{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-44-4-57","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 44:4-57","heading":"Place of settlement in general","body":"Every person of full age who is a resident of, and domiciled without interruption in any county for five years, excluding any time spent by such person in a charitable or correctional institution, shall be deemed settled in such county and shall so remain until he has gained a like settlement in some other county, or has removed from this state and remained therefrom continuously for one year, or has gained a legal settlement elsewhere in this state.\nA person who has removed from this state for more than one year shall not retain his settlement in any county in this state.","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":"419137d5ae1ca6462a2de72dd9985afadabc0c70944bacd3eb07a7816087e42e","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-44-4-56","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-44-4-58"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}