New Jersey State Bankruptcy Exemptions
§ 2A:17-19. Amount; exceptions
Goods and chattels, shares of stock or interests in any corporation and
personal property of every kind, not exceeding in value, exclusive of wearing
apparel, $ 1,000.00, and all wearing apparel, the property of a debtor shall be
reserved, both before and after his death, for his use or that of his family or
his estate, and shall not be liable to be seized or taken by virtue of any
execution or civil process whatever, issued out of any court of this State.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed or held to protect from sale under
execution or other process any goods, chattels or property, for the purchase
whereof the debt or demand for which the judgment on which such execution or
process was issued, shall have been contracted, or to apply to process issued
for the collection of taxes or assessments.
§ 2A:26-4. Property exempt
Household goods and furniture not exceeding $ 1,000.00 in value of a person
shall be exempt from attachment, except for a debt incurred in the purchase
thereof.
If the attaching officer believes that the goods and furniture exceed such
value, he may attach and include them in his inventory and appraisement, and
the person entitled to the exemption, his family or his estate shall forthwith,
on demand by the officer, select, from the inventoried and appraised property,
goods and furniture to the value of $ 1,000.00. A failure to make the selection
shall be deemed to be a waiver of the exemption.
§ 2A:17-50. When authorized; property subject to execution; application; issue of
writ
When a judgment has been recovered in the Superior Court, and where any wages,
debts, earnings, salary, income from trust funds, or profits are due and owing
to the judgment debtor, or thereafter become due and owing to him, to the
amount of $ 48.00 or more a week, the judgment creditor may, on notice to the
judgment debtor unless the court otherwise orders, apply to the court in which
the judgment was recovered, or to the court having jurisdiction of the same,
and upon satisfactory proofs, by affidavit or otherwise, of such facts, the
court shall grant an order directing that an execution issue against the wages,
debts, earnings, salary, income from trust funds, or profits of the judgment
debtor.
§ 2A:17-56. Limitation on amount specified in execution
a. In no case shall the amount specified in an execution issued out of any
court against the wages, debts, earnings, salary, income from trust funds or
profits due and owing, or which may thereafter become due and owing to a
judgment debtor, exceed 10%, unless the income of such debtor shall exceed 250
% of the poverty level for an individual taking into account the size of the
individual's family, in which case the court out of which the execution shall
issue may order a larger percentage. b. Notwithstanding subsection a. or any
other law to the contrary, for all wage execution applications filed by the
State pursuant to subsection b. of N.J.S.2A:17-50 after the effective date of
P.L.2005, c.124 (C.2A:16-11.1 et al.), the State may seek a wage execution of
up to 25% of the debtor's gross earnings, provided that after the execution the
debtor's income will not be less than 250 % of the poverty level for an
individual taking into account the size of the individual's family. Nothing in
this subsection shall be construed to violate any provision of federal law.
§ 2A:17-57. Definition; construction of article
As used in this article, "rights and credits" include all rights and credits
which may be taken by writ of attachment against nonresident debtors, and also
rights and credits of an equitable nature, except such income and property as
is reserved or exempt by law, but wages, debts, earnings, salaries, income from
trust funds and profits due and owing to a defendant in execution to the amount
of less than $ 48.00 a week shall not be liable to be seized or taken by virtue
of any execution, civil process or order directing payments to be made in
installments. If they amount to $ 48.00 or more a week, not more than 10%
thereof may be so seized or taken, unless they exceed the sum of $ 7,500.00 per
annum, in which case the court may order a larger percentage.
Nothing contained in this article or article 7 shall be construed as impairing
the rights of an execution creditor under other provisions of this chapter or
any law of this State relating to executions, or as against any trust which was
created by or the fund held in trust has proceeded from the defendant in
execution.
§ 43:21-15. Waiver of rights void
(a) Waiver of rights void. Any agreement by an individual to waive, release, or
commute his rights to benefits or any other rights under this chapter shall be
void. No agreement by any individual in the employ of any person or concern to
pay all or any portion of an employer's contributions, required under this
chapter from such employer, shall be valid. No employer shall directly or
indirectly make or require or accept any deduction from the remuneration of any
individual in his employ to finance the employer's contributions required from
him, or require or accept any waiver of any right hereunder by any individual
in his employ. Any employer or officer or agent of an employer who violates any
provision of this subsection shall, for each offense, be fined not less than
one hundred dollars ($ 100.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($ 1,000.00)
or be imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
(b) Limitation of fees. No individual claiming benefits shall be charged fees of
any kind in any proceeding under this chapter by the division or its
representatives or by any court or any officer thereof. Any individual claiming
benefits in any proceeding before the board of review or a court may be
represented by counsel or other duly authorized agent; but no such counsel or
agents shall either charge or receive for such services more than an amount
approved by the board of review. Any person who violates any provision of this
subsection shall, for each such offense, be fined not less than fifty dollars
($ 50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($ 500.00), or imprisoned for not
more than six months, or both.
(c) No assignment of benefits; exemptions. Any assignment, pledge, or
encumbrance of any right to benefits which are or may become due or payable
under this chapter shall be void; and such rights to benefits shall be exempt
from levy, execution, attachment, or any other remedy whatsoever provided for
the collection of debt; and benefits received by any individual, so long as
they are not mingled with other funds of the recipient, shall be exempt from
any remedy whatsoever for the collection of all debts except debts incurred for
necessaries furnished to such individual or his dependents during the time when
such individual was unemployed. Any waiver of any exemption provided for in
this subsection shall be void.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c) of this section:
(1) an individual filing a new claim for unemployment compensation on or after
January 1, 1997 shall, at the time of filing that claim, be advised in writing
that:
(A) unemployment compensation is subject to federal income tax;
(B) requirements exist pertaining to estimated tax payments;
(C) the individual may elect to have federal income tax deducted and withheld
from the individual's payment of unemployment compensation at the amount
specified in the Internal Revenue Code;
(D) the individual shall be permitted to change a previously elected withholding
status.
(2) amounts deducted and withheld from unemployment compensation pursuant to
this subsection (d) shall remain in the unemployment compensation fund until
transferred to the federal taxing authority as a payment of income tax;
(3) the commissioner shall follow all procedures specified by the United States
Department of Labor and the Internal Revenue Service pertaining to the
deducting and withholding of income tax;
(4) amounts shall be deducted and withheld pursuant to this subsection only
after amounts are deducted and withheld for any overpayments of unemployment
compensation, child support obligations, food stamp over issuances or any other
amounts required to be deducted and withheld under federal law.
§ 43:21-53. Rights in payments
Benefits payable under an approved private plan by an employer as a
self-insurer shall have the same preference against the assets of the employer
as are now or may hereafter be allowed by law for a claim for unpaid wages for
labor, and benefits under the State plan and for any disability during
unemployment as provided by section 43:21-4(f) or under an approved private
plan shall not be assignable or subject to levy, execution, attachment or other
process for satisfaction of debts.
§ 44:7-35. Assistance exempt from taxation levy and process; bankruptcy
All amounts paid as old age assistance shall be exempt from any tax levied by
the state or by any subdivision thereof, and exempt from levy and sale,
garnishment, attachment, or any other process whatsoever and shall be
inalienable in any form, and in case of bankruptcy shall not pass to the
trustee or other person acting on behalf of the creditors of the aged needy
person.
§ 34:15-29. Compensation preferential lien; claim not assignable; set offs
The right of compensation granted by this chapter shall have the same
preference against the assets of the employer as is now or may hereafter be
allowed by law for a claim for unpaid wages for labor. Claims or payments due
under this chapter shall not be assignable, and shall be exempt from all claims
of creditors and from levy, execution or attachment. The right of compensation
granted by this chapter may be set off against disability pension benefits or
payments but shall not be set off against employees' retirement pension
benefits or payments.
§ 38A:4-8. Compensation exempt from legal process
The pay and allowances due or to become due to any member of the organized
militia for military duty therein, and any compensation that may be awarded for
injuries, disabilities or death sustained therein, shall be exempt from
attachment, execution or other legal process.
§ 17B:24-8. Exemption of proceeds----health insurance and disability provisions
Except as may otherwise be expressly provided by the policy or contract, the
proceeds or avails of all policies of health insurance and of provisions
providing benefits on account of the insured's dismemberment, loss of sight or
disability which are supplemental to life insurance policies or annuity
contracts, heretofore or hereafter effected, shall be exempt from all liability
for any debt of the insured, and from any debt of the beneficiary existing at
the time the proceeds are made available for his use. Nothing herein contained
shall apply to any income disability benefit in any action to recover for
necessaries contracted for after the commencement of the disability covered by
the disability clause or contract allowing such income benefit.
§ 17B:24-7. Exemption of proceeds----annuity contracts
a. The benefits, rights, privileges, powers and options which under any annuity
contract heretofore or hereafter issued are due or prospectively due the
annuitant, shall not be subject to execution, garnishment, attachment,
sequestration or other legal process nor shall the annuitant be compelled to
exercise any such rights, privileges, powers, or options, nor shall creditors
be allowed to interfere with or terminate the contract, except:
(1) As to amounts paid, with intent to defraud creditors, for or as
consideration for any such annuity, with interest thereon, and of which the
creditor has given the insurer written notice at its home office prior to the
making of the payments to the annuitant out of which the creditor seeks to
recover. Any such notice shall set forth such facts as will enable the insurer
to ascertain the particular annuity contract.
(2) The total exemption of benefits presently due and payable to any annuitant
periodically or at stated times under all annuity contracts under which he is
an annuitant, shall not at any time exceed $ 500.00 per month for the length of
time represented by such installments, and such periodic payments in excess of
$ 500.00 per month shall be subject to garnishee execution to the same extent
as are wages and salaries.
(3) If the total benefits presently due and payable to any annuitant under all
annuity contracts under which he is an annuitant, shall at any time exceed
payment at the rate of $ 500.00 per month, then the court may order such
annuitant to pay to a judgment creditor or apply on the judgment, in
installments, such portion of such excess benefits as to the court may appear
just and proper, after due regard for the reasonable requirements of the
judgment debtor and his family, if dependent upon him as well as any prior
court orders.
b. If the contract so provides, the benefits, rights, privileges, powers or
options accruing under such contract to a beneficiary or assignee shall not be
transferable nor subject to commutation, and if the benefits are payable
periodically or at stated times, the same exemptions and exceptions contained
herein for the annuitant, shall apply with respect to such beneficiary or
assignee.
§ 17B:24-6. Exemption of proceeds----life insurance
a. If a policy of insurance, whether heretofore or hereafter issued, is
affected by any person on his own life, or on another life, in favor of a
person other than himself, or, except in cases of transfer with intent to
defraud creditors, if a policy of life insurance is assigned or in any way made
payable to any such person, then the lawful beneficiary, assignee or payee of
such policy, shall be entitled to its proceeds and avails against the creditors
and representatives of the insured and of the person effecting the same,
whether or not the right to change the beneficiary is reserved or permitted, or
the policy is made payable to the person whose life is insured or to the
executors or administrators of such person if the beneficiary shall predecease
such person.
Except however the foregoing shall not be applicable if the lawful beneficiary,
assignee or payee of such policy is any of the following:
(1) The insured,
(2) The person so effecting such insurance, or
(3) The executors or administrators of such insured or the person so effecting
such insurance.
b. Such proceeds and avails shall be exempt from any liability for any debt of
the beneficiary existing at the time the proceeds and avails become available
for his use; provided that, subject to the statute of limitations, the amount
of any premiums for such insurance paid with intent to defraud creditors, with
interest thereon, shall inure to their benefit from the proceeds of the policy;
but the insurer issuing the policy shall be discharged of all liability thereon
by payment of its proceeds in accordance with its terms, unless, before such
payment, the insurer shall have received written notice at its home office, by
or in behalf of a creditor, of a claim to recover for transfer made or premiums
paid with intent to defraud creditors setting forth such facts as will enable
the insurer to ascertain the particular policy.
c. For the purposes of subsections a. and b. above, a policy shall also be
deemed to be payable to a person other than the insured if and to the extent
that a facility-of-payment clause or similar clause in the policy permits the
insurer to discharge its obligation after the death of the individual insured
by paying the death benefits to a person as permitted by such clause.
§ 17B:24-9. Exemption of proceeds----group insurance
a. A policy of group life insurance or group health insurance or the proceeds
thereof payable to the individual insured or to the beneficiary thereunder,
shall not be liable, either before or after payment, to be applied by any legal
or equitable process to pay any debt or liability of such insured individual or
his beneficiary or of any other person having a right under the policy. The
proceeds thereof, when not made payable to a named beneficiary or to a third
person pursuant to a facility-of-payment clause, shall not constitute a part of
the estate of the individual insured for the payment of his debts. Nothing
herein contained shall apply to any income disability benefit in any action to
recover for necessaries contracted for after the commencement of the disability
covered by the disability clause or contract allowing such income benefit.
b. This section shall not apply to group insurance covering the debtors of a
creditor, to the extent that such proceeds are applied to payment of the
obligation for the purpose of which the insurance was so issued.
§ 43:18-12. Pension exempt from legal process
All pensions created under this chapter shall be exempt from execution,
attachment or other legal process.
§ 43:19-17. Pension exempt from legal process
All pensions granted under this chapter shall be exempt from execution,
attachment or other legal process.
§ 43:7-13. Creation of pension fund
For the purpose of paying the pensions, a fund shall be created as follows:
(a) There shall be deducted from every payment of salary to a prison officer
benefited by this act, 6% of the amount thereof;
(b) That the State shall pay into said fund yearly an amount equal to 6% of the
total salaries paid to the said prison officers who shall benefit by this act,
which amount shall be submitted to the Legislature yearly by the pension
commission. The Legislature shall make an appropriation sufficient to provide
for such obligation of the State;
(c) There shall be added to such fund all fines imposed upon any such prison
officer, all money donated to the fund, all moneys deducted from the salary of
such prison officers because of absence or loss of time due to suspension, and
1/2 of all rewards paid for any purpose to such prison officer;
(d) If there shall not be sufficient money in the fund so created, the
Legislature shall include in any appropriation bill a sum sufficient to meet
the requirements of the fund for the time being;
(e) All pensions granted under this article shall be exempt from any State or
municipal tax, levy and sale, garnishment or attachment, or any other process
whatsoever, and shall be unassignable.
The State may pay all or any portion of its unfunded accrued liability under the
retirement system from any source of funds legally available for the purpose,
including, without limitation, the proceeds of bonds authorized by law for this
purpose.
§ 43:13-9. Pension fund; exemption from taxation and process
For the purpose of paying the pensions a fund shall be created in each city
where this article takes effect, as follows:
a. There shall be deducted from every payment of salary to a municipal employee
benefited by this article 3% of the amount thereof and if any employee shall
hereafter enter the service of the municipality after reaching the age of 35
years, such percentage shall be increased to such an amount as shall be
determined by the pension commission to correspond to the risk arising by the
age of such employee.
b. The city shall raise by taxation and pay into the fund yearly an amount equal
to 4% of the total salaries paid to the employees who shall benefit by this
article.
c. There shall be added to such fund all fines imposed upon any such employee,
all moneys given or donated to the fund, all moneys deducted from the salary of
such employee because of absence or loss of time due to suspension and 1/2 of
all rewards paid for any purpose to such employees.
If there shall not be sufficient money in the fund so created, the governing
body of such city shall include in any tax levy a sum sufficient to meet the
requirements of the fund for the time being.
All pensions granted under this article shall be exempt from any State or
municipal tax, levy and sale, garnishment or attachment or any other process
whatsoever, and shall be unassignable, except for the purpose and to the extent
necessary to authorize, with the member's or pensioner's consent, deductions of
premiums for group hospitalization and medical-surgical insurance.
§ 43:13-22.34. Annual reports; exemptions; assignments
The commission shall report annually the condition of the retirement system and
the manner in which its funds are invested. The report shall be filed with the
governing body of the municipality for the use of the employees and the public.
All systems created by this act and all pensions, refunds and contributions
granted under this act shall be exempt from any State, county or municipal tax,
levy and sale, garnishment, sequestration or attachment, or any other process,
legal or equitable or both, and shall not be assignable, except for the purpose
and to the extent necessary to authorize, with the member's or pensioner's
consent, deduction of premiums for group hospitalization and medical-surgical
insurance.
§ 43:13-22.60. Exemption of fund from taxation and process
All pensions granted under this act shall be exempt from any State or municipal
tax, levy and sale, garnishment or attachment or any other process whatsoever,
and shall be unassignable, except for the purpose and to the extent necessary
to authorize, with the member's or pensioner's consent, deductions of premiums
for group hospitalization and medical-surgical insurance.
§ 43:13-37.5. Fund created; deductions from compensation; contributions by town;
temporary loans where funds inadequate; exemption of pensions; no refunds
A fund shall be created in the following manner for the purpose of paying the
benefits provided by this act, to wit:
There shall be deducted by disbursing officers of town funds and paid to said
pension fund commission from every payment of salary or compensation to every
town employee who shall be entitled to benefits under this act, three per
centum (3%) of the amount thereof; provided, however, that in the case of a
person hereafter entering the service of any such town after reaching the age
of forty years, the said percentage of his salary to be deducted shall in the
judgment of the pension fund commission be fixed and determined at not less
than three per centum (3%), and such employee, upon notice from said commission
of the decision of the commission, shall have the privilege to participate in
the benefits of this act or decline to come within its provisions. In addition
thereto, there shall be annually raised by the town council of such town in the
town budget and contributed semiannually to such pension fund commission an
amount equivalent to three per centum (3%) of such "town employees" salary or
compensation. Additional sums shall be appropriated and paid to said pension
fund commission by said town council as occasion demands to carry out the
provision of this act. Where town funds are not available or adequate, or
should there be no such town funds, such additional sums shall be raised by
temporary loans or notes, certificates of indebtedness or temporary loan bonds
to be issued as otherwise provided and limited by law for towns of this State,
and the amounts necessary to pay such obligations shall be placed in the town
budget for the next ensuing fiscal year. All pensions granted under this act
shall be exempt from any State or municipal tax, levy and sale, garnishment or
attachment, or any other civil process, and shall be unassignable. No refund of
moneys deducted from the salary or compensation of any such employee shall be
made.
§ 43:13-44. Pension fund; exemption from taxation and process
For the purpose of paying the pensions a fund shall be created in each village
where this article takes effect, as follows:
a. There shall be deducted from every payment of salary to a municipal employee
or officer benefited by this article five per centum (5%) of the amount thereof
and if any employee or officer hereafter enters the service of the municipality
after reaching the age of thirty-five years, such percentage shall be increased
to such an amount as the pension commission determines to correspond to the
risk arising by the age of such employee.
b. The village shall raise by taxation and pay into the fund yearly an amount
equal to seven per centum (7%) of the total salaries paid to the employees or
officers who shall benefit by this article, and may raise by taxation and pay
into the fund yearly such additional amount or amounts as, upon the
recommendation of the pension commission of the municipality, the governing
body shall determine to be necessary to maintain the fund.
c. There shall be added all fines imposed upon any such employee or officer, all
moneys given or donated to the fund, all moneys deducted from the salary of
such employee or officer because of absence or loss of time and one-half of all
rewards paid for any purpose to such employees or officers.
If there shall not be sufficient money in the fund so created, the governing
body of such village shall include in any tax levy a sum sufficient to meet the
requirements of the fund for the time being.
All pensions granted under this article shall be exempt from any State or
municipal tax, levy and sale, garnishment or attachment or any other process
whatsoever, and shall be unassignable.
§ 43:10-14. Pension exempt from tax, attachment, etc.
All pensions granted under this article shall be exempt from any state or
municipal tax, levy and sale, garnishment or attachment, or any other process
and shall be unassignable.
§ 43:10-18.22. Exemptions of funds and pensions; assignment
All funds created under this act and all pensions granted under this act shall
be exempt from any State, county, or municipal tax, levy and sale, garnishment
or attachment, or any other process and shall be unassignable, except that
pension payments to be made to a pensioner may be assigned in writing by the
pensioner but only for the payment of premiums for group plan for hospital
service or for hospital, medical and surgical insurance or 1 or more of them.
§ 43:10-18.71. Exemptions
All funds created under this act and all pensions granted under this act shall
be exempt from any State, county, or municipal tax, levy and sale, garnishment
or attachment, or any other process and shall be unassignable.
§ 43:10-57. Source of pension fund; right of withdrawal; exemptions
A fund shall be created in the following manner for the purpose of paying such
pensions, to wit: There shall be deducted from every payment of salary to each
county probation officer three per centum (3%) of the amount thereof, then
there shall be contributed annually by the county an amount equivalent to three
per centum (3%) of such probation officers' salaries; to such sum there shall
be added all moneys donated for the purpose of such fund, and all rewards which
may be paid to any county probation officer while acting as such county
probation officer, all of which moneys and rewards shall be paid over to the
board of chosen freeholders of the county to be deposited in such fund. In
case, at any time, there shall not be sufficient money in such pension fund to
pay such pensions, the board of chosen freeholders of the county shall, from
time to time, include in any tax levy a sum sufficient to meet the requirements
of such pension fund. Whenever such pension fund shall exceed an amount which
the board of chosen freeholders of such county shall by resolution from time to
time determine to be adequate for such pension fund, no moneys, except the
three per centum (3%) specified in this article, and the moneys given or
donated as herein mentioned and any aforementioned rewards, shall be paid into
such fund, unless and until the amount of such fund shall fall below the amount
thus determined to be adequate. Any county probation officer who has paid into
the pension fund for at least four years, and is no longer in the service,
shall have the right to withdraw from such pension fund and shall be entitled
to a refund of the moneys theretofore deducted from his salary. All pensions
granted under this article shall be exempt from any State or municipal tax,
levy and sale, garnishment or attachment, or any other process whatsoever, and
shall be unassignable.
§ 43:16-7. Trustees of funds; rules and regulations; payment of moneys and assets
to state treasurer; exemptions for pension payments; investments
The commission shall be and are hereby constituted trustees of all the funds
established by this act. The commission may make all necessary rules and
regulations with regard thereto. Such rules and regulations shall be consistent
with those adopted by the other pension funds within the Division of Pensions
in order to permit the most economical and uniform administration of all such
retirement systems. All moneys and assets of and belonging to the funds
consolidated and required by this chapter to be consolidated and transferred to
the pension fund, together with all increments and contributions thereto shall
be received and paid over to the State Treasurer, whose official bond shall
cover the same. No moneys shall be paid out of the consolidated fund except
upon the warrant of the fund, signed by the chairman and secretary. All
pensions granted under this chapter shall be exempt from execution,
garnishment, attachment, sequestration or other legal process. All moneys not
needed for the immediate payment of pensions under this chapter shall be
invested for the commission by the Director of the Division of Investment
established pursuant to the provisions of chapter 270 of the laws of 1950,
subject to the limitations contained in section 11 of said chapter. A member of
the commission, to be designated by a majority vote thereof, shall serve on the
State Investment Council as a representative of said commission.
§ 43:16A-17. Exemption from taxes, garnishment, etc.; assignment of group
insurance policy rights and benefits
The right of a person to a pension, an annuity, or a retirement allowance, to
the return of contributions, any benefit or right accrued or accruing to a
person under the provisions of this act and the moneys in the various funds
created under this act, shall be exempt from any State or municipal tax and
from levy and sale, garnishment, attachment or any other process, and except as
hereinafter in this section and as in this act otherwise provided, shall be
unassignable.
Nothing in this section shall prohibit any person insured under a group
insurance policy, pursuant to an arrangement among the insured, the group
policyholder and the insurer, from making to any person other than his
employer, a gift assignment of the rights and benefits conferred on him by any
provision of such policy or by law including specifically but not by way of
limitation the right to exercise the conversion privilege and the right to name
a beneficiary. Any such assignment, whether made before or after the effective
date of this act, shall entitle the insurer to deal with the assignee as the
owner of all rights and benefits conferred on the insured under the policy in
accordance with the terms of the assignment.
§ 43:8A-20. Exemption from taxation and from garnishment or other process;
assignment
The right of a person to a pension, an annuity, or a retirement allowance, to
the return of contributions, any benefit or right accrued or accruing to a
person under the provisions of this act and the moneys in the various funds
created under this act, shall be exempt from any State or municipal tax and
from levy and sale, garnishment, attachment or any other process, and except as
in this act otherwise provided, shall be unassignable.
§ 43:6A-41. Right to pension, retirement allowance or benefit and moneys in
various funds; exemption from taxes and legal process; unassignability
The right of a person to a pension, retirement allowance or any benefit or
right accrued or accruing to a person under the provisions of this act and the
moneys in the various funds created under this act, shall be exempt from any
State or municipal tax and from levy and sale, garnishment, attachment or any
other process arising out of any State or federal court, and, except as
hereinafter in this section and as in this act otherwise provided, shall be
unassignable.
Nothing in this section shall prohibit any person insured under a group
insurance policy, pursuant to an arrangement among the insured, the group
policyholder and the insurer, from making to any person other than his
employer, a gift assignment of the rights and benefits conferred on him by any
provision of such policy or by law including specifically but not by way of
limitation the right to exercise the conversion privilege and the right to name
a beneficiary. Any such assignment, whether made before or after the effective
date of this act, shall entitle the insurer to deal with the assignee as the
owner of all rights and benefits conferred on the insured under the policy in
accordance with the terms of the assignment.
§ 18A:66-51. Allowances exempt from taxes; assignment of group insurance policy
rights and benefits
The right of a person to a pension, an annuity, or a retirement allowance, to
the return of contributions, any benefit or right accrued or accruing to a
person under the provisions of this article, and the moneys in the various
funds created under this article, shall be exempt from any State or municipal
tax and from levy and sale, garnishment, attachment or any other process
arising out of any State of Federal court, and, except as hereafter in this
section and as in this article otherwise provided, shall be unassignable.
Nothing in this section shall prohibit any person insured under a group
insurance policy, pursuant to an arrangement among the insured, the group
policyholder and the insurer, from making to any person other than his
employer, a gift assignment of the rights and benefits conferred on him by any
provision of such policy or by law including specifically but not by way of
limitation the right to exercise the conversion privilege and the right to name
a beneficiary. Any such assignment, whether made before or after the effective
date of this act, shall entitle the insurer to deal with the assignee as the
owner of all rights and benefits conferred on the insured under the policy in
accordance with the terms of the assignment.
§ 18A:66-116. Exemptions
The right of a person to a pension, an annuity, or a retirement allowance, to
the return of contributions, any benefit or right accrued or accruing to a
person under the provisions of this article, and the moneys in the various
funds created under this article, shall be exempt from levy and sale,
garnishment, attachment or any other process arising out of any State court
and, except as otherwise provided, shall be unassignable.
Nothing in this section shall prohibit any person insured under a group
insurance policy, pursuant to an arrangement among the insured, the group
policyholder and the insurer, from making to any person other than his
employer, a gift assignment of the rights and benefits conferred on him by any
provision of such policy or by law including specifically, but not by way of
limitation, the right to exercise the conversion privilege and the right to
name a beneficiary. Any such assignment, whether made before or after the
effective date of this act (P.L.1995, c.240), shall entitle the insurer to deal
with the assignee as the owner of all rights and benefits conferred on the
insured under the policy in accordance with the terms of the assignment.
§ 53:5A-45. Tax exemption; exemptions from levy and sale, garnishment, attachment
or other process; assignability of rights; assignment of group insurance policy
rights and benefits
The right of a person to a pension, an annuity, or a retirement allowance, to
the return of contributions, any benefit or right accrued or accruing to a
person under the provisions of this act and the moneys in the various funds
created under this act, shall be exempt from any State or municipal tax and
from levy and sale, garnishment, attachment or any other process arising out of
any State or Federal court, and, except as hereinafter in this section and as
in this act otherwise provided, shall be unassignable.
Nothing in this section shall prohibit any person insured under a group
insurance policy, pursuant to an arrangement among the insured, the group
policyholder and the insurer, from making to any person other than his
employer, a gift assignment of the rights and benefits conferred on him by any
provision of such policy or by law including specifically but not by way of
limitation the right to exercise the conversion privilege and the right to name
a beneficiary. Any such assignment, whether made before or after the effective
date of this act, shall entitle the insurer to deal with the assignee as the
owner of all rights and benefits conferred on the insured under the policy in
accordance with the terms of the assignment.
§ 52:4B-18. Compensation for criminal injuries.
No order for the payment of compensation shall be made under section 10 of P.L.
1971, c. 317 (C. 52:4B-10) unless the application has been made within two
years after the date of the personal injury or death or after that date upon
determination by the board that good cause exists for the delayed filing, and
the personal injury or death was the result of an offense listed in section 11
of P.L. 1971, c. 317 (C. 52:4B-11) which had been reported to the police or
other appropriate law enforcement agency within three months after its
occurrence or reasonable discovery. The board will make its determination
regarding the application within six months of acknowledgment by the board of
receipt of the completed application and any and all necessary supplemental
information.
In determining the amount of an award, the board shall determine whether,
because of his conduct, the victim of such crime contributed to the infliction
of his injury, and the board shall reduce the amount of the award or reject the
application altogether, in accordance with such determination; provided,
however, that the board shall not consider any conduct of the victim
contributory toward his injury, if the record indicates such conduct occurred
during efforts by the victim to prevent a crime or apprehend a person who had
committed a crime in his presence or had in fact committed a crime.
The board may deny or reduce an award where the victim has not paid in full any
payments owed on assessments imposed pursuant to section 2 of P.L. 1979, c. 396
(C. 2C:43-3.1) or restitution ordered following conviction for a crime.
No compensation shall be awarded if:
a. Compensation to the victim proves to be substantial unjust enrichment to the
offender or if the victim did not cooperate with the reasonable requests of law
enforcement authorities unless the victim demonstrates a compelling health or
safety reason for not cooperating; or
b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L. 1990, c. 64.)
c. The victim was guilty of a violation of subtitle 10 or 12 of Title 2A or
subtitle 2 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes, which caused or contributed
to his injuries; or
d. The victim was injured as a result of the operation of a motor vehicle,
except as provided in subsection c. or d. of section 11 of P.L. 1971, c. 317
(C. 52:4B-11), boat or airplane unless the same was used as a weapon in a
deliberate attempt to run the victim down; or
e. The victim suffered personal injury or death while an occupant of a motor
vehicle or vessel where the victim knew or reasonably should have known that
the driver was operating the vehicle or vessel in violation of R.S. 39:4-50,
section 5 of P.L. 1990, c. 103 (C. 39:3-10.13), section 19 of P.L. 1954, c. 236
(C. 12:7-34.19), section 3 of P.L. 1952, c. 157 (C. 12:7-46), subparagraph (b)
of paragraph (2) of subsection b. of N.J.S. 2C:20-2, subsection b. of N.J.S.
2C:29-2 or subsection b., c. or d. of N.J.S. 2C:20-10; or
f. The victim has been convicted of a crime and is still incarcerated; or
g. The victim sustained the injury during the period of incarceration
immediately following conviction for a crime.
Except as provided herein, no compensation shall be awarded under this act in an
amount in excess of $ 25,000.00, and all payments shall be made in a lump sum,
except that in the case of death or protracted disability the award may provide
for periodic payments to compensate for loss of earnings or support. Five years
after the entry of an initial determination order, a claim for compensation
expires and no further order is to be entered with regard to the claim except
for requests for payment of specific out-of-pocket expenses received by the
Victims of Crime Compensation Board prior to the expiration of the five-year
period except in those cases determined by the board to be catastrophic in
nature. No award made pursuant to this act shall be subject to execution or
attachment other than for expenses resulting from the injury which is the basis
of the claim.
Compensation may be awarded in an amount not exceeding the actual cost of a
rehabilitative service of the type enumerated in section 2 of P.L. 1999, c. 166
(C. 52:4B-18.2).
The award may provide for periodic payments in the case of protracted care or
rehabilitative assistance.
Note: Exemptions may have changed since our last update.
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