{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-49-4-1","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 49:4-1","heading":"Security;  governing instrument defined","body":"As used in this act:\na.   \"Security\"  and  \"securities\"  includes (1) bonds, debentures, notes and all other instruments and writings, however designated, evidencing an obligation to pay money;  (2) interest coupons pertaining to the foregoing; (3) evidences of stockholder's equities, including but not limited to, stock certificates, rights, and warrants;  (4) every instrument which is subject to the provisions of chapter 8, Investment Securities, of Title 12A of the New Jersey Statutes (The Uniform Commercial Code);  and (5) every other type of instrument, however designated, the destruction of which is required by statute, contract or other writing to be effected after their cancellation;\nb.   \"Governing instrument\"  includes statutes of this State, ordinances, resolutions, notes, mortgages, debentures, trust indentures and all other writings pursuant to which securities are issued.\nL.1972, c. 137, s. 1.","path":["TITLE 49 SALE OF SECURITIES"],"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":"68e97bb7905beac83f6555f4ca1ed7db5867de37a00e604baa6da04cc5f5051a","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-48-3-89--2","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-49-4-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}