44:1-102 - Place of settlement in general - New Jersey Statutes

44:1-102.  Place of settlement in general    Every person of full age who is a resident of, and domiciled without interruption in, a municipality for five years, or in a county for five years but not in a municipality thereof, excluding in the computation of the period the time if any spent by the person in a charitable or correctional institution, shall be deemed settled respectively in that municipality or county and shall so remain until he has:

    a.  Gained a like settlement in some other municipality or county in this state;

    b.  Gained a legal settlement elsewhere in this state;  or

     c.  Removed from this state and remained therefrom continuously for one year, in which case the person shall not retain his settlement in a county or municipality in this state.