New Jersey § 3a:6-6

§ 3a:6-6.

Where the total value of the real and personal assets of the estate of an intestate

will not exceed $5,000.00 and the intestate leaves no surviving spouse, such one of

the next of kin as shall have obtained the consent in writing of the remaining next

of kin, if any, and shall have executed before the surrogate of the county where the

intestate resided at his death, or, if then nonresident in this State, where any of

the personal assets are located, or before the Superior Court, the affidavit herein

provided for, shall be entitled to receive the personal assets of the intestate for

the benefits of all the next of kin and creditors without administration or entering

into a bond. Upon executing the affidavit, and upon filing it and the consent, he shall have

all the rights, powers and duties of an administrator duly appointed for the estate

and, as such, may be sued and required to account as if he had been appointed administrator

by the surrogate or the Superior Court, as the case may be. In the affidavit aforesaid there shall be set forth the residence of the intestate

at his death, the names, residences and relationships of all the next of kin and specifically

the nature, location and value of the real and personal assets and also a statement

that the value of the intestate's real and personal assets will not exceed $5,000.00. The consent shall be filed, and the affidavit filed and recorded, in the office of

such surrogate or, if the proceeding is before the Superior Court, then in the office

of the clerk of that court.