NJSA 39:3-27.129
39:3-27.129   Notification of availability to motorists.

 3. a. The director shall notify eligible motorists of the opportunity to obtain organ donor license plates by including a notice with all motor vehicle registration renewals, and by posting appropriate posters or signs in all division facilities and offices.  The notices, posters and signs shall be designed by the director after consulting with the New Jersey Transplant Association.

 b. The Commissioner of Transportation, the State Treasurer, and the director shall develop and enter into an interagency memorandum of agreement setting forth the procedures to be followed by the departments and the division in carrying out their respective responsibilities under this act.

 L.2001,c.164,s.3.
 
NJSA 39:3-27.130
39:3-27.130   Annual certification of cost per license plate.

 4. a. The director shall annually certify to the Commissioner of Transportation the average cost per license plate incurred in the immediately preceding year by the Division of Motor Vehicles in producing, issuing, renewing and publicizing the availability of organ donor license plates.  The annual certification of the average cost per license plate shall be approved by the Joint Budget Oversight Committee.

 b. In the event that the average cost per license plate, as certified by the director and approved by the Joint Budget Oversight Committee, or its successor, is greater than the $50 application fee established in section 1 of this act in two consecutive fiscal years, the director may discontinue the issuance of the organ donor license plates.

 L.2001,c.164,s.4.
NJSA 39:3-27.131
39:3-27.131.  "Fund" defined
 1. As used in this act, "fund" means the "Rewards for Justice License Plate Fund" created pursuant to section 4 of this act.

 L.2002,c.52,s.1.
 
NJSA 39:3-27.132
39:3-27.132.  Issuance of United We Stand license plates
 2. The Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles shall, upon proper application therefor, issue United We Stand license plates for any motor vehicle owned or leased and registered in the State.  In addition to the registration number and other markings or identification otherwise prescribed by law, the license plate shall display the words "United We Stand" in addition to an American flag.  The colors red, white and blue shall be appropriately displayed on the license plate. Issuance of the United We Stand license plates in accordance with this section shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 3 of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes, except as hereinafter otherwise specifically provided.

 L.2002,c.52,s.2.
 
NJSA 39:3-27.133
39:3-27.133   Application for issuance of license plate, fee
 3.  a.  Application for issuance of a United We Stand license plate shall be made to the division on forms and in a manner as may be prescribed by the director.  In order to be deemed complete, an application shall be accompanied by a fee of $50 payable to the division, which fee shall be in addition to all fees otherwise required by law for the registration of the motor vehicle.

 b. The annual fee for the registration certificate of a motor vehicle that has been issued a United We Stand license plate pursuant to the provisions of this act shall include, in each year subsequent to the year of issuance, a fee in the amount of $10, which fee shall be in addition to all fees otherwise required by law for the renewal of the registration of the motor vehicle, and shall be collected by the division and deposited in the Rewards for Justice License Plate Fund created pursuant to section 4 of this act.

 L.2002,c.52,s.3.
NJSA 39:3-27.134
39:3-27.134.  "Rewards for Justice License Plate 'Fund
 4. There is created in the Department of Transportation a special non-lapsing fund to be known as the "Rewards for Justice License Plate Fund."  There shall be deposited in the fund the amounts collected from license plate fees pursuant to section 3 of this act, less the amounts necessary to reimburse the division for administrative costs pursuant to section 5 of this act.  Monies deposited in the fund shall be distributed, at the discretion of the Commissioner of Transportation, either into the Rewards for Justice Fund, established by a private nonprofit organization, all of which shall be contributed to the United States State Department's Rewards for Justice Program or directly to the Rewards for Justice Program.  Prior to distribution, monies deposited in the fund shall be held in interest-bearing accounts in public depositories as defined pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1970, c.236 (C.17:9-41), and may be invested or reinvested in such securities as are approved by the State Treasurer.  Interest or other income earned on monies deposited in the fund, and any monies which may be appropriated or otherwise become available for the purposes of the fund, shall be credited to and deposited in the fund for use as set forth in this act.

 L.2002,c.52,s.4.
 
NJSA 39:3-27.135
39:3-27.135.  Contribution to offset initial costs
 5. The Rewards for Justice Fund shall contribute monies in an amount to be determined by the director, not to exceed $50,000, to be used to offset the initial costs incurred by the division pursuant to section 6 of this act.  Any amount remaining after the payment of the initial costs shall be deposited in the fund.

 L.2002,c.52,s.5.
 
NJSA 39:3-27.136
39:3-27.136   Reimbursement to Rewards for Justice Fund, DMV
 6.  a.  Prior to the deposit of license plate fees collected pursuant to section 3 of this act into the fund, amounts thereof as are necessary shall be used to reimburse the Rewards for Justice Fund, up to the amount contributed by the Rewards for Justice Fund pursuant to section 5 of this act, and then to reimburse the division for all costs reasonably and actually incurred, as stipulated by the director, for:

 (1) producing, issuing, renewing, and publicizing the availability of United We Stand license plates; and

 (2) from the initial fees, any computer programming changes that may be necessary to implement the United We Stand license plate program established by this act.

 b. The director shall annually certify to the commissioner the average cost per license plate incurred in the immediately preceding year by the division in producing, issuing, renewing, and publicizing the availability of United We Stand license plates.  The annual certification of the average cost per license plate shall be approved by the Joint Budget Oversight Committee, or its successor.

 c. In the event that the average cost per license plate as certified by the director and approved by the Joint Budget Oversight Committee, or its successor, is greater than the $50 application fee established in subsection a. of section 3 of this act in two consecutive fiscal years, the director may discontinue the issuance of United We Stand license plates.

 L.2002,c.52,s.6.
NJSA 39:3-27.137
39:3-27.137.  Notification to eligible motorists
 7. The director shall notify eligible motorists of the opportunity to obtain United We Stand license plates by  including a notice with all motor vehicle registration renewals, and by posting appropriate posters or signs in all division facilities and offices.  The notices, posters, and signs shall be designed by the director.

 L.2002,c.52,s.8.
 
NJSA 39:3-27.138
39:3-27.138.  Memorandum of agreement
 8. The director and officials of the Rewards for Justice Fund shall enter into a memorandum of agreement setting forth the procedures to be followed by the division and the Rewards for Justice Fund in carrying out the provisions of this act.

 L.2002,c.52,s.8.
 
NJSA 39:3-27.139
39:3-27.139   Rules, regulations
 9. Pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act,"  P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the director may promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the provisions of this act.

 L.2002,c.52,s.9.
NJSA 39:3-28
39:3-28.  Licenses and registrations indexed; certified copies of applications as evidence; fees; destruction of applications and copies
 39:3-28.  The director shall cause all applications for registration and drivers' licenses to be indexed, and any original application or copy thereof certified to be a true copy under the hand of the director shall be received as evidence in any court to prove the facts contained therein.  For each uncertified copy so issued the director shall collect a fee of $8 and for each certified copy so issued the director shall collect a fee of $10. The indexing and copying of these applications shall meet the standards and requirements established in regulation by the Secretary of State for the maintenance and preservation of records.

 The director may destroy all records of registration certificates or drivers' licenses and their indices after having made copies of such records in accordance with standards and requirements established in regulation by the Secretary of State for the maintenance and preservation of records. Such copies made in accordance with standards and requirements established in regulation by the Secretary of State for the maintenance and preservation of records may be destroyed when they have been on file in the office of the director for a period of three years after the date of expiration of the registration certificates and drivers' licenses.

 Amended 1950, c.165; 1952, c.59; 1953, c.295; 1975, c.180, s.8; 1994, c.60, s.17; 2001, c.276.
 
NJSA 39:3-29
39:3-29   License, registration certificate and insurance identification card; possession; exhibit upon request; violations; fine; defense.

 39:3-29. The driver's license, the registration certificate of a motor vehicle and an insurance identification card shall be in the possession of the driver or operator at all times when he is in charge of a motor vehicle on the highways of this State.

 The driver or operator shall exhibit his driver's license and an insurance identification card, and the holder of a registration certificate or the operator or driver of a motor vehicle for which a registration certificate has been issued, whether or not the holder, driver or operator is a resident of this State, shall also exhibit the registration certificate, when requested so to do by a police officer or judge, while in the performance of the duties of his office, and shall write his name in the presence of the officer, so that the officer may thereby determine the identity of the licensee and at the same time determine the correctness of the registration certificate, as it relates to the registration number and number plates of the motor vehicle for which it was issued; and the correctness of the evidence of a policy of insurance, as it relates to the coverage of the motor vehicle for which it was issued.

 Any person violating this section shall be subject to a fine of $150, of which $25 shall be deposited in the Uninsured Motorist Prevention Fund established by section 2 of P.L.1983, c.141 (C.39:6B-3).

 If a person charged with a violation of this section can exhibit his driver's license, insurance identification card and registration certificate, which were valid on the day he was charged, to the judge of the municipal court before whom he is summoned to answer to the charge, such judge may dismiss the charge.  However, the judge may impose court costs.

 Amended 1972, c.200, s.1; 1981, c.242, s.1; 1983, c.403, s.10. 2003, c.89, s.78.
 
NJSA 39:3-29.1
39:3-29.1   Insurance identification cards; rules, regulations.

 2. The Commissioner of Banking and Insurance shall, after consultation with the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, promulgate rules and regulations concerning the issuance, design and content of the insurance identification cards required by this act.

 The rules and regulations shall contain provisions designed to deter and detect counterfeit or fraudulent insurance identification cards.

 L.1972,c.200,s.2; amended 2003, c.89, s.70.
NJSA  C.39:3-29.1a
C.39:3-29.1a   Provision of proof of insurance; impoundment of vehicle.

 79. a. Upon the issuance of a summons for failing to possess or exhibit an insurance identification card in violation of R.S.39:3-29, the violator or registrant shall have 24 hours from the time of the citation to provide the issuing law enforcement agency with the insurance identification card, or other satisfactory proof of insurance.  Failure to provide the insurance identification card or other satisfactory proof of insurance within the 24-hour time frame shall result in the issuance of a warrant for the immediate impoundment of the vehicle that was being operated when the summons was issued.  A motor vehicle impounded pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall be removed to a storage space or garage. The registrant shall be responsible for the cost of the removal and storage of the impounded motor vehicle.

 b. (1) If the registrant fails to claim a motor vehicle impounded pursuant to subsection a. of this section and pay the reasonable costs of removal and storage by midnight of the 30th day following impoundment, along with a fine of $100 to cover the administrative costs of the municipality wherein the violation occurred, and after a hearing, the municipality may sell the motor vehicle at public auction.  The municipality shall give notice of the sale by certified mail to the registrant of the motor vehicle and to the holder of any security interest filed with the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, and by publication in a form to be prescribed by the director by one insertion, at least five days before the date of the sale, in one or more newspapers published in this State and circulating in the municipality in which the motor vehicle has been impounded.

 (2) At any time prior to the sale, the registrant or other person entitled to the motor vehicle may reclaim possession of it upon providing satisfactory proof of motor vehicle liability insurance coverage and payment of the reasonable costs of removal and storage of the motor vehicle and any outstanding fines or penalties; provided, however, if the other person entitled to the motor vehicle is a lessor or the holder of a lien on the motor vehicle, he may reclaim the motor vehicle without payment.  In such cases, the registrant shall be liable for all outstanding costs, fines and penalties, and the municipality shall have a lien against the property and income of that registrant for the total amount of those outstanding costs, fines and penalties.

 (3) Any proceeds obtained from the sale of a motor vehicle at public auction pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection in excess of the amount owed to the municipality for the reasonable costs of removal and storage of the motor vehicle and any outstanding fines or penalties shall be returned to the registrant of the vehicle.

 L.2003,c.89,s.79.
 
NJSA 39:3-29.2
39:3-29.2.   Short title
     This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Identification Cards for Nondrivers' Act."

    L.1980, c.47, s.1; amended 1989,c.52,s.1.
 
NJSA 39:3-29.3
39:3-29.3   Identification cards, issuance; contents.
 2.  The Division of Motor Vehicles shall issue an identification card to any resident of the State who is 17 years of age or older and who is not the holder of a valid learner's permit or a valid driver's license.  The identification card shall attest to the true name, correct age, and other identifying data as certified by the applicant for such identification card. Every application for an identification card shall be signed and verified by the applicant and shall be supported by such documentary evidence of the age and identity, or blindness, disability, or handicap, of such person as the division may require.  In addition to requiring an applicant for an identification card to submit satisfactory proof of identity and age, the director also shall require the applicant to provide, as a condition for obtaining the card, satisfactory proof that the applicant's presence in the United States is authorized under federal law.  If the director has reasonable cause to suspect that any document presented by an applicant as proof of identity, age or legal residency is altered, false or otherwise invalid, the director shall refuse to grant the identification card until such time as the document may be verified by the issuing agency to the director's satisfaction.

 L.1980,c.47,s.2; amended 1989, c.52, s.2; 1990, c.30, s.2; 1993, c.34, s.5; 2001, c.391, s.14.
NJSA 39:3-29.4
39:3-29.4   Identification card to bear color picture.

 3. Every identification card authorized by section 2 of this act shall bear a color picture of the person to whom it is issued and shall be issued upon the standard license form prescribed by the Division of Motor Vehicles for color picture drivers' licenses, except that the card shall prominently contain the words "For Identification Only."

 L.1980,c.47,s.3; amended 1989, c.52, s.3; 1999, c.28, s.7.
 
NJSA 39:3-29.5
39:3-29.5   Expiration of card; renewal cards for blind, handicapped valid for life, authorized presence in U.S. required for renewal.
 4.  a.  Except as provided in subsection b. of this section, each original identification card authorized by section 2 of this act shall, unless canceled earlier, be valid for 48 calendar months from its date of issuance, and shall be renewable upon the request of the bearer of the card, pursuant to terms of license renewal established by the Division of Motor Vehicles, and upon payment of a fee as required by section 6 of this act.  An identification card issued pursuant to this act to an applicant who is blind, disabled, or handicapped shall be valid for the life of the holder unless canceled by the holder.  Cards issued prior to October 16, 1989 and valid upon the effective date of this amendatory act shall be valid for the life of the holder unless canceled by the holder. Cards issued to blind, disabled or handicapped persons between October 16, 1989 and the effective date of this amendatory act, and which are valid on the effective date of this act, shall be made valid for the life of the holder unless canceled by the holder, upon presentation of proof that the blindness, disability, or handicap existed at the time of the original application.  The director is authorized to require periodic verification of information included on any identification card issued for or valid for the life of the holder.  Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter or change any expiration date on any New Jersey identification card issued prior to the operative date of P.L.2001, c.391 (C.39:3-10f4 et al.) and any such identification card shall remain valid until its expiration date.

 b. If the director issues an identification card to a person who has demonstrated authorization to be present in the United States for a period of time shorter than the standard periods of such cards, the director shall fix the expiration date of the identification card at a date based on the period in which the person is authorized to be present in the United States under federal immigration laws.  The director may renew such an identification card only if it is demonstrated that the person's continued presence in the United States is authorized under federal law.

 L.1980,c.47,s.4; amended 1989, c.52, s.4; 1990, c.30, s.1; 1993, c.34, s.6; 1999, c.28, s.8; 2001, c.391, s.7.
 
NJSA 39:3-29.6
39:3-29.6.  Duplicate card
    In the event an identification card issued under section 2 of this act is lost, destroyed or mutilated, a new name or address is acquired, or there is some other change in the information contained on the identification card, the person to whom it was issued may obtain a duplicate upon furnishing satisfactory proof of such fact to the division and upon payment of a fee as established in section 6 of this act.  Any person who loses an identification card and who, after obtaining a duplicate, finds the original card, shall immediately surrender the original card to the division.  The same documentary evidence shall be furnished for a duplicate as for an original identification card.

     L.1980, c. 47, s. 5.
NJSA 39:3-29.7
39:3-29.7   Fees.
 6. The Division of Motor Vehicles shall charge fees as follows:

 Identification Card, Original       $18

 Identification Card, Duplicate       $5

 Identification Card, Renewal       $18

 Digitized picture         $6, in addition

           to the fees

           required above

 L.1980,c.47,s.6; amended 1989, c.52, s.5; 1999, c.28, s.9; 2001, c.391, s.8.
 
NJSA 39:3-29.8
39:3-29.8.  Prohibited acts
    It shall be unlawful for any person:

    a.  To display or cause or permit to be displayed or have in his possession  any canceled, fictitious, fraudulently altered, or fraudulently obtained  identification card;

    b.  To lend his identification card to any other person or knowingly permit  the use thereof by another;

    c.  To display or represent any identification card not issued to him as being his card;

    d.  To permit any unlawful use of an identification card issued to him;

     e.  To do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required by this act  in reference to identification cards;

     f.  To photograph, photostat, duplicate, or in any way reproduce any identification card or facsimile thereof in such a manner that it could be mistaken for a valid identification card, or to display or have in his possession any such photograph, photostat, duplicate, reproduction, or facsimile unless authorized by the provisions of this act;

    g.  To alter any identification card in any manner not authorized by this act.

     L.1980, c. 47, s. 7.
 
NJSA 39:3-29.9
39:3-29.9.  Rules and regulations
    The Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles shall promulgate, pursuant to  the  "Administrative Procedure Act,"  P.L.1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.),  such rules and regulations as he considers necessary to effectuate the purposes  of this act.

     L.1980, c. 47, s. 8.
NJSA 39:3-29.10
39:3-29.10.  Violation of provisions
    Any person who violates any of the provisions of this act is a disorderly person.

     L.1980, c. 47, s. 9.
 
NJSA 39:3-30
39:3-30.     Registration void upon transfer of ownership, destruction of vehicle 
    39:3-30.  Upon the transfer of ownership or the destruction of any motor vehicle or vehicle its registration shall become void.  If the motor vehicle or vehicle is sold the original owner shall remove the license plates therefrom, and surrender them to the division in a manner specified by the director if such plates are not transferred to another vehicle pursuant to this section. 

   The original owner may, by proper sworn application on a form to be furnished by the division, register another motor vehicle for the unexpired portion of the registration period of the original vehicle.  A person applying to use the unexpired portion of a registration under this section shall pay a fee of $4.50 if the vehicle is of a weight or other classification equal with or less than the one originally registered, and shall pay a fee of $4.50 and the difference between the fee originally paid and that due if the new motor vehicle is properly registerable in a higher class. Unless the original license plates have been destroyed, the owner shall be assigned the license number previously issued to him and shall receive a new registration certificate.  If the original license plates have been destroyed, replacement of the plates will be made under the provisions of R.S.39:3-32. 

   The surviving husband, wife, child or children of a deceased registered owner of any motor vehicle in whom title thereto shall vest by virtue of the terms of the will of such deceased owner, or otherwise, shall, upon application to the director, and upon the payment of a fee of $4.50, be entitled to have the registration of such vehicle transferred to his or her name. 

   The registered owner of any motor vehicle shall, upon application to the director, and payment of a fee of $4.50, be entitled to have the vehicle registered jointly in the name of the registered owner and the spouse of said owner.  The registration certificate and certificate of ownership shall be amended accordingly without the payment of any additional fee. 

   Amended 1955,c.8,s.9; 1963,c.34,s.2; 1976,c.43,s.2; 1978,c.96,s.1; 1995,c.112,s.34. 
 
NJSA 39:3-30.1
39:3-30.1.  Registration in names of husband and wife;  title; presumption;   procedure upon death
    In the event that a motor vehicle is registered in the names of 2 individuals who are husband and wife title shall be presumed to vest in both persons with right of survivorship.  In the event of the death of either, a new  certificate of ownership and registration certificate may be granted to the  survivor upon proof of such death and surrender of the certificate of ownership  signed by said survivor and without the necessity of a Short Certificate,  Surrogate's Affidavit or other evidence of administration.

     L.1964, c. 41, s. 2.  Amended by L.1965, c. 183, s. 1, eff. Nov. 29, 1965.
NJSA 39:3-30.1a
39:3-30.1a.  Affidavit that registrants husband and wife
    The Division of Motor Vehicles shall accept as proof that the registrants were husband and wife on the date of death, an affidavit to that effect, executed by the survivor, the form of which affidavit shall be prescribed by the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles.

     L.1965, c. 183, s. 2, eff. Nov. 29, 1965.
 
NJSA 39:3-30.2
39:3-30.2.  Rights of creditors;  construction against waiver of inheritance  tax requirements
    This act shall not impair the rights of any creditor of the decedent nor shall it be construed to waive the requirements of the laws of the State of New  Jersey relating to Transfer Inheritance Tax.

     L.1964, c. 41, s. 2.
 
NJSA 39:3-30.3
39:3-30.3.  Operation of motor vehicles registered in name of decedent
    Any motor vehicles registered in the name of any decedent may be operated, upon the public highways of this State, by a duly licensed driver who is, or is  authorized to drive the same by, the surviving spouse or other member of the  family of said decedent, under and by virtue of the registration certificate of  such motor vehicle issued to such decedent, for a period of not exceeding 30  days after the death of such decedent.

     L.1964, c. 163, s. 1.