{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-42-2c-76","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 42:2C-76","heading":"Filings required for merger; effective date.","body":"76.\tFilings Required for Merger; Effective Date.\na.\tAfter each constituent organization has approved a merger, articles of merger shall be signed on behalf of:\n(1)\teach constituent limited liability company, as provided in subsection a. of section 20 of this act; and\n(2)\teach other constituent organization, as provided in its governing statute.\nb.\tArticles of merger under this section shall include:\n(1)\tthe name and form of each constituent organization and the jurisdiction of its governing statute;\n(2)\tthe name and form of the surviving organization, the jurisdiction of its governing statute, and, if the surviving organization is created by the merger, a statement to that effect;\n(3)\tthe date the merger is effective under the governing statute of the surviving organization;\n(4)\tif the surviving organization is to be created by the merger:\n(a)\tif it will be a limited liability company, the company's certificate of formation; or\n(b)\tif it will be an organization other than a limited liability company, the organizational document that creates the organization that is in a public record;\n(5)\tif the surviving organization preexists the merger, any amendments provided for in the plan of merger for the organizational document that created the organization that are in a public record;\n(6)\ta statement as to each constituent organization that the merger was approved as required by the organization's governing statute;\n(7)\tif the surviving organization is a foreign organization not authorized to transact business in this State, the street and mailing addresses of an office that the filing office may use for the purposes of subsection b. of section 77 of this act; and\n(8)\tany additional information required by the governing statute of any constituent organization.\nc.\tThe surviving organization shall deliver the articles of merger for filing in the office of the filing office.\nd.\tA merger becomes effective under this act:\n(1)\tif the surviving organization is a limited liability company, upon the later of:\n(a)\tcompliance with subsection c. of this section; or\n(b)\tsubject to subsection c. of section 22 of this act, as specified in the articles of merger; or\n(2)\tif the surviving organization is not a limited liability company, as provided by the governing statute of the surviving organization.\nL.2012, c.50, s.76.","path":["TITLE 42 PARTNERSHIPS AND PARTNERSHIP ASSOCIATIONS"],"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":"fed82c336b660b1362e8b9dd66b14d17fb21469a6711a09c0c241cc119fb3a32","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-42-2c-75","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-42-2c-77"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}