{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-44-1-142","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 44:1-142","heading":"Contracts between overseers and relatives or others","body":"An overseer or his deputies may contract with relatives and others not otherwise chargeable by law who are able and willing to support and maintain or  contribute to the support and maintenance of a poor person, whereby such relatives in consideration of the support and maintenance of the poor person may undertake and obligate themselves to that end, or induce such aid and support as may be possible.","path":["TITLE 44 POOR"],"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":"9229be6b257043b93bae3eee46338f20daef054b9f0d8b207b11fa10b8750ca1","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-44-1-141","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-44-1-143"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}