New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 44D - PUBLIC MOVERS AND WAREHOUSEMEN
Subchapter 4 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 13:44D-4.16 - Claims procedures
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) If a consumer wishes to file a claim for damage to goods occurring during a move or while in storage, the consumer shall so notify the public mover and/or warehouseman in writing. Within seven days of receiving such notification, the public mover and/or warehouseman shall forward to the consumer the appropriate claim forms.
(b) All claims for loss, damage or overcharge shall be submitted in writing to the public mover and/or warehouseman within 90 days of the consumer's receipt of his or her goods. All claims shall be accompanied by the original paid bill of lading.
(c) Where the claim involves either overcharging or partial loss, damage or destruction of a consumer's goods, the consumer shall pay in full the amount appearing on the original bill and shall submit the paid bill or original paid bill of lading with the written claim, pursuant to (a) above.
(d) The public mover and/or warehouseman and consumer shall settle all claims within 90 days of the receipt of the completed claim form. This 90 day period may be extended by 30 days if both the public mover and/or warehouseman and the consumer agree in writing to an extension. The public mover shall maintain the signed agreement to extend this period in his or her records for two years.
