{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-3b-22-2","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 3B:22-2","heading":"Order of priority of claims when assets insufficient.","body":"If the applicable assets of the estate are insufficient to pay all claims in full, the personal representative shall make payment in the following order:\na.\tReasonable funeral expenses;\nb.\tCosts and expenses of administration;\nc.\tDebts for the reasonable value of services rendered to the decedent by the Office of the Public Guardian for Elderly Adults;\nd.\tDebts and taxes with preference under federal law or the laws of this State;\ne.\tReasonable medical and hospital expenses of the last illness of the decedent, including compensation of persons attending him;\nf.\tJudgments entered against the decedent according to the priorities of their entries respectively;\ng.\tAll other claims.\nNo preference shall be given in the payment of any claim over any other claim of the same class, and a claim due and payable shall not be entitled to a preference over claims not due. The commencement of an action against the personal representative for the recovery of a debt or claim or the entry of a judgment thereon against the personal representative shall not entitle such debt or claim to preference over others of the same class.\nAmended 1989, c.248, s.8; 2004, c.132, s.82; 2005, c.304, s.47.","path":["TITLE 3B ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES--DECEDENTS AND OTHERS"],"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":"bf5bdb8e8c85fc0477cb6830f6198055b61ac7010a7a626576964d9d2c8cd464","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-3b-22-1","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-3b-22-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}