3B:14-47 - Fiduciary to file power of attorney; requisites of power - New Jersey Statutes

3B:14-47.  Fiduciary to file power of attorney;  requisites of power
    Every fiduciary, whether or not a resident within this State, who is granted  letters testamentary or of administration, trusteeship or guardianship within  this State shall, at the time of the grant, or before he undertakes to perform  his duties, file a power of attorney with the surrogate of the county or clerk  of the court granting the letters.  The power of attorney shall be duly  executed in writing, shall set forth the post office address, street and  number, of the fiduciary and, by sufficient language, constitute the surrogate  or clerk with whom it is filed, and his successors in office, his true and  lawful attorney to receive process affecting the estate in charge of the  fiduciary, or any interest therein, with the same force and effect as if the  process were duly served on the fiduciary within this State.

     L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:14-47, eff. May 1, 1982.