N.J. Stat. § 30:4-132
Current through L. 2024, c. 62.
Unclaimed personal property of deceased patients, and of other former patients of an institution supported in whole or in part by state funds, shall be held at such institution, awaiting claim therefor, for a period of one year, after which time, under the direction of the commissioner and at a time named by him, unclaimed property may be sold, at public or private sale. The proceeds shall be held by the chief executive officer of the institution until the end of the succeeding fiscal year, at which time he shall turn into the state treasury all proceeds remaining unclaimed by the persons legally entitled thereto.
N.J.S. § 30:4-132