17:29A-35.1. Surcharge debts of driver extinguished upon death
1.Notwithstanding the provisions or any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, upon the death of a driver on whom surcharges have been levied by the Division of Motor Vehicles pursuant to section 6 of P.L.1983, c.65 (C.17:29A-35), any debt established by the imposition of those surcharges is extinguished and the division, or any agent or representative thereof, shall cease to seek payment of that debt.
Whenever the division is unable to obtain a death certificate from a person representing the estate of any driver on whom surcharges have been levied and who was a resident of the State, the division shall obtain a copy of the death certificate by contacting the State registrar of vital statistics in the Department of Health and Senior Services and, in these cases, the division shall not require the estate of the driver to furnish a death certificate.
