2020 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation
Section 39:6-26 - Inapplicability of requirements as to security and suspension

39:6-26. Inapplicability of requirements as to security and suspension

The requirements as to security and suspension in section 3 of this act shall not apply:

(a) to the operator or the owner of a motor vehicle involved in an accident wherein no injury or damage was caused to the person or property of any one other than such operator or owner;

(b) to the operator or the owner of a motor vehicle legally parked at the time of the accident;

(c) to the owner of a motor vehicle if at the time of the accident the vehicle was being operated without his permission, express or implied, or was parked by a person who had been operating such motor vehicle without such permission; or to the operator if he was a chauffeur or operator employed by the owner of the motor vehicle and was operating with the permission of the owner.

(d) if, prior to the date that the director would otherwise suspend license and registration or nonresident's operating privilege under section 3 of this act, there shall be filed with the director evidence satisfactory to him that the person who would otherwise have to file security has been released from liability or been finally adjudicated not to be liable or has executed a duly acknowledged written agreement providing for the payment of an agreed amount in installments, with respect to all claims for injuries or damages resulting from the accident and with respect to an accident involving an automobile, required to have coverage for personal injury protection benefits pursuant to P.L.1972, c. 70, has also reimbursed or executed a duly acknowledged written agreement to pay an agreed amount in installments to reimburse the Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund for the payments it has made or shall make pursuant to section 7 or section 10 of P.L. , c. (Assembly Bill No. 803 presently pending in the Legislature) by reason of the failure of such person to have the requisite insurance coverage in effect.

L.1952, c. 173, p. 551, s. 4. Amended by L.1972, c. 199, s. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.