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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-71 - Order for payment of judgment.

39:6-71 Order for payment of judgment.
11. The court shall make an order directed to the association requiring the association to make payment from the fund of such sum, if any, as it shall find to be payable upon said claim, pursuant to the provisions of and in accordance with the limitations contained in this act, if the court is satisfied, upon the hearing:
(a) Of the truth of all matters required to be shown by the applicant by section 10,
(b) That the applicant has fully pursued and exhausted all remedies available to him for recovering damages against all persons mentioned in subparagraph (m) of section 10 by
(1) Commencing action against all such persons against whom the applicant might reasonably be considered as having a cause of action in respect of such damages and prosecuting every such action in good faith to judgment and
(2) Taking all reasonable steps available to him to collect on every judgment so obtained and by applying the proceeds of any judgment or recovery so obtained towards satisfaction of the amount due upon the judgment for payment of which the claim is made.
Any amount which the plaintiff has received or can collect by way of payments upon the judgment or by way of settlement of the cause of action, in whole or in part, from or on behalf of any person other than the judgment debtor, described in subparagraph (m) of section 10, shall be deducted from the amount due upon the judgment for payment of which claim is made.
L.1952,c.174,s.11; amended 1955, c.1, s.5; 1958, c.98, s.2; 2003, c.89, s.16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-72 - Contents of petition; settlement of claim.

39:6-72 Contents of petition; settlement of claim.
12. (a) In any action against an operator or owner of a motor vehicle for injury to or death of any person or for damage to property arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of said vehicle in this State on or after April 1, 1955, pending in any court of competent jurisdiction in this State, the plaintiff may upon notice to the association file a verified petition with the court alleging:
(1) the matters set forth in subparagraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of section 10;
(2) that the petition is not presented on behalf of an insurer under circumstances set forth in subparagraph (1) of section 10;
(3) that he has entered into an agreement with the defendant to settle all claims set forth in the complaint in said action and the amount proposed to be paid to him pursuant thereto;
(4) that the said proposed settlement has been entered into with and by the consent of the Superior Court and approved by the association;
(5) that the defendant has executed and delivered to the association a verified statement of his financial condition;
(6) that a judgment against the defendant would be uncollectible;
(7) that the defendant has undertaken in writing to repay to the association the sum that he would be required to pay under such settlement, and has executed a confession of judgment in connection therewith.
If the court be satisfied of the truth of the allegations in said petition and of the fairness of such proposed settlement, it may enter an order approving the same and directing the association, upon receipt of the undertaking and confession of judgment mentioned in subparagraph (7) of this section, to make payment to the plaintiff of the amount agreed to be accepted.
(b) The association may settle any claim, without court approval, if satisfied:
(1) that the claimant is not a person of the character described in subparagraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of section 10;
(2) that the settlement is not made on behalf of an insurer under circumstances set forth in subparagraph (e) of section 10; and
(3) that a judgment against the owner or operator of the motor vehicle involved in the accident would be uncollectible, and that such owner or operator has consented to such settlement, executed and delivered to the association a verified statement of his financial condition and undertaken in writing to repay to the association the sum to be paid under the settlement, and executed a confession of judgment in connection therewith.
L.1952,c.174,s.12; amended 1955, c.1, s.6; 1958, c.99, s.4; 1968, c.323, s.5; 1985, c.148, s.8; 2003, c.89, s.17.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-73 - $500 exclusion.

39:6-73 $500 exclusion.
13. Except with respect to medical expense benefits paid pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1977, c.310 (C.39:6-73.1), no order shall be made for the payment and the association shall make no payment, out of the fund, of
(a) Any claim for damage to property for less than $500.00,
(b) The first $500.00 of any judgment for damage to property or of the unsatisfied portion thereof, or
(c) The unsatisfied portion of any judgment which, after deducting $500.00 therefrom if the judgment is for damage to property, exceeds
(1) the maximum or limit of $15,000.00, exclusive of interest and costs, on account of injury to, or death of, one person in any one accident, and
(2) the maximum amount or limit, subject to such limit for any one person so injured or killed, of $30,000.00, exclusive of interest and costs, on account of injury to, or death of, more than one person, in any one accident, and
(3) the maximum amount or limit of $5,000.00, exclusive of interest and costs, for damage to property in any one accident; provided, that such maximum amounts shall be reduced by any amount received or recovered as specified in subsection (m) of section 10.
(d) Any claim for damage to property which includes any sum greater than the difference between said maximum amounts and the sum of $500.00, and any amount paid out of the fund in excess of the amount so authorized may be recovered by the association in an action brought to it against the person receiving the same.
L.1952,c.174,s.13; amended 1958, c.99, s.5; 1972, c.198, s.4; 1977, c.310, s.4; 1983, c.362, s.22; 1988, c.119, s.16; 2003, c.89, s.18.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-73.1 - Assumption of excess payment by fund; exceptions.

39:6-73.1 Assumption of excess payment by fund; exceptions.
2. In the event medical expense benefits paid by an insurer, in accordance with subsection a. of section 4 of P.L.1972, c.70 (C.39:6A-4) or section 4 of P.L.1998, c.21 (C.39:6A-3.1), are in excess of $75,000.00 on account of personal injury to any one person in any one accident covered under a policy issued prior to January 1, 2004, the Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund shall assume the following: a. the entire excess for a medical expense benefits claim covered under a policy issued before January 1, 1991; and b. such excess up to $250,000 for a medical expense benefits claim covered under a policy issued on or after January 1, 1991 and the Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund shall reimburse the insurer therefor in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner; provided, however, that this provision is not intended to broaden the coverage available to accidents involving uninsured or hit-and-run automobiles, to provide extraterritorial coverage, or to pay excess medical expenses.
The Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund shall cease to reimburse an insurer for medical expense benefits under this section for injuries covered under a policy issued on or after January 1, 2004.
L.1977,c.310,s.2; amended 1985, c.148, s.9; 1990, c.8, s.14; 1998, c.21, s.69; 2003, c.89, s.19.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-74 - Default and consent judgments.

39:6-74 Default and consent judgments.
14. No claim shall be allowed and ordered to be paid out of the fund if the court shall find, upon the hearing for the allowance of the claim, that it is founded upon a judgment which was entered by default unless (1) the claimant shall have complied with the requirements of section 5, and (2) prior to the entry of such judgment the association shall have been given notice of intention to enter the judgment and file a claim thereon against the fund and shall have been afforded an opportunity to take such action as it shall deem advisable.
If the court, upon a hearing for the allowance of any claim against the fund, finds that it was a claim which was not assigned by the association for defense, or that the action upon such claim was not fully and fairly defended, or that the judgment thereon was entered upon the consent or with the agreement of the defendant, the court shall allow such claim but shall order it to be paid only in such sum as the court shall determine to be justly due and payable out of the fund, on the basis of the actual amount of damages for which the defendant was liable to the plaintiff under the cause of action, upon which the judgment was rendered and reduced by any amount received from any person mentioned in subparagraph (m) of section 10, notwithstanding that the judgment is for a greater amount.
L.1952,c.174,s.14; amended 1955, c.1, s.7; 2003, c.89, s.20.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-76 - Collusive judgments

39:6-76. Collusive judgments
No claim against the fund shall be allowed in any case in which the court shall find, upon the hearing for the allowance of the claim, that the judgment upon which the claim is founded was obtained by fraud, or by collusion of the plaintiff and of any defendant in the action, relating to any matter affecting the cause of action upon which such judgment is founded or the amount of damages assessed therein.
L.1952, c. 174, p. 583, s. 16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-77 - Assignment of judgments to association.

39:6-77 Assignment of judgments to association.
17. Assignment of judgments to association. The association shall not pay any sum from the fund, in compliance with an order made for that purpose, in any case in which the claim is founded upon a judgment, except a judgment obtained against the association under this act, until the applicant assigns the judgment to the association and, thereupon, the association shall be deemed to have all the rights of the judgment creditor under the judgment and shall enforce and collect the same for the full amount thereof with interest and costs and if more money is collected upon any such judgment than the amount paid out of the fund, the association shall pay the balance, after reimbursing the fund, to the judgment creditor. Upon assignment of a judgment to the association the association may enter into agreement with the defendant for reimbursement of the fund by lump sum or installment payments, including waiver of interest and subordination of the lien of the judgment where the same is determined to be advantageous in obtaining reimbursement of payments made by the fund. Any such agreement may be annexed to an application for a court order made pursuant to section 27(b).
L.1952,c.174,s.17; amended 1955, c.1, s.8; 1968, c.323, s.6; 1985, c.148, s.10; 2003, c.89, s.21.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-78 - Identity of vehicle, operator, owner unascertainable.

39:6-78 Identity of vehicle, operator, owner unascertainable.
18. When the death of, or personal injury to, any person arises out of ownership, maintenance or use of a motor vehicle in this State on or after April 1, 1955, but the identity of the motor vehicle and of the operator and owner thereof cannot be ascertained or it is established that the motor vehicle was, at the time said accident occurred, in the possession of some person other than the owner without the owner's consent and that the identity of such person cannot be ascertained, any qualified person who would have a cause of action against the operator or owner or both in respect to such death or personal injury may bring an action therefor against the association in any court of competent jurisdiction, but no judgment against the association shall be entered in such an action unless the court is satisfied, upon the hearing of the action, that--
(a) The claimant has complied with the requirements of section 5,
(b) The claimant is not a person covered with respect to such injury or death by any workers' compensation law, or the personal representative of such a person,
(c) The claimant was not at the time of the accident the owner or registrant of an uninsured motor vehicle, or was not operating a motor vehicle in violation of an order of suspension or revocation,
(d) The claimant has a cause of action against the operator or owner of such motor vehicle or against the operator who was operating the motor vehicle without the consent of the owner of the motor vehicle,
(e) All reasonable efforts have been made to ascertain the identity of the motor vehicle and of the owner and operator thereof and either that the identity of the motor vehicle and the owner and operator thereof cannot be established, or that the identity of the operator, who was operating the motor vehicle without the owner's consent, cannot be established,
(f) The action is not brought by or on behalf of an insurer under circumstances set forth in paragraph (1) of section 10.
L.1952,c.174,s.18; amended 1955, c.1, s.9; 1956, c.150; 1958, c.99, s.6; 1983, c.362, s.2.1; 1985, c.148, s.11; 2003, c.89, s.22.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-79 - Action within 180 days of entry of judgment.

39:6-79 Action within 180 days of entry of judgment.
19. When in an action in respect to the death of, or personal injury to, any person, arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of a motor vehicle in this State on or after April 1, 1955, judgment is rendered for the defendant on the sole ground that such death or personal injury was occasioned by a motor vehicle--
(a) The identity of which, and of the owner and operator of which, has not been established, or
(b) Which was in the possession of some person other than the owner or his agent without the consent of the owner and the identity of the operator has not been established, such cause shall be stated in the judgment and the plaintiff in such action may within 180 days from the date of the entry of such judgment bring an action upon said cause of action against the association in the manner provided in section 18.
L.1952,c.174,s.19; amended 1955, c.1, s.10; 1958, c.99, s.7; 1963, c.81, s.11; 1985, c.148, s.12; 2003, c.89, s.23.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-80 - Impleading association in "hit-and-run" cases.

39:6-80 Impleading association in "hit-and-run" cases.
20. Impleading association in "hit-and-run" cases. When an action has been commenced in respect of the death or injury of any person arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of a motor vehicle in this State on or after April 1, 1955, the plaintiff shall be entitled to make the association a party thereto if the provisions of section 18 or 19 shall apply in any such case, and the plaintiff has made the application and the court has entered the order provided for in section 18.
L.1952,c.174,s.20; amended 1955, c.1, s.11; 1985, c.148, s.13; 2003, c.89, s.24.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-81 - Defense of such actions by association.

39:6-81 Defense of such actions by association.
21. Defense of such actions by association. In any action brought under sections 18 and 19 of this act, the association may appear. The association shall for all purposes of the action be deemed to be the defendant. The association shall have available to it any and all defenses which would have been available to said operator or owner or both if the action had been brought against them or either of them and process upon them or either of them had been duly served within this State, but the association shall be entitled to defend in all cases without asserting any specific facts.
L.1952,c.174,s.21; amended 1955, c.1, s.12; 1985, c.148, s.14; 2003, c.89, s.25.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-82 - Settlement of actions against the association.

39:6-82 Settlement of actions against the association.
22. Settlement of actions against the association. In any action brought against the association pursuant to an order by the court entered in accordance with the provisions of section 18, the plaintiff may file a verified petition alleging that he has entered into an agreement with the association to settle all claims set forth in the complaint in said action and the amount proposed to be paid to him pursuant thereto. If the court be satisfied of the fairness of such proposed settlement, it may enter an order approving such settlement and enter a judgment against the association for the amount so agreed to be paid thereunder.
L.1952,c.174,s.22; amended 1955, c.1, s.13; 1985, c.148, s.15; 2003, c.89, s.26.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-83 - Credits against judgment.

39:6-83 Credits against judgment.
23. Credits against judgment. A judgment against the association shall be reduced by any amounts which such plaintiff has received from any person mentioned in subparagraph (m) of section 10.
L.1952,c.174,s.23; amended 1955, c.1, s.14; 1985, c.148, s.16; 2003, c.89, s.27.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-84 - Limitation on amount of judgment.

39:6-84 Limitation on amount of judgment.
24. When a judgment is obtained against the association, in an action brought under this act, upon the determination of all proceedings including appeals and reviews, the court shall make an order directed to the association directing it to pay out of the fund to the plaintiff in the action the amount thereof which does not exceed $15,000.00, exclusive of interest and costs, on account of injury to, or death of, one person and, subject to such limits for the death of, or injury to, any one person, does not exceed $30,000.00, exclusive of interest and costs, on account of the injury to, or death of, more than one person, in any one accident, provided that such maximum amount shall be reduced by any amount received or recovered by the plaintiff as specified in subparagraph (m) of section 10.
L.1952,c.174,s.24; amended 1955, c.1, s.15; 1958, c.99, s.8; 1972, c.198, s.5; 1985, c.148, s.17; 2003, c.89, s.28.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-84.1 - Increase in payment of maximum amounts from fund; application to accidents on or after January 1, 1973

39:6-84.1. Increase in payment of maximum amounts from fund; application to accidents on or after January 1, 1973
The provisions of sections 9, 13 and 24 of the act of which this act is supplementary (C. 39:6-69, 39:6-73 and 39:6-84) as amended by sections 3, 4 and 5 of P.L.1972, c. 198 which increase the maximum amounts payable from the fund shall be applicable only to claims made by qualified persons, or the personal representatives of such persons, who suffered damages resulting from bodily injury or death or damage to property arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of a motor vehicle in this State on or after January 1, 1973, and whose damages may be satisfied in whole or in part from the fund.
L.1975, c. 6, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-85 - Subrogation.

39:6-85 Subrogation.
25. Subrogation. When judgment has been obtained against the association in an action brought under this act, the association shall, upon payment from the fund of the amount of the judgment to the extent provided in this act, be subrogated to the cause of action of the judgment creditor against the operator and owner of the motor vehicle by which the accident was occasioned and shall bring an action against either or both of such persons for the amount of the damage sustained by the judgment creditor when and in the event that the identity of either or both of such persons shall be established, and shall recover the same out of any funds which would be payable in respect to the death or injury under any policy of insurance, which was in force at the time of the accident and in event that more is recovered and collected in any such action than the amount paid out of the fund by reason of the judgment, the association shall pay the balance, after reimbursing the fund, to the judgment creditor.
L.1952,c.174,s.25; amended 1955, c.1, s.16; 1968, c.323, s.7; 1985, c.148, s.18; 2003, c.89, s.29.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-86.2 - Payments of benefits

39:6-86.2. Payments of benefits
The benefits provided in sections 7 and 10 shall be payable as loss accrues, upon written notice of such loss, including reasonable proof of such loss, except that benefits collectible under:
a. Employees' temporary disability benefit statutes and medicare provided under federal law shall be deducted from the benefits collectible under sections 7 and 10; and
b. Any hospital, medical or dental benefit plan or policy coverage with benefits similar to those provided under section 7, in an amount not to exceed in the aggregate $2,500.00 for any one accident, shall be deducted from the benefits collectible under sections 7 and 10.
Evidence of benefit payments collectible under subsections a. and b. of this section shall not be admissible in a civil action by the claimant for recovery of damages for bodily injury from the fund.
The amount of $2,500.00 shall be deemed to have been exceeded, whether the amount is paid or benefits in that amount are provided to one or more persons eligible for benefits under the hospital, medical or dental plan or policy, for injuries sustained in any one accident.
L.1972, c. 198, s. 8, eff. Jan. 1, 1973. Amended by L.1983, c. 362, s. 4, eff. Oct. 4, 1983; L.1984, c. 40, s. 2, eff. May 15, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-86.3 - Denial of benefits; grounds

39:6-86.3. Denial of benefits; grounds
Any qualified person entitled to receive benefits as provided in section 7 of this act shall be precluded from receiving such benefits where such person's conduct contributed to his personal injuries or death in any of the following ways:
a. While committing a high misdemeanor or felony or seeking to avoid lawful apprehension or arrest by a police officer; or
b. While acting with specific intent of causing injury or damage to himself or others.
L.1972, c. 198, s. 9, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-86.4 - Death or injury due to unidentifiable operator or owner, or to operator using automobile without consent of owner; benefits payable; conditions

39:6-86.4. Death or injury due to unidentifiable operator or owner, or to operator using automobile without consent of owner; benefits payable; conditions
When the death of or personal injury to any person arises out of the ownership, maintenance or use of an automobile in this State on or after the effective date of this act, but the identity of the automobile and of the operator and owner thereof cannot be ascertained or it is established that the automobile was, at the time said accident occurred, in the possession of some person other than the owner without the owner's consent and that the identity of such person cannot be ascertained, any person qualified to receive payments under the provisions of the "Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund Law" shall be entitled to receive payment under sections 7 and 10 of this act, provided that:
a. The claimant is not a person covered with respect to such injury or death by any workers' compensation law, or the personal representative of such a person,
b. The claimant was not at the time of the accident the owner or registrant of an uninsured motor vehicle, or was not operating a motor vehicle in violation of an order of suspension or revocation,
c. The claimant was not at the time of the accident:
(1) A person operating or riding in a motor vehicle which he had stolen or participated in stealing, or
(2) Operating a motor vehicle without the permission of the owner, and is not the personal representative of such a person,
d. All reasonable efforts have been made to ascertain the identity of the motor vehicle and of the owner and operator thereof and either that the identity of the motor vehicle and the owner and operator thereof cannot be established, or that the identity of the operator, who was operating the motor vehicle without the owner's consent, cannot be established, or
e. (Deleted by amendment, P.L. 1983, c. 362.)
f. The action or claim is not brought by or on behalf of an insurer.
L.1972, c. 198, s. 10, eff. Jan. 1, 1973. Amended by L.1983, c. 362, s. 5, eff. Oct. 4, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-86.5 - Application for benefits; payment

39:6-86.5. Application for benefits; payment
Any qualified person seeking to receive benefits as provided in sections 7 and 10 of this act shall comply with the provisions of section 5 of P.L.1952, c. 174 (C. 39:6-65) and payment under these sections shall be payable to the qualified person entitled to receive such benefits, as the loss accrues, upon receipt of reasonable proof of such loss and without the need of a judgment as to damages, or a hearing as provided in section 10 of P.L.1954, c. 174 (C. 39:6-70) or an order for payment as provided in section 11 of P.L.1954, c. 174 (C. 39:6-71).
L.1972, c. 198, s. 11, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-86.6 - Recovery from uninsured motorist.

39:6-86.6 Recovery from uninsured motorist.
12. The association shall be entitled to recover on behalf of the Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund for all payments made by it pursuant to sections 7 and 10 of this act, regardless of fault, from any person who owned or operated the automobile involved in the accident and whose failure to have the required insurance coverage in effect at the time of the accident resulted in the payment of personal injury protection benefits. If the identity of the owner and operator is not ascertained until after personal injury protection benefits have been paid then the association shall be entitled to recover for such payments, regardless of fault, from the operator if he was driving without the owner's permission or from the operator and the owner if he was driving with the owner's permission or, in either case, from the insurer if there is an insurance policy providing personal injury protection benefits that was in effect at the time of the accident with respect to such automobile.
The association is authorized to bring an action, which shall be a summary proceeding, in the Superior Court to reduce the right provided by this section to judgment.
L.1972,c.198,s.12; amended 1985, c.148, s.19; 2003, c.89, s.31.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-86.7 - Provision of personal injury protection benefits, certain pedestrians.

39:6-86.7 Provision of personal injury protection benefits, certain pedestrians.
35. The Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund created pursuant to P.L.1952, c.174 (C.39:6-61 et seq.) shall provide personal injury protection benefits pursuant to section 7 of P.L.1972, c.198 (C.39:6-86.1) to a pedestrian sustaining bodily injury in this State caused by an automobile, other than to a named insured or a member of the named insured's family residing in his household, if that pedestrian is entitled to personal injury protection coverage under an automobile insurance policy.
L.2003,c.89,s.35.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-87 - Registration, etc. not restored until fund is reimbursed.

39:6-87 Registration, etc. not restored until fund is reimbursed.
27. Registration, etc. not restored until fund is reimbursed.
Where the license or privileges of any person, or the registration of a motor vehicle registered in the person's name, has been suspended or cancelled under the Motor Vehicle Security-Responsibility Law of this State, and the association has paid from the fund any amount in settlement of a claim or towards satisfaction of a judgment against that person, or for the payment of personal injury protection benefits as provided in section 7 and section 10 of this act, the cancellation or suspension shall not be removed, nor the license, privileges, or registration restored, nor shall any new license or privilege be issued or granted to, or registration be permitted to be made by, that person until the person has:
(a) Repaid in full to the association the amount paid by the person together with interest at eight percent per annum from the date of the payment; and
(b) Satisfied all requirements of the Motor Vehicle Security-Responsibility Law in respect of giving proof of ability to respond in damages for future accidents, provided, that the court in which the judgment was rendered may, upon 10 days' notice to the association, make an order permitting payment of the amount of the person's indebtedness to the fund, to be made in installments, or in the event the fund makes personal injury protection benefit payments, the person and the fund by agreement may provide for repayment to the fund to be made in installments, and in such case, the person's driver's license, or driving privileges, or registration certificate, if the same have been suspended or revoked, or have expired, may be restored or renewed and shall remain in effect unless and until the person defaults in making any installment payment specified in the order. In the event of a default, the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission may upon notice of the default suspend the person's driver's license, or driving privileges or registration certificate until the amount of the person's indebtedness to the fund has been paid in full.
L.1952, c.174, s.27; amended 1968, c.323, s.8; 1972, c.198, s.6; 1981, c.175, s.1; 1985, c.148, s.20; 2003, c.89, s.32; 2019, c.276, s.15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-88 - Fund to be held in trust.

39:6-88 Fund to be held in trust.
28. Fund to be held in trust. All sums received by the association pursuant to any of the provisions of this act shall become part of the fund, and shall be held by the association in trust for the carrying out of the purposes of this act and for the payment of the cost of administering this act.
L.1952,c.174,s.28; amended 1975, c.174; 1977, c.310, s.5; 1983, c.125, s.2; 1985, c.148, s.21; 2003, c.89, s.33.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-90 - Penalty for false statements.

39:6-90 Penalty for false statements.
30. Any person and any agent or servant of such person, who knowingly files with the fund or the association or either of them, any notice, statement or other document required under this act, which is false or untrue or contains any material misstatement of fact shall be subject to a penalty as provided in section 5 of P.L.1983, c.320 (C.17:33A-5) and damages as provided in section 7 of P.L.1983, c.320 (C.17:33A-7).
L.1952,c.174,s.30; amended 2003, c.89, s.34.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6-90.1 - Partial invalidity

39:6-90.1. Partial invalidity
In the event any section, term or provision of this act or of the act to which this act is amendatory and supplementary shall be adjudged invalid for any reason, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate any other section, term or provision of said acts, but the remaining sections, terms and provisions shall be and remain in full force and effect.
L.1955, c. 1, p. 24, s. 19.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6A-1.2 - Rules, regulations.

39:6A-1.2 Rules, regulations.
73. The commissioner may promulgate any rules and regulations pursuant to P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) deemed necessary in order to effectuate the provisions of this amendatory and supplementary act.
L.1998,c.21,s.73.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6A-3 - Compulsory automobile insurance coverage; limits.

39:6A-3 Compulsory automobile insurance coverage; limits.
3. Compulsory automobile insurance coverage; limits. Except as provided by section 4 of P.L.1998, c.21 (C.39:6A-3.1), every owner or registered owner of an automobile registered or principally garaged in this State shall maintain automobile liability insurance coverage, under provisions approved by the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance, insuring against loss resulting from liability imposed by law for bodily injury, death and property damage sustained by any person arising out of the ownership, maintenance, operation or use of an automobile wherein such coverage shall be at least in:
a. an amount or limit of $15,000.00 for plans issued or renewed prior to January 1, 2023, $25,000 for plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2023 but prior to January 1, 2026, and $35,000 for plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2026, exclusive of interest and costs, on account of injury to, or death of, one person, in any one accident; and
b. an amount or limit, subject to such limit for any one person so injured or killed, of $30,000.00 for plans issued or renewed prior to January 1, 2023, $50,000 for plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2023 but prior to January 1, 2026, and $70,000 for plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2026, exclusive of interest and costs, on account of injury to or death of, more than one person, in any one accident; and
c. an amount or limit of $25,000 for plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2023, exclusive of interest and costs, for damage to property in any one accident.
No licensed insurance carrier shall refuse to renew the required coverage stipulated by this act of an eligible person as defined in section 25 of P.L.1990, c.8 (C.17:33B-13) except in accordance with the provisions of section 26 of P.L.1988, c.119 (C.17:29C-7.1) or with the consent of the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance.
L.1972,c.70,s.3; amended 1972, c.203, s.2; 1988, c.119, s.9; 1990, c.8, s.3; 1998, c.21, s.3; 2022, c.87, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6A-4.1 - Additional automobiles; reduced personal injury protection premium

39:6A-4.1. Additional automobiles; reduced personal injury protection premium
When a named insured is the owner and only designated operator of two or more automobiles and the only licensed driver residing in the household, he shall be charged a reduced personal injury protection premium for each automobile listed in addition to the principal automobile on the policy in an amount determined by the commissioner for the benefits provided in section 4 of P.L.1972, c. 70 (C. 39:6A-4). Three years after the initial reduction in such premiums the personal injury protection premium for such additional automobiles shall be determined by the loss experience of the rate filer with respect to the payment of personal injury protection benefits which are attributable to such additional automobiles.
L.1983, c. 212, s. 1, eff. June 15, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6A-4.2 - Primacy of coverages

39:6A-4.2. Primacy of coverages
Primacy of coverages. Except as provided in subsection d. of section 13 of P.L.1983, c.362 (C.39:6A-4.3), the personal injury protection coverage of the named insured shall be the primary coverage for the named insured and any resident relative in the named insured's household who is not a named insured under an automobile insurance policy of his own. No person shall recover personal injury protection benefits under more than one automobile insurance policy for injuries sustained in any one accident.
L.1983,c.362,s.12; amended 1990,c.8,s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6A-4.4 - Application of amendment of s. 39:6A-4.3 by L.1984, c. 40

39:6A-4.4. Application of amendment of s. 39:6A-4.3 by L.1984, c. 40
The amendments to section 13 of P.L.1983, c. 362 (C. 39:6A-4.3) contained in section 1 of this amendatory and supplementary act shall apply to any accident occurring on or after the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act involving an automobile insurance policy in force on, or issued on or after the that date, under which the named insured has elected a medical expense deductible in accordance with subsection a. of section 13 of P.L.1983, c. 362 (C. 39:6A-4.3). Any additional premium that may be owing on an existing policy by reason of the application of those amendments shall be debited to the account of the named insured and shall be payable at the time of payment of the next policy premium.
L.1984, c. 40, s. 4, eff. May 15, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6A-4.5 - Loss of right to sue for failure to insure, for DWI, for intentional acts.

39:6A-4.5 Loss of right to sue for failure to insure, for DWI, for intentional acts.
14. a. Any person who, at the time of an automobile accident resulting in injuries to that person, is required but fails to maintain medical expense benefits coverage mandated by section 4 of P.L.1972, c.70 (C.39:6A-4), section 4 of P.L.1998, c.21 (C.39:6A-3.1) or section 45 of P.L.2003, c.89 (C.39:6A-3.3) shall have no cause of action for recovery of economic or noneconomic loss sustained as a result of an accident while operating an uninsured automobile.
b. Any person who is convicted of, or pleads guilty to, operating a motor vehicle in violation of R.S.39:4-50, section 2 of P.L.1981, c.512 (C.39:4-50.4a), or a similar statute from any other jurisdiction, in connection with an accident, shall have no cause of action for recovery of economic or noneconomic loss sustained as a result of the accident.
c. Any person acting with specific intent of causing injury to himself or others in the operation or use of an automobile shall have no cause of action for recovery of economic or noneconomic loss sustained as a result of an accident arising from such conduct.
L.1985,c.520,s.14; amended 1988, c.119, s.4; 1997, c.151, s.13; 1998, c.21, s.8; 2003, c.89, s.47.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6A-4.6 - Medical fee schedules.

39:6A-4.6 Medical fee schedules.
10. a. The Commissioner of Banking and Insurance shall, within 90 days after the effective date of P.L.1990, c.8 (C.17:33B-1 et al.), promulgate medical fee schedules on a regional basis for the reimbursement of health care providers providing services or equipment for medical expense benefits for which payment is to be made by an automobile insurer under personal injury protection coverage pursuant to P.L.1972, c.70 (C.39:6A-1 et seq.), by an insurer under medical expense benefits coverage pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.154 (C.17:28-1.6), or for payment of unreimbursed medical expenses that are admissible as uncompensated economic loss pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1972, c.70 (C.39:6A-12). These fee schedules shall be promulgated on the basis of the type of service provided, and shall incorporate the reasonable and prevailing fees of 75% of the practitioners within the region. If, in the case of a specialist provider, there are fewer than 50 specialists within a region, the fee schedule shall incorporate the reasonable and prevailing fees of the specialist providers on a Statewide basis. The commissioner may contract with a proprietary purveyor of fee schedules for the maintenance of the fee schedule, which shall be adjusted biennially for inflation and for the addition of new medical procedures.
b. The fee schedule may provide for reimbursement for appropriate services on the basis of a diagnostic-related (DRG) payment by diagnostic code where appropriate, and may establish the use of a single fee, rather than an unbundled fee, for a group of services if those services are commonly provided together. In the case of multiple procedures performed simultaneously, the fee schedule and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto may also provide for a standard fee for a primary procedure, and proportional reductions in the cost of the additional procedures.
c. No health care provider may demand or request any payment from any person in excess of those permitted by the medical fee schedules established pursuant to this section, nor shall any person be liable to any health care provider for any amount of money which results from the charging of fees in excess of those permitted by the medical fee schedules established pursuant to this section. This subsection shall apply to unreimbursed medical expenses that are subject to the medical fee schedules and admissible as uncompensated economic loss pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1972, c.70 (C.39:6A-12).
L.1988, c.119, s.10; amended 1988, c.156, s.4; 1990, c.8, s.7; 1991, c.154, s.6; 1997, c.151, s.33; 2019, c.245, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6A-5.3 - Definitions relative to electronic submission of certain automobile insurance claims.

39:6A-5.3 Definitions relative to electronic submission of certain automobile insurance claims.
1. As used in this act:
"Complete electronic medical bill" means a medical bill that meets all of the following criteria: (1) it is submitted in the correct uniform billing format, with the correct uniform billing code sets, transmitted in compliance with the guidelines; (2) the bill and electronic attachments provide all information required under the guidelines established by this act; and (3) the health care provider or its billing representative has provided all information that the insurance carrier or its third party administrator requested.
"Electronic bill" means a communication between computerized data exchange systems that complies with the guidelines enumerated; or a mutually agreed upon electronic data exchange plan established between health care providers or their billing representatives and insurance companies or their third party administrators.
"Guidelines" means the current version of the ASC X12 005010 format.
"Insurance carrier" means any company underwriting personal injury protection coverage benefits payable under a standard automobile insurance policy pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1972, c.70 (C.34:6A-4); a basic automobile insurance policy pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1998, c.21 (C.39:6A-3.1); or emergency care medical expense benefits payable under a special automobile insurance policy pursuant to section 45 of P.L.2003, c.89 (C.39:6A-3.3), and shall include any managed care organization associated with the carrier.
L.2017, c.369, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6A-5.4 - Electronic bills.

39:6A-5.4 Electronic bills.
2. a. All healthcare providers or their billing representative shall submit electronic bills for payment which shall be completed on standardized forms following the guidelines established pursuant to this act.
b. Insurance carriers, medical management companies, or their third-party administrators shall accept electronic bills and shall comply with the guidelines.
c. Confidentiality of medical information submitted on electronic bills for payment of medical services pursuant to this act shall be maintained.
d. Insurance carriers or their third-party administrators shall acknowledge receipt of a complete electronic medical bill to the party that sent the complete electronic medical bill in compliance with the guidelines.
e. Payment for a complete electronic medical bill deemed compensable by the insurance carrier shall be made in accordance with subsection g. of section 5 of P.L.1972, c.70 (C.39:6A-5), provided, however, that insurance carriers or their third party administrators may establish shorter payment deadlines through contracts or agreements with health care providers or their billing representatives in a non-prescribed format or timeline.
L.2017, c.369, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6A-5.5 - Inapplicability.

39:6A-5.5 Inapplicability.
3. This act shall not apply to any provider that:
a. submits less than 25 medical bills per month to insurance carriers or third-party administrators;
b. furnishes services only outside of the United States;
c. experiences a disruption in electricity and communication connections that are beyond its control; or
d. demonstrates that a specific and unusual circumstance exists that precludes submission of electronic bills.
L.2017, c.369, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:6A-6 - Collateral source.

39:6A-6 Collateral source.
6. Collateral Source. The benefits provided in sections 4 and 10 of P.L.1972, c.70 (C.39:6A-4 and 39:6A-10), the medical expense benefits provided in section 4 of P.L.1998, c.21 (C.39:6A-3.1) and the benefits provided in section 45 of P.L.2003, c.89 (C.39:6A-3.3) shall be payable as loss accrues, upon written notice of such loss and without regard to collateral sources, except that benefits, collectible under workers' compensation insurance, employees' temporary disability benefit statutes, Medicare provided under federal law, and benefits, in fact collected, that are provided under federal law to active and retired military personnel shall be deducted from the benefits collectible under sections 4 and 10 of P.L.1972, c.70 (C.39:6A-4 and 39:6A-10), the medical expense benefits provided in section 4 of P.L.1998, c.21 (C.39:6A-3.1) and the benefits provided in section 45 of P.L.2003, c.89 (C.39:6A-3.3).
If an insurer has paid those benefits and the insured is entitled to, but has failed to apply for, workers' compensation benefits or employees' temporary disability benefits, the insurer may immediately apply to the provider of workers' compensation benefits or of employees' temporary disability benefits for a reimbursement of any benefits pursuant to sections 4 and 10 of P.L.1972, c.70 (C.39:6A-4 and 39:6A-10), medical expense benefits pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1998, c.21 (C.39:6A-3.1) or benefits pursuant to section 45 of P.L.2003, c.89 (C.39:6A-3.3) it has paid.
L.1972,c.70,s.6; amended 1972, c.203, s.4; 1981, c.95, s.1; 1983, c.362, s.9; 1998, c.21, s.9; 2003, c.89, s.50.