{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-12a-3-301","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 12A:3-301","heading":"Person entitled to enforce instrument","body":"\"Person entitled to enforce\" an instrument means the holder of the instrument, a nonholder in possession of the instrument who has the rights of a holder, or a person not in possession of the instrument who is entitled to enforce the instrument pursuant to 12A:3-309 or subsection d. of 12A:3-418.  A person may be a person entitled to enforce the instrument even though the person is not the owner of the instrument or is in wrongful possession of the instrument.\nL.1995,c.28,s.1.","path":["TITLE 12A COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"a460c922fb69513b123f80e1d28503630e7c5636e24e799ef0e4436995dcd16c","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-12a-3-207","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-12a-3-302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}