The New Jersey State Bar Association supports S-3424 (Diegnan)/A-1550 (Moriarty) which authorizes a surviving spouse or family member of a decedent to use the motor vehicle registration certificate of the decedent until the registration certificate expires.
The Association supports this proposed legislation because allowing surviving family members to operate a decedent’s vehicle until the expiration of the motor vehicle registration certificate will allow family members more time to complete the process of changing the motor vehicle registration, if necessary. This proposed legislation ultimately creates a beneficial change to the current law, which only allows for use of the decedent’s motor vehicle registration certificate for 30 days following the death of the decedent.
For the reasons set forth above, the New Jersey State Bar Association supports S-3424/A-1550 and urges you to vote yes to this proposed legislation.