15A:14-5 - Powers of receivers; general - New Jersey Statutes

15A:14-5.  Powers of receivers;  general
    Subject to the general supervision of the Superior Court and pursuant to specific order where appropriate, a receiver may:

    a.  take into possession all the property of the corporation including its books, records and papers;

    b.  institute and defend actions by or on behalf of the corporation;

     c.  sell, assign, convey or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the property of the corporation;

     d.  settle or compromise with any debtor or creditor of the corporation, including any taxing authority;

     e.  summon and examine under oath, which the receiver may administer, or by  affirmation, any persons concerning any matter pertaining to the receivership  or to the corporation, its property and its transactions, and require that  person to produce books, records, papers and other tangible things and to be  examined thereon;

    f.  take testimony within or without the State, and, if without the State, apply to courts of other jurisdictions for compulsory process to obtain the attendance of witnesses;

    g.  continue the activities of the corporation, and, to that end, enter into  contracts, borrow money, pledge, mortgage or otherwise encumber the property of  the corporation as security for the repayment of the receiver's loans;

    h.  do all further acts as shall best fulfill the purposes of this chapter.

     L.1983, c. 127, s. 15A:14-5, eff. Oct. 1, 1983.