Title 44, Title 44: POOR

44:1-100. Materials, stationery and forms of records The governing body or bodies shall furnish to the overseer and his deputies the necessary material, card indexes and other stationery for the purpose of this chapter, at the expense of the municipality. All forms of records for…

44:1-101. Annual reports by overseers Overseers shall, annually, make to their county, municipal governing bodies, or district board, as the case may be, within thirty days after the first meeting thereof in the year, a report or reports, in writing, which shall be a summary of t…

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 an…

44:1-103. Married woman and children A married woman and her children shall always follow and have the settlement of her husband and of their father. If he has no such settlement, her settlement shall be as it was at the time of her becoming a resident and a domiciliary of the mu…

44:1-104. Legitimate minor children Legitimate minor children shall, until they have gained a settlement of their own, always follow and have the settlement of their father, if they have one, except that if the father has no settlement they shall follow and have the settlement of…

44:1-105. Illegitimate minor children Illegitimate minor children shall follow and have the settlement of their mother, unless the father is legally found or admitted by him to be such at the time and place of their birth, in which case they shall follow and have the father's set…

44:1-106. Minor from outside of state No minor who is brought into a county in this state, or who is placed out in a family therein by a person, society or corporation, public or private, of this or any other state, shall gain a settlement.

44:1-107. Persons from outside of United States Nothing in this chapter shall apply to or affect a person from outside the United States of America, or in any way change the rights or liabilities of such persons as conferred or imposed by any law of the United States, nor the rig…

44:1-108. Granting permanent relief where required of county of settlement Where permanent relief is required by a poor person in a municipality in which he has gained a residence and is an inhabitant, and of a county in which he has gained a settlement, the overseer shall procee…

44:1-109. Granting permanent relief in absence of county almshouse, welfare-house or district welfare-house Where permanent relief is required by a poor person in a municipality in a county in which he has gained a settlement and of a county in which there is no almshouse, welfar…

44:1-11. Membership The welfare board shall be composed of not less than five nor more than seven citizens of the county or municipalities participating, at least two of whom shall be women, to be appointed by the board of chosen freeholders, who, with two designated members of t…

44:1-110. County chargeable for permanent relief where settlement is therein A person who has a settlement in a county but not in a municipality thereof shall be chargeable as to permanent relief to the entire county and be supported, maintained or relieved thereby, and the gover…

44:1-111. Permanent relief where settlement is in county having no provision therefor Where a poor person requiring permanent relief in a municipality has not gained a settlement therein but has gained a settlement in the county in which the municipality is situated, in which cou…

44:1-112. Permanent relief in municipality or county other than that of settlement Where a poor person who requires permanent relief in a municipality in which he is a resident or inhabitant, has a settlement in a municipality or county other than the one in which relief is sough…

44:1-113. Permanent relief forbidden to persons without settlement and otherwise removable Permanent relief shall not be rendered by an overseer to a person who is otherwise lawfully removable and who has no settlement in the municipality or county in which relief is sought or ne…

44:1-114. Procedure where relief required by person having no settlement anywhere Where a poor person who requires relief in a municipality or county in which he is a resident and inhabitant, has not gained a settlement in any municipality or county within this state, or in any o…

44:1-115. Procedure where temporary relief required and settlement is elsewhere in state Where a poor person who requires temporary relief in a municipality in which he is a resident and inhabitant, has a settlement in some other county in this state, the overseer shall provide a…

44:1-116. Procedure where temporary relief required and settlement is outside of state Where temporary relief is required by a poor person in a municipality or county in which he is a resident and inhabitant, and it is ascertained that his place of settlement is outside this stat…

44:1-117. Duties of overseer The removal of poor persons to their place of settlement or to the place where they became poor before being found or becoming domiciled in the place from which they are to be removed, shall, when the removal is to another place in the same county, an…

44:1-118. Duties of county adjuster The county adjuster shall on the application of an overseer forthwith take the steps necessary to the removal of a poor person to another state, or to another county within this state, by negotiating with the proper authority in the other state…

44:1-119. Written notice of removal When the removal of a poor person from the place of his domicile or where he is found to the place of his settlement is lawful and necessary, it shall be inaugurated by means of a written notice signed by such official to the officer having jur…

44:1-12. Terms of members; vacancies Members shall hold their offices for five years except that the first appointments shall be respectively for one, two, three, four and five years, which terms as to duration shall be in the order of appointments as made and indicated. Vacancie…

44:1-12.1. Terms of members; additional appointments In any case in which the membership of a county welfare board is increased by two additional citizen members appointed pursuant to the authority conferred by section 1 of this act (R.S. 44:1-11), the terms of office of the addi…

44:1-120. Removal in absence of contest On the day named in the notice the order for removal shall be made by the overseer of the poor of the municipality from which the poor person is to be removed, or by the county adjuster as the case may be, and the poor person shall forthwit…

44:1-121. Contest; how made 44:1-121. The contest shall be made by notice to the officer giving the original notice, of a time and place when the contesting director of welfare will apply to the Superior Court in the county in which the poor person may be and from which he is to …

44:1-122. Failure to resist removal, review 44:1-122. On failure to resist the removal the receiving director of welfare may not decline to receive the poor person but shall receive him and provide such relief as is lawful; except that for good cause shown for the failure to cont…

44:1-123. Liability of municipality, recovery 44:1-123. If a director of welfare of a municipality shall neglect to receive or remove a poor person as provided in this chapter after the determination of the matter by the Superior Court having jurisdiction, the municipality where …

44:1-124. Bringing poor person into municipality or county unlawfully; misdemeanor A person who shall send, bring, remove or entice to remove, or cause to be sent, brought or enticed, a poor person into a municipality or county from any other municipality or county within this st…

44:1-125. Suspension of sentence or fine upon certain conditions A sentence or fine imposed under the provisions of section 44:1-124 of this title may be suspended before or after conviction upon condition that the offender will convey the poor person to the place where he has a …

44:1-126 Transportation of nonresident, approval required. 44:1-126. No person shall furnish a non-resident who is sick, elderly, injured, or who has a physical disability, with transportation at the cost of the municipality until the municipal welfare director has ascertained th…

44:1-127. Enabling nonresident poor to earn funds to return home When a person not being in the place in which he usually lives, or has his home, shall apply to an overseer of the poor or superintendent or director of welfare of a municipality, county or district, stating that he…

44:1-128. When relief may be provided in home When adult poor persons own the property in whole or in part where they reside, or are receiving shelter in some other suitable home or habitation, and it is possible to maintain them in such homes more adequately and profitably withi…

44:1-129. Petition for relief 44:1-129. The director of welfare of a municipality shall by petition to the Superior Court, setting forth the necessary facts, apply for the person's relief in that manner, whereupon the court shall fix a date for hearing the petition within not les…

44:1-13. Compensation and expenses of members Members shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses, on the approval of the superintendent of welfare, all of which shall be audited and paid in the same manner as other ex…

44:1-130. Summary hearing; order for home relief The court shall proceed in a summary manner to examine into the facts, and, upon being satisfied that permanent relief should be furnished to the poor person in the home, shall, in its discretion, order a fixed sum not exceeding th…

44:1-131. Continuance of relief At the expiration of the six months' period for which relief is ordered, and every succeeding such period of time thereafter, the overseer may, if further relief is necessary in the case, apply to the court for an order directing the continuance of…

44:1-132. Revocation of order for relief The court may in its discretion summarily revoke any order for such relief made by it, and thereafter all maintenance and relief for the poor person shall cease forthwith.

44:1-133. Payment of home relief The sum ordered to be paid for the maintenance and support of a poor person in the home as provided in this article shall be a charge against the municipality, county or district in which the poor person has a settlement, and shall be payable mont…

44:1-134. Notice to board of children's guardians of commitment of minor to almshouse The supervisor or superintendent of an almshouse or welfare-house shall within twenty-four hours of the commitment of a minor child under the age of eighteen years to the almshouse or welfare-ho…

44:1-135. Supervision of minor committed to almshouse The care and general supervision of a minor child under the age of eighteen years who is committed to an almshouse or welfare-house shall upon commitment be vested in the board of children's guardians.

44:1-136. Temporary commitment of poor minor by overseer to institution or home The overseer of the poor shall upon application for permanent relief, if granted, commit a minor poor child who has gained a legal settlement within the meaning of this chapter to the almshouse or wel…

44:1-137. Expense of temporary commitment A poor child temporarily committed by the overseer as provided in section 44:1-136 of this title shall, during such commitment and until the making by the court of an adjudication or order as provided by law in this article or otherwise, …

44:1-138. Notice of placement to boards of freeholders and children's guardians Within twenty-four hours of such placement the overseer shall give a written notice thereof to the state board of children's guardians and the board of chosen freeholders of the county wherein the chi…

44:1-139. Obtaining or compelling assistance of relatives Upon application for the relief of a poor person an overseer shall ascertain if possible the relatives chargeable by law for his support and proceed to obtain their assistance or compel them to render such assistance as is…

44:1-14. Organization of board The county welfare board shall elect from among its members a president, vice president and secretary-treasurer.

44:1-140. Relatives chargeable a. The father and mother of a person under 18 years of age who applies for and is eligible to receive public assistance, and the children, and husband or wife, severally and respectively, of a person who applies for and is eligible to receive public…