New Jersey Statutes Title 17. Corporations and Institutions for Finance and Insurance 17 § 12B-223

Upon the conversion of any association into a Federal association, the corporate existence of such association shall not terminate, but such Federal association shall be deemed to be a continuation of the entity of the association so converted and all the property of the converted association, including all its right, title and interest in and to all property of whatsoever kind, whether real, personal or mixed, and things in action, and every right, privilege, interest and asset of any conceivable value or benefit then existing, belonging or pertaining to it or which would inure to it, shall immediately, by operation of law and without any conveyance or transfer and without any further act or deed, remain and be vested in and continue and be the property of the Federal association into which the State association has converted itself, and such Federal association shall have, hold and enjoy the same in its own right as fully and to the same extent as the same was possessed, held and enjoyed by the converting association;  and such Federal association, as of the time of taking effect of such conversion, shall continue to have and succeed to all the rights, obligations and relations of the converting association.  Pending actions, and other judicial proceedings to which the converting State association is a party shall not be deemed to have abated or to have been discontinued by reason of such conversion, but may be prosecuted to final judgment in the same manner as if such conversion into such Federal association had not been made, and such Federal association resulting from such conversion may continue such action or other judicial proceeding in its corporate name as a Federal association, and any judgment or order may be made for or against it, which might have been made for or against the converting State association theretofore involved in such judicial proceedings.