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59:8-8. Time for presentation of claims
NJ ST 59:8-8New Jersey Statutes AnnotatedTitle 59. Claims Against Public EntitiesEffective: August 7, 2013 (Approx. 2 pages)
59:8-8. Time for presentation of claims
NJ ST 59:8-8New Jersey Statutes AnnotatedTitle 59. Claims Against Public EntitiesEffective: August 7, 2013 (Approx. 2 pages)
New Jersey Statutes Annotated
Title 59. Claims Against Public Entities (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 1. New Jersey Tort Claims Act (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 8. Claims Against Public Entities (Refs & Annos)
Effective: August 7, 2013
N.J.S.A. 59:8-8
59:8-8. Time for presentation of claims
A claim relating to a cause of action for death or for injury or damage to person or to property shall be presented as provided in this chapter1 not later than the ninetieth 90th day after accrual of the cause of action. After the expiration of six months from the date notice of claim is received, the claimant may file suit in an appropriate court of law. The claimant shall be forever barred from recovering against a public entity or public employee if:
a. He The claimant failed to file his the claim with the public entity within 90 days of accrual of his the claim except as otherwise provided in section N.J.S.59:8-9; or
Nothing in this section shall prohibit an infant or incompetent a minor or a person who is mentally incapacitated from commencing an action under this act within the time limitations contained herein, after his coming to or being of full age reaching majority or sane mind returning to mental capacity.
Credits
L.1972, c. 45, § 59:8-8, eff. July 1, 1972. Amended by L.1994, c. 49, § 4, eff. June 23, 1994; L.2013, c. 103, § 133, eff. Aug. 7, 2013.
Footnotes
N. J. S. A. 59:8-8, NJ ST 59:8-8
Current with laws through L.2023, c. 256 and J.R. No. 18.
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