There is a newer version of the New Jersey Revised Statutes
2009 New Jersey Code
TITLE 39 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATION
39:6
39:6-38 - Partial payments which are deemed satisfaction of judgment
39:6-38. Partial payments which are deemed satisfaction of judgmentFor the purposes of sections 9 to 14 of this act when:
(a) $10,000.00 has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount for bodily injury to or the death of 1 person as the result of 1 accident;
(b) Subject to the limit of $10,000.00 for 1 person so injured or killed, the sum of $20,000.00 has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount for bodily injury to or the death of more than 1 person as the result of 1 accident; or
(c) $5,000.00 has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount for damage to property as the result of 1 accident--
Such payment or payments shall be deemed a satisfaction of the judgment or judgments.
L.1952, c. 173, p. 559, s. 16. Amended by L.1958, c. 95, p. 545, s. 4.
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