{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-34-17-1","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 34:17-1","heading":"Purposes","body":"Any seven or more persons, residents in this state, may associate themselves  into a society for the purpose of carrying on any lawful mechanical, mining,  manufacturing or trading business, or of trading and dealing in goods, wares  and merchandise or chattels, or of buying, selling, mortgaging, settling,  owning, leasing and improving real estate and erecting buildings thereon,  within this state, upon making and filing a certificate of association in  writing, in the manner hereinafter provided.","path":["TITLE 34 LABOR AND WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION"],"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":"da9703799754fa07d88922b51b7374c2cca30fd4caf6445d62e8b33f2a059af5","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-34-16-55","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-34-17-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}