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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 15A - Corporations, Nonprofit › Section 15A:14-9 - Payment or delivery to corporation

15A:14-9. Payment or delivery to corporation
a. After the commencement of a receivership action, but before the appointment of a receiver, a debtor of the corporation may make payment to the corporation of the debt, and a person holding property of the corporation may deliver it to the corporation, and the payment and the delivery shall have the same effect as if the receivership action were not pending.
b. If the payment or the delivery is made after the appointment of a receiver by a person acting in good faith the payment and the delivery shall have the same effect as if a receiver had not been appointed.
L.1983, c. 127, s. 15A:14-9, eff. Oct. 1, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 15A - Corporations, Nonprofit › Section 15A:14-10 - Fraudulent transfers

15A:14-10. Fraudulent transfers
a. Every transfer made and every obligation incurred by a corporation which is or will be thereby rendered insolvent, is fraudulent as to creditors without regard to its actual intent if the transfer is made or the obligation is incurred without a fair consideration.
b. Every transfer made without fair consideration, when the corporation making it is engaged or is about to engage in an activity or transaction for which the assets remaining in its hands after the transfer are unreasonably small, is fraudulent as to creditors and as to other persons who become creditors during the continuance of the business or transaction without regard to its actual intent.
c. Every transfer made and every obligation incurred without fair consideration when the corporation making the transfer or entering into the obligation intends to or believes that it will incur debts beyond its ability to pay as they mature, is fraudulent as to both present and future creditors.
d. Every transfer made and every obligation incurred by a corporation with actual intent, as distinguished from intent presumed in law, to hinder, or defraud either present or future creditors of the corporation, is fraudulent as to both present and future creditors.
e. Every transfer made and every obligation incurred by a corporation which is or will thereby be rendered insolvent, within 4 months prior to the commencement of a receivership action by or against the corporation, is fraudulent as to the then existing and future creditors: (1) if made or incurred in contemplation of the commencement of the action or in contemplation of liquidation of all or the greater portion of the corporation's property, with intent to use the consideration obtained for the transfer or obligation to enable any creditor of the corporation to obtain a greater percentage of a debt than some other creditor of the same class; and (2) if the transferee or obligee of the transfer or obligation, at the time of the transfer or obligation, knew or believed that the corporation intended to make that use of the consideration.
f. For the purposes of this section, a transfer shall be deemed to have been made at the time when it became so far perfected that no purchaser from the corporation could thereafter have acquired any rights in the property so transferred superior to the rights of the transferee therein, but, if the transfer is not so perfected prior to the commencement of the receivership action by or against the corporation, it shall be deemed to have been made immediately before the filing of the action.
L.1983, c. 127, s. 15A:14-10, eff. Oct. 1, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 15A - Corporations, Nonprofit › Section 15A:14-11 - Fraudulent transfers; continued

15A:14-11. Fraudulent transfers; continued
a. A transfer or an obligation incurred which is fraudulent under section 15A:14-10 against a creditor, is fraudulent against the receiver, except as to a purchaser for a fair consideration, without knowledge of the fraud at the time of the purchase.
b. When a transfer made or an obligation incurred is fraudulent as to a creditor whose claim has matured, the receiver may, as against any person except a purchaser for a fair consideration without knowledge of the fraud at the time of the purchase, or one who has derived title immediately, or immediately from the purchaser:
(1) Disregard the transfer and attach or levy execution upon the property conveyed or the obligation; or
(2) Have the transfer set aside or the obligation annulled to the extent necessary to satisfy the creditor's claim.
c. A purchaser who, without actual fraudulent intent, has given less than a fair consideration for the transfer or obligation, may retain the property or obligation as security for repayment.
d. When a transfer made or an obligation incurred is fraudulent as to a creditor whose claim has not matured, the receiver may proceed in the Superior Court against any person against whom the receiver could have proceeded if the claim were matured, and the court may:
(1) Restrain the defendant from disposing of the property covered or affected by the conveyance or of the obligation;
(2) Direct that the property or obligation be delivered to the custody of the receiver;
(3) If equitable, set aside the conveyance or annul the obligation to the extent necessary to satisfy the claim.
L.1983, c. 127, s. 15A:14-11, eff. Oct. 1, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 15A - Corporations, Nonprofit › Section 15A:14-12 - Fraudulent transfers; continued

15A:14-12. Fraudulent transfers; continued
Nothing contained in section 15A:14-10 or 15A:14-11 shall be construed to validate a transfer which is voidable under section 15A:14-13.
L.1983, c. 127, s. 15A:14-12, eff. Oct. 1, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 15A - Corporations, Nonprofit › Section 15A:14-13 - Liens by legal process

15A:14-13. Liens by legal process
a. Every lien against the property of a corporation shall be void if:
(1) The lien is obtained by attachment, judgment, levy or other legal process; and
(2) A receivership action against the corporation is commenced within 4 months after the date on which the lien was obtained, or if the lien is obtained after the commencement of the receivership action; and
(3) The assets of the corporation are distributed in the receivership action.
b. The property affected by any lien shall be discharged from the lien and shall pass to the receiver, but the court may order that lien to be preserved for the benefit of the corporation's creditors. The Superior Court may direct the conveyance of the property affected as may be proper or adequate to evidence title thereto of the receiver. The title of a bona fide purchaser of the property shall be valid, but, if the title is acquired otherwise than by a judicial sale held to enforce the lien, it shall be valid only to the extent of the present consideration paid for the property.
L.1983, c. 127, s. 15A:14-13, eff. Oct. 1, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 15A - Corporations, Nonprofit › Section 15A:14-14 - Preferences

15A:14-14. Preferences
a. For the purpose of this chapter, a preference arises when:
(1) A corporation which, while insolvent, and within 4 months of the commencement of a receivership action by or against it, transfers any property to or for the benefit of a creditor for or on account of an antecedent debt; and
(2) The effect of the transfer will be to enable the creditor to obtain a greater percentage of a debt than some other creditor of the same class; and
(3) The creditor receiving or to be benefited by the transfer, or the creditor's agent acting with reference thereto, has, at the time when the transfer is made, reasonable cause to believe that the corporation is insolvent.
b. For the purpose of determining whether a preference has arisen:
(1) A transfer of property other than real property shall be deemed to have been made or suffered at a time when it became so far perfected that no subsequent lien obtainable by legal or equitable proceedings on a simple contract could become superior to the rights of the transferee;
(2) A transfer of real property shall be deemed to have been made or suffered when it became so far perfected that no subsequent bona fide purchase from the corporation could create rights in the property superior to the rights of the transferee.
c. If any transfer of real property is not so perfected against a bona fide purchase, or if any transfer of other property is not so perfected against liens by legal or equitable proceedings prior to the commencement of a receivership action it shall be deemed to have been made immediately before the commencement of the action.
d. When a preference has arisen, the receiver may recover the property or, if it has been converted, its value, from any person who has received or converted the property, except a bona fide purchaser from or lienor of the corporation's transferee for a present fair consideration. Where the bona fide purchaser or lienor has given less than that value, the person shall nevertheless have a lien upon the property, but only to the extent of the consideration actually given by that person. When a preference is by way of lien or security title, the Superior Court may on due notice order the lien or title to be preserved for the benefit of the insolvent corporation's estate, in which event the lien or title shall pass to the receiver.
e. If a creditor has been preferred and afterward in good faith gives the corporation further credit without security of any kind for property which becomes a part of the insolvent corporation's property, the amount of the new credit remaining unpaid at the time of the commencement of the receivership action may be set off against the amount which would otherwise be recoverable from the creditor.
L.1983, c. 127, s. 15A:14-14, eff. Oct. 1, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 15A - Corporations, Nonprofit › Section 15A:14-15 - Notice to creditors

15A:14-15. Notice to creditors
a. The receiver shall, within 30 days following the date of appointment, give notice requiring all creditors to present their claims in writing. The notice shall be published twice, once in each of 2 consecutive weeks, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the registered office of the corporation is located and shall state that all persons who are creditors of the corporation shall present written proof of their claims, under oath, to the receiver at a place and on or before a date named in the notice, which date shall not be less than 6 months after the date of the first publication. By order of the Superior Court, the time for giving the notice to creditors and the time within which creditors shall be required to file proofs of claims may be extended or limited, or the giving of the notice to creditors may be entirely excused.
b. Any creditor who does not file a claim as provided in the notice given pursuant to subsection a. of this section, and all those claiming through or under that creditor, shall be forever barred from suing on the claim or otherwise realizing upon or enforcing it except, in the case of a creditor who shows good cause for not having previously filed a claim, to the extent as the Superior Court may allow:
(1) Against the corporation to the extent of any undistributed assets; or
(2) If the undistributed assets are not sufficient to satisfy the claim, against a member to the extent of the ratable part of the claim, out of the assets of the corporation distributed to the member in liquidation or dissolution.
c. On or before the date of the first publication of the notice as provided in subsection a. of this section, the receiver shall mail a copy of the notice to each known creditor of the corporation. The giving of the notice shall not constitute recognition that any person to whom the notice is directed is a creditor of the corporation other than for the purpose of receipt of notice hereunder.
d. Proof of the publication and mailing required by this section shall be made by an affidavit filed in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court.
L.1983, c. 127, s. 15A:14-15, eff. Oct. 1, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 15A - Corporations, Nonprofit › Section 15A:14-16 - Claims; presentation; approval or rejection

15A:14-16. Claims; presentation; approval or rejection
Creditors shall, if required by the receiver, submit themselves to examination by the receiver and produce before the receiver the records and proof relating to their claims as the receiver may direct. The receiver may also examine under oath all witnesses produced before the receiver relating to the claims, and the receiver shall pass upon, and allow or disallow, the claims, and shall notify the creditors of that determination.
L.1983, c. 127, s. 15A:14-16, eff. Oct. 1, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 15A - Corporations, Nonprofit › Section 15A:14-17 - Claims; jury trial

15A:14-17. Claims; jury trial
A creditor who presents a claim to a receiver pursuant to this chapter and whose claim is disallowed in whole or in part by the receiver shall, on demand in writing, be entitled to trial by jury on any issue triable of right by jury.
L.1983, c. 127, s. 15A:14-17, eff. Oct. 1, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 15A - Corporations, Nonprofit › Section 15A:14-18 - Review of receiver's actions

15A:14-18. Review of receiver's actions
Any person aggrieved by the proceedings or determination of the receiver in the discharge of his duties shall be entitled to a review of the receiver's action in a summary manner in the Superior Court.
L.1983, c. 127, s. 15A:14-18, eff. Oct. 1, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 15A - Corporations, Nonprofit › Section 15A:14-19 - Discontinuance of receivership action

15A:14-19. Discontinuance of receivership action
A receivership action against a corporation may be discontinued at any time when it is established that cause for the action no longer exists. In that event, the court shall dismiss the proceedings and direct the receiver to redeliver to the corporation all its property remaining in the receiver's hands. Upon the redelivery, the corporation shall be revested with full rights in the property and in its franchises as if the receiver had not been appointed.
L.1983, c. 127, s. 15A:14-19, eff. Oct. 1, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 15A - Corporations, Nonprofit › Section 15A:14-20 - Allowances to receiver and others; costs and expenses

15A:14-20. Allowances to receiver and others; costs and expenses
In any proceeding under this chapter, the court shall allow a reasonable compensation to the receiver for services, costs and expenses in the receivership action. It shall also allow reasonable compensation to the following for their services in the receivership action and their costs and expenses: the attorney for the receiver, the appraiser, the auctioneer, the accountant and other persons appointed by the court in connection with the receivership action.
L.1983, c. 127, s. 15A:14-20, eff. Oct. 1, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 15A - Corporations, Nonprofit › Section 15A:14-21 - Distribution of assets; priorities

15A:14-21. Distribution of assets; priorities
a. After payment of all allowances, expenses and costs, and, subject to the laws of the United States and to subsection c. of this section, the satisfaction of all liens upon the funds of the corporation to the extent of their lawful priority, the creditors shall be paid proportionately to the amount of their respective debts, excepting mortgage and judgment creditors when the judgment has not been by confession for the purpose of preferring creditors. The creditors shall be entitled to distribution on debts not due, making in that case a rebate of interest, when interest is not accruing on those debts.
b. The surplus funds, if any, after payment to the creditors and the costs, expenses and allowances, as aforesaid, shall be divided and distributed as in the case of a voluntary dissolution of the corporation.
c. In any distribution to creditors all persons doing labor or service of any character, in the regular employment of the corporation, shall be entitled to priority of payment for the wages, not to exceed $600.00 for each claimant, due them respectively for all labor, work and services performed within 3 months before the institution of a receivership action under this chapter. A claim under this subsection shall have priority over all other claims against the corporation, but shall be subordinate to (1) a security interest in personal property perfected prior to the date when the receivership action was instituted, which perfected security interest cannot be set aside by the receiver under the provisions of this chapter; (2) mortgages upon the real property of the corporation; and (3) all claims entitled to higher priority by law.
L.1983, c. 127, s. 15A:14-21, eff. Oct. 1, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 15A - Corporations, Nonprofit › Section 15A:14-22 - Judgment of dissolution

15A:14-22. Judgment of dissolution
After distribution of the corporation's assets as provided in section 15A:14-21, the Superior Court may make a judgment dissolving the corporation and declaring its certificate of incorporation forfeited and void. The judgment shall be forthwith filed by the clerk of the court in the office of the Secretary of State, and a notation thereof shall be made by the Secretary of State on the certificate of incorporation of the corporation affected. The Secretary of State shall notify the Attorney General of the action.
L.1983, c. 127, s. 15A:14-22, eff. Oct. 1, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 15A - Corporations, Nonprofit › Section 15A:14-23 - Reorganization under act of congress; "plan of reorganization" defined

15A:14-23. Reorganization under act of congress; "plan of reorganization" defined
As used in sections 15A:14-24 and 15A:14-25, "plan of reorganization" means a plan of corporate reorganization which has been ordered or confirmed by a court or by a commission or other agency of the United States, in a proceeding brought under any act of Congress providing for the reorganization of corporations.
L.1983, c. 127, s. 15A:14-23, eff. Oct. 1, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 15A - Corporations, Nonprofit › Section 15A:14-24 - Reorganization under act of congress; implementation of plan of reorganization

15A:14-24. Reorganization under act of congress; implementation of plan of reorganization
a. A corporation shall have the power to do any act required or permitted by a plan of reorganization in order to put the plan in effect according to its terms.
b. The power conferred by subsection a. of this section shall be exercised by the trustee or trustees, or other person or persons acting in similar capacities, appointed in the reorganization proceeding resulting in the plan of reorganization, or, if none be then acting, by any other person or persons designated or appointed for that purpose in the organization proceeding, or, if no other person or persons be then acting, by an officer or officers of the corporation.
c. The exercise of the power to put in effect a plan of reorganization by those designated in subsection b. of this section shall have the same effect as if done with the unanimous consent of the trustees and the members.
L.1983, c. 127, s. 15A:14-24, eff. Oct. 1, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 15A - Corporations, Nonprofit › Section 15A:14-25 - Reorganization under act of congress; certificates

15A:14-25. Reorganization under act of congress; certificates
When any plan of reorganization provides for any action to be taken, which, if taken pursuant to any provisions of this act, would require the filing of a certificate or other document in the office of the Secretary of State, the certificate or other document shall be executed on behalf of the corporation by the persons specified in subsection b. of section 15A:14-24 and shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. The certificate or other document shall recite that its making and filing are authorized pursuant to a plan of reorganization, and shall make reference to the proceeding in which the plan of reorganization was ordered or confirmed.
L.1983, c. 127, s. 15A:14-25, eff. Oct. 1, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 15A - Corporations, Nonprofit › Section 15A:14-26 - Reorganization under act of congress; powers and duties of state instrumentalities

15A:14-26. Reorganization under act of congress; powers and duties of state instrumentalities
Nothing contained in sections 15A:14-24 and 15A:14-25 shall be construed to abrogate, limit or restrict the powers and duties over any corporation imposed or conferred by law on any State officer, board, commission or other agency.
L.1983, c. 127, s. 15A:14-26, eff. Oct. 1, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 15A - Corporations, Nonprofit › Section 15A:15-1 - Filing fees of the State Treasurer.

15A:15-1 Filing fees of the State Treasurer.
15A:15-1. Filing Fees of the State Treasurer. On filing any certificate or other papers relative to corporations in the Department of the Treasury, there shall be paid to the State Treasurer filing fees as follows:
a. Certificate of incorporation and amendments thereto:
(1) for filing the original certificate of incorporation...... $75.00
(2) for filing a certificate of amendment of the certificate of incorporation including any number of amendments...... $75.00
(3) for filing a certificate of abandonment of one or more amendments of the certificate of incorporation...... $75.00
(4) for filing a certificate of merger or a certificate of consolidation...... $75.00
(5) for filing a certificate of abandonment of a merger or consolidation...... $75.00
b. Restated certificate of incorporation:
for filing a restated certificate of incorporation including any amendments of the certificate of incorporation concurrently adopted...... $75.00
c. Dissolution of corporation:
(1) for filing a certificate of dissolution...... $75.00
(2) for filing a certificate of revocation of dissolution proceedings...... $75.00
d. Admission and withdrawal of foreign corporation:
(1) for filing an application for a certificate of authority to conduct activities in this State and issuing a certificate of authority...... $125.00
(2) for filing an application for an amended certificate of authority to conduct activities in this State and issuing an amended certificate of authority...... $75.00
(3) for filing an application for withdrawal from this State and issuing a certificate of withdrawal...... $75.00
(4) for filing a certificate of change of post office address to which process may be mailed by the State Treasurer...... $25.00
(5) for filing a certificate, order or decree with respect to the dissolution of a foreign corporation, the termination of its existence, or the cancellation of its authority, and issuing a certificate of withdrawal...... $75.00
e. Registered office and registered agent:
(1) for filing a certificate of change of address of registered office, or change of registered agent or both...... $25.00
(2) for filing a certificate of change of address of registered agent where such certificate effects a change in the address of the registered office of one or more corporations, for each corporation named in the certificate...... $25.00
(3) for filing an affidavit of resignation of a registered agent...... $25.00
f. Annual report:
for each such report required to be filed ...... $30.00
g. Reinstatement filing assessment:
payment of a reinstatement filing assessment...... $75.00.
amended 1987, c.435, s.12; 1997, c.138, s.3; 2002, c.34, s.23; 2019, c.149, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 15A - Corporations, Nonprofit › Section 15A:15-2 - Additional miscellaneous fees

15A:15-2 Additional miscellaneous fees
15A:15-2. Additional Miscellaneous Fees.
The State Treasurer shall also charge and collect for:
a. filing an application to reserve a specified
corporate name and issuing a certificate of
reservation $50.00
(1) if application is for first name available
for corporate use among not more than three
specified names $50.00
b. filing a notice of transfer of a reserved
corporate name $50.00
c. filing an application by a foreign corporation
to register its corporate name $50.00
d. filing an application by a foreign corporation
to renew the registration of its corporate
name $50.00
e. issuing a certificate of standing, including
registered agent and registered office $25.00
f. issuing a certificate of standing, same as above,
but including incorporators, officers and
trustees $25.00
g. issuing a certificate of standing, listing
charter documents $25.00
h. issuing a certificate of availability of
corporate name (1 to 3 names) $25.00
i. filing a certificate of registration of alternate
name $50.00
j. filing a certificate of renewal of registration
of alternate name $50.00
k. filing a certificate of correction $50.00
l. corporate status reports--per name $5.00
L.1983, c.127, s.15A:15-2, eff. Oct. 1, 1983; amended 1987, c.435, s.13; 2002, c.34, s.24.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 15A - Corporations, Nonprofit › Section 15A:16-2 - Acts repealed

15A:16-2. Acts repealed
The following are repealed:
R.S. 15:1-1 to R.S. 15:1-5 inclusive;
R.S. 15:1-7 to R.S. 15:1-14.1 inclusive;
R.S. 15:1-16 to R.S. 15:1-22 inclusive;
R.S. 15:2-1 to R.S. 15:2-9 inclusive;
R.S. 15:3-1 to R.S. 15:3-12 inclusive;
R.S. 15:6-1 to R.S. 15:6-3 inclusive;
R.S. 15:7-1 to R.S. 15:7-12 inclusive;
R.S. 15:8-1 to R.S. 15:8-3 inclusive;
R.S. 15:8-6 and R.S. 15:8-8;
R.S. 15:10-1 to R.S. 15:10-11 inclusive;
R.S. 15:11-1 to R.S. 15:11-6 inclusive;
R.S. 15:11-9 to R.S. 15:11-15 inclusive;
R.S. 15:12-1;
R.S. 15:13-1 and R.S. 15:13-2;
R.S. 15:14-1 to R.S. 15:14-8 inclusive;
R.S. 15:15-1 and R.S. 15:15-2;
R.S. 15:16-1 to R.S. 15:16-6 inclusive;
P.L. 1947, c. 100 (C. 15:1-11.1);
P.L. 1945, c. 109, ss. 1 to 4 inclusive (C. 15:8-9 to C. 15:8-12 inclusive);
P.L. 1946, c. 226 (C. 15:17-1 and C. 15:17-2).
L.1983, c. 127, s. 15A:16-2, eff. Oct. 1, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:1-1 - Incorporation of religious societies or congregations.

16:1-1 Incorporation of religious societies or congregations.
16:1-1. Members of every religious society or congregation, entitled to protection in the free use of their religion by the constitution and laws of this State, may assemble at their usual place of meeting for public worship, at any time agreed upon by them, after at least ten days' notice of the time and purpose of assembling, given by an advertisement set up in open view at or near the place of meeting and when so assembled a plurality of votes of the members of such society or congregation over 18 years of age who regularly contribute to its support and who are present at such meeting, may elect any number of such society or congregation to be its trustees for the purpose of incorporating such society or congregation as provided in section 16:1-2 of this title.
Amended 2007, c.231.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:1-2 - Certificate; contents; recording; effect on corporate existence

16:1-2. Certificate; contents; recording; effect on corporate existence
The trustees shall make a certificate, under their hands and seals, of the name they take upon themselves, and shall transmit such certificate to the county clerk, who shall forthwith record the same, for which service he shall be entitled to receive the fee provided in section 22:2-19 of the title Fees and Costs. Thereupon the trustees and their successors shall be a corporation by the name stated in the certificate.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:1-3 - Certain religious societies authorized to file record with secretary of state

16:1-3. Certain religious societies authorized to file record with secretary of state
Where the trustees of any religious society, pursuant to the provisions of an act entitled "An act to incorporate trustees of religious societies," approved April ninth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, and further, pursuant to the provisions of an act entitled "A further supplement to an act entitled "An act to incorporate trustees of religious societies,' approved April ninth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five," which said further supplement was approved April ninth, nineteen hundred and fourteen, and further, pursuant to the provisions of an act entitled "A further supplement to an act entitled "An act to incorporate trustees of religious societies,' approved April ninth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five," which said further supplement was approved February sixteenth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, shall have recorded their certificate of incorporation with the county clerk of the county setting forth the name by which they and their successors shall be known and distinguished as a body, but have failed to file and record said certificate with the secretary of state, any such corporation is hereby authorized and empowered to file a certified copy of said certificate of incorporation with the secretary of state, and upon the filing of such certificate as aforesaid, the incorporation and all de facto acts done in pursuance thereof are hereby validated, ratified and confirmed.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:1-4 - Powers

16:1-4. Powers
Every religious society or congregation incorporated by virtue of any law of this state shall have power to:
a. Have perpetual succession as such corporation;
b. Sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any court;
c. Adopt and use a common seal and alter and renew the same at pleasure;
d. Appoint such officers, agents and employees as may be required for its properties, institutions and business;
e. Make by-laws and rules consistent with law, for the regulation and management of its affairs, properties and institutions;
f. Acquire, purchase, receive, have and hold and take by devise, bequest or gift without limit, real and personal property of all kinds, church edifices, schoolhouses, college buildings, parsonages, sisters' houses, hospitals, orphan asylums, and all other kinds of religious, ecclesiastical, educational and charitable institutions, and the lands whereon the same are or may be erected, and cemeteries or burial places, and any real estate suitable for any or all of said purposes;
g. Lease, grant, sell and dispose of all or any part of such property;
h. Borrow money for the purposes of the corporation, and to give bonds and mortgages therefor on any part of its property;
i. Have the management, direction and control of all the civil and temporal affairs of the congregation, church or parish; and
j. Exercise any corporate powers necessary and proper for the carrying out of the above-enumerated powers and the purposes of the corporation and its institutions.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:1-5 - Corporate action by majority of members; presence in person; validity

16:1-5. Corporate action by majority of members; presence in person; validity
The proceedings, orders and acts of a majority of the members of such corporation present in person at any duly convened annual or special meeting, but not of a less number shall be valid and effectual.
Amended by L.1955, c. 124, p. 605, s. 1, eff. July 8, 1955.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:1-6 - Property; power of sale; authorization

16:1-6. Property; power of sale; authorization
The trustees of any church or religious society and their successors in office or a majority of them are authorized and empowered to sell at public or private sale and convey in fee simple or otherwise all the church and parsonage property of such church or religious society together with all the estate, right, title and interest which the said trustees or stewards or other officers now have or may have in the same by virtue of any deeds of conveyance or otherwise, if the sale is authorized and directed by a majority of the members present at any meeting called by the trustees and held at its usual place of public worship, after at least ten days' notice of the time and place and object of such meeting, by advertisement set up in open view at or near the place of meeting, which notice shall be signed by the president and secretary of the board of trustees or by a majority of the trustees.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:1-7 - Land for cemetery or burial purposes; acquisition and disposition

16:1-7. Land for cemetery or burial purposes; acquisition and disposition
Any religious society, however incorporated, may hold and convey and dispose of land, not exceeding fifty acres which was, before April twelfth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, conveyed to it for the purposes of a cemetery and the burial of the dead, and may sell the same in lots or plots for the burial of deceased persons, subject to the laws of this state governing cemeteries and the burial of the dead. The society may devote the moneys derived from such sale to the laying out, care and maintenance of the cemetery or burial ground and for no other purpose. When the moneys received from sales of lots shall exceed the sum needed for the proper care and maintenance of its burial grounds, the surplus may be invested in safe and suitable securities and the interest derived therefrom shall be devoted to the care and maintenance of its burial grounds and for no other purpose.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:1-7.1 - Prohibitions relative to religious entities; terms defined.

16:1-7.1 Prohibitions relative to religious entities; terms defined.
1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, a religious corporation, association, organization or society, however formed or incorporated, that owns or controls a cemetery or that engages in the management, operation or sales of or for a cemetery, whether directly or indirectly, or the owner or operator of a religious cemetery, is prohibited from engaging, directly or indirectly, in:
(1) the ownership, manufacture, installation, sale, creation, inscription, provision or conveyance, in any form, of memorials;
(2) the ownership, manufacture, installation, sale, creation, provision or conveyance, in any form, of vaults, including vaults installed in a grave before or after sale and including vaults joined with each other in the ground;
(3) the ownership, manufacture, installation, sale, creation, provision or conveyance, in any form, of a mausoleum intended for private use, which shall not include a mausoleum built for use by or sale to the general public membership of a religious organization;
(4) the ownership or conduct of any funeral home or mortuary, or the engaging in the business or profession of funeral directing or mortuary science;
(5) the sale, renting or leasing of any of its real property dedicated to cemetery purposes, for the location of a funeral home or mortuary or the conduct of the business or profession of funeral directing or mortuary science; or
(6) the entering into a management contract to authorize control of its cemetery related operations with any entity that, directly or indirectly, in this State, engages in the ownership or conduct of a funeral home or mortuary or that engages in the business or profession of funeral directing or mortuary science.
b. As used in this act:
(1) "funeral directing," "mortuary" and "mortuary science" shall have the same meanings as set forth in section 3 of P.L.1952, c.340 (C.45:7-34); and
(2) "mausoleum," "memorial" and "vault" shall have the same meanings as set forth in section 2 of P.L.2003, c.261 (C.45:27-2).
L.2015, c.30, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:1-8 - Election of trustees; tenure

16:1-8. Election of trustees; tenure
Any religious society or congregation may, at the meeting for the election of trustees, provide, by by-law or resolution, for the election of its trustees for 3 years. In such event the number of trustees shall be fixed at the first election under this section by such society or congregation and shall be divided, as near as can be, into 3 equal numbers, 1 part of which shall be elected for 1 year, 1 part for 2 years, and 1 part for 3 years, and annually thereafter the terms of those expiring shall be filled for a period of 3 years.
Amended by L.1955, c. 124, p. 605, s. 2, eff. July 8, 1955.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:1-10 - Annual meeting; notice; procedure

16:1-10. Annual meeting; notice; procedure
The annual meetings for the election of trustees and officers shall be called by the board of trustees of such religious society or congregation upon ten days' notice, signed by the secretary of the board and posted as required in section 16:1-1 of this Title. The meeting when convened shall select its own officers and determine its own rules of procedure.
Amended by L.1955, c. 124, p. 606, s. 6, eff. July 8, 1955.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:1-11 - Trustees of corporations incorporated under special act; qualifications

16:1-11. Trustees of corporations incorporated under special act; qualifications
In the election of the trustees of any religious society incorporated by special act, it shall not be necessary that the trustees be members of the church in which the corporation exists, if they are attending members of the congregation and contribute to the support of the church, but at least a majority of the trustees elected shall be members of the church in good and regular standing.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:1-12 - Change of time and place of annual meeting of church incorporated under special act

16:1-12. Change of time and place of annual meeting of church incorporated under special act
Any church or religious society incorporated by special act prior to March twenty-second, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, may, at any annual meeting, designate, by a majority present duly qualified to vote, the time and place at which it will hold its annual meeting thereafter, any special law to the contrary notwithstanding. This section shall not apply to the Protestant Episcopal Church.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:1-13.1 - Election of president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, other officers; dual capacity as officer and trustee; tenure

16:1-13.1. Election of president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, other officers; dual capacity as officer and trustee; tenure
Any religious society or congregation may elect, in the same manner and at the same time as trustees are elected, a president, a vice-president, a secretary, and a treasurer, and such other officers as the by-laws may require to be elected by the congregation. No officer or trustee shall serve in the dual capacity of officer and trustee but the officers elected shall be members of the board of trustees during the term of their respective offices. The officers so elected shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the congregation and until their successors are elected.
L.1955, c. 124, p. 606, s. 3, eff. July 8, 1955.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:1-13.2 - Vacancies

16:1-13.2. Vacancies
In the event of any vacancy on the board of trustees or among the officers occasioned by the death, resignation, moving out of the limits of such society or congregation, or any other cause or reason, such vacancy may be filled for the unexpired term by the trustees unless the by-laws expressly provide that any such vacancy shall be filled by the congregation.
L.1955, c. 124, p. 606, s. 4, eff. July 8, 1955.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:1-13.3 - Qualifications of trustees and officers; members entitled to vote

16:1-13.3. Qualifications of trustees and officers; members entitled to vote
Any religious society or congregation recognizing no superior judicatory may provide in its by-laws the qualifications for its trustees and officers and may further provide therein the qualifications of members entitled to vote for trustees and officers. Such provisions shall be effective only when adopted by 2/3 majority of the members entitled to vote, who shall be present and voting at a meeting of which notice has been given as prescribed by section 16:1-1 of the time, place and purpose of such meeting.
L.1955, c. 124, p. 606, s. 5, eff. July 8, 1955.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:1-14 - Convening of corporation and execution of contracts

16:1-14. Convening of corporation and execution of contracts
The president may convene the corporation as occasion may require, preside at the meetings and execute all contracts. In his absence, sickness, death, resignation, refusal to act, or removal out of the limits of the religious society or congregation, his office shall devolve on the vice-president or the officer designated in the by-laws for the purpose, who shall occupy the same until the return or recovery of the president, or the election of another.
Amended by L.1955, c. 124, p. 607, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:1-15 - Secretary; duties; delivery of records when office expires; access to records

16:1-15. Secretary; duties; delivery of records when office expires; access to records
The secretary shall keep the minutes and enter the orders, acts and proceedings in a book kept for that purpose. He shall have custody of the common seal, and of the papers, deeds, writings, documents and books of or relating to the corporation. Upon the death, resignation, removal or expiration of the office of secretary, or election of a new one, the common seal and all minutes, papers, deeds, writings, documents and books of or belonging to such corporation shall be delivered to his successor in office, on the oath of the preceding secretary, or in case of his death, on the oath of his executors or administrators, so far as the executors or administrators have or may reasonably acquire knowledge thereof, under such pecuniary penalty as said corporation shall have previously fixed, to be recovered by civil action in the name and for the use of the corporation. Upon application to the secretary, any member of the religious society or congregation shall have free access to all such papers, deeds, writings, minutes, documents and books.
Amended by L.1953, c. 16, p. 140, s. 1, eff. March 19, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:1-16 - Treasurer; duties; delivery of records when term expires

16:1-16. Treasurer; duties; delivery of records when term expires
The treasurer shall have charge of the money of the corporation and shall keep a correct account of its receipt and disbursement. At each annual election for officers he shall render to the society a statement, in writing, of the receipts and disbursements of the corporation for the preceding year. Upon his death, resignation, removal or the expiration of his office, or election of his successor, all the books, accounts, vouchers and documents in the hands of the treasurer, belonging to the corporation, shall be delivered to his successor in office.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:1-18 - Corporate changes; name; number of officers or trustees; tenure

16:1-18. Corporate changes; name; number of officers or trustees; tenure
Any religious corporation, incorporated by general or special act, may change its corporate name by a two-thirds vote of those present and entitled to vote at any regular meeting, or at a special meeting duly called for that purpose in the manner its meetings are usually called, specifying by such vote the new corporate name. Thereafter the corporation shall be known by the new name, and shall, by the new name, have, hold and retain all its property, and enjoy the same rights, privileges and powers and be subject to the same liabilities as if no change had been made.
Any change in the number of officers and managers or trustees, and the terms of their office, which may be considered expedient for the interests of the corporation, may be made by a majority vote at any regular meeting, and any new departments of religious work not specified in the act of incorporation may be established and maintained by a similar vote, at any regular meeting.
This section shall not apply to the Protestant Episcopal Church.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:1-19 - Certificate of change; filing

16:1-19. Certificate of change; filing
Whenever any change provided for in section 16:1-18 of this title is made, a certificate thereof, over the hand of the presiding officer of the corporation and attested by its secretary, shall be filed with the secretary of state within thirty days after such change is made, for which filing the secretary of state shall be entitled to receive the fee provided in section 22:4-1 of the title Fees and Costs.
This section shall not apply to the Protestant Episcopal Church.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:1-20 - Consolidation; procedure

16:1-20. Consolidation; procedure
Whenever two or more incorporated religious societies of the same denomination agree to consolidate or unite into one, with the approval thereof by the presbytery, classis or other like governing body of their denomination within whose jurisdiction they are located, the trustees, or other like bodies of the two societies, may make a certificate under the seal of each corporation, signed by the president and attested by the secretary of each, setting forth that such societies have consolidated or united and the name selected for the new organization, which certificate shall be transmitted to the clerk of the county in which they are located, who shall forthwith record the same. Thereupon the societies shall be consolidated or united into one corporation under the name so selected.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:1-21 - Effect of consolidation on property, powers, rights, privileges and franchises

16:1-21. Effect of consolidation on property, powers, rights, privileges and franchises
The new corporation shall be entitled to, and invested with, all the real and personal property, assets, rights, privileges, powers and franchises belonging to each of the societies so consolidated or united, but subject to all the debts and liabilities of each, and to the terms of the agreement under which such consolidation or union was made. It shall also possess and exercise all the powers, rights, privileges and franchises which any religious society of like denomination may possess and exercise when incorporated under the existing laws of this state.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:1-22 - Sale or disposition of trust property; law applicable; disposition of proceeds

16:1-22. Sale or disposition of trust property; law applicable; disposition of proceeds
When an incorporated religious society or any officers or trustees thereof hold real estate granted, conveyed or devised by deed, will or otherwise, appropriating the rents, issues and profits of any such real estate to specific uses and purposes, but without power to sell, convey or otherwise dispose of the same, such society, officers or trustees may sell, convey or otherwise dispose of the same in accordance with the provisions of sections 15:14-7 to 15:14-11 of the title Corporations and Associations Not for Profit.
The proceeds of any such sale shall be disposed of as provided in said sections 15:14-7 to 15:14-11.