2016 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 17 - Corporations And Institutions For Finance And Insurance
Section 17:16I-9 - Financial Institution Protection; Payment After Death Or Disability; Joint Account
17:16I-9. Financial institution protection; payment after death or disability; joint account
Any sums in a joint account may be paid, on request, to any party without regard to whether any other party is incapacitated or deceased at the time the payment is demanded; but payment may not be made to the personal representative or heirs of a deceased party unless proofs of death are presented to the financial institution showing that the decedent was the last surviving party or unless there is no right of survivorship under section 5.
L.1979, c. 491, s. 9.
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