New Jersey Statutes Appendix - Former Title 3A Administration of Estates Decedents and Others 3A § 24-3

At any time after granting letters testamentary or of administration, the superior court, county court or surrogate, as the case may be, may, whether the estate be solvent or not, order the executor or administrator to give public notice to creditors of the decedent to present to him within 6 months from the date of the order their claims in writing and under oath, specifying the amount claimed and the particulars of the claim.