{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-46-30b-31","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 46:30B-31","heading":"Presumption of abandonment.","body":"Presumption of abandonment.   Stock or other interest in a business association, including a debt obligation other than a bearer bond or original issue discount bond, is presumed abandoned:\nthree years after the earlier of the date of an unpresented instrument issued to pay interest or a dividend or other cash distribution, or the date of issue of an undelivered stock certificate issued as a stock dividend, split, or other distribution; or\nif a dividend or other distribution has not been paid on the stock or other interest for three consecutive years, or the stock or other interest is held pursuant to a plan that provides for the automatic reinvestment of dividends or other distributions, three years after the date of the second mailing of a statement of account or other notification or communication that was returned as undeliverable, or after the holder discontinued mailings to the apparent owner, whichever is earlier.\nL.1989, c.58, s.1; amended 2002, c.35, s.21.","path":["TITLE 46 PROPERTY"],"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":"425ff9840d65c9e3cab568bb9b9a4ded8653191c0a12548f6813b24f0d05b9f2","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-46-30b-30","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-46-30b-32"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}