2017 New Jersey Revised Statutes
TITLE 39 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATION
Section 39:6-87 - Registration, etc. not restored until fund is reimbursed.

39:6-87 Registration, etc. not restored until fund is reimbursed.

27. Registration, etc. not restored until fund is reimbursed. Where the license or privileges of any person, or the registration of a motor vehicle registered in his name, has been suspended or cancelled under the Motor Vehicle Security-Responsibility Law of this State, and the association has paid from the fund any amount in settlement of a claim or towards satisfaction of a judgment against that person, or for the payment of personal injury protection benefits as provided in section 7 and section 10 of this act, the cancellation or suspension shall not be removed, nor the license, privileges, or registration restored, nor shall any new license or privilege be issued or granted to, or registration be permitted to be made by, that person until he has

(a) Repaid in full to the association the amount so paid by him together with interest thereon at 8% per annum from the date of such payment; and

(b) Satisfied all requirements of said Motor Vehicle Security-Responsibility Law in respect of giving proof of ability to respond in damages for future accidents, provided, that the court in which such judgment was rendered may, upon 10 days' notice to the association, make an order permitting payment of the amount of such person's indebtedness to the fund, to be made in installments, or in the event the fund makes personal injury protection benefit payments, such person and the fund by agreement may provide for repayment to the fund to be made in installments, and in such case, such person's driver's license, or his driving privileges, or registration certificate, if the same have been suspended or revoked, or have expired, may be restored or renewed and shall remain in effect unless and until such person defaults in making any installment payment specified in such order. In the event of any such default, the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission shall upon notice of such default suspend such person's driver's license, or driving privileges or registration certificate until the amount of his indebtedness to the fund has been paid in full.

L.1952,c.174,s.27; amended 1968, c.323, s.8; 1972, c.198, s.6; 1981, c.175, s.1; 1985, c.148, s.20; 2003, c.89, s.32.