# N.J. Stat. § 17B:20-3: Incidental acquisition of corporate stock or securities, construction of chapter

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## Section

- **Citation:** N.J. Stat. § 17B:20-3
- **Heading:** Incidental acquisition of corporate stock or securities, construction of chapter
- **Jurisdiction:** New Jersey
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** NJ Code / Title 17B / Chapter 20 / Section 20-3

## Text

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit an insurer from accepting or acquiring corporate stock or evidences of indebtedness or other securities or property: a. pursuant to a plan of reorganization approved or made effective by order of a court having jurisdiction over the property of a debtor, b. pursuant to a voluntary plan or agreement of reorganization, c. as payment on account of an existing indebtedness, d. as realization of collateral for a loan in default, e. received in connection with an investment by the insurer otherwise allowable as an investment by this chapter, or f. through the exercise of rights of conversion, warrants or rights to purchase stock, or pre-emptive rights to subscribe to stock, contained in or attached to a previously existing investment of such insurer. If any such stock, securities or property so received shall be of a kind or in an amount not otherwise allowable as an investment by this chapter, they shall be disposed of within 5 years from the time of their acquisition, unless the commissioner shall, for good cause shown, allow further time for the disposal thereof and then within the time so allowed. L.1971, c. 144, s. 17B:20-3.

## Nearby sections

- [N.J. Stat. § 17B:20-1 Investments of domestic insurers.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NJ_T17B_C20_S20-1.md)
- [N.J. Stat. § 17B:20-2 Limitation of investments.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NJ_T17B_C20_S20-2.md)
- [N.J. Stat. § 17B:20-3 Incidental acquisition of corporate stock or securities, construction of chapter](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NJ_T17B_C20_S20-3.md)
- [N.J. Stat. § 17B:20-4 Stock of subsidiary or alien corporations](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NJ_T17B_C20_S20-4.md)
- [N.J. Stat. § 17B:20-5 Securities of foreign country or property therein](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NJ_T17B_C20_S20-5.md)
- [N.J. Stat. § 17B:20-6 Reasonable and temporary additional restrictions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NJ_T17B_C20_S20-6.md)
- [N.J. Stat. § 17B:20-7 Securities of domestic insurers](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NJ_T17B_C20_S20-7.md)
- [N.J. Stat. § 17B:20-8 Valuation of securities; violations; penalties](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NJ_T17B_C20_S20-8.md)

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