{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-12a-9-609","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 12A:9-609","heading":"Secured party's right to take possession after default.","body":"Secured Party's Right to Take Possession after Default.\n(a)\tPossession; rendering equipment unusable; disposition on debtor's premises. After default, a secured party:\n(1)\tmay take possession of the collateral; and\n(2)\twithout removal, may render equipment unusable and dispose of collateral on a debtor's premises under 12A:9-610.\n(b)\tJudicial and nonjudicial process.  A secured party may proceed under subsection (a):\n(1)\tpursuant to judicial process; or\n(2)\twithout judicial process, if it proceeds without breach of the peace.\n(c)\tAssembly of collateral.  If so agreed, and in any event after default, a secured party may require the debtor to assemble the collateral and make it available to the secured party at a place to be designated by the secured party which is reasonably convenient to both parties.\nL.2001, c.117, s.1; amended 2001, c.386, s.98.","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":"a449a1db848c3c0a6e9066d90782695398f2017d5179ee1f93f8960ad27e51c8","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-12a-9-608","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-12a-9-610"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}