Skip to main content
THIS SITE
PREVIOUS SECTION Go back to sections Go back to the chapter Go back to the N.J. Statutes homepage NEXT SECTION


New Jersey Statutes, Title: 44, POOR

    Chapter 5: Health of indigent and recreation of needy children

      Section: 44:5-19.1: Liens for medical care and hospitalization; priority

           The board of chosen freeholders of any county, which furnishes medical care and hospitalization to resident indigent patients who cannot be maintained by private means, in a hospital or hospitals supported by private charity, on a per diem per patient basis, shall have a lien against the property of any person receiving such service in an amount equal to the cost to the county of the maintenance of such person in such hospital, which lien shall have priority over all unrecorded encumbrances.

L.1957, c. 139, p. 530, s. 1, eff. July 12, 1957.



This section added to the Rutgers Database: 2012-09-26 13:37:54.






Older versions of 44:5-19.1 (if available):



Court decisions that cite this statute: CLICK HERE.