each of the counties shall designate a proper authority, other than that designated by law for the care of paupers and the custody of criminals, who shall cause to be interred the bodies of all veterans of the United States Armed Forces discharged under conditions other than dishonorable, including the bodies of all honorably discharged members of the American Merchant Marine who served during World War II and have been declared by the United States Department of Defense to be eligible for federal veterans' benefits, who die indigent. The expense of such funeral shall not exceed in any case the sum of $1,250 for burial or cremation.
For the purposes of this section:
"Indigent" shall mean a person who has an income that is below 200 percent of the federal poverty level; and
"Poverty level" shall mean the official poverty level based on family size established and adjusted under Section 673(2) of Subtitle B. of the federal "Community Services Block Grant Act," Pub.L.97-35 (42 U.S.C. s.9902(2)).
amended 1945, c.302; 1947, c.175, s.1; 1951, c.136; 1967, c.160; 1991, c.389, s.11; 2013, c.238, s.1; 2023, c.17, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines › Section 38:17-2 - Appointment, supervisor of veterans' interment

38:17-2. Appointment, supervisor of veterans' interment
38:17-2. The board of chosen freeholders in each of the counties shall appoint a suitable person who shall be a resident of the county, as supervisor of veterans' interment; provided, that in making such appointment an honorably discharged soldier, sailor or marine who served in the Army, Navy or Marine Corps of the United States during any war in which the United States has been engaged, or an honorably discharged member of the American Merchant Marine who served during World War II and is declared by the United States Department of Defense to be eligible for federal veterans' benefits, shall be appointed. The supervisor of veterans' interment shall be paid such annual salary as may be fixed by the board of chosen freeholders of each county. The salary shall be paid in semimonthly installments by the county treasurer. Where any person has served as a superintendent of soldiers' burials or supervisor of veterans' interment, or as either or both, in any county for a period in the aggregate of two or more years prior to September 1, 1949, such superintendent of soldiers' burials or supervisor of veterans' interment shall be deemed to be a suitable person and may be appointed by the board of chosen freeholders as a supervisor of veterans' interment without any competitive examination.
Amended 1942,c.196; 1946,c.229; 1947,c.237; 1948,c.166; 1950,c.150; 1991,c.389,s.12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines › Section 38:17-2.1 - Identification of indigent deceased person; determination of veteran status; definitions.

38:17-2.1 Identification of indigent deceased person; determination of veteran status; definitions.
2. The county medical examiner, or a designee, shall be responsible for the positive identification of an unidentified indigent deceased person. The supervisor of veterans' interment or county medical examiner, as appropriate, shall contact the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs upon receipt of an unclaimed indigent deceased person to ascertain the veteran status of the person. The supervisor of veterans' interment or county medical examiner, as appropriate, shall be notified upon determination of the veteran status of the person. If the person was a veteran discharged under conditions other than dishonorable, the supervisor of veterans' interment or county medical examiner, as appropriate, shall cause burial or cremation to occur within 72 hours of notification of veteran status.
For the purposes of this section:
"Indigent" shall mean a person who has an income that is below 200 percent of the federal poverty level; and
"Poverty level" shall mean the official poverty level based on family size established and adjusted under Section 673(2) of Subtitle B. of the federal "Community Services Block Grant Act," Pub.L.97-35 (42 U.S.C. s.9902(2)).
L.2013, c.238, s.2; 2023, c.17, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines › Section 38:17-3 - Restriction as to interment; headstone; definitions.

38:17-3 Restriction as to interment; headstone; definitions.
38:17-3. Any interment provided for by sections 38:17-1 to 38:17-8 of this title shall not be made in any cemetery or plot used exclusively for the burial of pauper dead, but may be made in a county veterans' cemetery or, if appropriate, the Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans' Memorial Cemetery or a National Cemetery. The graves of any such deceased indigent veterans discharged under conditions other than dishonorable may be marked by a headstone containing the name of the deceased and, if possible, the organization to which he belonged or in which he served. Such headstone shall be of such design and materials as shall be approved by the governor, adjutant general and quartermaster general.
For the purposes of this section:
"Indigent" shall mean a person who has an income that is below 200 percent of the federal poverty level; and
"Poverty level" shall mean the official poverty level based on family size established and adjusted under Section 673(2) of Subtitle B. of the federal "Community Services Block Grant Act," Pub.L.97-35 (42 U.S.C. s.9902(2)).
amended 2013, c.238, s.3; 2023, c.17, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines › Section 38:17-4 - Liability for expenses of burial, cremation; exemptions; definitions.

38:17-4 Liability for expenses of burial, cremation; exemptions; definitions.
38:17-4. The expense of the burial or cremation and headstone shall be borne and paid by the county in which the deceased shall be resident at the time of death, up to a cost of $250. The State shall provide additional funds for such expenses, if necessary, through an annual appropriation and subject to the availability of funds. The total cost shall not exceed $1,250 for burial or cremation.
If in any county there is located a home or other institution for the use, care, shelter and maintenance of such veterans not supported by the county, such county shall not be liable for the burial or cremation expenses and headstones of the deceased, unless the deceased was a bona fide resident of such county at the time of his admission to such home or institution, but the county in which he was resident at the time of his admission to such home or institution shall defray, bear and pay the cost of such burial or cremation and headstones.
This section shall apply only to deceased indigent veterans who were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable.
For the purposes of this section:
"Indigent" shall mean a person who has an income that is below 200 percent of the federal poverty level; and
"Poverty level" shall mean the official poverty level based on family size established and adjusted under Section 673(2) of Subtitle B. of the federal "Community Services Block Grant Act," Pub.L.97-35 (42 U.S.C. s.9902(2)).
amended 2013, c.238, s.4; 2023, c.17, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines › Section 38:17-6 - Graves to be in proper condition; headstone; tax levy

38:17-6. Graves to be in proper condition; headstone; tax levy
If the graves of such veterans mentioned in section 38:17-1 of this title, in any of the counties, shall be in a state of dilapidation or decay, or shall not be marked with headstones, or any county shall not own burial lots in which the bodies of such veterans may be interred, and the board of chosen freeholders shall not have sufficient funds to pay for the burial of such veterans who have died, then such board may place in the tax levy a sum sufficient to repair and place such graves in a decent condition, to place suitable headstones thereon, and to purchase burial lots and pay the cost of interments as provided herein.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines › Section 38:17-7 - Board may issue bonds to raise funds

38:17-7. Board may issue bonds to raise funds
If in the judgment of any board of chosen freeholders the amount required for the purposes mentioned in section 38:17-6 of this Title, if placed in the tax levy for one fiscal year, would be too burdensome on the taxpayers of such county, such board may issue bonds to raise the funds to accomplish the purposes aforesaid.
Amended by L.1939, c. 24, p. 38, s. 1, eff. March 25, 1939.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines › Section 38:17-8 - Issuance and sale of bonds; limitation on amount

38:17-8. Issuance and sale of bonds; limitation on amount
The bonds mentioned in section 38:17-7 of this Title shall be issued and sold in accordance with Title 40, chapter one, of the Revised Statutes. No board shall issue bonds in excess of one hundred thousand dollars, for the purposes aforesaid.
Amended by L.1939, c. 24, p. 39, s. 2, eff. March 25, 1939.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines › Section 38:17-9 - Graves to be decorated--expense; tax levy

38:17-9. Graves to be decorated--expense; tax levy
The supervisor of veterans' interment shall annually, on the thirtieth day of May known as Memorial Day or as near to such day as possible decorate, or cause to be decorated with suitable flags the graves in which are interred the bodies of deceased veterans of any war.
The expense of carrying out the provisions of this section shall be borne and paid by the county in which such "veterans" are buried. The board of freeholders of the several counties shall annually place in the tax levy a sum sufficient for the purposes herein mentioned.
Amended by L.1946, c. 230, p. 840, s. 1, eff. May 1, 1946.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines › Section 38:17-10 - Municipality may maintain burial place for revolutionary soldiers

38:17-10. Municipality may maintain burial place for revolutionary soldiers
The governing body of any municipality may appropriate money for the purpose of maintaining cemetery or burial grounds within the municipality in which the remains of at least ten soldiers of the revolutionary war shall have been interred for a period of at least one hundred years.
Such cemetery or burial ground shall not be owned or controlled by any person or corporation deriving a profit from the use thereof.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines › Section 38:17-11 - Municipality may share expense for care of burial place

38:17-11. Municipality may share expense for care of burial place
The governing body of any such municipality may enter into an agreement with any duly incorporated patriotic, historic or civic society or association for the purpose of co-operating with such society or association or a branch or chapter thereof, for the maintenance and care of such cemetery or burial ground, and to share in the expense thereof to the extent of not exceeding the amount appropriated by the municipality for such purpose.
No agreement on the part of any municipality shall be for a term exceeding one year at a time.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines › Section 38:17-12 - Registration of veterans' graves; distribution of registration records

38:17-12. Registration of veterans' graves; distribution of registration records
The Division of Veterans' Services of the Department of Economic Development shall distribute the registration records, formerly maintained by the State service officer, of veterans' graves in each county to the supervisor of veterans' interment in each county. Such records shall be maintained by such supervisor of veterans' interment in a suitable place therefore designated by the board of chosen freeholders by such county.
Each of such supervisor of veterans' interment is hereby charged with the duty of keeping the same up-to-date; of assembling, recording, checking, correcting and filing any and all records, charts or maps concerning the location within his county of the places of burial of veterans of all wars; and of using such forms therefore as the Department of Economic Development may prescribe; to the end that there shall be a complete and uniform record of all graves in New Jersey in which veterans are buried and that such records shall always be kept up-to-date.
L.1945, c. 201, p. 695, s. 1. Amended by L.1946, c. 233, p. 844, s. 1, eff. May 1, 1946.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines › Section 38:18-1 - Soldier, time of emergency defined

38:18-1. Soldier, time of emergency defined
38:18-1. As used in this chapter the word "soldier" means and includes any officer, soldier, sailor, marine, airman, nurse or any other person, male or female, regularly enlisted or inducted, who was or shall have been a part of the military or naval forces of the United States, and who took part in any war in which the United States was engaged, or who took part or shall have taken part in the present wars with the governments of Japan, Germany and Italy, or any of them, including any member of the American Merchant Marine who is declared by the United States Department of Defense to be eligible for federal veterans' benefits, or who served or shall have served in the active military or naval service of the United States in time of emergency as herein defined, and who was a resident of this State at the time he was or shall be commissioned, enlisted, inducted, appointed or mustered into the military or naval service of the United States, and who has been or shall have been given an honorable or ordinary discharge or release therefrom, and continues to be a resident of this State.
As used herein the term "in time of emergency" shall mean and include any time after June 23, 1950, and on or prior to January 31, 1955.
Amended 1945,c.106,s.1; 1946,c.85,s.1; 1951,c.17; 1991,c.389,s.13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines › Section 38:18-2 - Compensation to blind veterans, spouses

38:18-2. Compensation to blind veterans, spouses
38:18-2. A soldier, who has sustained a total loss of sight as a result of his service during any of the wars mentioned in R.S.38:18-1, shall be paid for the term of his life, and upon his death his surviving spouse shall be paid, provided that the soldier or surviving spouse shall continue as a resident of this State, the sum of $1,800 annually, in monthly payments. Such payments shall be due and payable from the date of discharge or release of the soldier if application therefor shall be made within one year from the date of such discharge or release. If the application shall be made one year from the date of discharge or release of the soldier such payments shall be due and payable from the date of such application. Accrued payments to the date of certification shall be paid in one lump sum.
Amended by L. 1945, c. 106, p. 454, s. 2; L. 1946, c. 85, p. 294, s. 2; L. 1971, c. 329, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1971; L. 1985, c. 116, s. 1, eff. April 9, 1985; amended 2022, c.105, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines › Section 38:18-3 - Proof of service and disability; certification by adjutant general; payment

38:18-3. Proof of service and disability; certification by adjutant general; payment
38:18-3. Evidence of the service and disability mentioned in R.S.38:18-1 shall be furnished to the Division of Veterans Services of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, which shall examine the same and upon being satisfied that the service was performed and the soldier has been rendered totally blind as a result thereof, shall so certify to the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting who shall, upon receipt thereof, draw a warrant on the State Treasurer in favor of the applicant in a bulk sum for any accrued payments and in the sum of $1,800 annually, which the State Treasurer shall pay out of the money appropriated therefor by the Legislature.
Amended by L.1945, c. 106, p. 455, s. 3, L.1946, c. 85, p. 295, s. 3; L.1971, c. 329, s. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1971; amended 2022, c.105, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines › Section 38:18-4 - Nonresidents

38:18-4. Nonresidents
Any soldier or surviving spouse receiving compensation pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 38:18-1 et seq. and who is required to, and who does, move without the State for reasons of health or employment shall notwithstanding such nonresidence be entitled to continue to receive such compensation. In the event such soldier or surviving spouse becomes entitled to compensation from the state to which he moves pursuant to an act of such state substantially similar to this act and the act to which this act is a supplement, such compensation shall immediately cease, unless such soldier or surviving spouse shall elect to receive such compensation to the exclusion of the compensation of the state to which he moves.
L. 1956, c. 166, p. 659, s. 1, eff. Dec. 3, 1956. Amended by L. 1985, c. 116, s. 2, eff. April 9, 1985.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines › Section 38:18A-1 - "Veteran" and "in time of emergency" defined

38:18A-1. "Veteran" and "in time of emergency" defined
1. As used in this act, the word "veteran" means and includes any officer, soldier, sailor, marine, airman, nurse, or any other person, male or female, regularly enlisted or inducted, who was or shall have been a part of the active military or naval forces of the United States, and who took part or shall have taken part in any war in which the United States was engaged, or who took part or shall have taken part in the wars with the governments of Japan, Germany and Italy, or any of them, including any member of the American Merchant Marine who is declared by the United States Department of Defense to be eligible for federal veterans' benefits, or who served or shall have served in the active military or naval service of the United States in time of emergency as herein defined, and who was a resident of this State at the time he was or shall be commissioned, enlisted, inducted, appointed or mustered into the active military or naval service of the United States, and who has been or shall have been given a discharge or release therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable and continues to be a resident of this State.
As used in this act the term "in time of emergency" shall mean (a) the Korean conflict and include any time after June 23, 1950, and prior to July 27, 1953 and (b) the Vietnam conflict and include any time after December 31, 1960, and prior to August 1, 1974.
L.1947,c.263,s.1; amended 1949,c.192,s.1; 1951,c.16; 1981,c.424,s.1; 1991,c.389,s.14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines › Section 38:18A-2 - Compensation to certain disabled veterans, spouses.

38:18A-2 Compensation to certain disabled veterans, spouses.
2. A veteran who served in the active military or naval forces of the United States and who has paraplegia and permanent paralysis of both legs and lower parts of the body, or who has osteochondritis and permanent loss of the use of both legs, or who has hemiplegia and permanent paralysis of one leg and one arm or either side of the body, resulting from injury to the spinal cord, skeletal structure, or brain, or who has had both hands, both feet, or one hand and one foot amputated, or who has lost the use of both feet or both legs, due to multiple sclerosis, sustained through enemy action, or accident, or resulting from disease contracted while in active military or naval service, shall be paid for the term of the veteran's life, and upon the veteran's death the surviving spouse, domestic partner, or partner in civil union shall be paid, the sum of $1,800 annually in monthly payments. Such payments shall be due and payable from the date of discharge or release of the veteran if application therefor shall be made within one year from the date of such discharge or release. If the application shall be made after one year from the date of discharge or release of the veteran, such payment shall be due and payable from the date of such application. Accrued payments to the date of certification shall be paid in one lump sum.
Nothing in P.L.1947, c.263 (C.38:18A-1 et seq.) shall be intended to include paraplegia or hemiplegia resulting from locomotor ataxia or other forms of syphilis of the central nervous system or from chronic alcohol use disorder, or to include other forms of disease resulting from the veteran's own misconduct which may produce signs and symptoms similar to those resulting from paraplegia, osteochondritis, hemiplegia, or multiple sclerosis.
L.1947, c.263, s.2; amended 1949, c.192, s.2; 1950, c.196, s.1; 1951, c.331, s.1; 1955, c.192; 1981, c.424, s.2; 1985, c.116, s.3; 2017, c.131, s.146; amended 2022, c.105, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines › Section 38:18A-3 - Evidence of service and disability

38:18A-3. Evidence of service and disability
3. Evidence of the service and disability mentioned in this act, P.L.1947, c.263 (C.38:18A-1 et seq.), shall be furnished to the Division of Veterans Services of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, which shall examine the same and upon being satisfied that the service was performed and the veteran has been rendered permanently paralyzed or has permanently lost the use of both legs, or has suffered amputation, as defined in section 2 of this act, shall so certify to the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury, who shall, upon receipt thereof, draw a warrant on the State Treasurer in favor of the applicant in the sum of $1,800 annually, which the State Treasurer shall pay out of the money appropriated therefor by the Legislature.
L.1947, c. 263, p. 965, s. 3. Amended by L.1949, c. 192, p. 643, s. 3; L.1950, c. 196, p. 439, s. 2; L.1951, c. 331, p. 1168, s. 2; L.1981, c. 424, s. 3, eff. Jan. 9, 1982; 2022, c.105, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines › Section 38:18A-4 - Continuation of payments

38:18A-4. Continuation of payments
Any veteran or surviving spouse receiving payments pursuant to the provisions of P.L. 1947, c. 263 (C. 38:18A-1 et seq.) and who is required to, and who does, move without the State for reasons of health or employment, and any veteran who heretofore was receiving payments pursuant to the provisions of P.L. 1947, c. 263 (C. 38:18A-1 et seq.) and who was required to, and who did, move without the State for reasons of health or employment, shall notwithstanding such nonresidence be entitled to continue to receive such payments. In the event such veteran or surviving spouse becomes entitled to payments from the state to which he moves pursuant to an act of such state substantially similar to this act and P.L. 1947, c. 263 (C. 38:18A-1 et seq.), such payments shall immediately cease, unless such veteran or surviving spouse shall elect to receive such payments to the exclusion of the payments of the state to which he moves.
L. 1954, c. 213, p. 788, s. 1. Amended by L. 1956, c. 207, p. 746, s. 1, eff. Jan. 4, 1957; L. 1985, c. 116, s. 4, eff. April 9, 1985.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines › Section 38:20-1 - "War orphans" ; "war" ; "in time of emergency" defined

38:20-1. "War orphans" ; "war" ; "in time of emergency" defined
For the purpose of this chapter, the term "war orphans" shall mean and include any child between the ages of 16 and 21 years, domiciled in this State for at least 12 months prior to the time of application for benefits under this chapter, who being otherwise qualified is the child of any resident of this State who was killed in action or died from other causes while a member of the Armed Forces of the United States in time of war or emergency, or who is officially listed as "Missing In Action" by the Department of Defense or who died or shall hereafter die of disease or disability resulting from such war or emergency service.
As used in this act, "war" shall mean World War I, being any time between April 6, 1917, to July 2, 1921, and World War II, being any time between September 16, 1940, and September 2, 1945.
As used in this act, the term "in time of emergency" shall mean and include any time after June 23, 1950, and prior to the termination, suspension or revocation of the proclamation of the existence of a national emergency issued by the President of the United States on December 16, 1950, or termination of the existence of such national emergency by appropriate action of the President or Congress of the United States; the term "in time of emergency" shall also mean and include any time of armed hostility or conflict with a foreign adversary after December 31, 1960, and prior to the termination of the existence of such armed hostility or conflict with a foreign adversary by appropriate action of the President or Congress of the United States.
Amended by L.1944, c. 197, p. 713, s. 1; L.1951, c. 65, p. 426, s. 1; L.1955, c. 174, p. 730, s. 1, eff. July 28, 1955; L.1975, c. 225, s. 1, eff. Oct. 15, 1975.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines › Section 38:20-2 - Appropriation for education; sum allotted each orphan

38:20-2. Appropriation for education; sum allotted each orphan
There is appropriated for the purposes of this chapter such sum as shall be included in any annual or supplemental appropriation act. In no case shall the sum exceed $500.00 for any one child annually. Such sum shall be used to defray the cost and expense of the attendance of any such orphan at any State educational or other technical or professional school of a secondary or college grade, approved by the State Board of Education located in this State or outside the State if the desired course is not offered by a school or college in the State. The sum so allotted in each case shall be used for tuition or matriculation fees, board and room rent, books and supplies and other purposes incidental thereto.
Amended by L.1952, c. 49, p. 369, s. 1; L.1955, c. 174, p. 731, s. 2; L.1966, c. 48, s. 1, eff. May 24, 1966.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines › Section 38:20-3 - Application for benefits; limited allotments

38:20-3. Application for benefits; limited allotments
38:20-3. Application for such benefits shall be made to the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs, which shall make rules and regulations to effectuate the provisions thereof. It shall ascertain and approve the educational aptitude of the applicant for the course of study desired to be pursued in accordance with tests or standards prescribed or approved by the State Department of Education and the financial need of the applicant and may satisfy itself of the attendance of such applicants and the accuracy of the charges made by the institution which the applicant attends. No more than four annual allotments of $500.00 each shall be allowed any such applicant.
Amended 1945,c.105; 1952,c.49,s.2; 1955,c.174,s.3; 1991,c.39,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines › Section 38:20-4 - Allotments when child over twenty-one years

38:20-4. Allotments when child over twenty-one years
When the application of any such war orphan shall have been granted in the first instance as herein provided, then the maximum number of annual allotments provided by section 38:20-3 of this title may be granted to such applicant for and during consecutive years regardless of the fact such applicant shall be over the age of twenty-one years at the time of the granting of any such annual allotment subsequent to the first.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines › Section 38:23-1 - Leave of absence for public officers, employees.

38:23-1 Leave of absence for public officers, employees.
38:23-1. a. A permanent or full-time temporary officer or employee of the State or of a board, commission, authority or other instrumentality of the State, or of a county, school district or municipality, who is a member of the organized reserve of the Army of the United States, United States Naval Reserve, United States Air Force Reserve or United States Marine Corps Reserve, or other organization affiliated therewith, including the National Guard of other states, shall be entitled, in addition to pay received, if any, as a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States, to leave of absence from his or her respective duty without loss of pay or time on all work days on which he or she shall be engaged in any period of Federal active duty, provided, however, that such leaves of absence shall not exceed 30 work days in any calendar year. Such leave of absence shall be in addition to the regular vacation or other accrued leave allowed such officer or employee. Any leave of absence for such duty in excess of 30 work days shall be without pay but without loss of time.
b. Notwithstanding subsection a. of this section, a full-time temporary officer or employee who has served under such temporary appointment for less than one year shall receive for the service hereinabove described leave without pay but without loss of time.
Amended 1953, c.351; 2001, c.351, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines › Section 38:23-3 - Compensation of public officers or employees while in military or naval service

38:23-3. Compensation of public officers or employees while in military or naval service
Any officer, department, institution, committee, commission or other body of the state or any subdivision or municipality thereof, may pay in his or its discretion the whole or a part of the salaries or compensation of their employees or attaches during the time they are engaged in a branch of the military or naval service of the national government or of this state.
No greater portion of the salary or compensation of a commissioned officer as an employee of a department of the state or municipal government shall be paid to him under this section than will, when added to his salary as such commissioned officer, equal the amount paid to him by the state or municipal department before entering the military or naval service.