{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-34-17-12","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 34:17-12","heading":"Annual report","body":"The board of directors of every society incorporated under this chapter shall annually make a statement in writing of the condition of such society, setting forth:\na.  The amount of capital stock and the number and par value of shares issued;\nb.  The number of stockholders and the number of shares held by each; and\nc.  The amount and character of the property of the society and of its debts  and liabilities.\nSuch statement shall be signed and sworn to by a majority of directors, including the treasurer, and filed in the office of the clerk of the county where the principal office of the society is located, and immediately thereafter a copy of such statement shall be forwarded to the commissioner of labor.  If the commissioner of labor shall have reason to doubt the correctness  of the statement, or upon the written request of five members of the society,  he shall cause an examination of the books and affairs of the society to be  made and shall render a correct statement to the members thereof.  Every member  or creditor thereof shall be entitled to receive from the secretary of the  society a copy of the annual statement, and every director or other officer  refusing to comply with the requirements of this section, or making and signing  a false annual statement of the condition of the society, shall forfeit for  each offense the sum of one hundred dollars, to be recovered in an action at  law in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state by any member or  creditor of the society who shall sue for the same.","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":"07822e1c47123e353dff4ecfb25222a0775b450c599863298cba3e6b53b3a56b","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-34-17-11","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-34-17-13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}