{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-30-4-51","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 30:4-51","heading":"Legal settlement in State","body":"Legal settlement in this State, as distinguished from legal settlement in any political subdivision thereof, shall be continuous residence in the State for a period of at least one year immediately preceding the date of the application for admission or commitment, excluding the time, if any, spent by the patient in any charitable or correctional institution or public hospital.\nAmended 1995,c.155,s.11.","path":["TITLE 30 INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES"],"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":"0485a61efe781a01f653e9eb39c3c7398a22257832b4365d07acd09239e4abbd","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-30-4-50","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-30-4-52"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}