{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-46-30b-44","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 46:30B-44","heading":"Presumption of abandonment","body":"Presumption of abandonment.  Unpaid wages, including wages represented by unpresented payroll checks, owing in the ordinary course of the holder's business which remain unclaimed by the owner for more than one year after becoming payable are presumed abandoned. Source: New.\nL.1989, c.58, s.1.","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":"2adc7cc95e668dace0c4183395698220a1cb615a4b330959d634db213bb3c3de","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-46-30b-43.1","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-46-30b-45"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}