Section 39:6-73 - $500 exclusionExcept with respect to medical expense benefits paid pursuant to section 2 of P.L. 1977, c.310 (C.39:6-73.1), no order shall be made for the payment and the association shall make no payment, out of the fund, of
(a) Any claim for damage to property for less than $500.00,(b) The first $500.00 of any judgment for damage to property or of the unsatisfied portion thereof, or(c) The unsatisfied portion of any judgment which, after deducting $500.00 therefrom if the judgment is for damage to property, exceeds (1) the maximum or limit of $15,000.00, exclusive of interest and costs, on account of injury to, or death of, one person in any one accident, and(2) the maximum amount or limit, subject to such limit for any one person so injured or killed, of $30,000.00, exclusive of interest and costs, on account of injury to, or death of, more than one person, in any one accident, and(3) the maximum amount or limit of $5,000.00, exclusive of interest and costs, for damage to property in any one accident; provided, that such maximum amounts shall be reduced by any amount received or recovered as specified in subsection (m) of section 10.(d) Any claim for damage to property which includes any sum greater than the difference between said maximum amounts and the sum of $500.00, and any amount paid out of the fund in excess of the amount so authorized may be recovered by the association in an action brought to it against the person receiving the same.Amended by L. 2003, c. 89, s. 18, eff. 6/9/2003.L.1952, c.174, s.13; amended 1958, c.99, s.5; 1972, c.198, s.4; 1977, c.3 10, s.4; 1983, c.362, s.22; 1988, c.119, s.16.