39:10-23 - Certificate surrendered when vehicle junked, etc - New Jersey Statutes

39:10-23.  Certificate surrendered when vehicle junked, etc.
    When a motor vehicle is scrapped, junked or destroyed, or a person permanently parts with its possession other than by sale, he shall immediately surrender and deliver the certificate of ownership to the commissioner, who shall issue a receipt therefor to the person surrendering it.  When a motor vehicle is sold to be scrapped, junked or destroyed, assignment shall be made to the purchaser in accordance with the provisions of section 39:10-8 of this Title.  The purchaser shall within five days deliver the certificate of ownership to the commissioner, who shall issue a receipt therefor to the person  surrendering it.

     Amended by L.1946, c. 136, p. 636, s. 19.