New Jersey § 39:6-70
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§ 39:6-70.
The court shall proceed upon such application, in a summary manner, and, upon the
hearing thereof, the applicant shall be required to show: (a) He is not a person covered with respect to such injury or death by any workers'
compensation law, or the personal representative of such a person, (b) He is not a spouse, parent or child of the judgment debtor, or the personal representative
of such spouse, parent or child, (c) He was not at the time of the accident a person (1) operating or riding in a motor
vehicle which he had stolen or participated in stealing or (2) operating or riding
in a motor vehicle without the permission of the owner, and is not the personal representative
of such a person, (d) He was not at the time of the accident, the owner or registrant of an uninsured
motor vehicle, or was not operating a motor vehicle in violation of an order of suspension
or revocation, (e) He has complied with all of the requirements of section 5, 1 (f) The judgment debtor at the time of the accident was not insured under a policy
of automobile liability insurance under the terms of which the insurer is liable to
pay in whole or in part the amount of the judgment, (g) He has obtained a judgment as set out in section 9 of this act, 2 stating the amount thereof and the amount owing thereon at the date of the application, (h) He has caused to be issued a writ of execution upon said judgment and the sheriff
or officer executing the same has made a return showing that no personal or real property
of the judgment debtor, liable to be levied upon in satisfaction of the judgment,
could be found or that the amount realized on the sale of them or of such of them
as were found, under said execution, was insufficient to satisfy the judgment, stating
the amount so realized and the balance remaining due on the judgment after application
thereon of the amount realized, (i) He has caused the judgment debtor to make discovery under oath, pursuant to law,
concerning his personal property and as to whether such judgment debtor was at the
time of the accident insured under any policy or policies of insurance described in
subsection (f) of this section, (j) He has made all reasonable searches and inquiries to ascertain whether the judgment
debtor is possessed of personal or real property or other assets, liable to be sold
or applied in satisfaction of the judgment, (k) By such search he has discovered no personal or real property or other assets,
liable to be sold or applied or that he has discovered certain of them, describing
them, owned by the judgment debtor and liable to be so sold and applied and that he
has taken all necessary action and proceedings for the realization thereof and that
the amount thereby realized was insufficient to satisfy the judgment, stating the
amount so realized and the balance remaining due on the judgment after application
of the amount realized, ( l ) The application is not made by or on behalf of any insurer by reason of the existence
of a policy of insurance, whereby the insurer is liable to pay, in whole or in part,
the amount of the judgment and that no part of the amount to be paid out of the fund
is sought in lieu of making a claim or receiving a payment which is payable by reason
of the existence of such a policy of insurance and that no part of the amount so sought
will be paid to an insurer to reimburse or otherwise indemnify the insurer in respect
of any amount paid or payable by the insurer by reason of the existence of such a
policy of insurance, (m) Whether or not he has recovered a judgment in an action against any other person
against whom he has a cause of action in respect of his damages for bodily injury
or death or damage to property arising out of the accident and what amounts, if any,
he has received by way of payments upon the judgment, or by way of settlement of such
cause of action, in whole or in part, from or on behalf of such other person, (n) In order to recover for noneconomic loss, as defined in section 2 of P.L.1972,
c. 70 ( C.39:6A-2 ) for accidents to which the benefits of sections 7 and 10 of P.L.1972, c. 198 ( C.39:6-86.1 and C.39:6-86.4 ) apply, the injured person shall have sustained an injury described in subsection
a. of section 8 of P.L.1972, c. 70 ( C.39:6A-8 ). Whenever the applicant satisfies the court that it is not possible to comply with
one or more of the requirements enumerated in subsections (h) and (i) of this section
and that the applicant has taken all reasonable steps to collect the amount of the
judgment or the unsatisfied part thereof and has been unable to collect the same,
the court may dispense with the necessity for complying with such requirements. The association may appear and be heard on application and show cause why the order should not be
made. 1
N.J.S.A. § 39:6-65. 2
N.J.S.A. § 39:6-69.
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